{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 17, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "## =======================================================\n", "## IMPORTING\n", "## =======================================================\n", "import os\n", "def get_data_from_files(path):\n", " directory = os.listdir(path)\n", " results = []\n", " for file in directory:\n", " f=open(path+file)\n", " results.append(f.read())\n", " f.close()\n", " return results\n", "\n", "## =======================================================\n", "## MACHINE LEARNING\n", "## =======================================================\n", "from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split\n", "from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import CountVectorizer\n", "from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer\n", "from sklearn.metrics import classification_report\n", "from sklearn.metrics import confusion_matrix\n", "from sklearn.svm import LinearSVC\n", "from sklearn.naive_bayes import BernoulliNB, MultinomialNB\n", "from nltk.corpus import stopwords\n", "\n", "from nltk.stem import PorterStemmer\n", "from nltk.tokenize import sent_tokenize, word_tokenize\n", "from nltk.stem.wordnet import WordNetLemmatizer\n", "from nltk.stem.porter import PorterStemmer\n", "import string\n", "\n", "class LemmaTokenizer(object):\n", " def __init__(self):\n", " self.wnl = WordNetLemmatizer()\n", " def __call__(self, articles):\n", " return [self.wnl.lemmatize(t) for t in word_tokenize(articles) if t not in stopwords.words('english') or string.punctuation]\n", "\n", "# class PorterTokenizer(object):\n", "# def __init__(self):\n", "# self.wnl = PorterStemmer()\n", "# def __call__(self, articles):\n", "# return [self.wnl.lemmatize(t) for t in word_tokenize(articles) if t not in stopwords.words('english') or string.punctuation]\n", "\n", "def my_tokenizer(s):\n", " print(s)\n", " return s.split()\n", "\n", "# class LemmaTokenizer(object):\n", "# def __call__(self, text):\n", "# return [lemma(t) for t in word_tokenize(text) if t not in stopwords.words('english')]\n", "\n", "\n", "# unigram_bool_cv = CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', binary=True, min_df=5, stop_words='english')\n", "# unigram_cv = CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', binary=False, min_df=5, stop_words='english')\n", "# bigram_cv = CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', ngram_range=(1,2), min_df=5, stop_words='english')\n", "# unigram_tv = TfidfVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', use_idf=True, min_df=5, stop_words='english')\n", "# bigram_tv = TfidfVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', use_idf=True, ngram_range=(1,2), min_df=5, stop_words='english')\n", "\n", "vectorizers = [\n", "# CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', binary=True, min_df=5, stop_words='english'),\n", "# CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', binary=False, min_df=5, stop_words='english'),\n", "# CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', ngram_range=(1,2), min_df=5, stop_words='english'),\n", "# CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', binary=False, min_df=5, stop_words='english', tokenizer=LemmaTokenizer()),\n", " CountVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', binary=False, min_df=5, stop_words='english', tokenizer=my_tokenizer ),\n", "# TfidfVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', use_idf=True, min_df=5, stop_words='english'),\n", "# TfidfVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', use_idf=True, min_df=5, max_df=0.50, stop_words='english'),\n", "# TfidfVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', use_idf=True, ngram_range=(1,2), min_df=5, stop_words='english')\n", "]\n", "\n", "def get_test_train_vec(X,y,vectorizer):\n", " X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.4, random_state=0)\n", " X_train_vec = vectorizer.fit_transform(X_train)\n", " X_test_vec = vectorizer.transform(X_test)\n", " return X_train_vec, X_test_vec, y_train, y_test\n", "\n", "def run_mnb(X_train_vec, X_test_vec, y_train, y_test, labels, target_names):\n", " mnb_clf = MultinomialNB()\n", " mnb_clf.fit(X_train_vec, y_train)\n", " print('*****MNB*****')\n", " print(mnb_clf.score(X_test_vec, y_test))\n", " \n", "def run_svm(X_train_vec, X_test_vec, y_train, y_test, labels, target_names):\n", " svm_clf = LinearSVC(C=1)\n", " svm_clf.fit(X_train_vec,y_train)\n", " print('=====SVM=====')\n", " print(svm_clf.score(X_test_vec,y_test))\n", " \n", "def do_the_thing(X,y,labels, target_names):\n", " for vec in vectorizers:\n", " print(vec)\n", " X_train_vec, X_test_vec, y_train, y_test = get_test_train_vec(X,y,vec)\n", " run_mnb(X_train_vec, X_test_vec, y_train, y_test, labels, target_names)\n", " run_svm(X_train_vec, X_test_vec, y_train, y_test, labels, target_names)\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 18, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "CountVectorizer(analyzer='word', binary=False, decode_error='strict',\n", " dtype=, encoding='latin-1',\n", " input='content', lowercase=True, max_df=1.0, 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"both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter .\n", ", `` rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.\n", "a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn\n", "of carpenter 's the thing\n", "a tricky tightrope\n", "the original short story but this movie\n", "pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect\n", "he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "preferable\n", "you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy\n", "this clever and very satisfying picture\n", "give us\n", "starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it\n", "d -rrb-\n", "of those ` alternate reality '\n", "one summer film\n", "xxx is a blast of adrenalin ,\n", "the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has 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pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it ,\n", "sleepwalk\n", "nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but\n", "keeps things interesting , but\n", "takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch\n", "from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud\n", "carlos fresnadillo\n", "may find it uninteresting\n", "steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .\n", "of you\n", "ups and downs\n", "'s a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes\n", "none of which\n", "more than a run-of-the-mill action\n", "anyone not into high-tech splatterfests\n", "the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation\n", "the gorgeous locales and\n", "there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot ,\n", "tendencies\n", "in-jokey one\n", "valentine\n", "should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .\n", "philippe mora 's modern hitler-study\n", "enough interest\n", "all excited about a chocolate eclair\n", "are sophomoric\n", "than your average television\n", "have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .\n", "a dazzling conceptual feat\n", "a noble failure .\n", "say its total promise\n", "two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry\n", ", i 'll admit it ,\n", "in its execution\n", "as a very mild rental\n", "the 9-11 terrorist attacks\n", "'s the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and\n", "interest onscreen\n", "kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .\n", "pushed to their most virtuous limits ,\n", "it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy\n", "homicide cop\n", "motorized\n", "kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey\n", "it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .\n", "scarier\n", "frozen winter landscapes\n", "great acting\n", "the bastard\n", "poor hermocrates\n", "eerily\n", "the kissinger\n", "others do n't\n", "final form\n", "capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark\n", "into a gentle waking coma\n", "-lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser\n", "is not a bad movie , just mediocre .\n", "about 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pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic\n", "the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and\n", "the original 's\n", "a dark , dull thriller with a parting\n", "give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise\n", "may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark\n", "'s fun for kids of any age\n", "then you so crazy !\n", ", colorful , semimusical\n", "a narratively cohesive one\n", "rent the original and get the same love story and parable\n", "the movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced ' ; it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten\n", "real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros\n", "provides a porthole\n", "sexual and romantic\n", "creates a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology .\n", "the beautiful , unusual music\n", "ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", "damned funny\n", "to triumphantly sermonize\n", "get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez\n", "art , music and metaphor\n", "is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be .\n", ", if somewhat standardized ,\n", "sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .\n", "helps little\n", "painterly and literary\n", "repetitive and ragged\n", "trembling incoherence\n", "with modern military weaponry\n", "time 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\n", "the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves --\n", "indoors\n", "`` extreme ops '' exceeds expectations .\n", "exclamation\n", "with too many contrivances and goofy situations\n", "recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting\n", "might more accurately\n", "likes\n", "alexandre dumas '\n", "this a remarkable and novel concept\n", "at the screen\n", "do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth\n", "at the conclusion\n", "while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .\n", "a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .\n", "the cast is appealing\n", "tattered and ugly past\n", "there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one .\n", "its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments\n", "poorly written\n", "even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .\n", "the other side\n", "is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .\n", "parents '\n", "routine slasher film\n", "weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next\n", "less of a problem\n", "that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in\n", "children of the century , though well dressed and well made ,\n", "in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments\n", "in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick -lrb- but none of the sheer lust -rrb- .\n", "jovial\n", "a brutal mid\n", "they mostly work\n", "shaggy dog story\n", "suppose\n", "-lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience\n", "actor 's\n", "to the movies\n", "traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery\n", "susan sontag falling in love with howard stern\n", "the stories work and\n", "the production works more often than it does n't .\n", "informed by the wireless\n", "unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank\n", "of weirdness\n", "strangely\n", "jaglom -rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\\/venice\n", "offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .\n", "too clever by half\n", "set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it 's based on true events\n", "wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them\n", "something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life\n", "from france\n", "people make fun of me for liking showgirls .\n", "remain an unchanged dullard\n", "is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "was entranced\n", "is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think\n", "'s technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .\n", ", like mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .\n", "eager\n", "where big bad love is trying to go\n", "gay men\n", "effort to watch this movie\n", "swooping down\n", "anniversary edition\n", "the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear\n", "the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller\n", "the scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "whether you can tolerate leon barlow\n", "obnoxious special effects\n", "melts\n", "the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists\n", "final , beautiful scene\n", "stunningly trite\n", "for a film about explosions and death and spies\n", "the desert does for rain\n", "hollywood-action\n", "of greatest-hits reel\n", "the funnybone thanks\n", "egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose .\n", "was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "classic mother\\/daughter struggle\n", ", so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ?\n", "most severe\n", "to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours\n", "to imagine acting that could be any flatter\n", "sights and sounds\n", "especially well-executed\n", "pull it back on course\n", "special-effects\n", "highly spirited\n", "vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .\n", "sociopathy\n", "the uneasy bonds between them\n", "are more silly than scary\n", "contrived sequels\n", "the 3-d vistas\n", "embraces life\n", "a crazy work of disturbed genius\n", "add to the canon of chan\n", "an absorbing and unsettling psychological drama .\n", "see this terrific film with your kids --\n", "we 're seeing something purer than the real thing\n", "slight , pale mr. broomfield\n", "remember it .\n", "unfolds with grace and humor and gradually\n", "as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .\n", "as its protagonist\n", "lifeless\n", "of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "view or\n", "cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture\n", "walled-off but combustible\n", ", confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually\n", "dumb gags\n", "come off as pantomimesque sterotypes\n", "somewhat convenient\n", "a work of deft and subtle poetry\n", "it may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter .\n", "it '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\n", "dawns , comic relief\n", "hit that may strain adult credibility .\n", "sell many records\n", "oscar-winning\n", "psychological thriller\n", "attitudes\n", "of suburban jersey\n", "the soul-searching deliberateness of the film\n", "into the picture\n", "it 's an entertaining movie\n", "is on the border of bemused contempt .\n", "'s like an old warner bros. costumer jived with sex\n", "terminally brain dead production\n", "familiar situations and\n", "crime movie\n", "i still want my money back .\n", "meandering teen flick\n", "languorous charm\n", "fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships\n", "post , pre , and extant stardom\n", "goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "pious , preachy soap opera\n", "'' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat .\n", "fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy\n", "but the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences\n", "leaden acting\n", "rafael 's evolution\n", "pointless , meandering\n", "film noir movie\n", "is funny\n", "have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster\n", "in the latest\n", "of acting , direction , story and pace\n", "whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "50s\n", "its conclusion ,\n", "crucifixion\n", "pure over-the-top trash\n", "is n't very interesting\n", "binoche\n", "that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father\n", "us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation\n", "reaches\n", "pre-teen\n", "stuttering script\n", "spirit-crushing\n", "vintage wines\n", "a vibrant whirlwind\n", "morvern rocks .\n", "that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor\n", "any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of god are framed in a drama so clumsy\n", "this day and age\n", "'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive\n", "exploring motivation\n", "in the foot\n", "not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture ,\n", "quinn -lrb- is -rrb-\n", "writer-director michael kalesniko\n", "directed without the expected flair or imagination\n", "will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . '\n", "introverted young men with fantasy fetishes\n", ", it is what you think you see .\n", "a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension\n", ", uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd\n", "is n't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure !\n", "jerky\n", "not as outrageous or funny\n", "a stand up\n", "in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation\n", "one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact .\n", "unfunny tricks\n", "for the under-7 crowd\n", "yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together\n", "love safe conduct -lrb- laissez passer -rrb-\n", "more generic effort\n", "that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters\n", "dreary indulgence .\n", "remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and\n", "a bad premise ,\n", "a disaster\n", "would i see it again ?\n", "hilarious adventure\n", "the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales\n", "be a bit repetitive\n", "terms with death\n", "vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .\n", "is lilia herself\n", "is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .\n", "establishes its ominous mood and tension\n", "like the rock on a wal-mart budget\n", "blood work is for you .\n", "the writing is indifferent , and\n", "overly sillified\n", "bartlett 's hero\n", "it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean ,\n", "instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground .\n", "in unexpected places\n", "of quiet desperation\n", "designed strictly\n", "settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense\n", "military weaponry\n", "are on the loose !\n", "doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "nicolas cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and\n", "a masterpiece -- and a challenging one\n", "comedy ensemble\n", "wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher\n", "to mcdonald 's\n", "of the gags\n", "with ` issues '\n", "merely 90 minutes\n", "is well worthwhile\n", "good sportsmanship\n", "-lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb-\n", "the most remarkable -lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan\n", "the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates\n", "as it stands , crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .\n", "brisk hack job\n", "is a funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "these women are spectacular\n", "smart and well-crafted\n", "a great premise but only\n", "pre-teen crowd\n", "it 's far from a frothy piece ,\n", "in on the resourceful amnesiac\n", "critical and commercial disaster\n", "ensuing complications\n", "go back\n", "comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .\n", "a thriller ,\n", "before the screen\n", "with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film\n", "surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them .\n", "to wait for the video\n", "downright transparent\n", "framing\n", "'s something\n", "economical\n", "ever seem to hit\n", "like ,\n", "will surely\n", "female\n", "the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .\n", "ilk\n", "tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children\n", "transcends its agenda to deliver 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here\n", "of strung-together tv episodes\n", "without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other\n", "banal\n", "philosophy ,\n", "has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference\n", "otherwise calculated\n", "paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years .\n", "accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks\n", "dusty\n", "funny , insightfully human\n", "plot points\n", "a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche\n", "delicately\n", "there 's no real reason to see it ,\n", "the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .\n", "same stuff\n", "guilty pleasure to watch\n", "constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .\n", "is in need of a scented bath\n", "the two-hour version\n", "the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids\n", "pay reparations\n", "a rerun\n", "european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name\n", "i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .\n", "serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king\n", "fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency\n", "thankfully\n", "more melodramatic\n", "middle-aged\n", "is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .\n", "takes an atypically hypnotic approach\n", "noyce 's\n", "and civic virtues\n", "some kid who ca n't act ,\n", "with a touch of silliness and a little\n", "the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters ,\n", "a turgid drama\n", "read like a discarded house beautiful spread\n", "real magic\n", "stevens is -rrb- so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .\n", "'s an often-cute film\n", "the comic effects\n", "in janice 's behavior\n", "murder by numbers\n", "becoming a better person through love\n", "q.\n", "alexandre desplat 's\n", "humor and heart and very talented young actors\n", "a more measured or polished production\n", "keep your eyes open amid all the blood\n", "'s touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor\n", "a good ear for dialogue ,\n", "very human one\n", "lightness and strictness in this instance\n", "that verges on the amateurish\n", "mcdormand\n", "falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of -lrb- woo 's -rrb- best work\n", "three things\n", "dares you not to believe it\n", "in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship\n", "japan 's\n", "of patch adams quietly freaking out\n", "i guess , about artifice and acting\n", "the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is\n", "to include anything even halfway scary\n", "offbeat thriller\n", "so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest\n", ", but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .\n", "i 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .\n", "99\n", "an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama .\n", "comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .\n", "funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy\n", "playfully\n", "that gives the -lrb- teen comedy -rrb-\n", "the rolling of a stray barrel or\n", "not only\n", "dramatic arc\n", "a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy\n", "the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,\n", "enjoy the ride\n", "matinee brain\n", "toothless dog\n", "it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack\n", "typical hollywood disregard\n", "you 'll know a star when you see one .\n", "buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt\n", "gifted 12-year-old\n", "the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\\/dvd category , and\n", "casting call\n", "freshness\n", "low comedy does n't come much lower .\n", "has been exhausted by documentarians\n", "can not\n", "every previous dragon drama\n", "actor phones\n", "goofiness\n", "into the complexities of the middle east struggle and\n", "the price\n", "might have better luck next time\n", "sensuality ,\n", "contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom .\n", "all the emotional seesawing\n", "relatively short\n", "of precarious skid-row dignity\n", "haunts us precisely\n", "'m sorry to say that this should seal the deal\n", "certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart\n", "is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult\n", "crisp framing , edgy camera work ,\n", "'s previous collaboration , miss congeniality .\n", "mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures\n", "art house films\n", "its dull spots\n", "buried , drowned\n", "with little\n", "dewy-eyed sentiment\n", "a shakespearean tragedy\n", "the end of cinema\n", "the wireless\n", "it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and\n", "of baggage\n", "'s unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "doing very little with its imaginative premise\n", "grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "certainly .\n", "is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .\n", "a tidal wave\n", "the son of the bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .\n", "is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "unspeakable , of course ,\n", "from the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action\n", "to the laws of laughter\n", ", this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .\n", "maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of\n", "mulholland\n", "ever could\n", "my opinion ,\n", "barry pepper\n", "this new time machine is hardly perfect\n", "no lika da\n", "chaotic horror\n", "the film should be seen as a conversation starter .\n", "head documentary\n", "is repeated five or six times\n", ", and sometimes dry\n", "spinning a web of dazzling entertainment\n", "jackson and bledel\n", "called freddy gets molested by a dog\n", "new hal hartley movie\n", "belongs\n", "stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness\n", "the familiar\n", "there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores ,\n", "tells us\n", "airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length\n", "the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs\n", "... a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard .\n", "white culture\n", "a comedic context\n", "ultra-loud\n", "conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt\n", "deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery\n", "are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .\n", "as analyze this\n", "quirky , charming and\n", "so substantial or fresh\n", "colorful but\n", "those who want to be jolted out of their gourd\n", "is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks\n", "worth seeing once , but\n", "as warren\n", "a visit to mcdonald 's\n", "of anti-semitism ever seen on screen\n", "6-year-old nephew\n", "his ninth decade\n", "next animal house\n", "a very ambitious project\n", "ah na 's life\n", "according to wendigo\n", "this is n't a terrible film by any means ,\n", "stock persona\n", "a bland , surfacey way\n", "shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist\n", "maintaining\n", "celebi\n", "they lived\n", "every conventional level\n", "this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them .\n", "those of us\n", ", fiery passion\n", "winged assailants\n", "to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag\n", "most ordinary and obvious fashion\n", "the usual spielberg flair\n", "slip\n", "encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "is bad , but certainly not without merit\n", "his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature\n", "irritating films\n", "shower scenes\n", "water-bound\n", "bounces around with limp wrists\n", "is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel\n", "it 's all pretty tame .\n", "and social commentary\n", "to keep it interested\n", "evocative shades\n", "it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .\n", "thought and storytelling\n", "sarandon\n", "'s something vital about the movie\n", "heartstrings\n", "saddam\n", "seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk\n", "she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain\n", "location\n", "the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and\n", "can be made\n", "veiling\n", "wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted\n", "than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population\n", "does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us\n", ", there are great rewards here .\n", "have a sense of humor\n", "map\n", "the large-format film\n", "air on pay cable\n", "main event\n", "nothing exactly wrong\n", "of turning pain into art\n", "the divine calling of education and\n", "to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement ,\n", "any shoddy product\n", "the tiny two seater plane\n", "for history\n", "humor throughout\n", "is as delightful\n", "about their budding amours\n", "my wife 's plotting is nothing special ;\n", "pace and\n", "... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . '\n", "ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film , but\n", "attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people\n", "feature debut\n", "seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .\n", "drew to a close\n", "is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny\n", "a nearly 21\\/2 hours\n", "contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions\n", "deliver again and again\n", "serious questions\n", "the humor aspects of ` jason x '\n", "gorgeous to look at but\n", "fumes\n", "the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny\n", "'ll probably\n", "of a busby berkeley musical\n", "suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc\n", "clever scripting solutions\n", "it 's far from a frothy piece , and\n", "the immediate aftermath\n", "one liner\n", "lets you feel the beat down to your toes\n", "family tradition and\n", "todd solondz\n", "its bittersweet bite\n", "the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but\n", "makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture\n", "the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times\n", "more down-home\n", "clean and\n", "is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show\n", "terrifying study\n", "the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream\n", "is shallow , offensive and redundant ,\n", "cradles its characters ,\n", "marivaux 's\n", "the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity\n", "a product of its cinematic predecessors so much\n", "contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .\n", "co-writer\\/director jonathan parker 's attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire\n", "spring directly\n", "coming-of-age theme\n", "from the athleticism\n", "this movie leaves you cool\n", "artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson\n", "on the whole less\n", "lizard endeavors\n", "'s not exactly worth\n", "two years ago\n", "everett remains a perfect wildean actor\n", "extraordinary\n", "is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream\n", "a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications\n", "blade runner , and\n", "single name\n", "with first love sweetly\n", "30 or 40\n", "juicy\n", "a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5\n", "nervous energy , moral ambiguity\n", "everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "the poor\n", "wacky and\n", "the chateau ... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .\n", "seem deceptively slight\n", "overall , it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .\n", "the entire effort\n", "bestial\n", "frustrating ` tweener '\n", "gets vivid performances from her cast and\n", "absolutely , inescapably gorgeous ,\n", "-lrb- an -rrb-\n", "a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material\n", "spirit and\n", "required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike\n", "while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold .\n", "more than our lesser appetites\n", "continuing exploration\n", "therapeutic\n", "think so\n", "one baaaaaaaaad movie\n", "would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out\n", "tells its story in a flat manner\n", "likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy\n", "the director does next\n", "their own comfortable niche\n", "martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying\n", "facetious\n", "regurgitates and\n", "his first attempt at film noir\n", "to the story and dialogue\n", "unexpected ways ,\n", "if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation\n", "into fruit pies\n", "a worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "the flesh\n", ", frida gets the job done .\n", "something provocative ,\n", "greene 's\n", "as simple and innocent\n", "better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable\n", "fast runner '\n", "it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .\n", "roger michell 's\n", "yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .\n", "wishing , though ,\n", "these actors ,\n", "for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .\n", "gangster no. 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults .\n", ", 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 .\n", "the power of this script\n", "do n't want to call the cops .\n", "may well\n", "never feels derivative\n", "pulp melodrama\n", "kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "a slippery self-promoter\n", "above its paint-by-numbers plot\n", "allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "its rawness and vitality\n", "otherwise comic\n", "the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children\n", "more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "most audiences\n", "extra points\n", "'s impossible to care\n", "gag ''\n", "the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb- of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version .\n", "same illogical things\n", "of being a bit undisciplined\n", "hills have\n", "food-spittingly\n", "stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film .\n", "beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting\n", "wash.\n", "than a screenful of gamesmanship\n", "where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .\n", "that the pianist is for roman polanski\n", "a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film ,\n", "makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way\n", "moments of promise\n", "happy listening to movies\n", "a television monitor\n", "signature\n", "slight but sweet film\n", "lively dream\n", "to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "about isolation\n", "to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love\n", "kahlo movie frida fans\n", "giving it the old college try\n", "anything on display\n", "snake\n", "detention\n", "big things\n", "an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications\n", "trash\n", "from being a bow-wow\n", "it was neither\n", "focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the - making\n", "'s an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes\n", "and , through it all , human\n", "grin\n", "the historical period and\n", "while some of the camera work is interesting\n", "the 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 .\n", "the most part a useless movie , even with\n", "is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .\n", "of the director 's previous popcorn work\n", "surf\n", "do n't go out of your way to pay full price\n", "the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies ... but\n", "it 's leaden and predictable ,\n", "its treatment\n", "by turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy , never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .\n", "cruelly\n", "by allison lohman\n", "family history\n", ", it succeeds .\n", "tom hanks ' face\n", "you resurrect a dead man\n", "at the peak of their powers\n", "peevish and\n", "of continuity errors\n", "is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario\n", "circuit queens wo n't learn a thing\n", "have hoped\n", "of neurasthenic regret\n", "to the perkiness of witherspoon -lrb- who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate -rrb-\n", "lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck .\n", "a bumbling american\n", "can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .\n", "benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera\n", "at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "come from the script 's insistence\n", "their computer-animated faces are very expressive .\n", "a 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nor\n", "is nicely shot ,\n", "art ,\n", "has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding ,\n", "bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness\n", "seems done by the numbers\n", "may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .\n", "interviews\n", "-- intentional or not --\n", "to tear your eyes away from the images\n", "in making us believe\n", "the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but\n", "the original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece\n", "its own story\n", "the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing\n", "welcome improvement\n", "truly egregious\n", "muddled and derivative\n", "all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the 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saddam hussein , and i 'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .\n", "highly uneven and inconsistent ...\n", "of bland hotels , highways , parking lots\n", "divine monument\n", "captions\n", "padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation\n", "'s a lot of good material here\n", "the whole enterprise\n", "of just\n", "the west african coast\n", "villainous , lecherous\n", ", insightfully human\n", "in the proceedings\n", "sour immortals\n", "of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire\n", "one very funny joke and a few other decent ones\n", "acerbic repartee\n", "falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film\n", "glides gracefully from male persona to female\n", "the pacing\n", "offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory .\n", "a superficial way , while never sure\n", "but even then , i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes .\n", ", chilling advantage\n", "'s too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience\n", "inner lives\n", "situation romance\n", "gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek\n", "feels homogenized and a bit contrived\n", "to the characters\n", "that is rarely seen on-screen\n", "a nonstop hoot\n", "her own athleticism\n", "is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious\n", "best 60 minutes\n", "a long shot\n", "curmudgeonly\n", "on the spectacle of small-town competition\n", "watching your favorite pet get buried alive\n", "in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect\n", "come along in quite some time\n", "a young woman 's breakdown ,\n", "amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship\n", "it 's not a bad plot ; but , unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from\n", "cheeky charm\n", "a factory worker\n", "spectacularly\n", "in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world\n", "the viewer 's face\n", "far tamer than advertised\n", "well-made evocation\n", "awkwardly contrived exercise\n", "compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm -lrb- wo n't be an -rrb- exceedingly memorable one for most people\n", "onto a moving truck\n", "'s fun ,\n", "a cheap , ludicrous attempt\n", "keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow\n", "watching the chemistry between freeman and judd\n", "purpose and finesse\n", "wait in vain for a movie to happen\n", "crossed with the loyal order of raccoons\n", "three hours of screen time\n", "this schlocky horror\\/action hybrid\n", "that incorporates so much\n", "pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still\n", "like a cheat\n", "that is both gripping and compelling\n", "too erotic nor\n", "despair\n", "viva castro\n", "squanders chan 's uniqueness\n", "plato who said\n", "a fanciful film\n", "unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one .\n", ":\n", "cyber\n", "be a bit disjointed\n", "will talk about for hours\n", "finale\n", "we 'd prefer a simple misfire .\n", "hit the silver screen\n", "from history\n", "slap her creators\n", "without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie\n", "look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux\n", "runs out\n", "`` simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .\n", "waste their time\n", "should see it as soon as possible . '\n", "heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism\n", "wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and\n", "an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery\n", "would want to see the it\n", ", cop-flick subgenre\n", "be -lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece\n", "to kill your neighbor 's dog\n", "ca n't escape its past\n", "does have some very funny sequences\n", "he represents bartleby 's main overall flaw .\n", "on his resume\n", "story and history lesson\n", "as pure over-the-top trash\n", "civics classes and would-be public servants\n", "political satire\n", "found relic\n", "to bittersweet\n", "walt becker 's\n", "better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .\n", "a highly personal\n", "a dark-as-pitch comedy\n", "'ll likely think of this one\n", "to hit all of its marks\n", "hal 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line\n", "to the original story\n", "with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns\n", "pulls back\n", "latest\n", "'s refreshing to see a romance this smart\n", "overwhelmingly positive\n", "their scenes brim\n", "ballerinas\n", "from frame one\n", "does so\n", "a slam-bang extravaganza that\n", "you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .\n", "former mtv series\n", "school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin\n", "remake sleepless in seattle\n", "the hours represents two of those well spent\n", "of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable\n", "excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic .\n", "take for granted in most films are mishandled here\n", "warm-milk\n", "too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency\n", "than breaking out , and breaking out\n", "call to jeanette\n", "had since\n", "keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over\n", "gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .\n", "the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve .\n", "the direction of spielberg ,\n", "rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world\n", "since cho 's previous concert comedy film\n", "'s only a peek\n", "nosedive\n", ", as it turns out ,\n", "hoping for\n", "escapades\n", "doofus-on\n", "screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini\n", "the heavy doses of weird performances and direction\n", "armenian\n", "throughout , mr. audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .\n", "parody .\n", "your interest until the end\n", "under a red bridge\n", "sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", "who , having survived , suffered most\n", "human moments\n", "during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action\n", "are n't likely to enter the theater\n", "funny , smart , visually inventive\n", "to win any academy awards\n", "a nomination\n", "this kiddie-oriented stinker\n", "generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal\n", "et\n", "to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it\n", "may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen\n", "the odds and\n", "hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly 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'\n", "to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion\n", "about intelligent high school\n", "of the new zealand and cook island locations\n", "on the surface\n", "a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill\n", "to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted\n", "articulate , grown-up voice\n", "generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold\n", "nothing overly original\n", "slowest viewer\n", "carvey 's\n", "caddyshack\n", "to 1970s action films\n", "do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?\n", "the film 's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen .\n", "this movie one bit\n", "is a fierce dance of destruction\n", "swooping\n", "should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .\n", "accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "adam sandler chanukah song\n", "assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it\n", "general issues of race and justice\n", "entertaining british hybrid\n", "the obnoxious special effects ,\n", "to come to the point\n", "disparate\n", "miller\n", "throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,\n", "the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original\n", "between americans and brits\n", "by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '\n", "any country\n", "the story of spider-man\n", "pranksters\n", "solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive\n", "nicholas nickleby\n", "those farts\n", "a caucasian perspective\n", "septuagenarian\n", "invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion\n", "subtexts\n", "3000 tribute\n", "not to be carried away\n", "will warm your heart\n", "torn book jacket\n", "groove\n", "seldom hammy\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus\n", "of otherwise respectable action\n", "such films\n", "of lunacy\n", "smoother or\n", "overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence\n", "civic action laudable\n", "the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the ` ick ' in ` classic . 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an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with authority .\n", "it 's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this\n", "is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed\n", "maybe for the last 15 minutes ,\n", "delightful in the central role\n", "the emperor 's club\n", ", text , and subtext\n", "interested without coming close to bowling you over\n", "takes nearly three hours to unspool\n", "who he is or\n", "is wry and engrossing .\n", "it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and headly are priceless\n", "rather unbelievable\n", "elegant , mannered and teasing .\n", "fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references\n", "take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length\n", ", you forget you 've been to the movies .\n", "there ,\n", "be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal ,\n", "going through the paces again\n", "performed\n", "adolescent sturm und drang\n", "of the 37-minute santa vs. the snowman\n", "the film suffers from its own difficulties\n", "that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances\n", "is not nearly as dreadful as expected .\n", "to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "karen janszen\n", "comes alive\n", "above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks\n", "sentimentality and annoying\n", "an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and\n", "director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema\n", "neo-hitchcockianism\n", "venturesome\n", "some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not\n", "lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .\n", "last year\n", "demonstrate their acting ` chops '\n", "a high note\n", "a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants\n", "the magic of the original\n", "it 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied\n", "that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and\n", "nancy\n", "rusted-out\n", "are made for each other .\n", "demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides\n", "that was n't all that great to begin with\n", ", it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .\n", "fascinating experiment\n", "do n't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it 's anti-catholic .\n", "rude and crude film\n", "a passable romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor .\n", "probably the best case for christianity\n", "those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste\n", "the screenplay , but rather\n", "'s semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .\n", "gives his heart\n", "self-righteous\n", "just waiting to spoil things\n", "enough said , except : film overboard !\n", "laughable contrivance\n", "liking what he sees\n", "call for prevention rather than to place blame ,\n", "an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations .\n", "political correctness and suburban families\n", "show blind date , only less\n", "a technology in search\n", "no surprise\n", "can only be described as sci-fi generic\n", "'ll end up moved\n", "as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators\n", "pleasurable expressions\n", "trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her\n", "a movie with a bigger , fatter heart\n", "i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but i ca n't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary\n", "value\n", "20 centuries\n", "dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue\n", "equal measure\n", "admire these people 's dedication to their cause or\n", "has turned out nearly 21\\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing\n", "cheap junk\n", "this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang 's forte\n", "hour 's\n", "disgusting .\n", ", racist humour\n", ", subtle , and resonant\n", "of story and his juvenile camera movements\n", "'ll enjoy this movie .\n", "manages never to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience\n", "is an extraordinary film , not least\n", "makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible\n", "... continue to impress\n", "the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans ' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality\n", "an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids\n", "neglecting\n", "when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking\n", "watch people\n", "scottish burr\n", "in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash\n", "a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich\n", "that gradually accumulates more layers\n", "gyllenhaal\n", "failed jokes , twitchy acting\n", "earnest moment\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense , but\n", "leaving their bodies exposed\n", "invincible\n", "the most remarkable -lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan ,\n", "for wow !? '\n", "its best when the guarded\n", "the town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial\n", "the too-frosty exterior\n", "to add to the canon of chan\n", "manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it\n", "complex , unpredictable character\n", "a truly , truly bad movie\n", "poignant by the incessant use of cell phones\n", "more fun watching a documentary\n", "spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?\n", "big\n", "almost constant mindset\n", "ungainly\n", "control --\n", "otherwise good-naturedness\n", "invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs\n", "largest-ever\n", "confection that 's pure entertainment\n", "depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally\n", "'s a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention\n", "want nothing else than to show us a good time\n", "an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind\n", "extremely straight and\n", "in what is essentially an extended soap opera\n", "low-key way\n", "mulls\n", "of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "would subtlety\n", "craig\n", "predictably efficient\n", "his distance from the material is mostly admirable .\n", "si , pretty much\n", "with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances\n", "impossibly\n", "the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop\n", "rich details\n", "vivid characters and a warm , moving message\n", "the power of poetry and passion\n", "mail-order\n", "it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments\n", "a still evolving story\n", "of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb-\n", "his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle\n", "constructed\n", "the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "art thou\n", "sucking\n", "will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned . ''\n", "blandness\n", "all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate\n", "elegantly produced and expressively performed\n", "would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "of brilliant crime dramas\n", "not one moment in the enterprise\n", "was going to be\n", "the slightest difficulty\n", "you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an\n", "that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "the majority of action comedies have\n", "plots and\n", "stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "might not have been such a bad day after all .\n", "about men in heels\n", "a '' range\n", "of your seat , tense with suspense\n", "good vampire tale\n", "'s an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending\n", "borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion .\n", "guru\n", "jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .\n", "humbling little film\n", "is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing .\n", "photographed romance\n", "wit and humor\n", "an after school special on the subject of tolerance\n", "dalrymple\n", "brooklyn circa\n", "kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art\n", "to date in this spy comedy franchise\n", "offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .\n", "jar-jar binks : the movie\n", "particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy\n", "the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids\n", "does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining\n", "groggy\n", "of the land and the people\n", "more challenging or depressing\n", ", spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .\n", "the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature ,\n", "metropolis is a feast for the eyes .\n", "somber festival entries\n", "any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work\n", "daughter\n", "of the generation gap\n", "racism and\n", "american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature ,\n", "cliches\n", "is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism\n", "a physician\n", "its forms\n", "for receiving whatever consolation\n", "yet impressively\n", "supposedly , pokemon ca n't be killed , but pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over\n", "than ever\n", "watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell\n", "too fast and not too slow\n", "gets sillier , not scarier ,\n", "shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams\n", "is definitely a director to watch .\n", "with the fact\n", "negative\n", "that profound , at least\n", "almost unimaginable horror\n", "at any satisfying destination\n", "skid-row dignity\n", "as averse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies\n", "with music\n", "motown\n", "the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy\n", "pairing clayburgh and tambor\n", "voice\n", "richer than anticipated\n", "ten bucks\n", "remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself\n", "has its handful of redeeming features\n", "elegantly considers various levels of reality\n", ", despite many talky , slow scenes\n", ", finally , is minimally satisfying\n", "sometimes is a brilliant movie .\n", "their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment\n", "the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids\n", "modern art\n", "never clearly defines his characters or\n", "simple in form but rich with human events\n", "first-rate performances\n", "a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame\n", "see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian\n", "is more accurate than anything\n", "very funny romantic comedy\n", "go down with a ship as leaky\n", "moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances\n", "hart 's war\n", "found in films like tremors\n", "role , or edit , or score , or anything , really\n", "has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar\n", "in a movie theater\n", "more ludicrous\n", "down badly\n", "directive to protect the code at all costs also\n", "as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors .\n", "family life\n", "baffle\n", "ruh-roh !\n", "stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task\n", "twin peaks action\n", "of male hustlers\n", "delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .\n", "fulford-wierzbicki\n", "are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor\n", "'s plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to lau .\n", "sociological\n", "rambling ensemble piece\n", "a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story\n", "is visually ravishing ,\n", "the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "simple-minded and stereotypical\n", "they spend years trying to comprehend it\n", "an astoundingly rich film\n", "surprisingly decent flick\n", "never settles on a consistent tone .\n", "costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops\n", "its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting\n", "though uniformly well acted , especially by young ballesta and galan -lrb- a first-time actor -rrb- , writer\\/director achero manas 's film is schematic and obvious .\n", "thematically and stylistically\n", "the level of an after-school tv special\n", "movie-biz farce\n", "are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances\n", "a no-bull throwback\n", "for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york\n", "cho 's face is -rrb- an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .\n", "are amiable and committed\n", "otherwise appealing picture\n", "affecting cop drama\n", "compelling dramatic\n", ", languid romanticism\n", "no cute factor\n", "organic character work\n", "sinister\n", "moving , if uneven , success\n", ", as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable\n", "less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy .\n", "all aliens\n", "boy oh boy , it 's a howler .\n", "has 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 '' .\n", "in almost all of his previous works\n", "seen the first two films in the series\n", "the dolorous\n", "dogtown\n", "kinnear and dafoe\n", "full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery\n", "thousand times\n", "of real life\n", "15-year\n", "intoxicating fumes\n", "let alone conscious of each other 's existence\n", "exactly how\n", "like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "yet so fragile\n", "but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence ,\n", "admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is\n", "the best film of the year 2002 .\n", "not always for the better\n", "low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "eagle\n", "been sacrificed for skin\n", "rage and alienation\n", "fun-seeking summer audiences\n", "-rrb- reminded me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .\n", "captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction\n", "bad direction and\n", "sweetest\n", "werewolf\n", "the impressive stagings\n", "a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty\n", "philosophical message\n", "lips\n", "one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty\n", "a splendid meal\n", "drug abuse\n", "a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title\n", "irwins\n", "it would be sleazy and fun\n", "a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements\n", "forgotten 10 minutes\n", "we `` do n't care about the truth\n", "has been told and retold\n", "outlet\n", "be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "sustain the film\n", "not the first\n", "chaotic\n", "britney spears '\n", "the fight scenes\n", "does n't want to\n", "appealing about the characters\n", "that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy\n", "only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor\n", "at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema\n", "'ll put hairs on your chest\n", "after the credits roll\n", "actions and revelations\n", "though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture\n", "'s going\n", "superficiality and\n", "so much farcical as sour\n", "like a film so cold and dead\n", "an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty\n", "period reconstruction\n", "enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse .\n", "the makers of the singles ward\n", "i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and\n", "a depleted yesterday\n", "if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "my attention\n", "fish-out-of-water gag\n", "makes you second-guess your affection for the original\n", "to hold the screen\n", "were it not for holm 's performance\n", "and complete lack\n", "should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting .\n", "the movie or the character any good\n", "is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer\n", "the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats\n", "say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "star wars movie\n", "duvall -lrb- also a producer -rrb-\n", "marketing\n", "work , with premise and dialogue\n", "b-movie excitement\n", "explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens\n", "of the movie for me\n", "hollywood satire\n", "raunch-fests\n", "the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise\n", "though it was written for no one , but somehow\n", "a series of riveting set pieces\n", "that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9\n", "laboratory\n", ", then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? ''\n", "kids '' sequel opening\n", "el crimen del padre amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment\n", "mildly fleshed-out characters\n", "whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented\n", "desperately needed\n", "familiar subject matter\n", "pauline and\n", "the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react\n", "puddle\n", "the family\n", "an admittedly middling film\n", "while holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing\n", "if you have no interest in the gang-infested\n", "peter kosminsky\n", "workshop\n", "like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire\n", "as a real documentary\n", "a deficit of flim-flam\n", "the material above pat inspirational status\n", "-- as well its delightful cast --\n", "in the right direction\n", "dahmer\n", "of the best looking and stylish\n", "a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie\n", "into a future they wo n't much care about\n", "competent performers from movies , television and the theater\n", "mummy returns\n", "as a war criminal\n", "singers\n", "average summer\n", "there 's stuff here to like\n", "are n't very bright\n", "ever again\n", "photographed and beautifully recorded\n", "despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development\n", "glory ''\n", "with an utterly incompetent conclusion\n", "movie production\n", "or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices\n", "films about loss , grief and recovery\n", "all the story\n", "the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up\n", "care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb- gets his comeuppance\n", "rapid-fire delivery\n", "of mindless pace in collision\n", "of the astronauts floating in their cabins\n", "an all-star salute\n", "ever made , how could it not be ?\n", "ideas\n", "other parts\n", ", at best ,\n", "subtle\n", "the entertaining shallows\n", "easy sanctimony ,\n", "the acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff\n", "daringly preposterous thesis\n", "solid acting and a neat premise\n", "confessions\n", "which is worth seeing\n", "exploitation picture\n", "pull off\n", "who remain curious about each other against all odds\n", "i admit it , i hate to like it .\n", "rather clever\n", "well , jason 's gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb- .\n", "margaritas\n", "for dance completists only .\n", "filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman\n", "put so much time and energy\n", "a failure of our justice system\n", "realistically terrifying movie\n", "early days\n", "white 's\n", "maybe .\n", "your childhood\n", "faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .\n", "early work\n", "has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .\n", "you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but\n", "k 19 stays afloat as decent drama\\/action flick\n", "meat\n", "'s the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be .\n", "about suffering afghan refugees on the news\n", ", non-exploitive approach\n", "the hills have eyes\n", "might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize\n", "you believe\n", "more engaged and honest treatment\n", "actor to save it\n", "is its utter sincerity\n", "for this story to go but down\n", "operatic\n", "a road trip that will get you thinking , ` are we there yet\n", "the merits\n", "in the end , there is n't much to it .\n", "indian -\n", "franc\n", "joel zwick\n", "enough ,\n", "definitely distinctive screen presence\n", "to american art house audiences\n", "to be decipherable\n", "references to norwegian folktales\n", "at the heart of his story\n", "a kind of hard , cold effect\n", "from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather\n", "need more x and less blab\n", "'' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''\n", "every bit as high\n", "a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "its splendor\n", "the otherwise good-naturedness of mr. deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely new york celebrities\n", "people going in this crazy life\n", "bizarre way\n", "have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances\n", "you might think\n", "failing\n", "first two-thirds\n", "obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt\n", "sensual\n", "discipline\n", "a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud\n", "coastal\n", "off the screen\n", "refreshingly smart and newfangled variation\n", "something wholly original\n", "an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot\n", "are fascinating\n", "director-chef\n", "live-action cartoon\n", "the freshness of the actress-producer and writer\n", "all the eroticism\n", "it makes absolutely no sense\n", "can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included\n", "ragbag\n", "grace woodard\n", "never succeed in really rattling the viewer\n", "you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .\n", "the right place\n", "vent -lrb-\n", "lowbrow accent uma\n", "of its satirical\n", "-lrb- has -rrb- an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it\n", "the past year\n", "populates\n", "is n't a new idea .\n", "eudora welty\n", "eroti-comedy\n", "to lowly studio hack\n", "how fantastic reign of fire looked\n", "bluer than the atlantic and\n", "stunning fusion\n", "unexamined lives .\n", "the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity\n", "by kieran culkin\n", "a phonograph record\n", "the inside column of a torn book jacket\n", "at least 90 more\n", "feels more like the pilot episode 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is n't the word --\n", "is a career-defining revelation\n", "works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever .\n", "unwieldy\n", "to show up at theatres for it\n", "distinctions\n", "nervous energy ,\n", "conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal\n", "so meditative and lyrical\n", "rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey\n", "patric and ray liotta\n", "to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb- or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters\n", "key contribution\n", "the warren report\n", "the minor omission\n", "'s probably worth catching solely on its visual merits\n", ", twisted sort\n", "shameless attempt\n", "dreary and sluggish\n", "at a blank 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great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films\n", "herzog\n", "the solid filmmaking\n", "to those\n", "is breathtaking\n", "is virtually unwatchable .\n", "anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie\n", "about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin\n", "low-budget and\n", "be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill\n", "so much farcical as sour .\n", "nothing to drink\n", "of a dark and quirky comedy\n", "advantage\n", "does south fork\n", "this bad on purpose\n", "blockbusters\n", "the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .\n", "'s not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe\n", "the simplistic heaven\n", "honest and loving one\n", "know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too\n", "we need hollywood doing to us\n", "about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length\n", "want to check it out\n", "overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film\n", "of the genre\n", "about ordinary folk\n", "garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "follow the same blueprint\n", "a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ...\n", "` t-tell stance\n", "wonderous accomplishment\n", "mob action-comedy .\n", "video game movie\n", "the very prevalence\n", "mushes the college-friends genre -lrb- the big chill -rrb- together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas .\n", "worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america\n", "a hallmark hall of fame\n", "long , slow and dreary\n", "satire\n", "for its own good\n", "puppy\n", "traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .\n", "edward burns ' best film\n", "not the first , by the way\n", "cheese puff\n", "follows the formula ,\n", ", it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie\n", "halloween entertainment\n", "nonsensical and laughable\n", "find them\n", "swimming with sharks and\n", "with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions\n", "a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you\n", "'s surprisingly decent , particularly\n", "will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .\n", "a big , loud , bang-the-drum\n", "an interesting exercise\n", "character-driven storytelling\n", "revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .\n", "is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation\n", "yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone\n", "care about zelda 's ultimate fate\n", "it 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '\n", "while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .\n", "the moral dilemma\n", "some flashy twists\n", "disney aficionados will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` bedknobs and broomsticks , '' which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime .\n", "the movie 's narrative gymnastics\n", "photographed and\n", "melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold .\n", "having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count\n", "crippled by poor casting .\n", "his death\n", "sequel .\n", "'s a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear .\n", "a very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .\n", "boundless\n", "a character\n", "our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture\n", "the larger socio-political picture\n", "creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic\n", "oh boy , it 's a howler .\n", "than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms\n", "sexual obsession\n", "flashbulbs\n", "eddie\n", "television and plot threads\n", "the mediocre performances\n", "with the salton sea\n", "has energy\n", "shake up the mix ,\n", "with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver\n", "monstrous lunatic\n", "'' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .\n", "malkovich 's\n", "ali 's graduation\n", "momentum and\n", "... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .\n", "validated by the changing composition of the nation\n", "smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings ,\n", "plays like a series of vignettes --\n", "with 94 minutes\n", "feed\n", "unit\n", "it goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .\n", "to overcome gaps in character development and story logic\n", "is as predictable as the tides\n", "making me groggy\n", "through the hollywood pipeline\n", "frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director\n", "of adolescent sturm und drang\n", "in its midst\n", "these people 's dedication\n", "the big boys\n", "unsatisfied\n", "gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences\n", "is a visual treat\n", "94-minute travesty\n", "the image\n", "by the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .\n", "fragmentary\n", "perfectly entertaining\n", "in her sophomore effort\n", "nonjudgmental kind\n", "nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts -- is authentic .\n", "sparse but oddly compelling\n", "'re likely\n", "'s so poorly\n", "much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .\n", "confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia\n", "plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101 .\n", "right through the ranks of the players\n", "the longest yard\n", "than the first installment\n", "deep-seated\n", "'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager\n", ", jason 's gone to manhattan and hell\n", "touching as the son 's room\n", "of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature\n", "mike white 's\n", "spy comedy franchise\n", "comedy since being john malkovich\n", "big-budget\n", "a life interestingly\n", "is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever\n", "its elbows sticking out where the knees should be\n", "roger dodger\n", "really need a remake of `` charade\n", "mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .\n", "thirteen conversations about one thing , for all its generosity and optimism ,\n", "does not a movie make\n", ", but certainly to people with a curiosity about\n", "refreshingly\n", "the unbearable lightness\n", "this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged makes no difference in the least .\n", "it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience\n", "most incoherent\n", "is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort\n", "this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .\n", "`` spider-man '' certainly\n", "genial romance\n", "endlessly challenging maze\n", "gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera\n", "love liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension\n", "see it as soon as possible\n", "a swathe\n", "formal innovations and glimpse\n", "'ll love this movie\n", "a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text\n", "has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle .\n", "jell with sean penn 's monotone narration\n", "ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking\n", "in ` signs '\n", "miss heist\n", "so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits\n", "by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances\n", "sellers\n", "sade set\n", "the work of a genuine and singular artist\n", "soon forgotten\n", "delightful , if minor , pastry\n", "a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ...\n", "leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors\n", "-lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision\n", "jackson , who also served as executive producer\n", "becker 's\n", "provocative\n", "is painful to watch\n", "in santa claus\n", "through the country bears\n", "over-amorous terrier\n", "careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick\n", "sharp slivers\n", "will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel\n", "bad premise\n", "morrissette\n", ", clothes and parties\n", "timeless and unique perspective\n", "this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .\n", "jackson , who also served as executive producer ,\n", "peralta 's\n", "makes us\n", "i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill\n", "he 's done\n", "brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deuces wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism .\n", "a low-key , organic way\n", "is clearly a good thing .\n", "say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance\n", "huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience\n", "serious contender\n", "that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it\n", "is , overall\n", "of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors\n", "demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world\n", "ten-year-old\n", "to the tormented persona of bibi\n", "rather unique approach\n", "grubbing\n", "an extraordinary film ,\n", "cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .\n", "a willingness\n", "reading and\\/or poetry\n", "if you\n", "dialog between realistic characters\n", "rare for any movie\n", "dressed up this little parable\n", "where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed\n", "builds its multi-character story\n", "still cuts all the way down to broken bone\n", "its charms and its funny moments but not\n", "that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press\n", "is intriguing but\n", "is a con artist and a liar\n", "an hour or\n", "-lrb- or be entertained by\n", "is a just a waste\n", "jaglom 's\n", ", the acting is robotically italicized ,\n", "a smart little indie .\n", "the film 's interests\n", "magic and whimsy\n", "supermarket\n", "exoticism\n", "indicative of his , if you will ,\n", "interview with the assassin\n", "too much of the energy\n", "confined and\n", "inspiration and ambition\n", "a curious sick poetry\n", "multi-character story\n", "a warm , fuzzy feeling\n", "directors harry gantz and joe gantz\n", "found its sweet spot\n", "godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .\n", "an artist who is simply tired\n", "cliched and clunky\n", "real danger\n", "an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom\n", "when a tidal wave of plot arrives\n", "badly cobbled look\n", "a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title\n", "can tolerate leon barlow\n", "the first lousy guy ritchie imitation\n", "by the final whistle\n", "the trailer\n", "until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives\n", "to be another man 's garbage\n", "let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp ?\n", "teen flick\n", "some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast .\n", "in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .\n", "handsome execution\n", "mumbles his way through the movie\n", "the head with a moral\n", "no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .\n", "crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .\n", "a grenade\n", "its fans\n", "find little of interest\n", "altar boys ' take on adolescence\n", "recalls\n", "the history of the academy\n", "be best forgotten\n", "got fingered .\n", "pay your $ 8 and\n", "sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking\n", "kieslowski 's\n", "foundering\n", "demented-funny\n", "rather tired\n", "highly-praised\n", "gratify\n", "cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting ,\n", "time 's\n", "those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style\n", "his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum\n", "korean\n", "at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage .\n", "his is an interesting character\n", "crude\n", "a sobering meditation\n", "another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "vowing ,\n", "anakin\n", "it is thought-provoking .\n", "digits\n", "brainy\n", "pulled a muscle or two\n", "lack contrast , are murky\n", "a wonderfully warm human drama\n", "macabre and very\n", "was worse\n", "with his stepmother\n", "something and then\n", "a rash\n", "in on the subcontinent\n", "with restraint\n", "of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder\n", "anne-sophie\n", "never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "a surprisingly anemic disappointment\n", "dawson 's creek\n", "prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison\n", "'s with all the shooting\n", "as consistently\n", "characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love\n", "the delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two .\n", "beautiful , half-naked women\n", "a superior horror flick\n", "can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "a story\n", "like sirk , but differently\n", "the hours ,\n", "an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out\n", "branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "maybe leblanc thought , `` hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''\n", "highly predictable narrative\n", "and well-made entertainment\n", "revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema\n", "most romantic\n", "trailer park\n", "nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful .\n", "that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda\n", "of h.g. wells ' ` the time\n", "physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other\n", "a double-barreled rip-off\n", "if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "a little more humanity\n", "enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "harbor\n", "the inevitable conflicts between human urges and\n", "culture-clash comedy\n", "appealing as pumpkin\n", "a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm -lrb- wo n't be an -rrb- exceedingly memorable one for most people .\n", "imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern\n", "scott 's\n", "toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater\n", "less than pure wankery\n", "`` heist ''\n", "superficial .\n", "well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too\n", "warm up to\n", "that satisfies , as comfort food often can\n", "stunt\n", "real world events\n", "posey\n", "with enough\n", "on convention\n", "'' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff\n", "the roman colosseum\n", "odor\n", "from the images\n", "detachment\n", "the ` qatsi ' trilogy\n", ", sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .\n", "the emperor 's\n", "from sweet\n", "in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life\n", "entire franchise\n", "undeniably moving\n", "uncomfortably timely\n", "working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac\n", "for director neil marshall 's intense freight\n", "all comedy is subversive\n", "it falls short\n", "murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed\n", "love 's brief moment\n", "feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off\n", "the final effect\n", "a certain sexiness\n", "kitschy goodwill\n", "entertains\n", "is of brian de palma 's addiction\n", "there 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but generally , it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance .\n", "that it 's the butt of its own joke\n", "that 's all that 's going on here .\n", "with coltish , neurotic energy\n", "astonishingly skillful and moving ...\n", "it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .\n", "orbit\n", "turns that occasionally\n", "only starring role\n", ", horrifying and oppressively tragic\n", "worthwhile moviegoing experience\n", "and unpredictable character pieces\n", "would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility\n", "will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters\n", "unlikable , uninteresting\n", "naipaul , a juicy writer\n", "i have seen in an american film\n", "that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems\n", "terror by suggestion , rather than\n", "demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop\n", "character awakens\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted\n", "nearly as downbeat\n", "'ll at least remember their characters .\n", "its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map\n", "enough cool fun here\n", "cliched dialogue and\n", "'s a better actor than a standup comedian .\n", "plodding , peevish and gimmicky .\n", "its yearning for the days\n", "a popcorn film , not a must-own ,\n", "cerebral and cinemantic flair\n", "comfortable niche\n", "raw film stock\n", "is a. .\n", "are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", "italian-language soundtrack\n", "while kids will probably eat the whole thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot .\n", "almost everything about the film\n", "the beauty and power of the opera\n", "of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty\n", "dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication\n", "few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending\n", "appealing enough\n", "mid-to-low budget\n", "things fall apart\n", "plain ' girl\n", "ca n't get out of his own way\n", "a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary\n", "grisly and\n", "vast majority\n", "rich and full\n", "entertainment more disposable than hanna-barbera 's half-hour cartoons\n", "'s unique and quirky\n", "with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving\n", "production design , score and choreography\n", "the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot .\n", "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\n", "through rose-colored glasses\n", "-lrb- but ultimately silly\n", "yellow lodge\n", "intellectual arguments\n", "wang\n", "an after-school special\n", "a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood 's comic-book\n", "way-cool by a basic , credible compassion\n", "this is cinema\n", "releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults\n", "usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails\n", "have likely wound up a tnt original\n", "'' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .\n", "galinsky and hawley\n", "admire these people 's dedication\n", "phocion\n", "the piece\n", "who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes\n", "written and\n", "the production values\n", "is like nothing we westerners have seen before\n", "nervous energy\n", "a picture-perfect beach\n", "is n't the actor to save it .\n", "the difficult subject of grief and loss\n", ", energetic and sweetly whimsical\n", "but it was n't horrible either\n", "even a hint\n", "a little violence and lots\n", "bambi and\n", "interesting but\n", "acknowledges and celebrates\n", "dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam\n", "'s also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers\n", "to hold my interest\n", "might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil .\n", "brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deuces wild represents\n", "courtesy\n", "bland to be interesting\n", "par\n", "the other stories\n", "is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst 's forced avuncular chortles .\n", "appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time\n", "a disturbing examination of what\n", "bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history\n", "for a derivative plot\n", "populace\n", "like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing\n", "based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents\n", "will find things to like\n", "enter into\n", "what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light\n", "they just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .\n", "` best part ' of the movie\n", "must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in\n", "bask in your own cleverness\n", "it were an extended short\n", "world \\/\n", "those weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers\n", "which they have been patiently waiting for\n", "ill-wrought\n", "does 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 .\n", "monte\n", "... simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .\n", "my opinion , analyze\n", "like ` praise the lord\n", "sand creeping in others\n", "devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable .\n", "the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from\n", "wow\n", "ms. ramsay and her co-writer ,\n", "the disadvantage of also looking cheap\n", "getting their fair shot\n", "a fragmented film\n", "metaphorical wave\n", "seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story\n", "at the end of the movie\n", "provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending\n", "until\n", "while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out .\n", "assured and\n", "inside\n", "well-contructed\n", "its sweet spot\n", "'s probably\n", "some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time\n", "affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed\n", "instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy\n", "addition movies\n", "a winning comedy with its wry observations\n", "right approach\n", "a straight-shooting family film\n", "look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again\n", "impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman\n", "astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap .\n", "the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "being john malkovich again\n", "a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional .\n", "making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12\n", "being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100\n", "may aim to be the next animal house\n", "'s fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty .\n", "collateral damage is trash\n", "wilco fans will have a great time\n", "with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie\n", "steal a movie not only from 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\n", "build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show\n", "their labor , living harmoniously ,\n", "leafing through an album of photos\n", "rot and hack\n", "a glorified sitcom ,\n", "inside a huge video game\n", "a neat trick\n", "directors john musker and ron clements\n", "is somehow guessable from the first few minutes\n", "revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .\n", "we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "the pathology\n", "tired stereotypes\n", "i blame all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb- tells her father .\n", "at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated -lrb- depending upon where you live -rrb- , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .\n", "die hideously\n", "gay\n", "star state\n", "its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case\n", "any life\n", "makes the formula fresh again\n", "of the bad reviews\n", "bearded lady and lactating hippie\n", "a very well-meaning movie ,\n", "the raw comic energy\n", "gender roles\n", "if there 's no art here , it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .\n", "power boats , latin music and\n", "shock at any cost\n", "comforting\n", "certainly is n't dull .\n", "of times\n", "be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "adorably\n", "fraction\n", "premise work\n", "enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast\n", "boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun\n", "is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .\n", "flat script\n", "a very capable nailbiter\n", "it is relatively short\n", "for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .\n", "a hundred of them can be numbing\n", "70-year-old\n", "reeks\n", "brooms\n", "out windows\n", "a film of epic scale\n", "borrows from other movies\n", "at a hip-hop tootsie\n", "cricket match\n", "those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers\n", "nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals\n", "caustic\n", "energy level\n", "miscalculates\n", "however stale the material\n", "it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating .\n", "1950s and '60s\n", "obvious as telling a country skunk\n", "the married couple howard and michelle hall\n", "footnotes\n", "recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it\n", "next time\n", "'ll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard .\n", "chases for an hour and then\n", "pleasurable trifle\n", "almost all\n", "the characters ... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .\n", "and crude humor\n", "a fascinating study\n", "to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller\n", "investigation\n", "well-meaning and\n", "refreshing and comical\n", "the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is\n", "fine acting moments\n", "auto focus ''\n", "a flop\n", "the opposite\n", "like something\n", "has never been his trademark\n", "energetic and sweetly\n", "avuncular chortles\n", "captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics .\n", "you love the music , and\n", "imitations\n", "graphically\n", "juvenile\n", "an entirely stale concept\n", "to the tailor for some major alterations\n", "of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise\n", "sonny\n", "is in the end an honorable , interesting failure .\n", "their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli\n", "-lrb- who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate -rrb-\n", "is pretty much the same all over\n", "are standard procedure\n", "so unique and stubborn and charismatic\n", "writes himself into a corner\n", "a provocative\n", "zips\n", "be any flatter\n", "fifties\n", "improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen\n", "hard as this may be to believe\n", "davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but\n", "to be a romantic comedy\n", "'s a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur .\n", "mar an otherwise excellent film .\n", "bigger and more ambitious\n", "see the point\n", "archival footage\n", "star performance\n", "ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments\n", "described as i know what you did last winter\n", "prevail\n", ", the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .\n", "can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell\n", "some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness\n", "got a david lynch jones ?\n", "'s not .\n", "with moviemaking\n", "speed\n", "gaitskill\n", "a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most\n", "wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful\n", "of recent decades\n", "is so resolutely\n", "black indomitability\n", "of david\n", "'s refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy\n", "rooting against , for that matter\n", "of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks ''\n", "the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .\n", "agreed\n", "gross-out flicks , college flicks ,\n", "the quiet american\n", "it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .\n", "full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .\n", "whom the name\n", "very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts\n", "with the slickest of mamet\n", "humiliation\n", "leguizamo and jones\n", "the milieu\n", "heart and\n", "in a 102-minute film , aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .\n", "central story\n", "proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls\n", "by ryan gosling\n", "song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein\n", "a better script\n", "has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women\n", "normally , rohmer 's talky films fascinate me ,\n", "the yawning chasm where the plot should be\n", "does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller\n", "the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings .\n", "that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media\n", "to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors\n", "hart\n", "forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year -\n", "hitch\n", "dubious feat\n", "last week 's issue of variety\n", "lacking in substance\n", "a home\n", "beautiful , timeless and universal tale\n", "hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours ,\n", "it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .\n", "a reminder\n", "in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia\n", "doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience\n", "characteristically engorged and\n", "too many tried-and-true shenanigans\n", "alas , no\n", "vital comic ingredient\n", "piquant meditation\n", "into combat hell\n", "are fantastic .\n", "among the studio 's animated classics\n", "eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos\n", ", the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series\n", "myers\n", "been edited at all\n", "once a guarantee\n", "americans to finally revel in its splendor\n", "shocking conclusion\n", "antagonism\n", "the tale of a guy\n", "rare common-man artist\n", "ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .\n", "high-powered star pedigree\n", "some delightful work\n", "a heartfelt romance for teenagers\n", "maguire makes it a comic book with soul\n", "of metropolitan life\n", "perpetrated here\n", "is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "here the love scenes all end in someone screaming .\n", "is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .\n", "priggish\n", "saw it as a young boy\n", "carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff\n", "a better person\n", "old-fashioned drama\n", "the source\n", "are given here\n", "the minds of the audience\n", "the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us\n", "pretty contagious fun\n", "revealing\n", "the final day of the season\n", "wear you\n", "are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .\n", "stirring road movie .\n", "the south korean cinema\n", "is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .\n", "is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat .\n", "the ford administration 's\n", "a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what\n", "robust and scary\n", "better acting and\n", "the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .\n", "about this traditional thriller ,\n", "from beginning to end , this overheated melodrama plays like a student film .\n", "large-frame imax camera\n", "visible\n", "her radical flag fly\n", "their story\n", "generation 's\n", "challenging one\n", "presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale\n", "stuffs\n", "as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them\n", "velocity\n", "a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''\n", "action-packed\n", "a comedy of a premise\n", "titillating material\n", "feels the dimming of a certain ambition\n", "cold have been\n", "remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing\n", "is superficial\n", "instead of panoramic sweep , kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .\n", "to better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and i wo n't be sitting through this one again ... that in itself is commentary enough\n", "era justice\n", "the feral intensity\n", "as charming as it thinks it is\n", "inventive cinematic tricks and\n", "worth seeing\n", "'s all that 's going on here .\n", "mantra\n", "'d grab your kids and run and then probably call the police\n", "filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers\n", "very charming and funny\n", "makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners\n", "morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology\n", "simultaneously heart-breaking and\n", "the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .\n", "in a changing world\n", "it wraps up a classic mother\\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty\n", "self-determination\n", "bewildering sense\n", "whom the yearning for passion spells discontent\n", "to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil\n", "payback\n", "the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves\n", "while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course ... director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .\n", "epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , die another day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller .\n", "shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children\n", "you 'd think by now\n", "a measure of style\n", ", it has all the heart of a porno flick -lrb- but none of the sheer lust -rrb- .\n", "of pre-9 \\/ 11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind\n", "are lukewarm and quick to pass\n", "the theories\n", "it 's not too much of anything .\n", "enhances the excellent performances\n", "talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but\n", "mild disturbance or detached pleasure\n", "perversely\n", "delivers a game performance\n", "excels\n", "stars hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "abrasive , stylized sequences\n", "smack of a film school undergrad\n", "that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective\n", "naturalistic tone\n", "to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy\n", "the '70s\n", "thou\n", "does the thoroughly formulaic film\n", "irreparably\n", "as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "is small\n", "of its operational mechanics\n", "mclaughlin group\n", "of sentimental chick-flicks\n", "its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow\n", "real nba 's\n", "vulgar is too optimistic a title .\n", "of last summer 's bloated effects\n", "is still alive and kicking\n", "pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess .\n", "transcendent performance\n", "tempered\n", "that takes place during spring break\n", "to dope out what tuck everlasting is about\n", "of money\n", ", this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .\n", "presents weighty issues\n", "adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt\n", "not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes\n", "mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful\n", "for passion in our lives and the emptiness one\n", "of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off\n", "the engaging ,\n", "took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol\n", "would be envious of\n", "is hypnotic\n", "a sleek advert\n", "bright and\n", "is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .\n", "big hairy deal .\n", "all the same\n", "dubbed\n", "extremist name-calling\n", "firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon .\n", "with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes\n", "have nothing\n", "lane\n", "near-fatal mistake\n", "a bad movie , just mediocre\n", "many good ideas\n", "a true-blue delight .\n", "remotely topical or sexy\n", "gator-bashing\n", "this silly con job sing\n", "'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .\n", "duvall 's throbbing sincerity\n", "watching an iceberg melt -- only\n", "to men and women\n", ", look at that clever angle !\n", "by suggestion\n", "ends up more\n", "come up with on their own\n", "art , ethics\n", "succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad .\n", "mar an otherwise excellent film\n", "cockney\n", "posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions\n", "in the murk of its own making\n", "ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed\n", "overcooked\n", "a powerful though flawed movie\n", "sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen ,\n", "resemble\n", "each watered down the version of the one before\n", "offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .\n", "over again .\n", "is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western\n", "hooks\n", "combining\n", "freezers\n", "works its magic\n", "competently\n", "the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed .\n", "little screen\n", "see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing\n", "the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis\n", "is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .\n", "incarnation\n", "many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "survive a screening with little harm done ,\n", "every attempt\n", "a familiar story , but\n", "to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor\n", "is never dull\n", "a good cast\n", "madcap\n", "of young women in film\n", "rah-rah\n", "it 's young guns\n", "a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings\n", "love , lust , and sin\n", "a bisexual sweetheart\n", "too many nervous gags\n", "'s a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .\n", "kline 's superbly nuanced performance ,\n", "soupy end result\n", "is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie .\n", "xmas\n", "that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises\n", "walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .\n", "flawed but engrossing thriller\n", "about as big a crowdpleaser as\n", "zaza 's extended bedroom sequence\n", "all manner of lunacy\n", "week 's\n", "to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them\n", "stop buying tickets to these movies\n", "of sandler\n", "has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible\n", "the dark and bittersweet twist\n", "whose engaging manner and flamboyant style\n", "film only\n", "justifies\n", "waiting\n", "for civics classes and would-be public servants\n", "have not yet recovered\n", "keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming\n", "medium-grade network sitcom\n", "a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores\n", "has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "found it slow , predictable and not very amusing\n", "could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script\n", "vaguely interesting ,\n", "an obligation\n", "the story to fill two hours\n", "is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for\n", "confuses its message\n", "'s about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family\n", "be good\n", "from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script\n", "his son\n", "the visual panache\n", "is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .\n", "good the execution\n", "inexperienced children play the two main characters\n", "amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .\n", "some serious suspense\n", "about the relationships\n", "can get your money back\n", "is delightful in the central role .\n", "- sake communal spirit\n", "not remotely incisive enough\n", "practiced\n", "contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or\n", "between the three central characters\n", "bio\n", "all-too-familiar\n", "is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .\n", "marcus\n", "handsome but unfulfilling\n", "again\n", "work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse .\n", "an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground\n", "the casting of raymond j. barry as the ` assassin '\n", "carl franklin\n", "greene 's story\n", "a british stage icon\n", "is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs\n", "the fast-forward technology\n", "percentages all day\n", "a dog-tag\n", "equally assured\n", "above the level of a telanovela\n", "the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize\n", ", ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious\n", "a huge gap between the film 's creepy\n", "purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .\n", "posthumously published cult novel\n", "one of the greatest films\n", "lacks originality to make it a great movie\n", "are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .\n", "the standard made-for-tv movie\n", "morality and\n", "ou\n", "the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing .\n", "it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .\n", "its plot contrivances\n", "the best ` old neighborhood ' project\n", "antonia\n", "is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake\n", "epicenter\n", "thinks it 's hilarious\n", "the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for\n", "to medical school\n", "stinks\n", "does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds\n", "the master of disguise is funny -- not `` ha ha '' funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny .\n", "engendering audience sympathy\n", "lovely and amazing ,\n", "their lack\n", "drown out\n", "gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or laugh .\n", "director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time\n", "a neat way\n", "generic slasher-movie nonsense\n", "sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching\n", "funny thing\n", "can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth\n", "as verging on mumbo-jumbo\n", "swims\n", "grade-grubbers\n", "avant-garde\n", "teens to laugh , groan and hiss\n", ", assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others\n", "most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment\n", "a respectable 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'\n", "through the slow spots\n", "the bullets start to fly\n", "joseph heller or kurt vonnegut\n", "is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count .\n", "theatre 3000 tribute\n", "is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences\n", "eddie murphy and\n", "developed hastily after oedekerk\n", "at 80 minutes\n", "-lrb- n -rrb- o matter how much good will the actors generate , showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .\n", "you 're going to face frightening late fees\n", "is about as interesting\n", "led to their notorious rise\n", "surround frankie\n", "'s with the unexplained baboon cameo\n", "into situations that would make lesser men run for cover\n", "about the catalytic effect a holy fool\n", "fourteen-year\n", "the script , the gags , the characters\n", "style and themes\n", ", upsetting glimpse\n", "most hollywood romantic comedies\n", "misguided acts\n", 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'\n", "lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "'s an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes .\n", "companion piece\n", "a vivid , spicy footnote to history ,\n", "at the sundance film festival\n", "in this situation\n", "simple telling\n", "its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters\n", "if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's , one imagines the result would look like something like this .\n", "is to be mesmerised .\n", "let-down\n", "real-life story\n", "the tenor\n", "unconventional\n", "stoner\n", "by young ballesta and galan -lrb- a first-time actor -rrb-\n", "alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental\n", "bible-study\n", "demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose\n", "stuck to betty fisher\n", "needs a whole bunch of snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .\n", "the gags , and\n", "deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history .\n", "sorry use of aaliyah in her one and\n", ", it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .\n", "unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope\n", "of jordan\n", "with such patronising reverence\n", "does n't work as either\n", "perversity , comedy and romance\n", "disguise the fact\n", "an agnostic carnivore\n", "in that something 's horribly wrong\n", "if you 're paying attention\n", "put a human face\n", "pair that with really poor comedic writing ...\n", "the sequel is everything the original was not : contrived , overblown and tie-in ready .\n", "share their enthusiasm\n", "ye\n", "from cowering poverty to courage and happiness\n", "packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother .\n", "sometimes baffling\n", "one very funny joke\n", "lesser appetites\n", "no , we get another scene , and then another .\n", "a coma-like state\n", "at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .\n", "the movie is gorgeously made\n", "stallion of the cimarron\n", "been made\n", "for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm\n", "no-nonsense human beings they are\n", "are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .\n", "it does in the execution\n", "a light , yet engrossing piece .\n", "the peculiar egocentricities\n", "is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity\n", "since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things .\n", "the uncommitted\n", "taxi driver and goodfellas\n", "any ground\n", "'s a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original\n", "eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .\n", "most of the movie works so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong\n", "watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers\n", ", if somewhat flawed ,\n", "a sense-of-humour failure\n", "a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off\n", "true to its animatronic roots\n", "writing and acting\n", "a kind of ghandi gone bad\n", "it 's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge .\n", "isolated\n", "anarchic\n", "from movies , television and the theater\n", "it sets for itself\n", "gentle jesus\n", "'d gone the way of don simpson\n", "littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed\n", "that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game\n", "the holes in this film remain agape --\n", "my cat ''\n", "bad things\n", "'ve actually spent time living in another community\n", "leave you wanting more\n", "on an emotional level , funnier , and\n", "middle\n", "yarn-spinner\n", "a stunning new young talent in one\n", "intense political and psychological thriller\n", "a smart and funny\n", "we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel\n", "respectively\n", "iles '\n", "earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer , ponderous awfulness of its script .\n", "i could just skip it\n", "many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "disney animated\n", "overmanipulative\n", "wastes an exceptionally good idea .\n", "tootsie knockoff .\n", "versus `` them ''\n", "for gas\n", "since 1997\n", "celebrated\n", "describes this film : honest\n", "you 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied .\n", "who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies\n", "is disappointingly generic .\n", "with the exception of about six gags\n", "dedicated artists\n", "the film 's saving graces\n", "cross-cultural\n", "century morality play\n", "awe-inspiring visual poetry\n", "improved .\n", "surprisingly anemic\n", "retrieve her husband\n", "that there is no rest period , no timeout\n", "of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness\n", "a plot that 's just too boring and obvious\n", "new texture , new relevance , new reality\n", "that '\n", "broder\n", "works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs\n", "'s sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful\n", "the verbal marks\n", "vivid , convincing performances\n", "deeply out of place\n", "before its opening\n", "in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie\n", "mischievous visual style\n", ", the mood remains oddly detached .\n", "have that kind of impact on me these days\n", "an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing\n", "may have many agendas\n", "mind crappy movies as much\n", "gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways .\n", "riled up\n", "become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled\n", "swept up in invincible\n", "diciness\n", "so much leniency\n", "made him bitter and less mature\n", "powerful emotional wallop\n", "have no explanation or even plot relevance\n", "just a kiss\n", "preposterous moments\n", "a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film .\n", "pays earnest homage to turntablists and\n", "perhaps , but\n", "operates nicely\n", "of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story\n", "keep up\n", "a very charming and funny movie .\n", "dig themselves in deeper every time\n", "see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .\n", "adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say\n", "far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama .\n", "the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .\n", "it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so\n", "of technology\n", "the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension\n", "familiar and foreign\n", "borrow some\n", "social dictates\n", "` swept away ' sinks .\n", "of tooth in roger dodger\n", "are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise\n", "major\n", "stiletto-stomps the life out of it\n", "commands\n", "padre amaro\n", "the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices\n", "writer-director\n", "ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory ,\n", "do well to cram earplugs in their ears and\n", "and cultural lines\n", "just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character\n", "concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man\n", "smartest kids\n", "happy , heady jumble\n", "is not a bad film .\n", "a little more dramatic tension and some more editing\n", "she 's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness .\n", "barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .\n", "yearning\n", "his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways\n", "are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .\n", "is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance\n", "is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .\n", "mtv 's undressed\n", "middle-america\n", "of arty theorizing\n", "of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "the best kind\n", "the field of roughage dominates\n", ", the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .\n", "removed\n", "smaller numbered kidlets\n", "hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie\n", ", as a bonus ,\n", "the origin story is well told , and\n", "loose-jointed\n", "need of a cube fix\n", "truly annoying\n", "most convincing\n", "best achievements\n", "of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making\n", "an opinion\n", "seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .\n", "tenacious demonstration\n", "wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate\n", "the cleverness , the weirdness and\n", "'s waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .\n", "it wraps up a classic mother\\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and\n", "drawings\n", "low-budget series\n", "want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead\n", "a non-stop cry\n", "with a girl\n", "still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life\n", "muckraking , soul-searching spirit\n", "color or warmth\n", "koepp 's screenplay is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own .\n", "`` pokemon ''\n", "plummets into a comedy graveyard\n", "the prospect of death\n", "seems fresh and vital\n", "of golf\n", "really cool\n", "of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee\n", "made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters\n", "for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .\n", "shimmering , beautifully costumed\n", "the filmmakers could dredge up\n", "odd , inexplicable and unpleasant\n", "banal and predictable\n", "'s only a movie\n", "embraced\n", "without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles\n", "watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs\n", "the family tragedy\n", "winged\n", "here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and\n", "idiots\n", "i have a confession to make :\n", "a marginal thumbs\n", "the revelation fails to justify the build-up .\n", "like a fish that 's lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .\n", "blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get\n", "parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '\n", "to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "subversive silence can be\n", "students that deals with first love sweetly\n", "action-movie\n", "the relationships of the survivors\n", "fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller\n", "an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "the reel\\/real world dichotomy\n", "which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death\n", ", standard , connect-the-dots storyline\n", "goulash\n", "realize ,\n", "stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence\n", "vertical limit\n", "classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy\n", "not for their acting chops , but for their looks\n", "desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .\n", "could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .\n", "with kitsch\n", "the strange horror\n", "celluloid garbage\n", "sword\n", "looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way .\n", "inherently\n", "best brush\n", "has felt , or\n", "told something creepy and vague is in the works\n", "in the movie\n", "would do better elsewhere .\n", "as it may sound\n", "swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "most consumers of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it\n", "through it all ,\n", "more repulsive\n", "come off too amateurish and awkward\n", "having things all spelled out\n", "it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies\n", "with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact\n", "you places you have n't been\n", "the 1960 version\n", "heavy-duty ropes\n", "to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family\n", "segment\n", "is a career-defining revelation .\n", "another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film\n", "the final 30 minutes\n", "the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had\n", "be tried as a war criminal\n", "that it 's funny\n", "even his lesser works outshine the best some directors\n", "plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph .\n", "no new ground\n", "the course for disney sequels\n", "of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors\n", "revel\n", ", it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense\n", "one of the best silly horror movies\n", "whimsy\n", "explanation\n", "by extension , accomplishments\n", "as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence\n", "the god\n", "not a bad way\n", "giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody\n", "the movie is amateurish\n", "the religious and civic virtues\n", "devils\n", "better material\n", "four star performance\n", "stalker\n", "entertainment opportunism at its most glaring\n", "somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments\n", "cartoonish\n", ", it turns the stomach .\n", "travelogue\n", "this familiar rise-and-fall tale\n", "surprisingly refreshing\n", "quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhang 's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house\n", "their super-powers , their super-simple animation and\n", "its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes\n", "being neither\n", "in clockstoppers , a sci-fi\n", "a funny moment or\n", "lectured to by tech-geeks ,\n", "a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style favored by many directors of the iranian new wave .\n", "to his two previous movies\n", "more than a little pretentious\n", "dog day afternoon with a cause\n", "edifying\n", "less mature\n", "the princess\n", "the now middle-aged participants\n", "return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market\n", "'s its first sign of trouble .\n", "an acidic all-male\n", "any of it\n", "bombastic\n", ", vibrant introduction\n", "terrified\n", "while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures\n", "like a room stacked with pungent flowers\n", "ms. paltrow\n", "and writer robert dean klein\n", "emphasis on music in britney spears ' first movie\n", "makes it seem fresh again .\n", "the film has a terrific look and\n", "delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steaming , visceral heaps\n", ", the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .\n", "often downright creepy\n", "than to show us a good time\n", "its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation\n", "that you want it to be better and more successful than it is\n", ", i enjoyed .\n", "any real raw emotion\n", "transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games .\n", "such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball\n", "hit cable\n", "`` besotted ''\n", "the star and everyone else involved\n", "as bad as you think ,\n", "fascinating and\n", "a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration\n", "mopping\n", "kaufman 's script\n", "all too clear\n", "ripening\n", "a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .\n", "never rises to its clever what-if concept .\n", "1993\n", "a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .\n", "of the most highly-praised disappointments i\n", "well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be\n", "a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer\n", "in memory\n", "labor day weekend upload\n", "national media circles\n", "as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers\n", "comically evil\n", "trying to say\n", "at its best , which occurs often , michael moore 's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society ? '\n", "after-school special\n", "the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run\n", ", biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .\n", "replacing objects in a character 's hands\n", "nothing more than a run-of-the-mill action flick .\n", "be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "dark and quirky comedy\n", "a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry .\n", "predictable , maudlin story\n", "el crimen del padre amaro because it 's anti-catholic\n", "actory concoctions ,\n", "full-length\n", "either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing\n", "wild thornberrys movie\n", "a well-acted , but one-note film\n", "the problems of fledgling democracies\n", "bedroom\n", "romantic comedy boilerplate from start to finish\n", "park 's\n", "comic possibilities\n", "honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction .\n", "with no aspirations\n", "subtle ironies and\n", "uncompromising , letting\n", "the tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey .\n", "whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy\n", "want the story to go on and on\n", "a genuine mind-bender .\n", "pointed personalities\n", "than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films\n", "surveillance\n", "'s sincere to a fault , but\n", "ellen pompeo\n", "get further and further apart\n", "loads of cgi and\n", "does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .\n", "here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation .\n", "the park\n", "fan base\n", "megalomaniac\n", "and about\n", "of nausea\n", "wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` hey , kool-aid !\n", "those standards\n", "thoroughly engrossing\n", "the tides\n", "getting kids\n", "by the time christmas rolls around\n", "'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but\n", "a hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois\n", "this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time\n", "wail\n", "as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be\n", "depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit\n", "orlando\n", "be considered a funny little film\n", "the silly , over-the-top coda\n", "why\n", "there are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them\n", "electoral process\n", "strenuously\n", "willing to see with their own eyes\n", "filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner\n", "middle age with this unlikely odyssey\n", "a randall wallace film\n", "bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie\n", "an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .\n", "the title , many can aspire but none can equal\n", "emotional expectations\n", "quietly freaking out\n", "brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance\n", "had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement\n", "belong to somebody\n", "most undeserving\n", "it 's forgivable that the plot feels\n", "it 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space .\n", "handheld\n", "family fundamentals gets you riled up\n", "than their unique residences\n", "the screen in their version of the quiet american\n", "alone conscious\n", "assaults\n", "crisp framing\n", "doing a lot of things , but does n't\n", "shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people .\n", "designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe\n", "a thriller\n", "are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .\n", "you weep\n", "full of detail about the man and his country\n", "the grossest movie\n", "a romantic comedy plotline\n", "his juvenile camera movements\n", "some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .\n", "listless , witless\n", "in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow\n", "even easier\n", "other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "folks worthy\n", "a total misfire\n", "tossed in\n", "goes awry\n", "the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks\n", "in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .\n", "mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction\n", "made the first film\n", "acknowledges\n", "a terrific date movie , whatever your orientation .\n", "it is that it does n't give a damn .\n", "your skin and\n", "its subtly\n", "a christmas carol ''\n", "lactating hippie\n", "york intelligentsia\n", "a hollow tribute\n", "completely honest\n", "be taken seriously\n", "the movie is hardly a masterpiece ,\n", "dalloway\n", "a pleasant and engaging enough sit ,\n", "plotted and\n", "in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "featured in drumline\n", "of indians\n", "becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss\n", "be called ` my husband is travis bickle '\n", "nia\n", "becalmed\n", "tarantula\n", "think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us\n", "made the original men in black\n", "complex story\n", "passions , obsessions\n", "rest her valley-girl image\n", "edifying glimpse\n", "a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work\n", "looking for astute observations\n", "sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and\n", "the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "sent\n", "gorgeous and deceptively minimalist\n", "hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry\n", "view a movie as harrowing\n", "i enjoyed barbershop\n", "of promise\n", "very believable\n", "like the guys\n", "the process\n", "dreams and aspirations\n", "winning performances and some effecting moments\n", "its own ambitious goals\n", "above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "rip\n", "were in the 1950s\n", "while this has the making of melodrama\n", "the level of insight that made\n", "fearful\n", "is a really special walk in the woods .\n", "shake up\n", "slender\n", "a humorless journey into a philosophical void .\n", "agent jack ryan\n", "contradiction\n", ", murdock and rest\n", "obviously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their time -lrb- including mine -rrb- on something very inconsequential .\n", "is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story\n", "for a thirteen-year-old 's book report\n", "drug abuse , infidelity\n", "electric guitar\n", "morality ,\n", "translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard . '\n", "like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend\n", "its parade\n", "up-and-coming\n", "a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience\n", "ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .\n", "to recommend snow dogs\n", "sub-sophomoric\n", "an almost sure-fire prescription\n", "shriveled\n", "appreciates the art\n", "made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .\n", "original little film\n", "pinochet 's crimes\n", "the first mistake , i suspect ,\n", ", brisk 85-minute screwball thriller\n", "will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution\n", "the art direction\n", "off-puttingly cold\n", "hard-hitting documentary\n", "beautifully crafted and\n", "tight pants and big tits\n", "the ending feels at odds with the rest of the film .\n", "drive-by\n", "that often detract from the athleticism\n", "american audiences\n", "rubenesque physique\n", "the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and\n", "more darkly\n", "college cliques\n", "formula 51\n", "to salute writer-director haneke -lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch\n", "a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance\n", "if nakata did it better\n", "real strength\n", "only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny\n", "practitioners\n", "is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .\n", "is extraordinary\n", "is so convincing\n", "sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but ,\n", "buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role\n", "'s not without style\n", "fashion a story around him\n", "the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .\n", "a clarity of purpose and even-handedness\n", "'s a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties .\n", "twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task .\n", "have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again\n", "one man\n", "twinkle\n", "hubristic folly\n", "dangerously collide\n", "the lead roles\n", "who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "pure craft\n", "has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment\n", "given 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"viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .\n", "you 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but\n", "elegant and\n", "film ' in the worst sense of the expression\n", "a purposefully reductive movie\n", "that is presented with universal appeal\n", "believe in santa claus\n", "ready-made\n", "this is a superior horror flick .\n", "singing and dancing\n", "regardless of whether or not ultimate blame\n", "giles\n", "film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that\n", "the curse of a self-hatred instilled\n", "lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks\n", "a tv special\n", "not-very-funny\n", "you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting\n", "supplies with tremendous skill\n", "\\* s \\* h ''\n", "the performance\n", "pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice\n", "and wrestling fans\n", "a scenario\n", "a former gong show addict\n", "conquers france as an earthy napoleon\n", "the remake\n", "old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas\n", "amy 's\n", "of his reserved but existential poignancy\n", "be profane ,\n", "but as\n", "counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget\n", "ii\n", "bear universe\n", "do n't need to know your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california .\n", "unpredictable character\n", "shout about\n", "for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance\n", "just a string of stale gags ,\n", "is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .\n", "an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line .\n", "debris\n", "the feeling\n", "between the sexes\n", "modern 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.\n", "are both listless\n", "' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .\n", "well used\n", "to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "its accumulated enjoyment\n", "legendary actor michel serrault ,\n", "lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .\n", "-lrb- and better -rrb-\n", "with these ardently christian storylines\n", "sense-spinning run lola run\n", "worthless film\n", "to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release\n", "little too obvious , but restrained and subtle\n", "a video helmer\n", "'s also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .\n", "rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces\n", "martin lawrence 's\n", "'s fitting\n", "coffee table book\n", "looking for a tale of brits\n", "given a full workout\n", "dehumanizing and ego-destroying process\n", "` solid '\n", "a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market .\n", "deliberately and\n", "converted\n", "lunar mission\n", "relentlessly harmless\n", "is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title .\n", "absurdist wit\n", "of cute and cloying material\n", "could want .\n", "forbidden\n", "above the ordinary\n", "in a strange way nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book\n", "recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like\n", "any english lit\n", "it should go\n", "a porn film without the sex scenes\n", "though it flirts with bathos and pathos and 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colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images .\n", "of the killer\n", "but could have and should have been deeper\n", "is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery .\n", "idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger\n", "sprecher\n", "the byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , carmen -lrb- vega -rrb- and juni -lrb- sabara -rrb- cortez ,\n", "pseudo-bio\n", "show 's\n", "a ripper\n", "of love , family and all that\n", "catch it ... if you can !\n", "only at the prospect of beck 's next project .\n", "it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look .\n", "did the film\n", "of the boy\n", "extrusion\n", "run-of-the-mill raunchy humor\n", "mystique\n", "first film something of a sleeper success\n", "terrorists are more evil than ever !\n", "got to me\n", "though flawed movie\n", "of course ,\n", "seen in a while , a meander\n", ", they fall to pieces\n", "jacques chardonne\n", "cares\n", "incompetent , incoherent\n", "the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes\n", "two bodies and\n", "mike tyson 's\n", "with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .\n", "is the cold comfort\n", "flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism\n", "allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie\n", "get a few punches\n", "own quirky hipness\n", "everyone 's bag\n", "letting his superb actors convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally\n", "a questionable kind\n", "the observations of this social\\/economic\\/urban environment\n", "typical majid majidi shoe-loving\n", "`` feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but\n", "the price of popularity and\n", "raimi 's -rrb- matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "of the hermitage\n", "after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series\n", "three hours and with very little story or character development\n", "loyalty , courage and dedication\n", "who are coping , in one way or another , with life\n", "is getting old\n", "the first 30 or 40 minutes\n", "exalted tagline\n", "sink the movie\n", "never shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention .\n", "another instead of talking\n", "a different kind of film\n", "his roles\n", "death might be a release .\n", "'s novel .\n", "best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey\n", "it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "is n't as compelling or as believable\n", "does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "cgi feature\n", "'s that painful\n", "of the comeback curlers\n", "part biography , part entertainment and\n", "between the son and his wife\n", "even more ludicrous\n", "as sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form\n", "lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther\n", "came up with a treasure chest of material\n", "three years\n", "pat it makes your teeth hurt\n", "not quite a comedy\n", "eyelids\n", "you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb- gets his comeuppance .\n", "'s even more remarkable\n", "a rock-solid gangster movie\n", "marks him as one of the most interesting writer\\/directors working today\n", "john carlen 's script\n", "a stifling morality tale\n", "moments of genuine insight into the urban heart\n", "for once\n", "the importance of those moments\n", "is deeply and rightly disturbing\n", "the thing about guys like evans\n", "a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine\n", "death to smoochy is often very funny ,\n", "and bar dancers\n", "corniness and cliche\n", "willie\n", "like very light errol morris\n", "sumptuous stream\n", "based on a nicholas sparks best seller\n", "an interesting look\n", "for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser\n", "-lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot\n", "simone is not real\n", "american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone\n", "made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series\n", "two towers outdoes its spectacle .\n", "was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon\n", "pretty and gifted\n", "ca n't go home again\n", "is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden\n", "nearly as graphic but\n", "this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb- , but it feels like unrealized potential\n", "both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts\n", "uncanny skill\n", "jason 's gone to manhattan and hell\n", "the only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .\n", "reactionary ideas about women\n", "dramatic scenes\n", "grad\n", ", depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a 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-rrb- earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time .\n", "awe and affection -- and\n", "the confusing sexual messages\n", "their computer-animated faces\n", "nary a glimmer of self-knowledge\n", "fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved\n", "to ever fit smoothly together\n", "b movie way\n", "of naturalness\n", "something creepy about this movie\n", "fascinating portrait\n", "the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones\n", "a certain kind\n", "seagal films\n", "and finely cut diamond\n", "seriously , rent the disney version .\n", "a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special\n", "has this sneaky feel to 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\n", "with minimal imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .\n", "it 's a pretty mediocre family film .\n", "'s worth ,\n", "is a tart , smart breath of fresh air\n", "after the family tragedy\n", "wickedly undramatic central theme\n", "good intentions leads to the video store\n", "robinson 's web of suspense\n", "flags\n", "with a film\n", "flashy , empty sub-music video style\n", "the film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .\n", "` silence of the lambs '\n", "a wonderful , imaginative script\n", "the end of kung pow\n", "cult section\n", "a prim widow\n", "earplugs\n", "than does the movie or the character any good\n", "plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast\n", "no clue about making a movie\n", "ice age wo n't drop your jaw\n", "like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form\n", "shadows\n", "best moments\n", "nicholson 's\n", "he actually adds a period to his first name\n", "appear in full regalia\n", "countenance\n", "above similar fare\n", "teen-exploitation playbook\n", "experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor .\n", "of a an\n", "fluid , no-nonsense authority\n", "an intimate feeling ,\n", "try to\n", "films to date\n", "grow into a movie career\n", "longer\n", ", intricate magic\n", "scuttled\n", "plot holes\n", "human drama\n", "the rez\n", "cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .\n", "in international cinema\n", "a life interestingly lived\n", "jazzy new revisionist theories\n", "yorker\n", "the road ,\n", "is , as comedy goes ,\n", "shoot something on crummy-looking videotape\n", "a bit anachronistic\n", "suspect\n", "an act of spiritual faith --\n", "have their funny bones tickled\n", "undermines some phenomenal performances\n", "bigger setpieces\n", "than it can comfortably hold\n", "the presence\n", "directed by joel zwick\n", "the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .\n", "enjoyable than its predecessor\n", "authentic to the core of his being\n", "was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through\n", "seems more psychotic than romantic\n", "organic\n", "the manner of a golden book sprung to life\n", "that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen\n", "they do n't fit well together and neither is well told .\n", "the creative process or even\n", "intricately constructed\n", "leaning on badly-rendered cgi effects\n", "is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .\n", "would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .\n", "the best thing i can say about this film\n", "that seagal 's overweight and out of shape\n", "you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion .\n", "played and smartly\n", "cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures\n", "this genre\n", "a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days\n", "look classy in a '60s\n", "science-fiction elements\n", "more harmless\n", "a rather unique approach\n", "made its way into your very bloodstream\n", "privileged\n", "the greedy talent agents\n", "revolting\n", "a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "the perspective it offers\n", "be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "longevity\n", "themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "long-suffering heroine\n", "jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway\n", "just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time .\n", "a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front\n", "his sentimental journey\n", "fessenden continues to do interesting work\n", "pile up .\n", "wickedly sick and twisted\n", "be made from curling\n", "into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "stunt sequences\n", "well-written and occasionally challenging social drama\n", "from elysian fields\n", "a hint of joy\n", "and history lesson\n", "the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .\n", "pro or con --\n", "it is essentially empty\n", "millions of eager fans\n", "michael schiffer and hossein amini\n", "like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series ,\n", "sarah and\n", "are quite funny ,\n", "the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "awry\n", "casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back ,\n", "they do best - being teenagers\n", "of the movies ' creepiest conventions\n", "while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special\n", "'ve been to the movies\n", "schrader examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor .\n", "requires the enemy to never shoot straight\n", ", fun , curiously adolescent movie\n", "` jackass : the movie\n", "'s a movie that ends with truckzilla\n", "grabowsky\n", "be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture\n", "with but they 're simply not funny performers\n", ", well-crafted family film\n", "bull\n", "on a silver platter\n", "house\n", "a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon\n", "tiny little jokes\n", "yearning for adventure and a chance to prove 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endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "liked the previous movies in the series\n", "the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ...\n", "a pretentious and ultimately empty examination\n", "-- but certainly hard to hate .\n", "best about\n", "in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one\n", "scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle .\n", "gifted artists\n", "clever makeup design\n", "boardwalk\n", "a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds\n", "a documentary that works\n", "hold up over the long haul\n", "a weird , arresting little ride\n", "be ya-ya\n", "making fun of these people\n", "alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse\n", "coming-of-age stories\n", "warmth and gentle\n", "the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse --\n", "owes more to guy ritchie\n", ", average , middle-aged woman\n", "taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history\n", "the brain\n", "the movie 's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .\n", "a drag queen\n", "to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "'ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time\n", "commentary on nachtwey\n", "has flaws\n", "septic tank\n", "is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven\n", "cultural , sexual and social discord\n", ", see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .\n", "the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material\n", "populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who\n", "none of his sweetness and vulnerability\n", "lacks aspirations of social upheaval\n", "two dimension tale\n", "for their mamet\n", "none of this sounds promising\n", "coaster\n", "a point or two regarding life\n", "much like a brand-new\n", "young leads\n", "british actor\n", "as it stands i\n", "gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "a menace\n", "around sex toys and offers\n", "a bittersweet film\n", "somber , absurd , and , finally ,\n", "low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard\n", "end all chases\n", "auto focus\n", "the same way you came --\n", "while the production details are lavish\n", "is ingenious fun\n", "such dire warning\n", "a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set\n", "in a better movie\n", "'d expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .\n", "explore the connections between place and personal identity .\n", "sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her life did , too\n", "engulfed\n", "too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book\n", "'re a fan of the series\n", "injustices\n", "characters and motivations\n", "must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees\n", "clyde barrow 's car\n", "a teeth-clenching gusto\n", ", tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "enormous amount\n", "sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story\n", "fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength\n", "steven segal\n", "sticks his mug\n", "an unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach\n", "from portugal\n", "the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ...\n", "caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled 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"be rewarded with some fine acting\n", "thirst\n", "assume is just another day of brit cinema\n", "needs .\n", "needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments\n", "rock 's\n", "faster paced\n", "slightly wised-up kids\n", "miscast leads , banal dialogue\n", "simply and eloquently\n", "imaginative filmmaker\n", "co-wrote the script\n", "cloudy\n", "fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution\n", "about impossible , irrevocable choices\n", "alternately fascinating and frustrating\n", "the thornier aspects\n", "chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house\n", "typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine\n", "is -- to its own detriment -- much\n", "may be lovely\n", "phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american\n", "surrounding us with hyper-artificiality\n", "a high-end john hughes comedy\n", "than a side dish of asparagus\n", "in the lone star state\n", "tides\n", "this one is\n", "mandel holland 's\n", "despite its floating narrative\n", "makes the film special\n", "displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces ''\n", "passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots\n", "accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film\n", "hews\n", "if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you\n", "enough hour-and-a-half\n", "holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor\n", "delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "irrigates our souls\n", "strong-minded viewpoint\n", "anyone 's guess\n", "a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire .\n", "will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever\n", "that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you\n", "taken\n", "-lrb- leigh -rrb- has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors -lrb- improvised over many months -rrb- and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .\n", "heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations .\n", "r&b names\n", "can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something\n", "assurance worthy\n", "are on display\n", "give pinochet 's crimes a political context\n", "how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head .\n", "purely abstract\n", "to become good\n", "a book on the subject\n", "easy to love robin tunney\n", "will filmmakers\n", "'s endgame .\n", "van damme\n", "the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken\n", "mediocre tribute\n", "you wide awake and\n", "'s witnessed\n", "believe if it were n't true\n", "of love head-on\n", "pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .\n", "i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject .\n", "at soccer hooliganism\n", "bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate\n", "old mystery\n", "hear the ultimate fate of these girls and\n", "the grandkids\n", "the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment\n", "the actors are fantastic .\n", "moviemaker\n", "miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .\n", "as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor\n", "it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously\n", "somewhat tired\n", "of the best war movies ever made\n", "a great writer\n", "eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .\n", "with few exceptions\n", "is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply\n", "there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ?\n", "but no-nonsense human beings they are\n", "the result is more depressing than liberating , but\n", "the way about vicarious redemption\n", "howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but\n", "get shorty\n", "resurrect\n", "the souls\n", "he slaps together his own brand of liberalism\n", "well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .\n", "feminized it\n", "than leon -rrb-\n", "sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team ,\n", "tom included\n", "agendas\n", "it 's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good .\n", "bed\n", "a clear case\n", "below 120\n", "lost dreams\n", "dreary mess\n", "corporate music industry\n", "by a compulsion\n", "to lead a group of talented friends astray\n", "recovering\n", "climactic burst\n", "feel-bad ending\n", "with the victims he reveals\n", "hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism\n", "the acting is robotically italicized\n", "kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini\n", "it bites hard .\n", "koshashvili\n", "familiar and predictable , and 4\\/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc .\n", "can i admit xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure ?\n", "see mediocre cresting\n", "powerful documentary\n", "such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting\n", "brosnan 's performance\n", "white oleander , '' the movie ,\n", "a small movie with a big impact\n", "interesting movie\n", "is polanski 's best film\n", "it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism\n", "a bad taste\n", "humor aspects\n", "from other deep south stories\n", "of primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of\n", "at little kids\n", "a childlike quality\n", "'s been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "the same reason\n", "essentially juiceless\n", "as `\n", "reenacting a historic scandal\n", "enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions\n", "you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that .\n", "bite cleaner , and deeper\n", "city by the sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .\n", "movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater\n", "there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see .\n", "the mainstream audience\n", "the writing is clever\n", "like a bad idea from frame one\n", ", the mother deer even dies .\n", "most excruciating 86 minutes one\n", "lurid fiction\n", "that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable\n", "runyon\n", "works up\n", "literate\n", "of little moments\n", "rotoscope animation\n", "island locations\n", "mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty\n", "discuss\n", ", loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick ,\n", "urges\n", "a basketball game\n", "is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .\n", "lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy\n", "little alien\n", "is clearly extraordinarily talented\n", "for the original\n", "` the war of the roses , '\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- strong piece of work .\n", "a freedom\n", ", traditional politesse\n", "tossed into the lake of fire .\n", "is often preachy and poorly\n", "marks a new start\n", "that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country\n", "were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the character any good , freundlich 's world traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year .\n", "offer either despair or consolation\n", "manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney ...\n", "for beginners\n", "sensational\n", "to go\n", "cleaving\n", "is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs\n", "fact\n", "followed in their wake\n", "wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor ,\n", "rather unexceptional\n", "nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ... it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break\n", "are frequently too dark to be decipherable\n", "unable to save the movie\n", "about the best thing you could say about narc is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture .\n", "scam\n", "potentially interesting subject\n", "some motion pictures portray ultimate passion\n", "gai 's\n", "whole notion\n", "of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy\n", "new guy\n", "hodgepodge .\n", "a great team\n", "a little too smugly\n", "the movie is loaded with good intentions\n", "emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas\n", "houseboat\n", "bad it starts to become good\n", "very old-school kind\n", "of the third kind\n", "review on dvd\n", "sinks further and further\n", "as particularly memorable or even all that funny\n", "fall apart\n", "in the larger picture\n", "an adorably whimsical comedy\n", "the very special type\n", "displays\n", "america ,\n", "a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense\n", "taking a fresh approach\n", "tear them apart\n", "more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "best possible senses\n", "of the moment\n", "a vivid personality\n", "is a wonderful thing\n", "thriller `` new best friend ''\n", "bordering on confessional\n", "unbelievable\n", "an immensely entertaining look\n", ", every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 .\n", "is kinda wrong in places\n", "j\n", "far less endearing disabilities\n", "bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .\n", "w. bush\n", "it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but\n", "to champion the fallibility of the human heart\n", "that includes one of the strangest\n", "it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever\n", "transports the viewer\n", "works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .\n", "starving and\n", "the bottom line with nemesis\n", "skillfully assembled\n", "going on here\n", "oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition .\n", "in its place\n", "the little mermaid and\n", "structure\n", "embarking upon this journey\n", "laugh .\n", "diversity and tolerance\n", "conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. --\n", "a profoundly stupid affair\n", "are the real stars of reign of fire\n", "administration\n", "capitalizes on this concept and opts\n", "you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake .\n", "unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .\n", "stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue\n", "jacquot\n", "more appealing holiday-season product\n", "to call this film a lump of coal\n", "more sophisticated and literate than\n", "trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags\n", "an impossible spot\n", "the isolation\n", "any trouble\n", "managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood\n", "almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film\n", "utterly painful\n", "breathless movie\n", "it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but\n", "this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .\n", "sledgehammer appeal\n", "recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile --\n", "an unusual biopic and document\n", "the-loose\n", "a general air of exuberance in all\n", "allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .\n", "his poetics\n", "above manhattan\n", "the best\n", "lines\n", "is more depressing than entertaining\n", "shadyac and star kevin costner\n", "unrepentantly trashy\n", "large rewards\n", "norris `` grenade gag ''\n", "the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world\n", "and it is n't that funny\n", "know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director\n", "after -lrb- seagal 's -rrb- earlier copycat under siege\n", "a lot of things , but does n't\n", "dentist drill\n", "smart jokes\n", "this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic .\n", "star wars fans\n", "a respectable new one\n", "with recognition\n", "driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "loved the look of this film .\n", "irritating display\n", "being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "of cinema ' award\n", "this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise\n", "it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him\n", "the poor acting\n", "'s quite enough\n", "impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon\n", "too much time\n", "good-time shenanigans\n", "is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting\n", "maddening\n", "for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain\n", "amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , 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look like vulgar .\n", "of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning\n", "derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining\n", "there 's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .\n", "a desolate air\n", "in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism\n", "bean drops the ball too many times\n", "of the very best movies\n", "ode\n", "rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads\n", "small but\n", "not as sharp\n", "dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "sober-minded\n", "instincts\n", "for the teeny-bopper set\n", "before a single frame had been shot\n", "female-bonding\n", "the tuxedo was n't just bad ;\n", "bug-eye\n", "intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist -lrb- not to mention gently political -rrb- meditation\n", "marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .\n", "in one 's mind\n", "is japanese and\n", "spawn\n", "there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects\n", "get out\n", "more interesting\n", "problems\n", "by axel hellstenius\n", "written down\n", "of : spirit , perception , conviction\n", "well-rounded\n", "a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .\n", "in paris\n", "utter ` uhhh\n", ", clinical lab report\n", "his secretary to fax it\n", "character development and\n", "is a big time stinker .\n", "this insufferable movie\n", "is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness\n", "its fusty squareness\n", "its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .\n", "go out of your way to pay full price\n", "deliver remarkable performances\n", "the triumph of his band\n", "dime\n", "of a death\n", "we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat .\n", "depressed about anything\n", "are obscured\n", "a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography\n", "the tv-cops comedy showtime\n", "of guy ritchie\n", "a good music documentary ,\n", "much colorful eye candy\n", "spite\n", "young-guns\n", "about the surest bet\n", "contemplation\n", "has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .\n", ", the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor\n", "attracting\n", "zaidan\n", "visual poetry\n", "down over 140 minutes\n", "however entertainingly presented\n", "enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "perfect movie\n", "provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision\n", "adding the rich details\n", "biting satire\n", "tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and\n", "as the lord of the rings\n", "nouvelle vague\n", "transcends\n", "in me\n", "no foundation for it\n", "a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism\n", "just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny .\n", "was ever\n", "the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all ,\n", "tons and tons of dialogue\n", "director burr steers\n", "` realistic '\n", "your car\n", "here leaves a lot to be desired\n", "will still\n", "an empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility\n", "cry , deliverance , and\n", "results\n", "ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans\n", "as it is\n", "some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment\n", "rembrandt\n", "long past\n", ", here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .\n", "is small and shriveled\n", "with memorable zingers\n", "there is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down .\n", "cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment ... simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .\n", "where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail\n", "check your brain\n", "started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence\n", "how truth-telling\n", "arts majors\n", "short of first contact\n", "rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle .\n", "the film certainly does n't disappoint .\n", "-lrb- no pun intended -rrb-\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace\n", "shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff\n", "to great films\n", "lunch breaks\n", "sordid of human behavior on the screen , then\n", "snow dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "ride ''\n", "meets-john ford\n", "its characters and\n", "usual style and themes\n", "thinly-conceived\n", "an extraordinarily silly thriller\n", "a fluid and mesmerizing sequence\n", "as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice .\n", "passive\n", "about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth\n", "upset or\n", "many ways the perfect festival film\n", "without a premise , a joke\n", "kline 's agent\n", "'s a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise\n", "reality drain\n", "so de palma\n", "look at life in contemporary china\n", "own fear and paranoia\n", ", as an older woman who seduces oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off\n", "of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested\n", "if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .\n", "a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy\n", "'s dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast\n", "audacity\n", "the specific conditions\n", "far more witty\n", "is no `` waterboy !\n", "demented\n", "nutty cliches and far too much dialogue\n", "what is kind of special\n", "stunt work\n", "sports drama\\/character study\n", "in-depth portrait\n", "to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow\n", "was 270 years ago .\n", "the old boy 's\n", "best and most exciting\n", "expound\n", "the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film\n", "the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks\n", "it drags during its 112-minute length\n", ", wide-smiling reception\n", "is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience\n", "can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .\n", "sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and\n", "drama , conflict , tears\n", "collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.\n", "observations\n", "we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at\n", "is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains .\n", "an excruciating film\n", "quirky and fearless ability\n", "guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch\n", "get a hold\n", "freddy gets molested\n", "need a shower\n", "getting old\n", "to the point of ridiculousness\n", "of high points\n", "arkansas\n", "is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive\n", "scribe gaghan\n", "of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor\n", "urinates\n", "a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story\n", "the original rape\n", "clearly a manipulative film\n", "stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction ,\n", "'s fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown .\n", "the ride\n", "quiet evening\n", "a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse\n", "that looks\n", "a story of dramatic enlightenment\n", "sports movie\n", "overly complicated\n", "like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer -lrb- and -rrb- the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going\n", "would --\n", "one of those rare pictures\n", "humorous .\n", "as shallow entertainment\n", "cracking\n", "aragorn 's dreams of arwen\n", "pissed off\n", "are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "as well its delightful cast\n", "'s no indication\n", "lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "escape story\n", "sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .\n", "a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding\n", "ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches\n", "take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time\n", "love ''\n", "the soderbergh faithful\n", "cinema 's\n", ", we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .\n", "-- a straight guy has to dress up in drag --\n", "... is magnificent\n", "dialogue ,\n", "copmovieland\n", "studied\n", "it makes one long for a geriatric peter\n", "there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising\n", "has n't been worth caring about\n", "super-wealthy\n", "to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense\n", "to john sayles\n", "is , overall , far too staid\n", "'ve got a house full of tots -- do n't worry\n", "the reginald hudlin comedy\n", "lewd scene\n", "standard guns\n", "the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life\n", "the page-turning frenzy\n", "thought it was going to be\n", "weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning\n", "as it cold have been\n", "the rules of the country bear universe\n", "fall to pieces\n", "x-men\n", "lack the nerve ... to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor .\n", "preoccupations and obsessions\n", "to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "superfluous sequel\n", "spooky net\n", "does what should seem impossible\n", "an avalanche\n", "to protect the code at all costs also\n", "he drags it back , single-handed\n", "is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be\n", "brussels\n", "moronic as some campus\n", "about her other obligations\n", "each punch\n", "do the right thing .\n", "blood-curdling family intensity\n", "family film\n", "'s a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones\n", "the topic\n", "all the fuss\n", "to document all this emotional misery\n", "is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous\n", "flaccid satire and what\n", "played and\n", "video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .\n", "twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery\n", "dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .\n", "to be daring and original\n", "at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and\n", "richly detailed\n", "really what we demand of the director\n", "that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries\n", "of extremely talented musicians\n", "firmly director john stainton\n", "bolstered by an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon .\n", "with or without access\n", "has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .\n", "is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity\n", "some fairly unsettling scenes\n", "somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "shows up and ruins everything\n", "the sick character with a sane eye\n", "pony\n", "the 20th century\n", "the down-to-earth bullock\n", "to its animatronic roots\n", "pushes its agenda too forcefully\n", "has taken away your car , your work-hours\n", "miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .\n", "of spirits\n", "deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams\n", "melodrama with a message .\n", "wildly implausible\n", "boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but\n", "reworked\n", "historical epics\n", "meets-john\n", "opposed to the manifesto\n", "jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging .\n", "liberally seasoned\n", "meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot\n", "quite fun in places\n", ", unnerving examination\n", "owned\n", "they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count\n", "the leaping story line\n", "r.\n", "many moviegoers\n", "charming in comedies like american pie\n", "silly ,\n", "on the hard ground of ia drang\n", "central characters\n", "the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and kurys ' direction is clever and insightful\n", "has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .\n", "little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon\n", "the success\n", "an imaginative teacher\n", "cinema , and\n", "bad choice\n", "pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone\n", "eric\n", "anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups .\n", "less a study\n", "some -lrb- out-of-field -rrb-\n", "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\n", "this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but\n", "liu faceoff\n", "-lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really\n", "regardless of race\n", "grace this deeply touching melodrama\n", "the entire period\n", "of this unpleasantness\n", "is a deeply unpleasant experience\n", "a great performance and\n", "little attempt\n", "ballistic '' worth\n", "a look at 5 alternative housing options\n", "the type\n", "is a disarmingly lived-in movie\n", "animation enthusiasts\n", "a realm\n", "of their characters ' suffering\n", "is full of charm\n", "at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored\n", "fascinating curiosity piece\n", "a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .\n", "angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and\n", "of dealing with the subject\n", "making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .\n", "ah-nuld 's\n", "of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "spectators\n", "you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead .\n", "attributable to a movie like this\n", "red herrings\n", "common knowledge\n", "of a project\n", "loosely connected characters\n", "danger\n", "in trying to have the best of both worlds\n", "luscious\n", "a couple\n", "rejigger fatal attraction\n", "a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters\n", "tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel\n", "have a good time here\n", "the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but\n", "a chilling movie without oppressive\n", "seem downright hitchcockian\n", "zoom\n", "open-mouthed before the screen , not\n", "hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two\n", "usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "the performances by phifer and black are ultimately winning\n", "american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone .\n", "berg\n", "whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid\n", "into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style\n", "sparkling retina candy\n", "ridiculous\n", "disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer\n", "lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma\n", "make a guest appearance to liven things up\n", "to its own detriment\n", "the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking ,\n", "denis forges out of the theories of class - based rage and sisterly 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industry\n", "director george hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat\n", "your first instinct is to duck\n", "body odor\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he script is n't up to the level of the direction\n", "has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii\n", "more spirit and bite\n", "how these families interact\n", "his tone\n", "schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins\n", "the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there 's very little hustling on view\n", "screenwriting process\n", "plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101\n", "more dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat .\n", "at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .\n", "are simultaneously\n", "vivacious\n", "grief and recovery\n", "many tense scenes\n", "just does n't cut it\n", "instead of panoramic sweep\n", "scruffy\n", "'s bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction\n", "picture that does not move\n", "stunning film\n", "by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations\n", "you know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things .\n", "hate it\n", "receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice\n", "most elusive\n", "namely\n", "put pillowcases over their heads\n", "spirals\n", "wreckage\n", "formula mercilessly\n", "this interminable , shapeless documentary\n", "had their hearts in the right place\n", "myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done\n", "has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun\n", "the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", ", american instigator michael moore 's film is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .\n", "his shoulders\n", "something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie\n", "a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface\n", "pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .\n", ", the movie would be impossible to sit through\n", "is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia\n", "a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .\n", "the only upside\n", "put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario\n", "all the films\n", "so sloppy , so uneven , so\n", "reduced 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obstacles\n", "learn\n", "creaky\n", "dismal social realism\n", "verge\n", "the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "sobering , heart-felt drama\n", "gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '\n", "splendid performances\n", "attraction\n", "the worries\n", "stalking\n", "there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning\n", "the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing\n", "dog '\n", "the exclamation point\n", "solomonic\n", "elect to head off in its own direction\n", "spell things out for viewers\n", "have been the ultimate imax trip\n", "hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and\n", "eats\n", "the light of the exit sign\n", "simply a re-hash of the other seven films\n", "in my own very humble opinion\n", "vietnamese point\n", "the thematic ironies are too obvious and\n", "with bodily functions\n", "does n't add up to much .\n", "this is one of those rare pictures that you 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"a big tub\n", "had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours -lrb- and , for that matter , shrek -rrb-\n", "lazy summer afternoon\n", "to the actress\n", "few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with\n", "you can find humor\n", "with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion\n", "brilliantly written\n", "an emotional level , funnier\n", "those exceedingly rare films\n", "seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel\n", "transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange\n", "should not be missed .\n", "as graphic\n", "aptly\n", "hour and a half\n", "made literature literal without killing its soul --\n", "realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already\n", "you 've missed the first half-dozen 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payback\n", "the porky 's revenge : ultimate edition ?\n", "stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .\n", "most immediate\n", ", grief and fear\n", "older one\n", "george w. bush , henry kissinger ,\n", "there '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 .\n", "hounds\n", "has its moments , but it 's pretty far from a treasure .\n", "sterotypes\n", "intimate than spectacular\n", "movie audience\n", "ultimately cowardly\n", "a porno flick -lrb- but none of the sheer lust -rrb-\n", "bang-up job\n", "catholic or\n", "suffocating and chilly\n", ", is a little too in love with its own cuteness\n", "beautifully filmed\n", "like its predecessor , it 's no classic ,\n", "however sincere it may be\n", "the ruthless social order that governs college cliques\n", "film you\n", "loaded with good intentions\n", "the film is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer .\n", "ozpetek 's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .\n", "adhere more closely\n", "her material\n", "an enigma\n", "that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken\n", "of droll whimsy\n", "of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay\n", "in the late 15th century\n", "its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "frozen\n", "been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "gets added disdain for the fact\n", "dull plots\n", "what the english call ` too clever by half\n", "his own way\n", "like some like it\n", "a fatal mistake\n", "superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search\n", "be viewed as pure composition and form --\n", "forages\n", "operates nicely off the element of surprise\n", "life or something like it has its share of high points\n", "a delightful lark\n", "dogmatism\n", "vaporize\n", "this is one of the year 's best films .\n", "the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .\n", "on self-empowering schmaltz\n", "never disappears entirely\n", "be the movie you 're looking for\n", "to rival gosford park 's\n", "feel contradictory things\n", "movie adaptation\n", "sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits\n", "some flawed but rather unexceptional women ,\n", "a trifle\n", "startling , surrealistic moments\n", "at the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it\n", "that satisfies\n", "stale gags\n", "in formula 51\n", "more than one joke\n", "mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist ''\n", "tragedies\n", "the pathology of ghetto fabulousness\n", "strong on personality\n", "out bizarre\n", "a chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department .\n", "little more than a well-acted television melodrama\n", "movement\n", "their parents , wise folks that they are\n", "capably\n", "argento ,\n", "juni -lrb- sabara -rrb- cortez\n", "contrivances\n", "seem like the proper cup of tea\n", "or without ballast tanks\n", "cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up\n", "evident\n", "the bruckheimeresque american action\n", "co-writer david giler\n", "simply stupid , irrelevant\n", ", discerning taste\n", "stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating\n", "is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "is one only a true believer could relish .\n", "s\n", "to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort\n", "wo n't care\n", "the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed .\n", "lost their movie mojo\n", "a slight but sweet film .\n", "it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie\n", "smart and funny\n", "long and relentlessly saccharine\n", "sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold\n", "jon purdy 's\n", "whole show\n", "evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking\n", "as music\n", "the gorgeous piano\n", "deliriously\n", "directed by godfrey reggio\n", "all the scenic appeal\n", "s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective .\n", "a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment\n", "need only\n", "without surprise\n", "crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows ,\n", "this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .\n", "a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man\n", "it is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .\n", "christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio\n", "a strong first act and\n", "believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid\n", "facile situations\n", ", and romance\n", "living and movie life\n", "sets out\n", "thesps\n", "fit in and\n", "setting a fancy table\n", "skip the film\n", "bob crane is someone of particular interest to you\n", "have given this movie a rating of zero\n", "one thing\n", "takes a great film\n", "on spousal abuse\n", "skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor .\n", "breezy and\n", "needles\n", "much emotional impact\n", "visuals\n", "a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural\n", "occasionally horrifying but often inspiring\n", "'s never laugh-out-loud funny\n", "he 's witnessed\n", "dumbness\n", "even the dullest tangents\n", "if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .\n", "few cheap shocks\n", "seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .\n", "personal velocity ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces\n", "ridiculousness\n", ", however , it 's invaluable\n", "a cockeyed shot all the way .\n", "'s already been too many of these films\n", "both times\n", "croatia\n", "it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered\n", "funny , smart , visually inventive , and most\n", "a wholesome fantasy for kids\n", "confront\n", "do the genial-rogue shtick to death\n", "a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound\n", "manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them\n", "if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "the need\n", "the film special\n", "as a dentist 's waiting room\n", "smooth , shrewd , powerful act\n", "with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens\n", "settles in and\n", "very ugly , very fast\n", "gorgeously\n", "a minimalist beauty and\n", "is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .\n", "are moments of hilarity to be had .\n", "reams\n", "virtually unwatchable\n", "like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .\n", "is also a creative urge\n", "miramax\n", "the nature of god\n", "is way\n", "by lai 's villainous father\n", "yet another tired old vision\n", "'s good to see michael caine 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violinist wife .\n", "love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "giving the cast\n", "like real life\n", "a heart and reality\n", "puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it\n", "of spiritual faith\n", "middle passages\n", "can out-bad-act the other\n", "its impressive images\n", "of that background for the characters\n", "improvised on a day-to-day basis during production\n", "not heard on television\n", "display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "deliberately lacks irony\n", "making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation\n", "is a clear case of preaching to the converted .\n", "watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?\n", "than ` magnifique ' .\n", "direction and complete lack\n", "built\n", "wollter and ms. seldhal\n", "to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you 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an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .\n", "more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .\n", "maybe twice\n", "the soullessness\n", "suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material\n", "an equally miserable film the following year\n", "usually found in anime like this\n", "it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .\n", "mall\n", "from bad lieutenant and les vampires\n", "the closest thing\n", "sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy\n", "two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling\n", "spangle\n", "on ``\n", "that memorable , but as downtown\n", "one suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison .\n", "us inhabit\n", "miracles , the movie\n", "just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "half-assed\n", "an older woman\n", "embarrassingly\n", "midnight run and\n", "porous action set\n", "'s not too glorified a term\n", "before her\n", "this the full monty on ice\n", "pack a powerful emotional wallop\n", "loss and loneliness\n", "enormously good\n", "that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom\n", "'s a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii\n", "than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing .\n", "artsy\n", "compassion , good-natured humor\n", "vulakoro\n", "more enjoyable than i expected\n", "one which it fails to get\n", "this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot\n", "sorrow\n", "eye view\n", "trey parker\n", "a humorous , all-too-human look\n", "takes a slightly dark look at relationships\n", "an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer\n", "with a conscience reason\n", "capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .\n", "will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess\n", "a treat\n", ", burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .\n", "of good guys and bad\n", "overcomes the script 's flaws and\n", "'s like on the other side of the bra\n", "intelligent , and humanly funny film\n", "if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .\n", "singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "about its characters\n", "would be foreign in american teen comedies\n", "kimmel\n", "punitively affirmational parable .\n", "best star trek movie\n", "than-likely\n", "the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "the perfervid treatment of gang warfare\n", "particularly the fateful fathers --\n", "technique\n", "to break the tedium\n", "of the flesh\n", "creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with authority\n", "a terrific role\n", "part biography\n", "acting transfigures\n", "undone by his pretensions\n", "a secular religion\n", "parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but\n", "some futile concoction\n", "soft drink\n", "from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin\n", "keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart\n", "for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders\n", "makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest\n", "police-procedural\n", "seems contrived and secondhand\n", "pyro-correctly\n", "while the path may be familiar\n", "on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate\n", "highways\n", "ham and\n", "w british comedy\n", "the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough\n", "correctness\n", "jeffrey tambor 's performance\n", "above the material realm\n", "tonally\n", "wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .\n", "is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like .\n", "his greatest triumph\n", "do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold .\n", "is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory\n", "direct-to-video\\/dvd category\n", "in the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game\n", "profoundly\n", "social observations\n", "it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject\n", "at wit\n", "evokes a palpable sense of disconnection\n", "punk existentialism\n", "stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense\n", "unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow\n", "projection\n", "'s precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does\n", "-lrb- fincher 's -rrb- camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller .\n", "a soulless jumble of ineptly\n", "in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if\n", "teasing\n", "issue you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed .\n", "artificial and opaque\n", "after-hours\n", "a rehash of every gangster movie\n", "indulgently entertaining\n", "a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside ,\n", "gantz and joe gantz\n", "is no cinematic sin\n", "futuristic women in skimpy clothes\n", "resolutely without chills\n", "reyes ' directorial debut\n", "no-nonsense authority\n", "notice the flaws\n", "is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all\n", "gives everyone something to shout about .\n", "interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals\n", "light , silly ,\n", "watching spy\n", "greasy\n", "cinematic pratfalls given a working over .\n", "his first directorial effort\n", "undercut by the voice of the star of road trip\n", "brought to life on the big screen\n", "keel\n", "metropolitan\n", "a lot to chew on , but not\n", "alternating between facetious\n", "such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old\n", "a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy\n", "forster\n", "leaks out of the movie ,\n", "you 're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid .\n", "the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment\n", "a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "pitifully few real laughs\n", "how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "fairly parochial\n", "agreeably\n", "seems as funny\n", "it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel\n", "for juicy roles\n", "through this picture\n", "its true colors\n", "reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success .\n", "from this character that may well not have existed on paper\n", "be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment\n", "happening\n", "male persona\n", "fans of british cinema , if only\n", "this is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .\n", "unpleasantly\n", "being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances\n", "move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama .\n", "dying a slow death\n", "the floppy hair\n", "at the end , when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .\n", "film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation .\n", "of middle age\n", "the result ,\n", ", frankenstein-like\n", "in a new york minute\n", "is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness\n", "is supposed to be madcap farce .\n", "-- pro or con --\n", "going to be released in imax format\n", "smaller\n", "all its generosity and optimism\n", "starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it --\n", "than i expected\n", "playing more than one role just to add to the confusion\n", "is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain\n", "arthur schnitzler 's\n", "could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations\n", "paeans\n", "opts\n", "a piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness .\n", "the faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour .\n", "not a lot\n", "of 1984 and farenheit 451\n", "the theater lobby\n", "voting\n", "piercing\n", "feels limited by its short running time\n", "pro-serb propaganda\n", "thoughtful minor classic\n", "to scratch a hole in your head\n", "the economics of dealing and\n", "to emerge from the french film industry in years\n", "you ate a reeses without the peanut butter\n", "was hard for me to warm up to\n", "of horrified awe\n", ", not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin .\n", ", riveting story\n", "off borg queen alice krige 's cape\n", "that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one\n", "from the dullest science fiction\n", "- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .\n", "take your pick\n", "its star , kline\n", "being framed in conversation\n", "this little $ 1.8 million charmer ,\n", "of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness\n", "creepy stories\n", "in those turbulent times\n", "a ` children 's ' song\n", "their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera ,\n", "dodges\n", "brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing\n", "hyper-realistic images\n", "narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself .\n", "the cameo-packed\n", "film to bring to imax\n", "the conflicted complexity\n", "the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '\n", "anne geddes ,\n", "sex threatens to overwhelm everything else\n", "threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "aan\n", "there 's no doubting 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"stupid\n", "every sense of believability\n", "proves you\n", "with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me -lrb- horrors ! -rrb-\n", "gotten him into film school in the first place\n", "snoozer .\n", "fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film .\n", "the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient .\n", "neo-fascism\n", "the illogic of its characters\n", "about as\n", "terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor\n", "leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home\n", "more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience\n", "new routes\n", "a scary movie\n", "brendan behan\n", "sprinkled\n", "viscerally\n", "as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks 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'\n", "it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears\n", "1920\n", "but the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .\n", "inspirational status\n", "to outweigh the positives\n", "plays out ...\n", "plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "drama and flat-out farce\n", "richer\n", "the prospect\n", "as they become distant memories\n", "gets off the ground\n", ", proves it 's never too late to learn .\n", "his soul\n", "that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films\n", ", it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .\n", "a dying , delusional man\n", "a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare ,\n", "to 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unfaithful\n", "impostor does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast .\n", "the surface histrionics\n", "other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor\n", "impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile\n", "new rollerball\n", "various households\n", "in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another\n", "eileen\n", "small in scope , yet\n", "a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation\n", "should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting\n", "as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming\n", "with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors\n", "parents\n", "do n't like\n", ", of man or of one another\n", "the story would n't work without all those gimmicks\n", "far too sentimental\n", "less about the horrifying historical reality\n", "too late\n", "'s so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary .\n", "freeing them\n", "an exhilarating serving of movie fluff\n", "you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week .\n", "feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off .\n", "the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart .\n", "spends a bit\n", "the awkward interplay and utter lack\n", "predictable at every turn\n", "this is n't a movie ; it 's a symptom .\n", "shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .\n", "irrelevant\n", "more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution .\n", "is a beautiful film to watch\n", "in the dramatic potential of this true story\n", "in motion\n", ", though , is the one established by warner bros. giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .\n", "intriguing movie experiences\n", "this is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .\n", "his victims\n", "a successful example\n", "slap-happy mood\n", "own right\n", "at least interesting\n", "freudian puppet\n", "taking up\n", "consider a dvd rental instead\n", "what 's going on here\n", "comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "has no teeth\n", "that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film\n", "well-made and satisfying\n", "from the characters\n", "realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital\n", "of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "narratively opaque\n", "line between passion and pretence\n", "elaborate choreography\n", "the original film virtually scene for scene and yet\n", "too ragged to ever fit smoothly together\n", "the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting .\n", "director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries\n", "'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly\n", "admire ...\n", "the film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ?\n", "freaks\n", "exploiting molestation\n", "retiring heart\n", "milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title\n", "does n't remake andrei tarkovsky 's solaris so much as distill it\n", "very complex situation\n", "hard to make the most of a bumper\n", "goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "smallest sensitivities\n", "runs\n", "had anything to do with it .\n", "that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed\n", "grimly\n", "like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film .\n", "goods and audiences\n", "kirshner wins ,\n", ", haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .\n", "rank\n", "gigantic proportions\n", "life in the performances\n", "ambition but no sense of pride or shame\n", "picture since 3000 miles\n", "elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level .\n", "as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama\n", ", didactic cartoon\n", "another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once\n", "taught\n", "in its comic barbs\n", "get about overachieving\n", "worse than you can imagine\n", "a smart-aleck film school brat\n", "no clear-cut hero and\n", "anna mouglalis\n", "a major director\n", "old story\n", "well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .\n", "quiet , confident\n", "to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "lies in its two central performances\n", "the sake\n", "... digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .\n", "recommend ``\n", "it attractive throughout\n", "hurt anyone and works\n", "maybe twice -rrb-\n", "is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but\n", "canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people .\n", "is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it\n", "for all the wrong reasons besides .\n", "it is very difficult to care about the character\n", "portray themselves in the film\n", "do n't try to look too deep into the story\n", "quite good-natured\n", "a suspenseful horror movie or\n", "dark water is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu\n", "the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "institutionalized slavery\n", "an old-fashioned drama\n", "` credit '\n", "horrifying and\n", "7 times\n", "infatuation and overall strangeness\n", "downright intoxicating\n", "not kids , who do n't\n", "an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist -lrb- not to mention gently political -rrb- meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement .\n", "last metro -rrb-\n", "the best ensemble casts\n", "is a lumbering , wheezy drag\n", "watching ` comedian '\n", "bathing suit\n", "of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies\n", "mystery\n", "wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j. wilson\n", "conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs\n", "`` the best disney movie\n", "trio\n", "as a result the film is basically just a curiosity\n", "fabulously\n", "no laughs\n", "some of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care\n", "clean-cut dahmer\n", "smacks\n", "unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france\n", "three or four more endings\n", "the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower\n", "a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation .\n", "low-brow humor ,\n", "that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others\n", "but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half\n", "to the theatre\n", "creature-feature fan\n", "can hardly be underestimated\n", "deals with first love sweetly\n", "cronenberg\n", "playful but\n", "a probation officer\n", "poised\n", "to everyone from robinson\n", "between cheese\n", "'s just plain boring .\n", "remarkable skill\n", "i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously\n", "noisy and pretentious\n", "more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story\n", "the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock\n", "an enjoyable film\n", "waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters\n", "will probably like it .\n", "keep parents away\n", "'s difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks .\n", "of disguise\n", "is misbegotten\n", "how you slice it\n", "is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness\n", "what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni\n", "another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film\n", "film references\n", "'s little to recommend snow dogs\n", "they 're going through the motions , but\n", "the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice .\n", "is really , really stupid .\n", "found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done .\n", "harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "common sense\n", "grows\n", "gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along\n", "'ve seen\n", "ordered\n", "so distasteful\n", "there 's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue .\n", "has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them\n", "aiello\n", "uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .\n", "excuse\n", "documentarians\n", "what makes salton sea surprisingly engrossing\n", "then triple x marks the spot .\n", "in gimmicky crime drama\n", "gibney and jarecki just want to string the bastard up .\n", "undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece\n", "as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen\n", "of your seat\n", "cute animals\n", "a fun family movie that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh , cry and realize , ` it 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '\n", "a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham\n", "hard and cliffhanger\n", "with the dog days of august upon us\n", "the land\n", "an even more predictable , cliche-ridden\n", "having an old friend for dinner '\n", "vs. child coming-of-age theme\n", "laced\n", "... best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .\n", "is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''\n", "guilt and\n", "book trainspotting\n", "pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel\n", "a certain poignancy\n", "nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary\n", "glancing\n", "by yourself\n", "for a darker unnerving role\n", "must see for all sides of the political spectrum\n", "rather\n", "being gullible\n", "the retro gang melodrama\n", "comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow\n", "does n't try to surprise us with plot twists\n", "jackson\n", "this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio ,\n", "practices\n", "seemingly out\n", "so crazy !\n", "silberling also ,\n", ", jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .\n", "is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .\n", ", finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee\n", "is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ;\n", "is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly\n", "a laconic pace and\n", "the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks ,\n", "enough disparate types of films\n", "applegate\n", "do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role\n", "made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems .\n", "to say nothing of boring .\n", "it is to try and evade your responsibilities\n", "purports to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something\n", "an ` action film '\n", "aerial\n", "drawling\n", "an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism\n", "to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .\n", "does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal\n", "timely than its director could ever have dreamed\n", "a familiar road with a few twists\n", "here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time\n", "lowly\n", "sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that\n", "of nyc 's drug scene\n", "look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way\n", "pitch\n", "ms. ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini ,\n", "blue eyes\n", "insistence\n", "say this enough\n", ", one hour photo lives down to its title .\n", "falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace\n", "... a true delight .\n", "looking for a tale of brits behaving badly\n", ", he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .\n", "about schmidt is nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear .\n", "light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat .\n", "'s neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is\n", "seinfeld 's real life is boring\n", ", abbass 's understated\n", "howling more\n", "two directors\n", "for sports aficionados and\n", "unmistakable stamp\n", "at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .\n", "will grow impatient\n", "unaffected\n", "a touching , transcendent love story\n", "when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp\n", "into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters\n", "this time , the old mib label stands for milder is n't better .\n", "remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen\n", "paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "good yarn-spinner\n", "of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .\n", "most gloriously unsubtle and\n", "standing in the shadows of motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .\n", "as endearing and easy\n", "clumsiness\n", "riveting profile\n", "that jackie chan is getting older , and\n", "that justify his exercise\n", "benevolent\n", "the satire is weak .\n", "as much as it is for angelique , the -lrb- opening -rrb- dance guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .\n", "sit through it\n", "single-minded\n", "an elegant visual sense and\n", "since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed\n", "fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious\n", "five blind , crippled , amish people\n", "teen .\n", "-lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb-\n", ", avarice and damaged dreams\n", "into scrooge\n", "going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together\n", "on city\n", "watch and -- especially -- to listen to\n", "a film --\n", "incredibly captivating and\n", "all five\n", "so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant\n", "the inanities\n", "'s been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie\n", "cinema , and indeed sex\n", "that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it\n", "even worse than its title\n", "perfectly serviceable and\n", "easy , seductive\n", "cherish '\n", "apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .\n", "if considerably less ambitious\n", "last fall 's `` heist ''\n", "it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .\n", "even the corniest\n", "ourselves and\n", "to his role as -lrb- jason bourne -rrb-\n", "supernatural mystery\n", "it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .\n", "the final reel\n", "or for the year , for that matter .\n", "of mystery\n", "kidlets\n", "the tonal shifts are jolting\n", "sappiness\n", "darker side\n", "could bond while\n", "could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty , '' but\n", "an advance screening\n", "the smartest kids in class\n", "of comedy\n", "meant for star wars fans .\n", "that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog\n", "rosenthal\n", "sexuality\n", "flashy\n", "not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "seven dwarfs\n", "in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles\n", "bet\n", "tons and tons of dialogue --\n", "disapproval\n", "the movie is rather choppy .\n", "if you open yourself up to mr. reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set\n", "a movie about whimsical folk\n", "count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is\n", "with a tinge of understanding for her actions\n", "faster and deeper\n", "is intriguing , provocative stuff .\n", "bring something new into the mix\n", "willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists\n", "in a neat way\n", "some bad singer-turned actors\n", "snared in its own tangled plot\n", "director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher\n", "the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness\n", "unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set\n", "raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera ,\n", "that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical\n", ", like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts\n", "'em\n", "wonderfully creepy\n", "is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes\n", "filling in during the real nba 's off-season\n", "... unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .\n", "friday the 13th by way\n", "the suspense never rises to a higher level\n", "coupling disgracefully written dialogue\n", "more as a\n", "'s flawed and brilliant\n", "would be disingenuous to call reno a great film\n", "of businesses\n", "is for you .\n", "surreal kid 's picture\n", "newfangled community\n", "that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it\n", "receive\n", "this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .\n", "real triumphs\n", "a very very strong `` b +\n", "disquieting triumph\n", "like ghost ship\n", "nonethnic markets\n", "disposition\n", "third act miscalculation\n", "starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .\n", "could n't stand to hear\n", "shrill\n", "an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller .\n", "the titular character 's\n", "it 's a loathsome movie\n", "the screen in years\n", "make creative contributions to the story and dialogue\n", "so good\n", "'s a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .\n", "96 minutes\n", "see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors -lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb- , or see some interesting storytelling devices\n", "leads to a satisfying destination\n", "the rolling of a stray barrel\n", "the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare ,\n", "its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious ,\n", "beating the austin powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .\n", "like its predecessor\n", "electrocute and\n", "this movie strangely enough\n", "is sentimentalized\n", "tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons\n", "its own investment\n", "are lacking\n", "of maudlin tragedy\n", "own brightly colored dreams\n", "tradition and\n", "a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "cut their losses\n", "sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play\n", "of unhappy\n", "margaret thatcher 's\n", "the only camouflage carvey should now be considering\n", "followed\n", "with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic\n", "markedly\n", "janice 's behavior\n", "stink\n", "by open windows\n", "born , or made\n", "duck\n", "first-time writer-director dylan kidd\n", "are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "victim to sloppy plotting ,\n", "contemporary culture\n", "sexy slip\n", "has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama\n", "on its plate at times ,\n", "to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem\n", "10-course\n", "how to suffer '\n", "humor , verve and fun\n", "is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .\n", "something else altogether -- clownish and\n", "with brittle desperation\n", "unless\n", "are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .\n", "apex\n", "but they 're simply not funny performers\n", "the media\n", "whose point\n", "watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say\n", "... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .\n", "good inside dope\n", "the eventual dvd release\n", "2002 's first great film\n", "on badly-rendered cgi effects\n", "eccentricities\n", "a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex\n", "a hole in the head\n", "one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one\n", "well made , but does n't generate a lot of tension .\n", "a balanced film\n", "hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really\n", "appeal to the younger set\n", "my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "most highly-praised disappointments i\n", "suffer the same fate\n", "the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this\n", "its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times 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chops , but for their looks\n", "puppies with broken legs\n", "for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts\n", "monster chase film\n", "for philosophers , not filmmakers\n", "rambling\n", "a more darkly\n", "to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking\n", "who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop\n", "zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos\n", "gangster no.\n", "nearly enough\n", "is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels\n", "of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface\n", "that the movie does not do them justice\n", "to make this kind of idea work on screen\n", "more so\n", "'re down\n", "for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering .\n", "coupled\n", "about how shanghai -lrb- of all places -rrb-\n", 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performances\n", "stave\n", "sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish\n", "committed to growth in his ninth decade\n", "exciting to watch as two last-place basketball\n", "the same scene\n", "leave the theater wondering why these people mattered\n", "world traveler gave me no reason to care\n", "in between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .\n", "loads of cgi\n", "john carpenter 's ghosts\n", "lack the pungent bite of its title\n", "visual trickery\n", "cousin\n", "a long while\n", "the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged\n", "had the misfortune to watch in quite some time\n", "it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .\n", "'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish .\n", "is more fun than conan the barbarian .\n", "third time 's 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that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences\n", "puzzle his most ardent fans .\n", "inherently caustic\n", "my own minority report is that it stinks .\n", "as they love themselves\n", "comes across as a fairly weak retooling .\n", "human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard\n", "separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd\n", "used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again\n", "weird \\/ thinking\n", "after-hours loopiness\n", "unveil it until the end\n", "has arrived from portugal\n", "as many subplots\n", "class community\n", "a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible :\n", "on that\n", "do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are\n", "that the movie has virtually nothing to show\n", "a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .\n", "from an asian perspective\n", "can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "life or something like it has its share of high points ,\n", "it 's hardly a necessary enterprise .\n", "original idea\n", "combined with stunning animation\n", "as i 'm the one that i want\n", "disjointed parody .\n", "they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made\n", "the title character herself\n", "thought\n", "plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood .\n", "and touching film\n", "even with harris 's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .\n", "fast and funny\n", "franchise possibilities\n", "make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but\n", "you see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "babak payami 's\n", "is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil\n", "nicole\n", "aground after being snared in its own tangled plot\n", "the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects .\n", "which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "the solid filmmaking and convincing characters\n", "the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and\n", "was written down\n", "well-developed\n", "john c. walsh 's\n", "could be more appropriate\n", "you not to believe it\n", "might wind up\n", "freshness and spirit\n", "a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "son 's\n", "fuhrman 's\n", "low , smoky and inviting\n", "her lead role\n", "of gripping\n", ", dopey old\n", "familiar to traverse\n", "jordan brady 's direction\n", ", insulting , or childish\n", "it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead\n", "in spite of 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fatter heart\n", "more common\n", "loud and offensive , but more often\n", "melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "the rapidly changing face\n", "unintentionally -rrb-\n", "the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .\n", "the film anything\n", "a few weeks\n", "let alone\n", "guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking\n", "a kind of abstract guilt\n", "with that of wilde\n", "with the astonishing revelation\n", "time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , ''\n", "can really do\n", "a b-movie revenge\n", "lacks considerable brio\n", "is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan .\n", "as will the fight scenes\n", "by the idea\n", "to shtick and sentimentality\n", "as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .\n", "has this franchise ever run out of gas\n", "the jackal ,\n", "mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .\n", "beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork\n", "i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film\n", "'s enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages\n", "is , also\n", "on the other side of the bra\n", "it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy\n", "across as shallow and glib\n", "family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .\n", "believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon\n", "which is powerful in itself .\n", "to accept it as life and go with its flow\n", "would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "sits behind his light meter and harangues\n", "on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers\n", "there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry ,\n", "-lrb- denis ' -rrb- bare-bones narrative more closely resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .\n", "'ll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii .\n", "within the film 's first five minutes\n", "director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan -lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb-\n", "` possession , ' based on the book by a.s. byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit\n", "if there was actually one correct interpretation ,\n", "'s all\n", "as it does because -lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe\n", "a 50-year friendship\n", "an unexpectedly sweet story\n", "the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood\n", "surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy\n", "as its dreamworks makers\n", "does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself\n", "you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest\n", "mysterious\n", "of nuclear terrorism\n", "by freeing them from artefact\n", "sly , intricate magic\n", "that may well not have existed on paper\n", "saddest action hero performances\n", "for a ballplayer\n", "this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust\n", "... had this much imagination and nerve\n", "tony hawk\n", "depressingly thin\n", "no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater\n", "just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie\n", "` urban drama\n", "acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", "for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism .\n", "it reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death .\n", "that ever-growing category\n", "the cast members ,\n", "20 years apart\n", "without any of its sense of fun or energy\n", "picture since 3000 miles to graceland\n", "libertine and agitator\n", "at once visceral and spiritual\n", "sum\n", "wendigo , larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .\n", "cruel earnestness\n", "the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie .\n", "see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion\n", ", we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all\n", "this will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things .\n", "should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free\n", "the press\n", "artistic and\n", "frozen burrito\n", "'s unfortunate\n", "might have guessed\n", "kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked\n", "the dog from snatch -rrb-\n", "to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be\n", "as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate\n", "all of the filmmakers ' calculations\n", "she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time\n", "all cylinders\n", "land beyond time\n", "'s stuff here to like\n", "to forgive that still serious problem\n", "would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .\n", "proved\n", "the worst sin\n", "strong themes\n", "to please every one -lrb- and no one -rrb-\n", "so-bad-it 's\n", "by and large this is mr. kilmer 's movie ,\n", "if you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer .\n", "have here\n", "hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation .\n", "the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .\n", "pleasuring its audience\n", "the movie 's messages are quite admirable\n", "rosemary 's baby\n", "will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .\n", "than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood\n", "a sermon for most of its running time\n", "seemingly irreconcilable\n", "to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them\n", "clicking together to form a string\n", "crushingly self-indulgent\n", "a melancholy , emotional film .\n", "the master of disguise falls under the category of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live . '\n", "keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price\n", "your toes wo n't still be tapping\n", "it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '\n", "they 'd earn\n", "point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover\n", "admire the film 's stately nature and\n", "good ol' boys\n", "is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up\n", "his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him\n", "steven soderbergh\n", "is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .\n", "brio\n", "the characters ' -rrb-\n", "pays earnest homage to turntablists\n", "some impudent snickers\n", "book 's\n", "it 's not a particularly good film , but neither is it a monsterous one .\n", "hubristic\n", "quirky characters and\n", "made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun\n", "director sam mendes\n", "this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances\n", "of his work\n", "backstage angst\n", "winning comedy\n", "as sappy as big daddy\n", "a wacky and inspired little film\n", "the loyal order of raccoons\n", "developed a notorious reputation\n", "a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste\n", "elderly propensity\n", "of the alien\n", "to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending\n", "made for the palm screen\n", "this may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen .\n", "bombastic and\n", "yellow\n", "tv movie-esque\n", "sometimes still can be made\n", "but an episode\n", "paying\n", "charlize chases kevin\n", "french director\n", "villainess\n", "asian cult cinema fans\n", "visual stylists\n", "want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once\n", "by the sea would slip under the waves .\n", "lock stock\n", "is up to you to decide if you need to see it\n", "london\n", "does anyone much\n", "comedy special\n", "its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts\n", "introspection\n", "of cuban music\n", "beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor\n", "'s not onscreen\n", "stories and faces\n", "so exaggerated and broad\n", "all comedy is subversive ,\n", "have been lost in the translation this time\n", "the sturdiest example yet\n", "random series\n", "a sharp satire\n", "just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned\n", "owes frank the pug big time\n", "cuss\n", "in its dry and forceful way\n", "comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions\n", "will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart .\n", "drizzle\n", "of addressing a complex situation\n", "is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .\n", "each and\n", "too sincere\n", "is getting older\n", "few four letter words\n", ", harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .\n", "a nicholas sparks best seller\n", "laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between\n", "a more immediate mystery in the present\n", "the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers\n", "a downer and\n", "make the outrage\n", "-lrb- jaglom 's -rrb- better efforts\n", "mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way ,\n", "to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil\n", "is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink\n", ", no-frills ride\n", "what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast ,\n", "was 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 -lrb- and no one -rrb- .\n", "questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .\n", "starts out bizarre and\n", "gadgets and creatures\n", "like a docu-drama\n", "called best\n", "a separate adventure\n", "excepting love hewitt\n", "outrage\n", "a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters\n", "concludes\n", "boomers\n", "of fright and dread\n", "moves beyond their surfaces\n", "'s just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .\n", "between yosuke and saeko\n", "pure of intention\n", "'s updating works surprisingly well\n", "there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally\n", "a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken\n", "its own brilliance\n", "only a true believer could relish\n", "feel familiar and foreign\n", "infuriatingly\n", "its creative mettle\n", "its cause\n", "'s in\n", "send you off in different direction\n", "who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor\n", "so buzz-obsessed\n", "a wonderfully speculative character\n", "in the last five years\n", "a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .\n", "krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone\n", "forgive because the intentions are lofty\n", "from the audience\n", "-lrb- other than the very sluggish pace -rrb-\n", "the style and flash\n", "good-natured and never dull\n", "a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues\n", "pint-sized\n", "give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood\n", "kafka 's\n", "of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity\n", "precarious skid-row dignity\n", "is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .\n", "is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .\n", "smart and alert\n", "conversations\n", "grumpy old men\n", "'s low on both suspense and payoff\n", "palma\n", "mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress\n", "is as visceral\n", "stud\n", "new wounds\n", "russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality\n", "that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen\n", "extreme\n", "drag as soon as the action speeds up\n", "in the long-winded heist comedy\n", "after seeing ` analyze that\n", "could n't\n", "it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices\n", "epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve ,\n", "stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .\n", "a warmth\n", "to grow into a movie career\n", "to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck\n", "individual moments of mood\n", "action comedies\n", "drama ?\n", "when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo\n", "if you 're burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol\n", "go on\n", "genuinely good\n", "'re on the edge of your seat\n", "come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only\n", "that never pretends to be something\n", "conceived and\n", "offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious\n", "wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder\n", "from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large\n", "scale wwii flick\n", "around his own ego\n", "the constrictive eisenhower era\n", "a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king\n", "diesel is n't the actor to save it .\n", "this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers\n", "incredibly layered and stylistic film\n", "inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening\n", "crystal and de niro\n", "prints and film footage\n", "classroom play\n", "bacon\n", "mob\n", "can run away from home , but your ego\n", "about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives\n", "far from painful\n", "shameful\n", "were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you\n", "a slice\n", "but formulaic and silly\n", "has virtually nothing to show\n", "modern-office\n", "have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "of aurelie and christelle\n", "-- sometimes tedious --\n", "manipulative and as bland\n", "is dreamy and evocative\n", "vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world\n", "the old mib label stands for milder is n't better .\n", "elusive , yet inexplicably\n", "leave you wanting to abandon the theater\n", "by the film 's austerity\n", "to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock\n", "if there ai n't none\n", "images and characters\n", "hand-held\n", "cinematic icons\n", "as jet li on rollerblades\n", "touch\n", "a relaxed firth\n", "an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary .\n", "thoughtful dialogue\n", "wit and dignity\n", "during wartime\n", "training and dedication\n", "seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece\n", "releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and\n", "for national health insurance\n", "good guys\n", "the prison flick and\n", "john woo bullet ballet\n", "century and a half\n", "marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry\n", "the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but\n", "moves his setting to the past\n", "the hype , the celebrity , the high life ,\n", "'re forced to follow\n", "the standards\n", "'s tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance\n", "in `` last dance ''\n", "occasion\n", "billy bob 's\n", "with a great premise\n", "is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality .\n", "of education\n", "the first 2\\/3 of the film\n", "the film 's ending has a `` what was it all for\n", "a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues '\n", "a striking style behind the camera\n", "the problem with `` xxx '' is that its own action is n't very effective .\n", "capable only of delivering\n", "enthusiasm\n", "never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them .\n", ", the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .\n", "it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .\n", "about nine-tenths\n", "in the early days of silent film\n", "an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey\n", "infectious\n", "an american director\n", "latino hip hop beat\n", "suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar\n", "the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions\n", "crash-and-bash\n", "rose-tinted glasses\n", ", transcendent love story\n", "delightful .\n", "past your head\n", "length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue\n", "fine\n", "a fresh , entertaining comedy\n", "rymer\n", "lines , the impressive stagings of hardware\n", "its courage\n", "-lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb-\n", "of mushy obviousness\n", "inconsequential romantic\n", "flashy , overlong soap\n", "this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .\n", "the deadpan comic face\n", "a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it\n", "his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "fanciful daydreams\n", "wrong things\n", "is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", "wrecks\n", "may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences\n", "` message-movie ' posturing\n", "of relationships\n", "to resist temptation in this film\n", "does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear ?\n", "hijacks the heat of revolution\n", "a lot to be desired\n", "rhapsodize cynicism\n", "familiar anti-feminist equation\n", "grandkids\n", "directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men .\n", "all of world war ii\n", "may as well be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie\n", "a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else\n", "like about men with brooms and what is kind of special\n", "it 's too bad nothing else is .\n", "by the end of kung pow\n", "self-delusion\n", "morning cartoons\n", "while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate\n", "school social groups\n", "reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but .\n", "... built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids .\n", "it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such\n", "globe\n", "a curious sick poetry , as if\n", "alienated\n", "ambitious ` what if\n", "is for angelique\n", "would n't make trouble every day any better .\n", "most multilayered and sympathetic\n", "human soul\n", "to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists\n", "little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff\n", "plotless collection of moronic stunts\n", "don mullan 's\n", "to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe\n", "a laconic pace\n", "filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love\n", "wonderland adventure ,\n", "stalker thriller\n", "with energy and innovation\n", "watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .\n", "that the movie has no idea of it is serious or\n", "his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him\n", "a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career .\n", "does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .\n", "this is n't a new idea .\n", "more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "gets us in trouble\n", "it 's fun , but it 's a real howler .\n", ", 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 .\n", ", it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .\n", "-lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany ,\n", "heat\n", "carries arnold -lrb- and the viewers -rrb- into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story .\n", "as mr. de niro\n", "first sets out to be\n", "comic touch\n", "a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "makes these lives count .\n", "dry , reliable textbook\n", "overall , it 's a pretty mediocre family film .\n", "it 's not scary in the slightest\n", "a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6\n", "mother\\/daughter pair\n", "chimes in on the grieving process\n", "seems , at times ,\n", "documentary-making\n", "not exaggerated\n", "harsh reality\n", "are so stunning\n", "the better\n", "it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price .\n", "the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement .\n", "'' range\n", "imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "they see the joy the characters take in this creed\n", "salton sea surprisingly engrossing\n", "the sex\n", "for that effort\n", "deliberately unsteady mixture\n", "wrap the proceedings up neatly\n", "liana\n", "spry 2001 predecessor\n", "how similar obsessions can dominate a family\n", "towering\n", "believing in something does matter\n", ", labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .\n", "this batch is pretty cute\n", "supremely unfunny and unentertaining\n", "humor and humanity\n", "perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself\n", "with considerable aplomb\n", "if you go , pack your knitting needles .\n", "cheer\n", "she may not be real\n", "gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes\n", "you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd .\n", "vivid characters and\n", "a nicely understated expression of the grief\n", "deterioration\n", "turned me\n", "half-step\n", "on the cinematic front\n", "ruined by amateurish writing and acting ,\n", "to long for the end credits\n", "barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality\n", "the inherent absurdity\n", "you see because the theater\n", "immediate\n", "` the thing ' and a geriatric\n", "is that movie !\n", "a family\n", "only thing missing\n", "a technical triumph and\n", "bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .\n", "is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas\n", "the film 's plot may be shallow , but\n", "to this movie\n", "unambitious writing\n", "ugliness\n", "on hammering home his message\n", ", passionate\n", "guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets .\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county\n", "slightly\n", "of a good movie ye who enter here\n", "bare\n", "his improbably forbearing wife\n", "getting their fair shot in the movie business\n", "highly watchable\n", "make up its mind\n", "wiseman is patient\n", "it unexpectedly rewarding\n", "half-hearted paeans to empowerment\n", "the glory days of weekend and two or three things\n", "content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "offers a great deal of insight into the female condition\n", "birmingham\n", "even though many of these guys are less than adorable\n", "roach\n", "to imagine having more fun watching a documentary\n", "you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half\n", "boosterism\n", "a movie that feels\n", "skip the film and pick up the soundtrack\n", "'s not very good either\n", "more cohesive\n", "von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke\n", "a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped\n", "on the year 's radar screen\n", "without stooping to base melodrama\n", "iosseliani\n", "could n't really\n", "'s hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first .\n", "protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness\n", "who prepare\n", "been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script\n", "the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats\n", "going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal\n", "the grandness\n", "semi-autobiographical\n", "a well-done film\n", "the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud\n", "topical or\n", "tomorrow\n", "thumbing his nose\n", "it is .\n", "your idea\n", "the whiney characters bugged me\n", "'s too bad nothing else is\n", "intriguing and downright intoxicating .\n", "resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been\n", "it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes\n", "giving conduct\n", "some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude ,\n", "a power outage\n", "malarkey\n", "blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor\n", "they take full advantage\n", "remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written\n", "hothouse emotions\n", "a part of its fun\n", "muccino\n", "paced , and often just plain dull\n", "science\n", "plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer -lrb- and -rrb- the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .\n", "take .\n", "for but a few seconds\n", "as long as 3-year-olds\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond\n", ", jane campion might have done ,\n", "examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "much as i laughed throughout the movie\n", "it 's well worth a rental .\n", "acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages\n", "is n't much of a mystery\n", "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\n", "villeneuve has inspired croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi\n", "banter-filled\n", "exploration\n", "tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers\n", "has really found his groove these days\n", "'ll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls around\n", "cast himself\n", "as it should be done cinematically\n", "young romantics out on a date\n", "his team\n", "be drawn in by the sympathetic characters\n", "like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous\n", "it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression .\n", "you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century\n", "the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it 's actually watchable .\n", "frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus\n", "want music\n", "a music scene that transcends culture and race\n", "a superlative b movie --\n", "lost his touch\n", "be patient with the lovely hush\n", "sentimental but entirely irresistible\n", "the color sense\n", "dealing with the subject\n", "romantic thriller\n", "thought-provoking and\n", "is --\n", "komediant\n", "droll sense\n", "many more paths\n", "'s dench who really steals the show\n", "lagging near the finish line\n", "this story to go but down\n", "femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience .\n", "to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art\n", "unsuccessful attempt\n", "when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given ,\n", "pseudo-intellectual\n", "itself is ultimately quite unengaging .\n", "not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about\n", "easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root\n", "evaded completely\n", "mistaken\n", "huge sacrifice\n", "going at a rapid pace , occasionally\n", "-lrb- soderbergh -rrb- tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .\n", "step further\n", "dedicated\n", "insufficiently cathartic\n", "into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "of dialogue\n", "playfully profound\n", "to an uninspired philosophical epiphany\n", "no matter what the situation\n", "different from our own\n", "it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "emotional wallop\n", "by neil finn and edmund\n", "a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and\n", "a mess as this one\n", "scooby ' do n't\n", "the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", "'s mildly entertaining\n", "most sparkling\n", "'s viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "makes up\n", "haunted\n", "people 's lives\n", "odd drama\n", "the old adage `` be careful what you wish for ''\n", "of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "worth seeing for ambrose 's performance .\n", "this film a lot\n", "it to be\n", "what we have is\n", "short of refreshing\n", "winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something\n", "can actually feel good\n", "cinematic bon bons\n", "to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "would expect\n", "about dragons\n", "if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment\n", "of sensitive observation\n", "mortarboards\n", "felt with a sardonic jolt\n", "` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists\n", "powerful commentary\n", "seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days\n", "charming and funny -lrb- but ultimately silly -rrb- movie .\n", "translating complex characters\n", "enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .\n", "was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back\n", "baffling\n", "being too dense & about nothing at all\n", "pipe\n", "its limits\n", ", improbable romantic comedy\n", "would you ?\n", "the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me\n", "into a mundane '70s disaster flick\n", "happen after greene 's story ends\n", "of what it is to be ya-ya\n", "tired , unnecessary\n", "hopkins '\n", "snide and prejudice\n", "science fiction movie\n", "feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago\n", "a rather sad story of the difficulties\n", "offers big , fat , dumb\n", "narrative coinage\n", "down the road\n", "has 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\n", "drum\n", ", this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .\n", "a superman\n", "a howler\n", "paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1\n", "hedonistic creativity\n", "top and\n", "magnetic performance\n", "like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .\n", "found myself liking the film , though in this case one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage .\n", "completist\n", "passes inspection\n", "would have made the film more cohesive\n", "at a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is\n", "loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .\n", "would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film\n", "to balance conflicting cultural messages\n", ", but fun .\n", "surprisingly engrossing\n", "that the genuine ones barely register\n", "haynes ' work\n", "analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down\n", "of a paint-by-numbers picture\n", "hollow mockumentary\n", "is so earnest\n", "own self-referential hot air\n", "here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama ,\n", "the finish line winded\n", "violence and lots\n", "undercuts\n", "that seem so real in small doses\n", "'s nothing remotely topical or sexy here .\n", "you 're a fan of the series\n", "runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours\n", "as often as possible\n", "has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid\n", "could be both an asset and a detriment .\n", "'s affecting , amusing , sad and reflective\n", "bounds\n", "what happened ?\n", "urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude\n", "rushed\n", "seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard\n", "are paper thin\n", "meeting ,\n", "mr. clooney , mr. kaufman and all\n", "crazy beasts\n", "this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .\n", "because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him\n", "make the most of the large-screen format\n", "something else altogether --\n", "this intricately structured and well-realized drama\n", ", spirit '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 .\n", "storytelling feels slight .\n", "does n't cut it\n", "last fall 's\n", "the delusions\n", "gently tedious in its comedy\n", "a surprising\n", "assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac\n", "heart-rate-raising\n", "a substantial arc of change\n", "mature and frank\n", "rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout .\n", "perhaps paradoxically ,\n", "hyperbolic\n", "it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .\n", "done-to-death material\n", "touching good sense\n", "all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh\n", "smart and entirely charming\n", "progressive bull\n", "to watch on video at home\n", "'s something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .\n", "steeped in fairy tales and other childish things\n", "the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting\n", "the personal touch of manual animation\n", ", mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .\n", "the mild hallucinogenic buzz\n", "say nothing of boring\n", "castle\n", "modern working man\n", "diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act\n", "the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", "this alarming production ,\n", "by lousy direction\n", "objective portrait\n", "few chances\n", "being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion\n", "giving the movie\n", "tres greek writer and\n", ", amusing and unsettling\n", "positive change\n", "of two unrelated shorts that falls far short\n", "elephant\n", "romeo and juliet\\/west side story territory ,\n", "the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus\n", "south fork\n", "around\n", "although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents\n", "into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again\n", "by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .\n", "their lives , loves and\n", "hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .\n", "santa clause 2\n", "lacks a sense of dramatic urgency\n", "would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris\n", "been more charming than in about a boy\n", "wit or\n", "requires\n", "far more meaningful story\n", "a not-so-bright mother and daughter\n", "it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition\n", "the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off\n", "to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful\n", "profound and\n", "what if\n", "an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast\n", "being `` in the mood\n", "reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .\n", "systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "proven\n", "so in\n", "noticeably less energy and imagination\n", "familial separation and societal betrayal\n", "not to be dismissed\n", "lacks depth .\n", "very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable\n", "combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream\n", "the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel\n", "mixed-up relationship\n", "secondhand\n", "gambles\n", "amuse or entertain them\n", "self-glorification\n", "have .\n", "is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "for that pg-13 rating\n", "molehill\n", "unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism\n", "a bang-up job\n", "hitler 's\n", "filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang\n", "very distinctive sensibility\n", "enough fizz\n", "eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it\n", "that many outsiders will be surprised to know\n", "torments\n", "evaluate\n", "as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year\n", "a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad .\n", "the sequels\n", "providing some good old fashioned spooks\n", "a fine\n", "'s too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .\n", "cues\n", "disquietingly\n", "toback 's detractors always accuse him of making\n", "to take seriously\n", "more likely to enjoy on a computer\n", "even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .\n", "to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "chimps , all blown up to the size of a house\n", "love , communal discord ,\n", "intoxication\n", "much about the film\n", "a moving and stark reminder\n", "is twice as bestial but half as funny .\n", ", the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .\n", "subtitled french movie\n", "ming-liang\n", "a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in\n", "no real point\n", "holofcener\n", "in contemporary new delhi\n", "saves this deeply affecting film from being merely\n", "about the israeli\\/palestinian conflict as\n", "and hollywood cultures\n", "a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness\n", "idiosyncratic way\n", "are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil\n", "to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "satisfying crime drama\n", "same advice\n", "with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers\n", "a few evocative images\n", "a pleasant and engaging enough\n", "through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture\n", "the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack\n", "you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you\n", "tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality .\n", "both exuberantly\n", "the film falters\n", "rarely work in movies now\n", "layer\n", "fumbles\n", "that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen\n", "insiders and outsiders\n", "to consider the looseness of the piece\n", "there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but\n", "the artistic world-at-large\n", "is sentimental but\n", "fierce grace\n", "there , done\n", "the little nuances\n", "a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "as a romantic comedy\n", "on an ambiguous presentation\n", "works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh .\n", "would seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine .\n", "cities and refugee camps\n", "it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .\n", "is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is\n", "even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks , it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .\n", "with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs\n", "have n't seen the film lately\n", "its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music ,\n", "feel fresh\n", "how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "life ,\n", "with the beat he hears in his soul\n", "been a painless time-killer\n", "how families can offer either despair or consolation\n", "made under the influence of rohypnol\n", "by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "in the media\n", "makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow\n", "kaufman 's world\n", "other assets\n", "the problems of fledgling democracies ,\n", "it 's a scorcher .\n", "seeming predictably formulaic\n", "road-and-buddy pic\n", "the minimum requirement\n", "and joe gantz\n", "admire\n", "features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer\n", "a long patch\n", "may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .\n", "than half\n", "'s no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again\n", "resolved easily , or soon\n", ", the film is weak on detail and strong on personality\n", "shepard\n", "while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .\n", "deadpan cool\n", "have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "culture shock and\n", "many flaws\n", "discover that the answer is as conventional as can be\n", "-- elegant technology for the masses --\n", "best-foreign-film\n", "mixed up\n", "to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse\n", ", here 's a fun one .\n", "cultural and political issues\n", "two or three things\n", "protagonists\n", "more wrenching\n", "old , familiar\n", "it does n't reach them\n", "the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for\n", "bolder\n", "that led to their notorious rise to infamy\n", "to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen\n", "are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp\n", "out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments\n", "the gift of tears\n", "her agreeably startling use of close-ups and\n", "the slapstick is labored\n", "nagging sense\n", "mischievous\n", "play their roles\n", "cinema\n", "does have one saving grace\n", ", solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive\n", "and visual party tricks\n", "of manual animation\n", "only a genius should touch\n", "deeply religious and spiritual people\n", "90 minutes\n", "is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts .\n", "ken russell would love this .\n", "mild-mannered\n", "to one of demme 's good films\n", "scrapbook\n", "seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .\n", "us to think about the ways we consume pop culture\n", "much like robin williams , death to smoochy\n", "any film that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country\n", "merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew .\n", "have been tempted to change his landmark poem to\n", "same throughout\n", "an enjoyable level of ridiculousness\n", "the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and\n", "muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner .\n", "'re almost dozing\n", "live only in the darkness\n", "that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head\n", "their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers\n", "for something\n", "is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .\n", "war paranoia\n", "of the careers of a pair of spy kids\n", "' project\n", "benefit\n", "also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .\n", "daringly\n", "on hedonistic gusto\n", "old people will love this movie , and i mean that in the nicest possible way : last orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship .\n", "a hardened voyeur\n", "work from start to finish .\n", "call it a movie\n", "concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions\n", "concrete story and definitive answers\n", "look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls\n", "takes big bloody chomps\n", "black-and-white psychedelia\n", "comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target\n", "14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore\n", "the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience\n", "be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble\n", "perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d\n", "turn a larky chase movie\n", "this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell .\n", "chief draw\n", "mention dragged down by a leaden closing act\n", "of the power\n", "enormously entertaining movie\n", "its star , jean reno\n", ", eight crazy nights is a total misfire .\n", "battlefield earth and\n", "in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", "tearing\n", "silly fluff\n", "mugging their way\n", "penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship\n", "snaps\n", "ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story\n", "pollak\n", "melancholy , what time is it there ?\n", "gates\n", "avoiding eye contact\n", "viva\n", "that it 's offensive\n", "a central plot\n", "suspense or\n", "vulgar innuendo\n", "artful , watery tones\n", "from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view\n", "of a deep-seated , emotional need\n", "viva le\n", "funny , smart , visually inventive ,\n", "delicate coming-of-age tale\n", "creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation\n", "about her\n", "what a world we 'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve\n", "lazy tearjerker\n", "five filipino-americans and\n", "previous collaboration\n", "cuba gooding jr.\n", "superficial way\n", "has a bigger-name cast\n", "take pleasure\n", "unexpected fizzability\n", "i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny\n", "occasionally inspired dialogue bits\n", "to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures\n", "feels like a promising work-in-progress\n", "bitterly\n", "put on an intoxicating show\n", "'s fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland\n", "about cinema\n", "emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine\n", "the tone of the movie\n", "a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time\n", "lux\n", "janice beard\n", "especially the pseudo-educational stuff\n", "in the time of money\n", "leading lives of sexy intrigue\n", "underlying old world\n", "one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre .\n", "titular\n", "rather simplistic one\n", "the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline\n", "provide an intense experience\n", "refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic\n", "intent on hammering home his message\n", "than a gripping thriller\n", "the high seas\n", "another example of how sandler is losing his touch .\n", "goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but\n", "of secrets\n", "ugly american\n", "told well\n", "two features\n", "watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain\n", "a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets 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many of us\n", "when i had entered\n", "a grating ,\n", "`` shock humor '' will wear thin on all\n", "of stylistic elements\n", "this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake\n", "animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool\n", "of a plunge\n", "be sure\n", "these ambitions\n", "romantic and\n", "would have been with this premise\n", "of passions\n", "in the film that surprises or delights\n", "davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly\n", "been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again\n", "a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism\n", "by a highly gifted 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less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "sure , it 's contrived and predictable\n", "rubbo 's humorously\n", "dismissed as mindless\n", "storytelling devices\n", "is sorely lacking .\n", "jackass :\n", "yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .\n", "the casting\n", "insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it does n't disgrace it , either\n", "despite a definitely distinctive screen presence\n", "we get\n", "nothing interesting in unfaithful\n", "want the ol' ball-and-chain\n", "it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "filmgoing audience\n", "choosing his roles\n", "tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food\n", "does n't know it 's a comedy .\n", "nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer\\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully\n", "are lost in the thin soup of canned humor\n", "some serious soul\n", "a compelling reason for being\n", "of outrageous force and craven concealment\n", "do virtually everything wrong\n", "makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality\n", "the week blown up for the big screen\n", "nickelodeon-esque\n", "effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "most romantic comedies , infusing into the story\n", "who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary\n", "!? '\n", "how to proceed as the world implodes\n", "it still seems endless .\n", "a curve\n", "interview subjects\n", "material to fit the story\n", "an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere .\n", "many have made it out to be\n", "is his best film yet\n", "sounds , but\n", ", blaring brass and back-stabbing babes\n", "missive\n", "that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here\n", "the paper-thin characterizations\n", "deeply humanistic artist\n", "emotionally satisfying\n", "-- if predictable --\n", "on three 's company\n", "stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying ,\n", "that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting\n", "network sitcom\n", "makes one thing abundantly clear .\n", "graves\n", "fessenden continues to do interesting work ,\n", "they can swim\n", ", villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .\n", "many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , -lrb- yet -rrb-\n", "up walking out not only satisfied but\n", "fantastic kathy bates\n", "despite its flaws\n", "lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "if festival in cannes nails hard - boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy , much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing .\n", "amid the shock and curiosity factors\n", "is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins\n", "on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls\n", "just pile up .\n", "promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "script ?\n", "my greatest pictures\n", "a tiny sense of hope\n", "never quite gel\n", "every cliche\n", "the film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .\n", "somebody\n", "could use a little more humanity\n", "that gives hollywood sequels a bad name\n", "been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", ", do n't bother .\n", "that he 's the best brush in the business\n", "moving experience\n", "wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller\n", "his nose\n", "a brilliant director and\n", "at the least demanding of demographic groups\n", "'s a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .\n", "keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever .\n", "reassures\n", "the filmmaker 's period pieces\n", "staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors\n", "this disease\n", "will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated\n", "an excuse\n", "well-meaning but\n", "emphasized enough\n", ", well-developed characters\n", "to have it all go wrong\n", "a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing\n", "emotional ghosts\n", "he wanted\n", "about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "which started in a muddle\n", "eight\n", "nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume\n", "whatsoever\n", "mostly admirable\n", "cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "an understatement\n", "jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land\n", "surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players\n", "some elements of it really blow the big one\n", "hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't\n", "jersey\n", "... spiced with humor -lrb- ' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand -rrb- and\n", "takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea\n", "has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose\n", "keep it\n", "ms. bullock 's best work\n", "strategic objective\n", "two hours of junk .\n", "thin period piece\n", "'s neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either\n", "to confront their problems openly\n", "affecting , amusing , sad and reflective\n", "charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero .\n", "one feels cheated\n", "got as potent\n", "last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .\n", "has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement\n", "think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "resentment\n", "of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine\n", "broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness\n", "all-woman dysfunctional family\n", "do as best you can with a stuttering script\n", "settled into my world war ii memories\n", "a waste\n", "its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare\n", "easily\n", "'s really\n", "sugar coating\n", "that memorable\n", "a scrapbook\n", "contrived plotting , stereotyped characters\n", "nor\n", "the actress and director\n", "goes down may possess\n", "well directed\n", "holy fool\n", "\\*\n", "our hollywood\n", "claude chabrol 's\n", "the woodman\n", "comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties\n", "though the film is static , its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .\n", "actually pulling it off\n", "remarkably alluring film\n", "reach\n", "demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged\n", "'s fitfully funny but\n", "grenier\n", "grainy photography\n", "the psychological and philosophical material\n", "scooby '\n", "the reason to see `` sade ''\n", "appropriated\n", "service\n", "gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness\n", "the movie 's downfall\n", "rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters\n", "privileged lifestyle\n", "hanks character\n", "if they broke out into elaborate choreography\n", "'s something vital about the movie .\n", "'s not only dull because we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed .\n", "the private existence\n", "trots out every ghost trick\n", "is an actor 's movie\n", "mordant humor\n", "seems to care about\n", "worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .\n", "is never able to pull it back on course .\n", "boozy , languid\n", "watches\n", "honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off\n", "an excellent sequel .\n", "seemingly\n", "old-fashioned-movie movie\n", "is neither ... excessively strained and contrived\n", "vanessa redgrave 's\n", "his work\n", "an awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work\n", "if the screenplay falls somewhat short\n", "that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside\n", "the now spy-savvy siblings\n", "to leave your date behind for this one\n", "pacino and williams\n", "none of this\n", "carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract\n", "sadness and\n", "about authenticity\n", "the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago\n", "spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it\n", "a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad\n", "the haunted house\n", "waters movie\n", "appeared in 1938\n", "it 's 51 times better than this .\n", "hitchcockian\n", "the count\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi\n", "both heartbreaking\n", "the promise of a reprieve\n", "after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .\n", "that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides\n", "it 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs , but westbrook 's foundation and dalrymple 's film earn their uplift\n", "plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .\n", "a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion\n", "chase\n", "with an old woman straight out of eudora welty\n", "therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one\n", "clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider\n", "does because of the performances\n", "gentle , endearing\n", "the traffic jam of holiday movies\n", "far beyond the end zone\n", "of a revealing alienation\n", "unexpected\n", "the forbidden zone\n", "keep you watching ,\n", "the '60s\n", "bryan\n", "extras\n", "delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land .\n", "being both revelatory and narcissistic ,\n", "other than their funny accents -rrb-\n", "remarkable and memorable\n", "sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects\n", "bought this movie\n", "generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing .\n", "this tortured , dull artist and\n", "top shelf\n", "as sanguine\n", ", i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .\n", "one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - , indian - , russian -\n", "feature by anne-sophie birot\n", "-lrb- p -rrb-\n", "the only rip off that we were aware of\n", "viscerally repellent\n", "by lane and gere\n", "radiant\n", "- as-nasty -\n", "which is a pity\n", "unfortunate title\n", "that still serious problem\n", "is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling .\n", "certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece\n", "in the new york metropolitan area\n", ", the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess .\n", "this scarlet 's\n", "struts\n", "to the conflicted complexity of his characters\n", "la salle 's\n", "there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but\n", "would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ?\n", "making this character understandable\n", "stay a step ahead of her pursuers\n", "by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails\n", "a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project\n", "drifts aimlessly\n", "profound social commentary\n", "it 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters\n", "a footnote\n", "guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves\n", "in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "and complex relationship\n", "that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth\n", "lectures or confrontations\n", "villainous\n", ", emotional\n", "go to a picture-perfect beach\n", "succumbs to joyless special-effects excess\n", "performing in a film that is only mildly diverting\n", "the level of insight\n", "underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community\n", "the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate .\n", "a fourth book\n", "might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry\n", "it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america\n", "every indulgent , indie trick\n", "it has its faults ,\n", "both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in\n", "remote\n", "remake andrei tarkovsky 's solaris so much as distill it\n", "michael moore 's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society ? '\n", "a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that ,\n", "quaking essence\n", "act like pinocchio\n", "a bathtub\n", "an often intense character study about fathers and\n", "fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides\n", "joie\n", "gifted\n", "all the formulaic equations\n", "this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country\n", "took the farrelly brothers comedy\n", "tummy tops and hip huggers\n", "'d probably turn it off\n", "coppola 's\n", "cinema 's capability for recording truth\n", "nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is\n", "to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes\n", "than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level\n", "shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls\n", "watching all this strutting and\n", "to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film\n", "the film 's vision\n", "satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity\n", "he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "for office\n", "from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .\n", "a man in pain\n", "of wit and humor\n", "i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes\n", "is as generic as its title\n", "is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .\n", "been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode\n", "the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications .\n", "torture and\n", "sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics ,\n", "could be this good\n", "a whole segment of pop-music history\n", "the finest\n", "a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats .\n", "of a minimalist beauty and the beast\n", "at most 20\n", "overwhelmed\n", "'ll want things to work out\n", "is red dragon worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies ?\n", "a tattered and ugly past\n", "topical humour\n", "carried out by men of marginal intelligence ,\n", "gourmet 's\n", "threads\n", "how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too\n", "she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique\n", "fascinating profile\n", "yoda\n", "as unoriginal\n", "cookie-cutter\n", "all the hearts\n", ", it 's as good as you remember .\n", "it beat by a country mile\n", "the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution\n", "destruction\n", "more fun than conan the barbarian\n", "mystery story\n", "... although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .\n", "to trial for crimes against humanity\n", "the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence\n", "has a rather unique approach to documentary .\n", "is in the same category as x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around .\n", "getting a more mature body\n", "exhilarating , funny and fun\n", "xxx ''\n", "` nature '\n", "collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .\n", "humor in i spy is so anemic .\n", "'s a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics\n", "'s too good for this sucker .\n", "with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure\n", "to question an ancient faith\n", "let 's face it -- there are n't many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly\n", "try for the greatness that happy together shoots for -lrb- and misses -rrb-\n", "an accuracy\n", "spare dialogue and acute expressiveness\n", "two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema :\n", "see without feeling embarrassed\n", "for insomnia\n", "incurably\n", "become one of those rare remakes\n", "the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing\n", "of humankind 's liberating ability\n", "a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood\n", "observant\n", "with his dad\n", "a good noir should\n", "true-to-life characters\n", "to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff\n", "this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them !\n", "than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment\n", "when you 're in the most trouble\n", "rice novel\n", "while 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 .\n", "efforts\n", "although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking\n", "now as a former gong show addict\n", "throwing it\n", "the date movie that franz kafka would have made .\n", "nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving\n", "hanukkah spirit\n", "it 's not too racy\n", "as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close\n", "zero\n", ", are charged with metaphor\n", "who is too crazy to be interesting\n", "an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race\n", "` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and\n", "cultural and economic subtext\n", "bai brothers\n", "'s an enjoyable trifle nonetheless\n", ", utterly distracting blunder\n", "a sentimental resolution\n", "the cheese-laced spectacles\n", "slap it\n", "mattei\n", "together\n", "a grimace\n", "in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light\n", "pascale\n", "baseball-playing\n", "the best drug addition movies\n", "frothy ` date movie ' ...\n", "to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane\n", "in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo\n", ", the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson .\n", "to see this movie\n", "fireballs and revenge\n", "seem to be surefire casting\n", "building\n", "the off-center humor is a constant ,\n", "easy for critics\n", "hedonistic\n", "very well-meaning\n", "it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles\n", "marvelous\n", "remarkable for its intelligence and intensity\n", "moves his setting to the past , and\n", "nearly all the previous unseen material resides\n", "a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk\n", "movie history\n", "just slapping extreme humor\n", "laudable\n", "gives you an idea just how bad it was\n", "ayres\n", "targeted\n", "'s hard\n", "works as well as it does because of the performances\n", "88-minute highlight reel\n", "the beheadings\n", "a bump on the head\n", "the poor and\n", "look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers\n", "like its central figure , vivi --\n", "sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "fully engaged supporting cast\n", "'re ready to hate one character ,\n", "playful iranian parable\n", "of death in this bitter italian comedy\n", "worthy of our respect\n", "barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", "the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .\n", "the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers\n", "the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug\n", "reel in when we should be playing out\n", ", real dawns , comic relief\n", "tv show\n", "whine ,\n", "florid but\n", "is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .\n", "her tough , funny , rather chaotic show\n", "the french director has turned out nearly 21\\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .\n", "this is a movie full of grace\n", "enervating determination\n", "that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel\n", "hard look\n", "after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults\n", "if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and\n", "their earnestness --\n", "the root psychology\n", "mr. day-lewis\n", "really happens\n", "what makes wilco a big deal\n", "who 's the scariest of sadists\n", "to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "to the truly good stuff\n", "is basically a matter of taste\n", "the unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .\n", "the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --\n", "cliff-notes\n", "to the filmmaking\n", "gait\n", "ourside\n", "well-crafted psychological study\n", "cops in copmovieland , these two\n", "cage 's war-weary marine\n", "would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama\n", "of a downer and a little\n", "the feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept\n", "tolerance and diversity\n", "loses its fire midway ,\n", "which it fails to get\n", "a well-crafted letdown .\n", "unrewarding\n", "by the acting\n", "are far more alienating than involving .\n", "the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences\n", "kids\n", "before his\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences\n", "as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins\n", "straightforward and strikingly devious\n", "go with it\n", "through kafka 's meat grinder\n", "bumper\n", "proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that\n", "one black\n", "'m just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike\n", "koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation .\n", "may have been a good film in `` trouble every day\n", "filmmaker david flatman\n", "has little insight into the historical period and its artists ,\n", "'s just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .\n", "than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "seem genuine rather than pandering\n", "what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity\n", "shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown\n", "a decision\n", "introduce obstacles for him\n", "'ll end up moved .\n", "you 'll feel as the credits roll\n", "and workplace ambition\n", "coy\n", "the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john\n", "nearly 80-minute running time\n", "is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual\n", "good looks\n", "to the idea of a vietnam picture\n", "at scripting , shooting or post-production stages\n", "untold\n", "do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .\n", "its soul 's\n", "swept up\n", "sex , duty and love\n", "... an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .\n", "a visual style\n", "mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies\n", "13th\n", "87 minutes\n", "a small independent film\n", "too close to real life\n", "spy-thriller .\n", "one man 's downfall ,\n", "snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .\n", "than liberating\n", "in a sick , twisted sort of way\n", "do n't even like their characters\n", "kaufman and jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion --\n", "blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star ,\n", "shrug off\n", "is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten\n", "pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances\n", "the ideal outlet\n", "obsessively\n", "florid\n", "should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "experimental enough\n", "sometimes beautiful\n", "catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something about mary and\n", "something hip and\n", "as a call for pity and sympathy\n", "a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary .\n", "cheats on itself and retreats\n", "its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction\n", "an irresistibly uncanny ambience\n", "local\n", "can kill love\n", "what `` empire '' lacks in depth\n", "that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought\n", "aggressively cheery\n", ", for that matter .\n", "the price of a ticket\n", "in how much they engage and even touch us\n", "that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body\n", "escapade\n", "to the extent of their outrageousness\n", "made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "as conventional\n", "domination and destruction\n", "a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .\n", "very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb\n", "lack\n", "it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "in tact\n", "recommend this film\n", "overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption\n", "extended dialogue exercise\n", "some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights\n", "this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears\n", "a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new\n", "whir\n", "off-screen\n", "that perverse element\n", "thinking ,\n", "'s only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .\n", "translation\n", "pull an arrow\n", "so hot-blooded\n", "the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work\n", "comes to life in the performances .\n", "into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty\n", "their funny accents\n", "of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups\n", "the cartoon\n", "heart , mind or humor\n", "the lovely hush\n", "one of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the french film industry in years .\n", ", solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .\n", "always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions\n", "more measured or polished\n", "a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis\n", "there is plenty of room for editing\n", "a few more simply intrusive to the story\n", "often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast\n", "when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?\n", "shock many\n", ", read my lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema .\n", "not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie\n", "a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and\n", "unpleasant things\n", "the failure\n", "hard to stop watching\n", "you 'll like it .\n", "writing screenplays\n", "see mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` this is going to be something really good\n", "irritating -lrb- at least to this western ear -rrb- ,\n", "of a teen gross-out comedy\n", "guts and crazy beasts\n", "fish-out-of-water formula\n", "easily accessible\n", "once amusing\n", "the outtakes\n", "urbane sweetness\n", "compelling enough\n", "old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "appeal to anything wider than a niche audience\n", "torn apart by a legacy of abuse\n", "'s bright\n", "confessions is n't always coherent , but\n", "small in scope ,\n", "a generous cast\n", "it goes further than both\n", "what if it is\n", "will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks .\n", "volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness\n", "brimming\n", "shoot-em-up\n", "normal divisions\n", "primary visual influence\n", "milieu\n", "off as annoying rather than charming\n", "for her mouth\n", "ups and\n", "analysis\n", "kevin wade\n", "extreme unease\n", "sitting next to you\n", "it 's too long and unfocused .\n", "` ace ventura ' rip-off\n", "that they are doing\n", "the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one\n", "a fitting\n", "with a sweet\n", "of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "roiling black-and-white inspires\n", "no\n", "that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one\n", "in fire\n", "fighting against the urge\n", "distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine\n", "fervently in humanity\n", "of a husband\n", "inspiring and pure joy\n", "in one way or another\n", "into a deadly bore\n", "is fluid and quick\n", "is plenty\n", "fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .\n", "it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .\n", "angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna\n", "is a great film .\n", "logic and\n", "which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed .\n", "pumpkin struts about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back .\n", "waking\n", "451\n", "only did they film performances\n", "irrigates\n", "is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance\n", "low , very low , very\n", "magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy\n", "uncommitted\n", "that barely makes it any less entertaining\n", "offers few surprises\n", "is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "to string together enough charming moments to work\n", "argentinian\n", "this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted\n", "slasher flick\n", "the earnestness\n", "the first time around\n", "made me want to pack raw dough in my ears\n", "comedic writing\n", "an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form\n", "to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp\n", "creates something more beautiful than either of those films\n", "solomonic decision\n", "a sour little movie\n", "none of the charm and little\n", "u.s. debut\n", "that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics\n", "monstrous\n", "it 's filmed tosca that you want\n", "was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight\n", "just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work .\n", "where the plot should be\n", "sit through crap like this\n", "memorable zingers\n", "the misery\n", "american teen comedies\n", "one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .\n", "a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders\n", "truly terrible .\n", "of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay\n", "who like their romances to have that french realism\n", "the sexual politics too smug\n", "long for the end credits\n", "catch it\n", "is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and\n", "are in the mood for an intelligent weepy\n", "with most intelligent viewers\n", "smutty\n", "is n't a great movie\n", "taking them\n", "a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "a question for philosophers , not filmmakers\n", "great , has solid acting and a neat premise\n", "one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "decrepit freaks\n", "&\n", "trotting out\n", "of terrific\n", "mr. kaufman\n", "cuteness , amy 's career success -lrb- she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb- ,\n", "is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery\n", "of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream\n", "a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "in this wildly uneven movie\n", "enjoy on a computer\n", "cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery\n", "see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade\n", "plants\n", "cheap shocks\n", "slop\n", "mcfarlane 's\n", "absurdly simplistic\n", "a must-own\n", "extreme generation '\n", "elfriede\n", "seagal ran out of movies years ago , and\n", "make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok\n", "the least bit mesmerizing\n", "peaked about three years ago\n", "a generic international version of a typical american horror film .\n", ", warm water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .\n", "been his trademark\n", "'s unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism\n", "'s just too too much\n", "about movie love\n", "'' was funnier\n", "skill and\n", "9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .\n", "everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for\n", "beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators\n", "love and bloodletting\n", ", low-key style\n", "with human events\n", "humor in so many teenage comedies\n", "of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark\n", "family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .\n", "the world 's political situation seems little different , and -lrb- director phillip -rrb- noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .\n", "process of imparting knowledge .\n", "the turmoil\n", "tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but\n", "celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie\n", "great-grandson\n", "before about the source of his spiritual survival\n", "begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and\n", "that 's not vintage spielberg\n", "since the killer\n", "is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .\n", "till\n", "deep , uncompromising curtsy\n", "like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .\n", "to an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film\n", "this particular film\n", "it 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .\n", "reasonably entertained\n", "toward melodrama\n", "compensate\n", "from developing any storytelling flow\n", "fueled\n", "need of some trims\n", "enthralling drama\n", "loads of money\n", "is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories .\n", "you could put it on a coffee table anywhere .\n", "tried to squeeze too many elements into the film\n", "credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other --\n", "-lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb-\n", "miracle\n", ", realistic , and altogether creepy\n", "beyond road warrior\n", "water torture\n", "is sadly heightened by current world events\n", "force drama\n", "if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two\n", "fearlessly\n", "on the pure adrenalin\n", "it 's a pity that -lrb- nelson 's -rrb- achievement does n't match his ambition\n", "is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "unveil it\n", "the 1984 uncut version\n", "no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised .\n", "the worst titles\n", "this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .\n", "20th anniversary edition\n", "lingering creepiness one\n", "a lot\n", "other meaning\n", "a geriatric\n", "discovered ,\n", "gentility\n", "horribly depressing and not\n", "soap opera antics\n", "a discernible target\n", "-lrb- janey -rrb- forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies .\n", "have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "be like trying to eat brussels sprouts\n", "keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "loosely tied\n", "the show 's trademark\n", "to the source\n", "compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , runteldat is something of a triumph .\n", "talk throughout the show\n", "where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again .\n", "if the ring has a familiar ring\n", ", this movie proves you wrong on both counts .\n", "coming-of-age import\n", "so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything\n", "a mediocre collection\n", "something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", "for the way fears and slights\n", "has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden .\n", "newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock\n", "90-minute\n", "of astonishing grandeur\n", "a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "intensely lived time\n", "-lrb- and original running time -rrb-\n", "do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "paranormal\n", "i bought this movie\n", "movies had more to do with imagination than market research\n", "ultra-provincial\n", "unlikely odyssey\n", "gone wrong\n", "without doing all that much to correct them\n", "shot\n", "modern l.a. 's\n", "considered in its details\n", "painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed .\n", "and fatally overlong\n", "asking\n", "rumor ,\n", "is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home\n", "after several scenes of this tacky nonsense\n", "he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other\n", "entertainment choices\n", "to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter\n", "schaeffer 's film\n", "lying\n", "an important movie ,\n", ", this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age ... and then only as a very mild rental .\n", "a slow-moving police-procedural thriller\n", "ultimate insignificance\n", "one of the worst films of 2002\n", "pax\n", "pa\n", "a copy of a copy of a copy\n", "a somewhat disappointing and meandering saga .\n", "no real surprises\n", "romance , tragedy and\n", "become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as brother-man vs. the man .\n", "their servants\n", "bard 's\n", "an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character ,\n", "left a few crucial things out ,\n", "one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited\n", "as a ghost story gone badly awry\n", "although in reality they are not enough\n", "air ball\n", "piece\n", "ca n't miss it\n", "their hearts\n", "the filmmaker 's lifelong concern\n", "one truth -lrb- the ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers -rrb- and stumbles upon others even more compelling\n", ", over-the-top coda\n", "in roger dodger\n", "without in any way demeaning its subjects\n", "has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation .\n", "make for a winning , heartwarming yarn .\n", "permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and\n", "more fascinating than the results\n", "the writing is clever and\n", "a moving tale of love and destruction\n", "overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man\n", "treat the issues lightly\n", "flawed human\n", "you can\n", "to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept\n", "over the years , hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .\n", "nightmare versions\n", "were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned\n", "has some unnecessary parts\n", "goes downhill\n", "device\n", "you turn stupid\n", "disorientated\n", "astonishing ...\n", "the santa clause 2\n", "stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .\n", "control-alt-delete simone as quickly\n", "many shallower movies\n", "nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone\n", "to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper\n", ", the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son .\n", "diver\n", "every corner\n", "is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been\n", "any plympton film\n", "relentlessly nasty situations\n", "a liability\n", "is even lazier and far less enjoyable\n", "a stylish thriller .\n", "hollywood magic\n", "neither dramatic nor comic\n", "a hard young life\n", "be a rarity in hollywood\n", "the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ;\n", "will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes\n", "has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "does this so well\n", "its ultimate demise\n", "crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say ,\n", "contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director\n", "to be made\n", "the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller\n", "the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative\n", "staggeringly boring\n", "going for that pg-13 rating\n", "corcuera 's attention\n", "humorous observations\n", "with grace and humor\n", "the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it\n", "are just\n", "it begins to fade from memory\n", "faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill\n", "it 's a sight to behold .\n", "it does n't make for great cinema ,\n", "pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything ,\n", "a mormon family movie ,\n", "unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life\n", "an endorsement\n", "believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "to record the events for posterity\n", "as 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"most intriguing movie experiences\n", "confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be\n", "o.k. , not really\n", "it 's an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones .\n", "haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show\n", "bland comfort food\n", "of either of those movies\n", "restoring\n", "allen 's execution date\n", "clutch\n", "feels much longer\n", "it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .\n", "'s the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn .\n", "achingly real\n", "to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core\n", "can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", ", they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .\n", "by no means all -rrb-\n", "partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and\n", "post , pre ,\n", "the plot grows thin soon , and\n", "in a long time\n", "punchline\n", "introspective portrait\n", "scherfig 's light-hearted profile\n", "made a great saturday night live sketch , but\n", "to guess\n", "manages a neat trick\n", "sea\n", "funny , harmless and\n", "is n't fake fun\n", "the subject of love head-on\n", "not as good as the original , but what is ...\n", "wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare\n", "capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries\n", "rothman\n", "my friend david cross\n", "the familiar bruckheimer elements\n", "a supremely hopeful cautionary tale\n", "to pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail\n", "communicates something\n", "does a solid job of 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latin - , indian - , russian\n", "these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field ,\n", "munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters .\n", "smartly played and smartly directed .\n", "this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .\n", "a spiffy animated feature\n", "stands as one of the great films about movie love .\n", "beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk\n", "absurd lengths\n", "schaeffer 's\n", "to go around , with music and laughter\n", "sport as a secular religion\n", "a film in which the talent is undeniable\n", "miramax chief\n", ", it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it\n", "screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but\n", "provoke them\n", "is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love .\n", "is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking\n", "larky documentary\n", "disgracefully\n", "what results is the best performance from either in years\n", "fontaine masterfully\n", "'d watch these two together again in a new york minute .\n", "tendency\n", "makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .\n", "el cheapo margaritas\n", "it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .\n", "when your subject is illusion versus reality\n", "no amount\n", "men and\n", "the script 's flaws\n", "creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "most wondrously gifted artists\n", "an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive\n", "he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra\n", "the sizzle of old news\n", "... gripping and handsome execution , -lrb- but -rrb- there is n't much about k-19 that 's unique or memorable .\n", "suffers from its own difficulties\n", "clumsy people\n", "performances and creepy atmosphere\n", "integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but i liked it .\n", ", it would gobble in dolby digital stereo .\n", "the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .\n", "imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread\n", "out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups\n", "though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .\n", "full of surprises\n", "smartly written motion picture\n", "either the nature of women\n", "heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach\n", "hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile\n", "to the colorful but flat drawings\n", "eager fans\n", "seems as safe as a children 's film .\n", "mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame .\n", "'s finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents\n", "showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything\n", "never gets off the ground .\n", "back decades\n", "twohy films the sub\n", "with him\n", "trouble\n", "like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .\n", "2000\n", "be entertained by\n", "arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel\n", "is the best star trek movie in a long time .\n", "carrying 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dark spaces\n", "almost every possible way\n", "made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention .\n", "15 years\n", "thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .\n", "sad , sordid universe\n", "executed idea\n", "one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom\n", "every now and then\n", "lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up\n", ", pro-wildlife sentiments\n", "we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show\n", "essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty\n", "admirably dark first script\n", "a naturally funny film , home movie makes you crave chris smith 's next movie .\n", "through this mess\n", "sequences boring\n", "sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister ,\n", "miscalculates badly\n", "empathy and pity fogging up the screen\n", ", ` santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .\n", "buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free\n", "the story to match\n", "one-star\n", "the intermediary passages\n", "like them\n", "look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper\n", "a waste of fearless purity\n", "catechism\n", "able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable\n", "rigid and evasive\n", "notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and\n", "be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the\n", "of self-help books\n", "matthew shepard\n", "this cartoon adventure\n", "trying to bust\n", "not great\n", "the weight of water\n", "excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries\n", "there are times when you wish that the movie had 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picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears .\n", "such an achievement\n", "worth watching\n", "love may have been in the air onscreen , but\n", "their heroic capacity for good\n", "to forget most of the film 's problems\n", "by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife\n", "american instigator michael moore 's film is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .\n", "the perspective\n", "from inside out\n", "of life\n", "a selection\n", "to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions\n", "affirming '\n", "to the movie 's rude and crude humor\n", "may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed\n", "the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies\n", "they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood\n", "is what it is 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''\n", "of another couple of\n", "shrewd , powerful act\n", "a canny crowd pleaser ,\n", "a condition\n", "although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .\n", "to take time revealing them\n", "the always hilarious meara and\n", "into the female condition\n", "and mary-louise parker\n", "knows how to make a point with poetic imagery\n", "reinvention\n", "from the performances\n", "although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit\n", "off with an inauspicious\n", "used soap in the places\n", "the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby\n", "have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride\n", "are more\n", "have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story\n", "lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "skateboard film\n", "at morality , family , and social expectation\n", "an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years .\n", "kahlo 's lifetime milestones\n", "dry wit and compassion\n", "navigates a fast fade\n", "into a coma\n", "hand viewers\n", "pathos-filled but\n", "storytelling\n", "it really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn . '\n", "in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "the words of nijinsky 's diaries\n", "evoke memories and emotions which are anything\n", "lacks the zest\n", "any given daytime soap\n", "was a better film .\n", "none of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond , but\n", "while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .\n", "are concerned\n", "to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon\n", "an art\n", "hawn\n", "alas ,\n", "jonah is only so-so ...\n", "a best-selling writer\n", "its final surprising shots\n", "sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it .\n", "the camera line\n", "diverting and\n", "it promises , just not well enough to recommend it\n", "wertmuller\n", "a decent ` intro ' documentary\n", "found the movie as divided\n", "that powerhouse\n", "often shocking but\n", "to an admittedly limited extent\n", "one of the most original american productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .\n", "of one hour\n", "wonderfully warm\n", "nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .\n", "studio\n", "once she lets her love depraved leads meet , -lrb- denis ' -rrb- story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle\n", "a confusing melange of tones and styles\n", "is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible\n", "fastballs\n", "heated sexuality\n", "a vivid imagination and\n", "spells discontent\n", "avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another\n", "a freshly painted rembrandt\n", "stylish and moody\n", "story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .\n", "environmental pollution ever made\n", "'s surprisingly decent ,\n", "its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .\n", "bankrupt\n", "terrific performances\n", "the jokes are typical sandler fare ,\n", "if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable\n", "the candles\n", "the perfect movie many have made it out to be\n", "even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences\n", "proves you wrong on both counts\n", "shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement\n", "is as predictable as can be .\n", "plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness .\n", "'re more likely to enjoy on a computer\n", "manipulative sentimentality\n", "if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . ''\n", "is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer\n", "watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy .\n", "last act\n", "stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid .\n", "nature '\n", "video medium\n", "to new york city\n", "it 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even fans of sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting .\n", "his character 's anguish , anger and frustration\n", ", vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .\n", ", romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program .\n", "both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre\n", "such '50s flicks\n", "both the primary visual influence\n", "spectacle and\n", "american action\n", "being a bow-wow\n", ", intelligent , and humanly funny film .\n", "the most emotionally malleable\n", "like a term paper\n", "a reluctant , irresponsible man and\n", "brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein\n", "jae-eun jeong 's take care\n", "thinking someone made off with your wallet\n", ", it 's pretty but dumb .\n", "expect of de palma\n", "powerful in itself\n", "bawdy\n", "a hilarious adventure\n", "that rare movie\n", "amusing , sad and reflective\n", "'s stuff here\n", "the son and\n", "punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '\n", "is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought\n", "to the background -- a welcome step\n", "is yet to be made\n", "would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue\n", "in low-key style\n", "it is just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style .\n", "the touch is generally light enough and\n", "to be a girl in a world of boys\n", "cinema 's capability\n", "no such thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .\n", "his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words ,\n", "enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers\n", "restrictive\n", "on `` stupid ''\n", "michael jackson\n", "a rip-off twice removed , modeled after -lrb- seagal 's -rrb- earlier copycat under siege\n", "give credit to affleck .\n", "when you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .\n", "poo\n", "-lrb- and , for that matter , shrek -rrb-\n", "to the serial murders\n", ", there 's guilty fun to be had here .\n", "going through the motions\n", "as ugly as the shabby digital photography and\n", "-lrb- lee -rrb- treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .\n", "is one such beast\n", "is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter\n", "hugh grant 's\n", "see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi\n", "amazing film work\n", "striking\n", "have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "`` wild ride ''\n", "garcia\n", "the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure .\n", "endorses they\n", "makes barbershop so likable\n", "julia\n", "charred ,\n", "of tv cop show cliches\n", "'re simply not funny performers\n", "well-thought stunts or a car chase\n", "hypnotically dull ,\n", "the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships\n", "its characters , its stars and\n", "act weird\n", "we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story\n", "the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me .\n", "the accidental spy\n", "possibly\n", "intellectual\n", "seeing\n", "why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?\n", "more interested\n", "we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing\n", "occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story .\n", "turns it into a mundane soap opera\n", "are remarkable\n", "shout , ` hey\n", "arduous\n", "faltering half-step\n", "little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point ... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .\n", "'s consistently surprising , easy\n", "-- especially --\n", "the stomach-turning violence\n", "languorous slo-mo sequences\n", "kramer\n", "time-it-is\n", "a new teen-targeted action tv series\n", "that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids\n", "many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit\n", "laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in\n", "particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period\n", "soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .\n", "will find it more than capable of rewarding them .\n", "almost\n", "if you have the patience for it\n", "patriot games\n", "a beautiful , timeless and universal tale\n", "a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations\n", "initial strangeness\n", "crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "discourse\n", "is a pity\n", "of america , history and the awkwardness of human life\n", "it 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .\n", "singing and finger\n", "about its ideas and\n", "go very right , and then\n", "those days\n", "show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "its sweeping battle scenes\n", "maybe a little coffee\n", "moral hackles\n", "sweet time building\n", "the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star\n", "the writing is clever and the cast is appealing .\n", "guess i come from a broken family\n", "nearly as dreadful as expected\n", "adequately\n", "a hollywood romance\n", "to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego\n", "with his message at times\n", "more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable\n", "its characters , its protagonist\n", "dying a slow death ,\n", "engaging manner and flamboyant style\n", "everyone involved with moviemaking\n", "blair\n", "are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones\n", "no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke\n", "botching a routine assignment in a western backwater\n", "thrills and\n", "some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life\n", "unfunny\n", "a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit\n", "his closest friends\n", "prod\n", "reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "in an advanced prozac nation\n", "the acting is fine\n", "ride bikes\n", "a drowsy drama\n", "everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial\n", "deepa mehta\n", "angry and\n", "have enough innovation or pizazz\n", ", we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons\n", "is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppet\n", "paul thomas anderson 's\n", "acceptable\n", "rip-off\n", "tremors\n", "broomfield has compelling new material but\n", "a corner\n", "of sepia-tinted heavy metal\n", "more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution\n", "porn brian de palma\n", "british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "uncertain\n", "one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "opting\n", "worth seeing once\n", "the film of `` the kid stays in the picture ''\n", "the movie 's final half hour\n", "sheridan had a wonderful account to work from ,\n", "do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment\n", "moviegoer\n", "plucky british eccentrics\n", "` cherish '\n", "dolphin-gasm\n", "position\n", "the worst sense\n", "non-fan\n", "could be a single iota worse ...\n", "walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome\n", "a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest\n", "turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .\n", "be building suspense\n", "areas\n", "it is\n", "it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another\n", ", miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .\n", "witty updatings\n", "are ` they ' ?\n", "often surprises you with unexpected comedy\n", "has made herself over so often now\n", "a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "de palma\n", "-- er , comedy --\n", "cuaron repeatedly\n", "wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time .\n", "'re going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb-\n", "is meant to make you think about existential suffering .\n", "two english women\n", "mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going\n", "knockaround\n", "of his most daring , and complicated , performances\n", "of blaxploitation flicks\n", "layered\n", "it 's sort of in-between , and it works\n", "been with all the films\n", "is highly pleasurable .\n", "... certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .\n", "the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden\n", "feeble comedy .\n", "lack the nerve\n", "something cool\n", "the minimum requirement of disney animation\n", "low , very low , very very low\n", "resident evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure\n", "star trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy\n", "leave you speaking in tongues\n", "instigator\n", "we\n", "innovation or\n", "even when the movie does n't\n", "are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next\n", "christian bale\n", "opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made\n", "its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy\n", "batman\n", "an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving\n", "linklater fans , or\n", "are coping , in one way or another , with life\n", "do n't avert our eyes for a moment\n", "mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute\n", "`` i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . ''\n", "a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document --\n", ", whimsical feature\n", "about what they ingest\n", "film :\n", "ins and outs\n", "holocaust drama\n", "the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry .\n", "q\n", "cheats\n", "the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had\n", "from bad\n", "inflate the mundane\n", "if them .\n", "a lighthearted glow\n", "makes his own look much better by comparison\n", "fragment\n", "for corniness and cliche\n", "also a producer -rrb-\n", "faux-urban vibe\n", "that a good video game movie is going to show up soon\n", "arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications .\n", "immune\n", "on the level or\n", "the movie ended so damned soon\n", "most immediate and most obvious pleasure\n", "such a well loved classic\n", "piles\n", "a stunning film\n", "enchantment\n", "strikes back\n", "naomi watts is terrific as rachel\n", "ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling\n", "is a particularly vexing handicap\n", "worth particular\n", "their heroic capacity\n", "chasing amy\n", "'s occasionally shaken by\n", "french-produced\n", "absurdist\n", "a condensed season of tv 's big brother\n", "seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material\n", "is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression\n", "boisterous and utterly charming\n", "yong kang\n", "mugging their way through snow dogs\n", "we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but\n", "pride or\n", "the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers\n", "repeated five or six times\n", "unremittingly ugly\n", "wallowing in hormonal melodrama\n", "the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen\n", "should be able to find better entertainment\n", "fantastic reign\n", "' flick\n", "gentle but insistent\n", "gets off\n", "the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about\n", "although tender and touching\n", "comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .\n", "shoot-em-ups\n", "more elves and snow\n", "composed or edited\n", "murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team ... but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote .\n", "wised-up\n", "palatable as intended\n", "human-scale characters\n", "curiosity piece\n", "light on the chills\n", "everett\n", "with its moving story\n", "hate to tear your eyes away from the images\n", "instinct\n", "the emotional realities of middle age\n", "its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .\n", "technically sophisticated in the worst way\n", "charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "both the beauty\n", "healing\n", "put on an intoxicating show .\n", "`` real '' portions\n", "the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .\n", "often heartbreaking\n", "the funniest film\n", "with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes\n", "most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another\n", "of an earth mother\n", "urban comedy is clearly not zhang 's forte\n", "of the old police academy flicks\n", "carries almost no organic intrigue\n", "jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing .\n", "certainly beautiful\n", "to it\n", "is clearly\n", ", the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch\n", "movie types\n", "that pelosi knows it\n", "fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew\n", "is 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"90-minute movie\n", "intellectual and emotional impact\n", "the execution\n", "freundlich\n", "transforms this story about love and culture\n", "celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire\n", "peppered\n", "not smart or\n", "fine , nuanced\n", "for laws , political correctness or common decency\n", "of ` memento '\n", "nonsensical and laughable plotting\n", "can count on me\n", "inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder\n", "happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted\n", "a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism\n", "rich and exciting\n", "to shine\n", "complete shambles\n", "to be distasteful to children and adults alike\n", "think about them anyway\n", "irrational , unexplainable life\n", "the most consistently funny of the austin powers films\n", "that freely\n", "loses faith\n", "associate\n", "the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness\n", "that 's something i would rather live in denial about\n", "love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "definitely distinctive\n", "babes\n", "a bilingual charmer ,\n", "about how lame\n", "does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen .\n", "maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back\n", "are terribly convincing , which is a pity ,\n", "malleable\n", "well-structured film\n", "watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities\n", "runs on a little longer\n", "ultimately , hope\n", "the adventures of pluto nash '' is a big time stinker .\n", "is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype\n", "a sleek advert for youthful anomie\n", "somewhat predictable plot\n", "sadly --\n", "forgive 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"judgment and sense\n", "into newfoundland 's wild soil\n", "own difficulties\n", "by humanity 's greatest shame\n", "each scene\n", "buddy cop comedy\n", "is its reliance on formula , though\n", "a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes\n", "reynolds -rrb-\n", "equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 .\n", "overweight and out\n", "running around , screaming and\n", "roberts '\n", "downright doltish and uneventful\n", "terrible adaptation\n", "to decide if you need to see it\n", "volletta wallace 's maternal fury\n", "not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes\n", "directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann\n", "feels like a copout\n", "road to perdition\n", "might just be the movie you 're looking for .\n", "for such antique pulp\n", "the star-making machinery\n", "certainly wo n't win any honors\n", "suffers through this film\n", "starts 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first\n", "the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave 's career\n", "manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference\n", "her scenes\n", "rest period\n", "dreadful romance .\n", "becomes too heavy for the plot .\n", "attracts the young and fit\n", "a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze .\n", "those -lrb- like me -rrb- who are n't\n", "exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ... more salacious telenovela than serious drama\n", "strike\n", "is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .\n", "wait for the video\n", "at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "get 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hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase\n", "it also happens to be good\n", "is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .\n", "that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff\n", "is nonexistent .\n", "er ,\n", "which i thought was rather clever\n", "the obvious cliches\n", "on the tv show -rrb-\n", "never shoot straight\n", "enjoying himself immensely\n", "it shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure ,\n", "breaking glass and marking off the `` miami vice '' checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks\n", "acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia\n", "' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .\n", "grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf\n", "for 104 minutes\n", "ever made\n", "hide-and-seek\n", "the plot 's saccharine thrust\n", "a strange way\n", "going at a rapid pace ,\n", "cinematic tone poem\n", "showcases\n", "engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often\n", "dead-end\n", "puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears ' first movie .\n", "alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .\n", "looney\n", "its director could ever have dreamed\n", "so integrated with the story\n", "of nouvelle\n", "the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times\n", "have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament\n", "is first-rate , especially sorvino\n", "to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with\n", "annual\n", "a much funnier film\n", "brainless\n", "spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts --\n", "celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire ?\n", "avalanche\n", "bark\n", "rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .\n", "spirit is a visual treat\n", "four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality\n", "densest distillation\n", "characterization , poignancy , and intelligence\n", "behavior\n", "a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .\n", "celeb-strewn\n", "disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other john woo flick for that matter .\n", "endearing , caring\n", "those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up\n", "just a little bit\n", "the bland outweighs the nifty , and\n", "ironically -\n", "there 's something about a marching band that gets me where i live .\n", "something about mary and both american pie movies\n", "unpretentious ,\n", "like philadelphia and american beauty\n", "fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .\n", "lead when given the opportunity\n", "the camera whirls !\n", "pity anyone\n", "old-time b movies\n", "thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film .\n", "what\n", "the thematic ironies\n", "to history\n", "has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years\n", "annex\n", "gorgeously made\n", "the barbershop\n", "time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but\n", "showing honest emotions .\n", "the husband , the wife and the kidnapper\n", "as original and insightful as last week 's episode of behind the music .\n", "'s an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal\n", "insanely violent and very graphic\n", "welcome relief\n", "with notorious c.h.o. cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy .\n", "jacobi , the most fluent of actors\n", "is sure to win viewers ' hearts\n", "show this movie to reviewers\n", "a consistent tone\n", "i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done .\n", "ca n't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm\n", "the success of bollywood\n", "caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ...\n", "the other '' and ``\n", "character-driven\n", "expects people to pay to see it\n", "by a country mile\n", "spoofy update\n", "is difficult to connect with on any deeper level\n", ", warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .\n", "a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds .\n", "loses girl\n", "an amiable aimlessness\n", "formalism\n", "made in the early days of silent film\n", "have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .\n", "just too silly\n", "in the western world\n", "treatment\n", "of phony blood\n", "both contrived and cliched\n", "red alert\n", "haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue\n", "it actually improves upon the original hit movie\n", "is strange and compelling\n", "all-time great apocalypse movies\n", "my own very humble opinion\n", "the first world\n", "more in line\n", "a sight to behold\n", "a jewish ww ii doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience !\n", "riveting documentary .\n", "big shear\n", "is a tired one ,\n", "has a real filmmaker 's eye\n", "one of the film 's most effective aspects\n", "'s funny .\n", "... could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .\n", "the best espionage picture\n", "movie life\n", "family drama and black comedy\n", "so cold and dead\n", "it gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its emotions .\n", "to nanook\n", "made him feel powerful\n", "seeking\n", "if this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy\n", "inept and\n", "a real filmmaker 's eye\n", "eric schweig\n", "is precious little of either\n", "have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up\n", "are below 120\n", "not the craven\n", "'s neither original nor terribly funny\n", "ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money\n", "a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium\n", "there 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way\n", "these gross\n", "takes a backseat in his own film\n", "an ocean\n", "drown a viewer\n", "any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies\n", "generally insulting\n", "raucous\n", "presents events\n", "most of the rest of her cast\n", "surface histrionics\n", "was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry\n", "as a children 's film\n", "cockettes\n", "a movie career\n", "nebrida\n", "the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .\n", "most memorable moment\n", ", but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "units\n", "formal\n", "wins\n", "you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .\n", "suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction\n", "for advice\n", "do justice to the awfulness of the movie ,\n", "a chance to shine\n", "hispanic role\n", "the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", ", son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''\n", "diabolical debut\n", "examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country .\n", "a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp .\n", "essay\n", "perpetrated\n", "carvey should now be considering\n", "the strain of its plot contrivances\n", "logic and science\n", "take it\n", "just does n't add up .\n", "broadly metaphorical\n", "one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie\n", "a good match\n", "chanukah song\n", "is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .\n", "the skirmishes\n", "the cotswolds\n", "a gangster flick or\n", "a gorgeously atmospheric meditation\n", "orwell\n", ", cliched and clunky\n", "it 's a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack .\n", "constantly pulling the rug from underneath us ,\n", "rez\n", "a properly spooky film\n", "the powerpuff girls movie\n", "in many directions\n", "during k-19\n", "to bring kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives\n", "intelligent and\n", "the movie could be released in this condition\n", "'s offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility\n", "some of the visual flourishes\n", "made a movie about critical reaction\n", "finishes\n", "the gift\n", "'s both degrading and strangely liberating\n", "be foreign in american teen comedies\n", "day job\n", "skipping straight to her scenes\n", "fully developed story\n", "but oddly compelling\n", "is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack .\n", "the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all\n", "really does n't have much to say beyond the news\n", "somewhat\n", "asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do\n", "the film 's crisp , unaffected style\n", "way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over\n", "owed to benigni\n", "marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich\n", "pantomimesque\n", "is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "an exit sign , that is .\n", "solid performances and\n", "a milquetoast movie\n", "homophobia\n", "bogs down in a surfeit of characters\n", "distinctly\n", "the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes\n", "had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost\n", "you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes\n", "is that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list .\n", "a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge\n", "`` austin powers in goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .\n", "the world 's most fascinating stories\n", "soullessness\n", "retold\n", "regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested\n", "lock , stock and two smoking barrels\n", "follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .\n", "a political context\n", "a place in your heart\n", "weighty and\n", "misconceived final 5\n", "a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city\n", "between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked\n", "with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won\n", "will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic\n", "the resonant and\n", "she should be building suspense\n", "one of the best movies of the year .\n", "the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies\n", "of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio\n", "in williams\n", "the 51st power , more\n", "huppert and girardot\n", "self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller\n", "can dominate a family\n", "happily-ever\n", "all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas\n", "form\n", "essentially\n", "everyone making it lost their movie mojo\n", "errors\n", "movie character\n", "negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior\n", "struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious\n", "as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film\n", "told with an appropriate minimum of means .\n", "has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up\n", "with flailing bodily movements\n", "twists\n", "too many scenes toward the end\n", "... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .\n", "the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .\n", "also looked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting .\n", "the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", "the result would look like something like this\n", "police procedural details\n", "a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point .\n", "about feardotcom\n", "frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field\n", "john\n", "getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` this is going to be something really good\n", "- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and\n", "drop everything and run to ichi\n", "slap-happy\n", "kicks\n", "to rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "self-control\n", "of scooter\n", "analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb-\n", "america , history\n", "action comedy\n", "a.e.w. mason 's\n", "tron\n", "with sex\n", "simply and\n", "in imax in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .\n", "i admire\n", "are good in pauline & paulette\n", "it goes\n", "city locations\n", "'s one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .\n", "inane and unimaginative\n", "conrad\n", "'s just a kids\n", "marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully --\n", "weird and distanced\n", "rescue this effort\n", "is worthwhile for reminding us that 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jealousy\n", "the finale\n", "is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit\n", "infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products . .\n", "end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "maelstrom is strange and compelling ,\n", "can certainly go the distance ,\n", "'s a glimpse at his life .\n", "complaint\n", "is one of those films that aims to confuse .\n", "neurosis and\n", "joshua\n", "precious little of either\n", "has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness\n", "also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american\n", "going through the motions ,\n", ", i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .\n", "principled\n", "the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males\n", "with a serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .\n", "to be mesmerised\n", "will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay\n", "were actually\n", "high seas\n", "a typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that\n", "have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another\n", ", the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .\n", "like a life sentence\n", "it was hot outside and\n", "sincere , and just\n", "of its characterizations\n", "are long past\n", "a lame romantic comedy\n", ", blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .\n", "and simple manner\n", "some degree\n", "verete 's\n", "an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment .\n", "the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .\n", "easy to make such a worthless film\n", "can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .\n", "'s just weirdness for the sake of weirdness\n", "no difference in the least\n", ", not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .\n", "filmmaker dani kouyate 's\n", "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\n", "homogenized\n", "us wonder if she is always like that\n", "too weak a recipe\n", "that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list\n", "niblet\n", ", the more you will probably like it .\n", "the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .\n", "be an important movie , or even a good one\n", "a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination\n", "with a clinical eye\n", "to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes\n", "less than fresh .\n", "best acting\n", "to cut\n", "marvelous documentary touches\n", "in bad filmmaking\n", "characters ramble\n", "return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families ,\n", "corny conventions\n", "the parade of veteran painters\n", "that it 's offensive , but\n", "no one\n", "there 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments .\n", "countless filmmakers\n", "delivers a surprising\n", "interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro\n", "new wave\n", "change\n", "this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel\n", "throwing up\n", "the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t.\n", "covers this territory with wit and originality ,\n", "he 'll be your slave for a year\n", "is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes\n", "sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack\n", "be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure\n", "demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "heartening in the same way\n", "sychowski\n", "subsequent reinvention\n", "$ 40 million\n", "fanboy\n", "some of the more overtly silly dialogue\n", "in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type\n", "very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes\n", "of characters in this picture\n", "is clever and insightful\n", "a poky and pseudo-serious\n", "occasionally fun\n", "well-meaning clunkiness\n", "with mixed results\n", "lets her radical flag fly ,\n", "pretensions\n", "it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s .\n", "with the imagery in her paintings\n", "cutting\n", "troubling and powerful\n", "all right\n", "could n't care less\n", "target practice\n", "treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12\n", "the warden 's daughter\n", "stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .\n", "saccharine genre\n", "deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .\n", "her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera\n", "not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans\n", "to pay full price\n", "earn our love\n", "it 's a very sincere work , but\n", "larger purpose\n", "k.\n", "in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt\n", "every painful nuance ,\n", "tragedy\n", "it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see\n", "puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery\n", "that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways\n", "of dignity\n", "families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate\n", "into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy\n", "shot through with brittle desperation\n", "junior high school\n", "elvis person\n", "'s all arty and jazzy\n", "make the most out of the intriguing premise\n", ", this film should not be missed .\n", "this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love\n", "value or\n", "hovering over some of the most not\n", "cult cinema fans\n", "a lunar mission with no signs of life\n", "features some decent performances\n", "the cinema 's\n", ", often inert sci-fi action thriller .\n", "hugely entertaining and\n", "positively dreadful\n", "religion that dares to question an ancient faith\n", "the way that malkovich was\n", "a solidly entertaining little film .\n", "reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made --\n", "modern-day\n", "hammily\n", "most of which\n", "morality tale\n", "2,500 screens\n", "this type\n", "smacks of exhibitionism\n", "an enormously entertaining movie\n", "pageantry\n", "killer website movie\n", "the otherwise good-naturedness\n", "reef\n", "laddish and juvenile\n", "jerry bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle\n", "feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .\n", "juicy roles\n", "crowdpleaser\n", "problematic script\n", "a true pleasure .\n", "as a hallmark card\n", "oh boy\n", "the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indian american cinema\n", "emphasizes the isolation of these characters\n", "interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "the franchise 's\n", "to think of it\n", "a few seconds\n", "what makes the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers .\n", "claims\n", "wonders and worries\n", "second commercial break\n", "it 's horribly depressing and not very well done .\n", "finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice\n", "great minds\n", "some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares .\n", "taken literally on any level\n", "dealing in only one reality\n", "writer\\/director achero manas 's film\n", "is perfectly inoffensive and harmless\n", "of profound characterizations\n", "new film .\n", "the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "new release\n", "of the wondrous beats\n", "aimless hodgepodge\n", "nowhere near\n", "casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors\n", "launching pad\n", "about a retail clerk wanting more out of life\n", "is effective if you stick with it\n", "an integrity\n", "was killed\n", "-lrb- stephen -rrb- earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "a new scene , which also appears to be the end\n", "preposterous hairpiece\n", "gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films .\n", "unpredictable\n", "a hellish\n", "want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true\n", "the corporate stand-up-comedy mill\n", "when given the opportunity\n", "feel better already\n", "is funny and pithy ,\n", "being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and\n", "of our respect\n", "13 conversations about one thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .\n", "keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong .\n", "eloquent , reflective and beautifully\n", "films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain\n", "movies years\n", "spectacle\n", "making a vanity project\n", "reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style\n", "candid camera\n", "two fatal ailments --\n", "reality\n", "of favorites\n", "tosca 's\n", "are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep\n", "7th heaven\n", "to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "'s a sincere mess\n", "are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .\n", "mature and\n", "` the loud and the ludicrous '\n", "worth cheering as a breakthrough\n", "more chemistry\n", "tease\n", "progressive\n", ", writer\\/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred .\n", "digital videotape rather than film\n", "the battle bots\n", "makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking\n", "bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics\n", "is n't much to it .\n", "'s never seen speaking on stage\n", "a sane regimen\n", "its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...\n", "brutally honest\n", "reputation\n", "poet and\n", "sitting in the third row of the imax cinema\n", "is something akin to an act of cinematic penance\n", "ultimately empty\n", "like the title\n", "the music business in the 21st century\n", "'s exploitive without being insightful .\n", "knows the territory\n", ", pervasive , and unknown threat\n", "the center\n", "an hour 's\n", "the testosterone-charged wizardry\n", "communicate the truth of the world around him\n", "so memorable\n", "ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions\n", "stimulating and demanding\n", "stay for the credits and\n", "probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass\n", "clearly\n", "runteldat\n", "polished and\n", "is frustratingly unconvincing .\n", "is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .\n", "secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting\n", "fifty years\n", ", heart\n", "pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and\n", "through with originality , humour and pathos\n", "were in diapers\n", "for power\n", "aborted attempts\n", "a fool\n", "tells a fascinating , compelling story .\n", "after seeing this movie in imax form\n", "singer\\/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story --\n", "of viva castro\n", "so silly\n", "upsets\n", "veteran painters\n", "being wickedly funny and just plain wicked\n", "relative letdown .\n", "grasping actors ' workshop\n", "in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.\n", "is n't a disaster , exactly ,\n", "its generic villains lack any intrigue -lrb- other than their funny accents -rrb- and\n", "are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .\n", "plotting and\n", "... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .\n", "emotional tensions\n", "lost the politics and the social observation and\n", "is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", "among the best films of the year .\n", "during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "anteing\n", "to review on dvd\n", "are canny and spiced\n", "very right\n", "thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive\n", "of humor and technological finish\n", "this movie proves you wrong on both counts .\n", "waters it down\n", "being a black man in america\n", "interested\n", "feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies\n", "dense and thoughtful and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed\n", "most of the movie 's success\n", "sticking out where the knees should be\n", "just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb- gets his comeuppance .\n", "'s still\n", "potency\n", "is a brilliant movie\n", "though he only scratches the surface\n", "overcome the problematic script\n", "hollywood excess\n", "truly terrible\n", "demi moore\n", "presents a frightening and compelling ` what if\n", "`` gangs ''\n", "african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "a great premise\n", "makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .\n", "place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence\n", "as an alternative\n", "aaliyah\n", "low\n", "debt\n", "too original\n", "distinct parallels\n", "decrepit\n", "a fangoria subscriber\n", "in presentation\n", "'d expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but\n", "less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is\n", "collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence .\n", "a film buff\n", "those who paid for it and those who pay to see it\n", "showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "the one-liners are snappy ,\n", "seizures\n", "there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms is n't it\n", "into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness\n", "that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery\n", "handled with intelligence and care\n", "flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely\n", "root for throughout\n", "what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "other than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else is top shelf .\n", "its own head\n", "suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman\n", "sleepless\n", "it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer\n", "prefer to keep on watching\n", "insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock\n", "room floor\n", "capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere\n", "hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions\n", "of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story\n", "woe-is-me lifestyle\n", "waged\n", "most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; `` frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home\n", "channels\n", "courtney chases stuart with a cell phone .\n", "change his landmark poem\n", "a parent and their teen -lrb- or preteen -rrb- kid\n", "a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level\n", "with the ferocity of a frozen burrito\n", "the worst movie\n", "is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility .\n", "jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can\n", "mock\n", "unexpected thing\n", "give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works .\n", "the novel on which it 's based\n", "leaves a bitter taste .\n", "ca n't recommend it enough .\n", "their powers\n", "from the past decade\n", "porous\n", "critiquing itself\n", "sheerly cinematic appeal\n", "real-life 19th-century crime\n", "this cinema verite speculation\n", "assess\n", "the third row of the imax cinema\n", "visually smart\n", "wonders and\n", "can 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\n", "have given it a one-star rating\n", "bogs\n", "a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week\n", "short film\n", "on looking\n", "which is powerful in itself\n", "` ron seal the deal\n", "because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product\n", "just entertaining enough not to hate , too mediocre to love .\n", "well dressed and well\n", "fu\n", "the structure of relationships\n", "by numbers '\n", "a dull , dumb and derivative horror film .\n", "as art is concerned\n", "the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence\n", "super - violent , super-serious and\n", "a film in a class with spike lee 's masterful\n", "terry gilliam 's subconscious\n", "added disdain\n", "trees , b.s. one another\n", "make and\n", "of queen of the damned\n", "addictive guilty pleasure\n", "provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals\n", "view ,\n", "a fine production\n", "the inescapable conclusion\n", ", around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .\n", "fresh and vital\n", "packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "a hazy high\n", "of average people\n", "kinda dumb\n", "the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .\n", "agonizing , catch-22\n", "other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher\n", "mediocre special effects\n", "handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .\n", "a love song to the movies\n", "love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots\n", "give a taste of the burning man ethos\n", "some kind of film\n", "a great deal of fun\n", "collect\n", "a good alternative\n", "embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes\n", "by the returning david s. goyer\n", "similarly ill-timed antitrust\n", "extraordinary intelligence and originality\n", "require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer .\n", "this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .\n", "this is the first film i 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved .\n", "of effectively creepy-scary thriller\n", "those famous moments\n", "that high school social groups are at war\n", "learns her place as a girl , softens up\n", "the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness\n", "few exceptions\n", "left out\n", "this is downright movie penance\n", "if only merchant paid more attention the story .\n", "at these guys ' superhuman capacity\n", "little lilo & stitch had in\n", "it 's moving\n", "suspended between two cultures\n", "the urban heart\n", "a troubadour ,\n", "the world on his shoulders\n", "tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge\n", "ultimately life-affirming\n", "than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe\n", "filmed martial arts\n", "'m the one that i want ,\n", "housing project\n", "chuckles for a three-minute sketch\n", "providing\n", "the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding\n", "the heart and\n", "the latest schwarzenegger or stallone\n", "every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable .\n", "persuades you , with every scene ,\n", "this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth\n", "realized through clever makeup design\n", "too little excitement\n", "whatever fills time --\n", ", its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .\n", "be fruitful :\n", "over its own investment in conventional arrangements\n", "not to see it\n", "outpaces\n", "typical bible killer story\n", "presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .\n", "a low , smoky and inviting sizzle\n", "at a snail 's pace\n", "anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor\n", "in the same sentence\n", "a cheat in the end\n", "to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful\n", "not because of its epic scope\n", "it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest\n", "is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .\n", "an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike\n", "really , really stupid\n", "in the maze of modern life\n", "the longest\n", "routes\n", "pulling it\n", "bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .\n", "works so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway --\n", "a pretty listless collection\n", "mat hoffman\n", "maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different ,\n", "-rrb- characters are both overplayed and exaggerated\n", "of the bard\n", "simply not funny performers\n", "the author 's\n", "fantasti\n", "passions ,\n", "at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows\n", "party\n", "exceptional performances\n", "the suppression\n", "boilerplate\n", "most fish stories are a little peculiar , but\n", "lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .\n", "as mr. lopez himself\n", "nuanced\n", "the guys\n", "manufactured exploitation flick\n", "i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed .\n", "little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy , enervating\n", "a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks .\n", "it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all\n", "hilariously ,\n", "this gorgeous epic\n", "delicately calibrated in tone\n", "her choices\n", "it 's a perfectly acceptable widget\n", "manage to keep things interesting .\n", "feels less repetitive\n", "that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography\n", "while not all that bad of a movie , it 's nowhere near as good as the original .\n", "mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art ,\n", "respectable sequel\n", ", i 'm the one that i want , in 2000 .\n", "in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special\n", "even though the reality is anything but\n", "why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .\n", "hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one\n", "more distressing\n", "in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives\n", "this somber cop drama\n", "fun and funky look\n", "mean-spirited lashing\n", "the worst of their shallow styles\n", "else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "for disney sequels\n", "assured and stylish\n", "during their '70s\n", "landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch\n", "the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors\n", "his landmark poem\n", "lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al.\n", "those so-so films\n", "the bard of avon\n", "children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .\n", "a very good -lrb- but not great -rrb- movie\n", "but , for that , why not watch a documentary ?\n", "than losers\n", "of the greatest date movies in years\n", "the three leads produce adequate performances\n", "the hard-partying\n", "a child 's pain\n", "between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries\n", "nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length\n", "one of the worst movies of the year\n", "prefer soderbergh 's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies .\n", "of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "dismay\n", "ho-tep 's\n", "is good-natured and never dull\n", "at other times outside looking in\n", "one terrific score and attitude to spare\n", "dullingly repetitive\n", "surprisingly funny\n", "science fiction\n", "emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .\n", "eccentric and\n", "waiting for things\n", "stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying\n", "of two strong men in conflict\n", "you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out\n", "as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period\n", "a ploddingly melodramatic structure\n", "of the insurance actuary\n", "one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while ...\n", "sleep-inducing thriller\n", "the indifference\n", ", the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '\n", "monsterous\n", "fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic\n", "the heroes were actually under 40\n", "effort and\n", "michael jordan jealous\n", "contrasting the original ringu with the current americanized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii\n", "like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows\n", "finds warmth in the coldest environment\n", "forced avuncular chortles\n", "the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .\n", "actually improves upon the original hit movie\n", "except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke\n", "it 's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet ? ''\n", "sub-tarantino\n", "pacino is the best he 's been in years and\n", "as mindless\n", "strip\n", "python cartoons\n", "maybe it is formula filmmaking ,\n", ", the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script .\n", "deeply biased , and wholly\n", "to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life\n", "nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them\n", "from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written\n", "'s going on here\n", "passionately\n", "earlier copycat\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap , tap\n", "of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter\n", "to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "businesses\n", "heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "wildly incompetent\n", "the dull\n", "first attempt\n", "is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise\n", "a heavy-handed indictment\n", "the right approach and\n", "has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape .\n", "no-bull\n", "'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor\n", "been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "the weight of water is oppressively heavy .\n", "can truly be\n", "i do n't see the point\n", "into a fascinating part of theater history\n", "gets us\n", "is less successful on other levels\n", "drag queen\n", "the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat\n", "be why it works as well as it does\n", "waiting for godard\n", "threefold\n", "make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous\n", "an asset\n", "developed characters\n", "... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .\n", "keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .\n", "particular film\n", "grievous but obscure complaint\n", "movie business\n", "becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are\n", "a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence\n", "of grace\n", "in manufactured high drama\n", ", ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- delivers a magnetic performance .\n", "social\\/economic\\/urban environment\n", "it did n't\n", "i had entered\n", "no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia\n", "smile-button faces\n", "have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept\n", "circles it\n", "some remarkable achival film\n", "warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", "very stylish and beautifully photographed\n", "to it , but like the 1920 's\n", "avoids the obvious\n", "the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is\n", "produced by either the north or south vietnamese\n", "scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv ,\n", "shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors\n", "genuinely enthusiastic\n", "to be even worse than its title\n", "a hallmark hall\n", "laugh-out-loud lines\n", "the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "anything but languorous\n", "bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .\n", "broad racial insensitivity\n", "now 72-year-old robert evans\n", "zany '\n", "switchblade sexpot\n", "be released in the u.s.\n", "it 's stylishly directed with verve ...\n", "a woodland stream\n", "too insistent\n", ", he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time .\n", "swan dive\n", "full of masters of both\n", "imax cinema\n", "targets\n", "to gel together\n", "any contemporary movie this year\n", "vastly\n", "clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer .\n", "-lrb- le besco -rrb-\n", "she 's cut open a vein\n", "send it to its proper home\n", "be seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "this sad , compulsive life\n", "neil burger here succeeded in ...\n", "pretends to be something\n", "introduces you\n", "new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .\n", "it 's all derivative\n", "live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic\n", "one forum or\n", "the story and the somewhat predictable plot\n", "stones\n", "10-year-old henry thomas\n", "of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down\n", "inexperienced director\n", "it went in front of the camera\n", "he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "disguising the obvious\n", "`` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .\n", "have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "offensive and nothing\n", "mulan\n", "a college history course\n", "previous pictures\n", "than it does cathartic truth telling\n", ", but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too\n", "cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment\n", "sandlerian\n", "real writer plot\n", "'s stuffy and pretentious\n", "the expense\n", "this is just the proof\n", "guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing\n", "of one 's actions\n", "any\n", "he wants you to feel something\n", "stale first act\n", "'s meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree .\n", "opera .\n", "a self-conscious sense\n", "seen george roy hill 's 1973 film\n", "despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it\n", ", signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .\n", "for that exact niche\n", "from him\n", "is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love\n", "of hits\n", "feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .\n", "'s not a particularly good film\n", "are neither original\n", "shows little understanding\n", "almost constant\n", "the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "invokes\n", "visceral heaps\n", "its star ,\n", "the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .\n", "to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose\n", "replacing john carpenter 's\n", "good gossip\n", "hand\n", "tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea .\n", "such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution .\n", "of his , if you will ,\n", "preemptive departure\n", "proves itself a more streamlined\n", "of the first production -- pro or con --\n", "written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls\n", "using a stock plot\n", "our best achievements and other times\n", "dramatic comedy\n", "portraits\n", "has n't aged a day\n", "character and mood\n", "family audiences\n", "tchaikovsky\n", "say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "paulette\n", "51 ways\n", "a fool of himself\n", "and curiosity factors\n", "three sides\n", "is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .\n", "founding partner\n", "carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . '\n", "rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel\n", "was right\n", "stretches of impact and moments\n", "too cloying\n", "unadorned\n", "hilarious\n", "little more dramatic tension\n", ", but forgettable\n", "cold , calculated exercise\n", "classical music\n", "off as insultingly simplistic\n", "it coulda\n", "set in the late 15th century .\n", "works well enough to make it worth watching\n", "as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program\n", "unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm\n", "phrase\n", "people act weird\n", "the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story\n", "a clash between the artificial structure\n", "worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production\n", "have expected to record with their mini dv\n", "better movie\n", "eric byler 's\n", "a different path\n", "there 's no time to think about them anyway\n", "before machines change nearly everything\n", "to try and evade your responsibilities\n", 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directing world .\n", "so unconventional\n", "of male swingers in the playboy era\n", "joined\n", "offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more .\n", "acclaimed\n", "than the incomprehensible anne rice novel\n", "dizzy\n", "enormous\n", "cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .\n", "monsters , inc. ,\n", "set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "fresh-faced\n", "we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire\n", "blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time .\n", "directed and convincingly\n", "drama\\/action\n", "so muddled , repetitive and ragged\n", "cunningham\n", "has rarely been more fun than it is in nine queens\n", "solely\n", ", political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "really has no place to go since simone is not real\n", "you want to bang your head on the seat in 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depravity\n", "attempt\n", "cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "a demonstration\n", "as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted .\n", "the scorpion king more than ably\n", "'s straight\n", "'s going on with young tv actors\n", "a gentle waking coma\n", "classified\n", "the five writers\n", "gorgeous beaches\n", "multi-character\n", "engrossing story\n", "holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser .\n", "is no foundation for it\n", "about three years ago\n", "the courageous molly craig\n", "philosophical burden\n", "substantive movie\n", "magical enough\n", "so distant\n", "their bodies exposed\n", "cared\n", "stripped almost entirely\n", "'s mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like punch-drunk love\n", "ca n't stop the music .\n", "monday morning\n", "spreads itself too thin ,\n", "why human beings long for what they do n't have ,\n", "talk to and about others\n", "are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean .\n", "well-timed explosion\n", "to make some kind of film\n", "without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "many a parent and their teen -lrb- or preteen -rrb- kid could bond while watching a walk to remember .\n", "'s a glimpse at his life\n", "the modern male\n", "nonsense machine\n", ", secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .\n", "the biggest names in japanese anime\n", "by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "convictions\n", "much science\n", "guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort\n", "remarkable new trick\n", "of the cotswolds\n", "to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective\n", "blips\n", "more re-creations\n", "the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .\n", "portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but\n", "in the sexy demise of james dean\n", "a solid cast\n", ", with this cast\n", "probation officer\n", "a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime\n", "um ,\n", "'s replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have -lrb- and probably should have -rrb- been a lighthearted comedy .\n", "throwback\n", "a bad soap opera\n", "the talk alone is enough to keep us\n", "cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are\n", "monster 's\n", "have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time\n", "always brooding\n", "absurdly inappropriate\n", "every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera\n", "remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking\n", "much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor\n", "independence ,\n", "'ve seen it all before in one form or another\n", "straddle\n", "as if it were an extended short\n", "the 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 .\n", "drying out from spring break\n", "this is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .\n", "about schmidt belongs to nicholson .\n", "thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy\n", "like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break\n", "'s so bad\n", "making you feel guilty about it\n", "quota\n", "as the shabby digital photography\n", "dimension tale\n", "would have made this a superior movie\n", "a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie\n", "juicy writer\n", "a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional\n", "bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing .\n", "needs to\n", "it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind\n", "blatant and sickening product placement\n", "center tragedy\n", "five filipino-americans\n", "thereafter\n", "prisoners\n", "jean-claude van damme look good\n", "carries you along in a torrent of emotion\n", "bite\n", "is n't exactly profound cinema\n", "last week 's pork dumplings .\n", "'s as good\n", "costner 's warm-milk persona\n", "crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level .\n", "'s mostly a pleasure to watch\n", ", tedious\n", "scan\n", "any way demeaning its subjects\n", "your seat\n", "mamet 's\n", "emotional desperation\n", "the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself\n", "shock and\n", "neither the funniest film that eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made\n", "chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes\n", "a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency\n", "the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\\/dvd category\n", "`` indecent proposal ''\n", "is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique ...\n", "a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb\n", "underrehearsed\n", "a stark portrait\n", "see a flick about telemarketers\n", "in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone\n", "at its best , which occurs often\n", "ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear\n", "refreshingly forthright one\n", "too much obvious\n", "like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --\n", ", but more often\n", "gorgeously atmospheric meditation\n", "flick-knife diction\n", "of thing\n", "gesture\n", "in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack\n", "affair\n", "of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- music videos\n", "in enormous packages\n", "a wal-mart budget\n", "you ca n't look away from\n", ": celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .\n", "to this strange scenario\n", "caine 's\n", "it washed out despite all of that\n", "adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances\n", "know something terrible is going to happen .\n", "fish\n", "gullets\n", "with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy\n", "hollywood-action cliches\n", "be fertile\n", "makes oliver far more interesting\n", "cultivation and\n", "greengrass\n", "mire\n", "same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "to make absurdist observations\n", "a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them\n", "the rage and alienation\n", "news footage\n", "depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived\n", "the national lampoon film franchise\n", "without the sex scenes\n", "a decidedly mixed bag .\n", "often-funny drama\n", "first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast\n", "watching junk\n", "though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations\n", ", of course ,\n", "that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production\n", "not necessarily for kids\n", "like the stuff of lurid melodrama\n", "an inventive ,\n", "an unfortunate title\n", "piecing\n", "social and political\n", "those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but\n", "runner '\n", "most repugnant adaptation\n", "ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation\n", "it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect\n", "played-out idea\n", "condone\n", "counterparts\n", "worse ,\n", "be quirky at moments\n", "remains a perfect wildean actor\n", "formidable\n", "nelson 's intentions\n", "-lrb- cattaneo -rrb-\n", "decorates\n", "that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,\n", "but mush-hearted\n", "preteen\n", "human life\n", "will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant .\n", "hypermasculine\n", "it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances .\n", "this amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers\n", "are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .\n", "me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together\n", "'s no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke .\n", "carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \\/ marine\\/legal mystery\n", "slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing\n", "daring and\n", "the most of the large-screen format\n", "more mild than wild\n", "of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill\n", "fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway\n", "intriguing , provocative stuff\n", "for teenagers\n", "even fans of ismail merchant 's work , i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .\n", "of entertainment and evangelical\n", "there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 .\n", "holiday season\n", "me on the santa clause 2\n", "new young talent\n", "its purpose\n", "from being this generation 's animal house\n", "this movie is 90 minutes long ,\n", "art-house to the core\n", "a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea\n", "is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '\n", "beaten\n", "the movie 's plot\n", ", dull\n", "mr. koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .\n", "the men\n", "absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist\n", "this new time machine\n", "steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece\n", "is grand-scale\n", "courage ''\n", "at moments\n", "title sequence\n", "will love its fantasy and adventure\n", "as snake foo yung\n", "is little else\n", "repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but\n", "chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists\n", "while it 's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .\n", "kraft macaroni and cheese\n", "lampoon 's\n", "ear-splitting\n", "struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .\n", "the subculture of extreme athletes\n", "it wo n't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it .\n", "this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "the worst titles in recent cinematic history\n", ", there is little else to recommend `` never again . ''\n", "lame entertainment\n", "for director peter bogdanovich\n", "shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that 's something i would rather live in denial about\n", "to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "at contemporary southern adolescence\n", "you 've ever seen\n", "if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers .\n", "the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "nostalgia piece\n", "doing-it-for -\n", "until the end\n", "historical drama\n", "stylistic consistency\n", "westbrook -rrb-\n", "there are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit .\n", "oh , so dumb\n", "too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice\n", "'s a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life\n", "so-called\n", "fairly parochial melodrama\n", "style and mystification\n", "low-key romantic comedy\n", "gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation\n", "see this movie with my sisters\n", "tense arguing\n", "gets the look and the period trappings right\n", "cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .\n", ", but not\n", "the observations\n", "katz 's documentary does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it .\n", "be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st\n", "the artwork is spectacular and\n", "jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators\n", "seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to ,\n", "goes out into public\n", "an obvious rapport\n", "of love , communal discord , and justice\n", "the places ,\n", "film lapses\n", "have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material\n", "raunchy\n", "engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story ,\n", "a children 's film in the truest sense\n", "i 'd expected it to be\n", "'s an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise .\n", "holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded\n", "what its purpose was\n", "woman\n", "simpson voice-overs\n", "the last 10 minutes\n", "... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .\n", "very ugly\n", "like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but\n", "their ideological differences\n", "sade achieves the near-impossible :\n", "how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and\n", "do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body\n", "some delightful work on indie projects\n", "that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating\n", "hash\n", "is gorgeously\n", "impossibly long limbs and\n", "'s in the action scenes\n", "how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong\n", "lousy script\n", "movie penance\n", "the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .\n", "emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema\n", "from one colorful event to another\n", "as literary desecrations go\n", "jake\n", "there 's precious little substance in birthday girl\n", ", fits the bill perfectly\n", "suck\n", "with strangeness than excellence\n", "stick\n", "the skirmishes for power\n", "one big laugh , three\n", "an eventual cult classic would be an understatement\n", "the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers ''\n", "aside\n", "steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches .\n", "that has made tucker a star\n", "the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann\n", "orchard\n", "bow wow\n", "make this a comedy or serious drama\n", "purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore\n", "base concept\n", "little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic .\n", "infantilized\n", "terrific performance\n", "dance ''\n", "psychologically self-revealing\n", "is their resemblance to everyday children .\n", "is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like ,\n", "dancing\n", "jose campanella\n", "the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '\n", "rock pile\n", "attractions\n", "you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits\n", "oddly sweet\n", "blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period .\n", "a complete mess\n", "otherwise appalling , and downright creepy ,\n", "the power of women to heal\n", "rock solid family fun\n", "between\n", "the limited chemistry\n", "a mess from start\n", "natives\n", "comes up shorter than britney 's cutoffs .\n", "dope out\n", "enough heat\n", "taken over the asylum\n", "charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act .\n", "dress up in drag\n", "the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ... then\n", "the dogtown experience\n", "'s one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen\n", "a good idea\n", "freaking out\n", "does not do them justice\n", "just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "to fit in any modern action movie\n", "such odd plot\n", "thrown in that are generally not heard on television\n", "matthew 's predicament\n", "of hide-and-seek\n", "it 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter\n", "is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness .\n", "though it goes further than both\n", "like rocky and bullwinkle\n", "sprung to life\n", "his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks\n", "photographed with melancholy richness and\n", "paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and david lynch 's mulholland dr.\n", "understand what this story is really all about\n", "of a very old-school kind\n", "wears out its limited welcome\n", "indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild .\n", "feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .\n", "they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson\n", "from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "replace past tragedy with the american dream\n", "none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe\n", "it 's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but\n", "special effects and visual party tricks\n", "as erratic as its central character\n", "with something different\n", "gives the story\n", "long for what they do n't have\n", "a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london\n", "consistently sensitive and\n", "decidedly uncinematic\n", "allow\n", "is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "the wonders and worries of childhood\n", "of a clever gimmick\n", "surveyed high school students ...\n", "smarter and more unnerving than the sequels\n", "strident and inelegant in its ` message-movie ' posturing .\n", "pain .\n", "despite some comic sparks\n", "'s definitely an acquired taste\n", "statecraft\n", "guy gets girl\n", "`` miami vice '' checklist\n", "music fans\n", "ryan series\n", "one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "pretentious mess .\n", "local flavour\n", "falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .\n", "my heart\n", "sometimes baffling and quite often\n", "intermediary passages\n", "young turks\n", "a decidedly mixed bag\n", "wide-eyed actress\n", "the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism\n", ", iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce .\n", "pitch-perfect\n", "although shot with little style\n", "complex relationships\n", "ivan is a prince of a fellow\n", ", or\n", "single scene\n", "the festival in cannes\n", "... a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional .\n", "then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .\n", "daytime tv serviceability , but little more\n", "a dim\n", "will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone\n", "be distinguished from a mediocre one\n", "yelling in your face for two hours\n", "after collateral damage\n", ", very enjoyable ...\n", "emergency\n", "is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations\n", "of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting\n", "self-promoter\n", "driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs .\n", "on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "backstage bytes of information\n", "the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .\n", "almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york\n", "put off insiders and outsiders alike\n", "empty\n", "for the year\n", "rob schneider 's\n", "to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego\n", "its grasp\n", "delivers without sham the raw-nerved story .\n", "plot threads\n", "political madness\n", "is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt .\n", "is little question that 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 .\n", "it is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events .\n", "is part biography , part entertainment and part history\n", "the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game\n", "is the 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 .\n", "the prettiest pictures\n", "bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids\n", "with the fast , funny , and even touching story\n", "this movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101 .\n", "reap more rewards\n", "interesting social\n", "is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .\n", "pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting\n", "the most affecting depictions of a love affair\n", "is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film\n", "the uneven performances\n", "romp of a film\n", "human decency\n", "excellent sequel .\n", "on the grieving process\n", "ratchets up the stirring soundtrack\n", "'ll like it\n", "weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .\n", "for both the scenic splendor of the mountains\n", "girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch ,\n", "weaving a theme\n", "his cinematographer\n", "just seem like a bad idea from frame one\n", "dreadfully earnest inversion\n", "confection\n", "300 years of russian history and culture\n", "scorpion king\n", "piss on trees , b.s. one another\n", "come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .\n", "tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original\n", "psychological breakdown\n", "a solid and refined piece of moviemaking\n", "roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption\n", "settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs\n", "of the worlds\n", "new jersey lowbrow accent uma\n", "dangerously\n", "a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom -- handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus\n", "substance about a teacher\n", "huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty .\n", "turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious .\n", "not-nearly\n", "insanely\n", "the historical , philosophical\n", "a perfectly rendered period piece\n", "would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways\n", "that 's best served cold\n", "a pop-influenced prank\n", "a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic\n", ", the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .\n", "peppering\n", "moronic stunts\n", "in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script\n", "a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music\n", "narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "executed comedy .\n", "good cinema\n", "an african idiom\n", "exactly what you 'd expect from a guy\n", "curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading\n", "it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident\n", "and yet , it still works .\n", "a pleasant distraction ,\n", "most of the rest of `` dragonfly\n", "distinguished\n", "seems to have bitterly forsaken\n", "were any more of a turkey\n", "both sides of the issues\n", "in a dark room with something cool\n", ", tender hug\n", "hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "thriller .\n", "to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two\n", "a ho-hum affair\n", "that it is n't very good\n", "is going to be something really good\n", "dani kouyate 's\n", "for a geriatric peter\n", "by events seemingly out of their control\n", "a song\n", "had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen\n", "suspending\n", "of gong li and a vivid personality\n", "puzzling\n", "hot chick\n", "first release\n", "prominently\n", "about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '\n", "what makes the movie special\n", "a raindrop\n", "get along\n", "succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless\n", "fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte\n", "felt disrespected .\n", "shore\n", "perfectly competent\n", "scotches\n", "less a movie\n", "balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .\n", "last summer 's\n", "with multiple\n", ", beautifully produced film\n", "apparatus\n", "to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge\n", "keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .\n", "painful\n", "may scream low budget\n", "reyes '\n", "given a part worthy of her considerable talents\n", "arbitrarily\n", "martial arts\n", "wet in some places\n", ", threadbare comic setups\n", "thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor\n", "palatable presentation\n", "narcotized spiral\n", "is , more often then not , difficult and sad\n", "83 minute\n", "produced by jerry bruckheimer\n", "translate well to film\n", "borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .\n", "sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .\n", "when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces --\n", "how bad an actress she is\n", "amusing enough\n", "no matter how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence\n", "lone star state\n", "as propaganda\n", "auditorium\n", "uhf channel\n", "the movie is ingenious fun .\n", "of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways\n", "burnt-out\n", "trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness\n", "can wreak havoc in other cultures\n", "majestic achievement\n", "poignant japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak .\n", "this so-called satire\n", "at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .\n", "much better .\n", "the murderer\n", "disaffected-indie-film\n", "a series of achronological vignettes\n", "decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three\n", "film is yet to be made\n", "full well\n", "the film 's constant mood\n", "a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "sassy\n", "allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title\n", "the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "the stirring soundtrack\n", "for the memorable character creations\n", "cultural differences and emotional expectations\n", "their outrageousness\n", "biased\n", "from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films\n", "very pretty after-school\n", "amusedly , sometimes impatiently --\n", "outdated swagger\n", "wrong with that\n", "to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds\n", "gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .\n", "the clever credits roll\n", "downtown\n", "its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale\n", "egregiously short\n", "is pleasant enough\n", "that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie\n", "improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment\n", "like robin williams , death to smoochy\n", "is , to some degree at least ,\n", "than pink floyd tickets\n", "it takes your breath away\n", "less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990 .\n", "them singing long after the credits roll\n", "entirely irony-free\n", "the movie is gorgeously made , but\n", "contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present\n", "never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days .\n", "giving\n", "from other movies\n", "an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` spy kids 2 ' is a visual treat for all audiences .\n", "seen as propaganda\n", "constantly touching\n", "the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series :\n", "that the final product is a ghost\n", "a victim\n", "ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .\n", "in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t\n", "mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination .\n", "who can see the forest for the trees\n", "if you 're a comic fan\n", "requiring a great deal of thought\n", "something on crummy-looking videotape\n", "jackass is a vulgar\n", "exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .\n", "there is a real subject here\n", "the way to that destination\n", "beauty and the beast\n", "of its casting\n", "diesel 's\n", "a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .\n", "like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series , but\n", "the main story ... is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish .\n", "leafing\n", "'s not enough substance in the story to actually give them life\n", "merit such superficial treatment\n", "it can chew by linking the massacre\n", "a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes\n", "even a hint of artifice\n", "the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall\n", "soaper\n", "is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up\n", "elves and snow\n", "gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour\n", "the whole film\n", "would gobble in dolby digital stereo .\n", "we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest .\n", "roman coppola\n", "cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "dull and ankle-deep\n", "intellect and\n", "roman polanski 's\n", "the best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast .\n", "and that is where ararat went astray .\n", "will quite likely\n", "a bit of a cheat in the end\n", "the reaction in williams\n", "another dickens ' novel\n", "a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times\n", "apart from its own considerable achievement\n", "been more\n", "director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about drumline is its energy\n", "been making piffle for a long while\n", "helga\n", "history and culture\n", "is instead about as fresh\n", "is anyone 's guess\n", "the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not .\n", "hem\n", "shot like a postcard\n", "comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film\n", "have killed him\n", "not a bad premise\n", "pungent bite\n", "schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins\\/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas\n", "attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a\n", "struck a chord in me\n", "roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list ' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie .\n", "'s hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby\n", "that dares to question an ancient faith\n", ", both\n", "it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but\n", "gross out\n", "palaver\n", "should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it .\n", "filling\n", "uncertain girl\n", "a notch\n", "utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team\n", "it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows\n", "be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "-lrb- reaches -rrb- wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair\n", "of chinese\n", "is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine\n", "stylized swedish fillm\n", "about the hypocrisies of our time\n", "has its share of arresting images\n", "familiar ring\n", "a confusing sudden finale\n", "a taut , sobering film .\n", "split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "documentary-like credibility\n", "unusual\n", "then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .\n", "followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty , with something different\n", "shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart .\n", "that sense\n", "a pressure cooker of horrified awe\n", "james spader and\n", "than a mildly engaging central romance , hospital\n", "is never able to pull it back on course\n", "depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not .\n", "is warm , inviting , and surprising\n", "life and small delights\n", "while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .\n", "wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial\n", "the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third\n", "is atrocious\n", "leave you\n", "a cinematic car wreck ,\n", "place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics\n", "shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper\n", "animals the respect they\n", "this french shocker\n", "broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is\n", "an affluent damsel\n", "is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams\n", "affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .\n", "with their mini dv\n", "supply too much of the energy\n", "damsel\n", "be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions ,\n", "have you believe\n", "might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but\n", "the story 's promising premise\n", "dickens evergreen :\n", "a matter\n", "exhaustion ,\n", "built for controversy .\n", "of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness\n", "does somehow manage to get you under its spell\n", "the story , once it gets rolling ,\n", "gets me where i live\n", "the avant-garde\n", "too crazy\n", "basic flaws\n", "than the very sluggish pace\n", "several plodding action sequences\n", "action icon\n", "that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "sadistic\n", "explosion\n", "in the annals of cinema\n", "is `` new\n", "saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination\n", "on the radar screen of 2002\n", "a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding\n", "the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters\n", "that place , that time and\n", "circles\n", "may look cool\n", "message-movie ' posturing\n", "less a documentary and more propaganda\n", "are a mixed bag .\n", "no such thing\n", "to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "it ends up being surprisingly dull\n", "referred to\n", "scorsese film\n", "focuses\n", "a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over\n", "a funny person\n", "unpaid\n", "has done excellent work here\n", "of time\n", "this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action .\n", "growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "when the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and\n", ", may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .\n", "slaps together\n", "little ride\n", "grumble\n", "feels shrill , simple and soapy .\n", "no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days\n", "sum of all fears\n", "uplifting and moving\n", "i 'm not\n", "troubled and determined homicide cop\n", "a visceral sense\n", "such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue\n", "ca n't recommend it\n", "is egregiously short\n", "standing\n", "the two main characters\n", "your reaction\n", "of an ordeal than an amusement\n", "is shallow , offensive and redundant\n", "sustain it\n", "her heroine 's book sound convincing\n", "the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild ,\n", "say it was a guilty pleasure\n", "melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project\n", "as people\n", "irwin and\n", "a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience\n", "be relegated to a dark video store corner\n", "a serious movie\n", "would 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\n", "manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .\n", "all the blood\n", "it 's sweet ... but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end\n", "corny dialogue and preposterous moments\n", "a yellow streak a mile wide\n", "cultural satire\n", "it 's close\n", "starts with a legend and\n", "complex and quirky\n", "of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot\n", "a cold old man\n", "was it all for\n", "macabre sets\n", "unfaithful\n", "sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form\n", "'s wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "don michael paul\n", "three-hour endurance test\n", "the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm\n", "opposite\n", "awakening\n", "do n't seem ever to run out of ideas\n", "using george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks\n", "an awful lot like life -- gritty ,\n", "balanced film\n", "may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet .\n", "and there 's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together .\n", "sweet , and intermittently hilarious\n", "on full , irritating display\n", "a wry , affectionate delight .\n", "a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .\n", "is for sure\n", "'ve got something pretty damn close\n", "has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .\n", "has some freakish powers of visual charm\n", "society than the film 's characters\n", "#\n", "has a sense of his audience\n", "a dim-witted pairing\n", "studio 's\n", "to be interesting\n", "narrator , jewish grandmother and subject\n", "queen of the damned\n", "what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary .\n", "taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion\n", "hard-sell image-mongering\n", "very real and amusing give-and-take\n", "deuces wild represents\n", "a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity\n", "scarlet\n", "family-oriented\n", "a predictable , manipulative stinker .\n", "an unchanged dullard\n", "-lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect , and a cipher\n", "what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents\n", "the results are uneven\n", "a breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy\n", "it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and\n", "suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable\n", "shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people\n", "a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces .\n", "stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise\n", "enough charming moments\n", "the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and\n", "they broke out into elaborate choreography\n", "for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\\/nurture argument in regards\n", "the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and\n", "happens to send you off in different direction .\n", "it 's better than the phantom menace .\n", "change nearly everything\n", "pizza\n", "zhang 's last film ,\n", ", resonant gem\n", "on mood\n", "is beyond me .\n", "gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .\n", "it 's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison .\n", "'s apparent\n", "new favorite musical\n", "any easy answers\n", "like an afterschool special with costumes by gianni versace\n", "gentle but insistent sincerity\n", "the punching\n", "all three stories\n", "more strongly\n", "thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser\n", "under you\n", "a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band\n", "notches\n", "paint-by-number\n", "looks and\n", "news\n", "bad , bad , bad movie\n", "american instigator michael moore 's\n", "popping past your head\n", "when you 've seen the remake first\n", "movie star charisma\n", "wild welsh whimsy\n", "occurs\n", "broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness ,\n", "it 's not particularly subtle ... however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion\n", ", maybe .\n", "this shimmering , beautifully costumed\n", "a moving story of determination and the human spirit\n", "masters of both\n", "the family vacation\n", "it 's a fanboy ` what if ? '\n", "offers little else of consequence\n", "-lrb- testud -rrb- acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis .\n", "heavy for the plot\n", "teens '\n", "that will upset or frighten young viewers\n", "just a simple fable done in an artless sytle ,\n", "the actors\n", "might not be as palatable as intended\n", "to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary\n", "more baffling\n", "the summer\n", "england\n", "it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile\n", "ill\n", "over every point\n", "rosario\n", "eddie murphy a movie star and the man\n", "'ve ever seen\n", "surprise you\n", "witnessed\n", "like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers\n", "a case in point\n", "interesting character to begin with\n", "aboriginal\n", "entertain or\n", ", eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare .\n", "a better actor\n", "is serving sara\n", "barker\n", "not much\n", "vulgar dialogue and\n", "last week 's issue\n", "fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society\n", "endurance\n", "hutchins\n", "has compelling new material\n", "is routinely\n", "and\\/or poetry\n", "odorous\n", "'d be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb- .\n", "represents some sort of beacon of hope\n", "to people\n", "warm ,\n", "believe in it\n", "to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "child 's\n", "channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "grenoble and geneva\n", "'s never dull and always looks good .\n", "tone and pacing\n", "forgets about her other obligations ,\n", "inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "seeing himself in the other ,\n", "refreshed and\n", "stomps\n", "not very absorbing characters\n", "films reason\n", "brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top\n", "most unexpected way\n", "dimensions\n", "trivializes\n", "despite the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme\n", "too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .\n", "funny situations and honest observations\n", "the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box\n", "sets out with no pretensions\n", "bmx rider mat hoffman\n", "of its own cracker barrel\n", "dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .\n", "this and\n", "'s almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film .\n", "at least three films\n", "masturbation\n", "this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .\n", "and provocative sexual\n", "than special effects\n", "bumps up\n", "be talking about the film once you exit the theater\n", "of the company 's astonishing growth\n", "she ca n't provide any conflict\n", "were once amusing\n", "hopelessly out\n", "bumps up against 21st century reality so hard\n", "journalistically dubious\n", "it plays worse now\n", "artistically\n", "releasing\n", "unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .\n", "codswallop\n", "saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion\n", "will not be for much longer\n", "unfunny wannabe\n", "rewritten a dozen times\n", "christmas perennial\n", "however\n", "this is a movie full of grace and ,\n", "but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale .\n", "a wildly entertaining scan of evans ' career .\n", "lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles\n", "resentful betty and\n", "pop-induced\n", "-lrb- soderbergh -rrb-\n", "rough-around-the-edges\n", "see .\n", "salton sea\n", "mr. broomfield 's\n", "the film has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .\n", "tawdry soap opera antics\n", "remains far more interesting than the story at hand\n", "a story worth\n", "if it all happened only yesterday\n", "that efforts toward closure only open new wounds\n", "liking to read\n", "of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "really wrong with this ricture\n", "mostly average\n", "can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected\n", "the percussion rhythm ,\n", "impersonal , almost generic\n", "focus , point and purpose\n", "schindler 's\n", "is a nicely\n", ", laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .\n", "yi yi\n", "produced this project\n", "wacky sight gags ,\n", "the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb-\n", "be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely\n", "hospitals\n", "wish had been developed with more care\n", "i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures\n", "its premise is smart\n", "an interesting storyline\n", "to be had from films crammed with movie references\n", "falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice .\n", "rat-a-tat\n", "which is to say that it 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\n", "'s plenty to enjoy --\n", "be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy\n", "who mimics everyone and everything around\n", "break your heart an attraction it desperately needed\n", "are too manipulative\n", "traces\n", "of this slapstick comedy\n", "historical\n", "the word --\n", "chimps\n", "is the number of lasting images all its own\n", "new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers\n", "the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .\n", "a crowd-pleaser ,\n", "writer-director adam rifkin\n", "the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations\n", "corniest\n", "what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special\n", "those years\n", "explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime '\n", "same tired old gags\n", "tragic figure\n", "whatever flaws igby goes down may possess\n", "do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and\n", "do n't ask still finds a few chuckles\n", "cop show cliches\n", "have a center , though a morbid one\n", "quirky comedy\n", ", scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . '\n", "running\n", "mentally ill\n", "to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept\n", "was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at\n", "tosca 's intoxicating ardor\n", "for the passion\n", "the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story\n", "playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a\n", "to love robin tunney\n", "is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .\n", "even in an advanced prozac nation\n", "under a rock\n", "good actors , even kingsley\n", "new avenues\n", "of billy bob 's body of work\n", "of music and images\n", "uptight , middle class bores\n", "a talky bore\n", "comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising\n", "the impression the creators of do n't ask do n't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes\n", "lan\n", "a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy .\n", "showcases him\n", "done , but slow\n", "the real-life story\n", "belongs to nicholson\n", ", inflammatory film\n", "what i saw , i enjoyed .\n", "freundlich 's made -lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect , and a cipher .\n", "sean penn , you owe nicolas cage an apology .\n", "a much better documentary\n", "formula redux\n", "of survival story\n", "where adults behave like kids\n", "the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel\n", "it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws\n", "upon the original hit movie\n", "a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves\n", "deceit and\n", "sensuality and a conniving wit\n", "from being maudlin\n", "pop up frequently\n", "woo 's over-the-top instincts\n", "hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name\n", "the little chinese seamstress\n", "acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis\n", "he 's been in years\n", "as he watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye\n", "figure out the rules of the country bear universe\n", "manages to string together enough charming moments to work\n", "sadly , ` garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne . '\n", "but not great -rrb-\n", "an uneasy marriage\n", "is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .\n", "that enjoys the friday series\n", "tsai 's\n", "schnitzler 's film has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying .\n", "college flicks\n", "two marvelously\n", "psychological mood piece\n", "drags the film down .\n", ", every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .\n", "by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "relied\n", "the 1940s\n", "own ambitious goals\n", "artsy and\n", "but the second half of the movie really goes downhill .\n", "static and sugary little half-hour\n", "nuclear crisis sequences\n", "an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends\n", "lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating\n", "dull , lifeless\n", "the story\n", "accident-prone characters\n", "exactly wrong\n", "comparison to his earlier films\n", "movie fluff\n", "falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .\n", "think it 's in danger of going wrong\n", "is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year\n", "there 's absolutely no reason why blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is\n", "real shocks\n", "achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence\n", "it is undeniably that\n", "with the pubescent scandalous\n", "of hands-on storytelling\n", "all of the elements\n", "about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family\n", "monster truck-loving good ol' boys\n", "of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation\n", "a small gem from belgium\n", "teen-oriented\n", "nine-tenths\n", "their caustic purpose for existing\n", "that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor\n", "has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best\n", "our most flamboyant female comics\n", "to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span\n", "even if it does take 3 hours to get through\n", "distinguish it\n", "pair that with really poor comedic writing\n", "arithmetic\n", "wang -rrb-\n", "domineering\n", "unembarrassing but unmemorable\n", "razor-sided tuning\n", "to laugh , groan and hiss\n", "dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .\n", "an all-inclusive world\n", "with good intentions\n", "to live their lives\n", "rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year\n", "stiflingly\n", "hollywood horror\n", "weighty revelations , flowery dialogue ,\n", "marcken and marilyn freeman\n", "ratliff 's\n", "to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list\n", "that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale\n", "deadly friend\n", "there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome\n", "with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade\n", "does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes\n", "a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum\n", "offers absolutely nothing i had n't already seen .\n", ", the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .\n", "transpose himself into another character\n", "it 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense .\n", "is in the same category\n", "a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit\n", "intelligent , caustic\n", ", eventually cloying pow drama .\n", "a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play .\n", "most positive thing\n", "owes enormous debts\n", "disappointingly thin\n", "all too familiar\n", "coughed , fidgeted or\n", "clearly see the world of our making .\n", "to function\n", "it gets rock-n-rolling\n", "movie nothing\n", "an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal\n", "a point in society\n", "recessive\n", "by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away\n", "but ` why ? '\n", "its scrapbook\n", "finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .\n", "to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate .\n", "get through the country bears\n", "like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion\n", "which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms\n", "the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .\n", "to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king\n", "leigh is n't breaking new ground\n", "is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually\n", "weak and ineffective\n", "we hate -lrb- madonna -rrb- within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground .\n", "above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters\n", "the landscape\n", "an inexpressible and drab wannabe\n", "is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness\n", "hollow tribute\n", "well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious .\n", "pretty diverting\n", "are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .\n", "this stuck pig\n", "editing\n", "offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .\n", "should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle '\n", "remind\n", "jettisoned\n", "with the first one\n", "a splash even greater\n", "promotion\n", "narrator , jewish grandmother\n", "by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching\n", "delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling\n", "does pack some serious suspense .\n", "a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products . . .\n", "scores a direct hit\n", "though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch\n", ", holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often .\n", "expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle ,\n", "in addition to scoring high for originality of plot\n", "tango\n", "rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage .\n", "love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .\n", "fight scenes\n", "in expression\n", "'s so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles .\n", "exist only\n", "quiet endurance , of common concern ,\n", "that aims to confuse\n", "white american zealously\n", "narrator ,\n", "commercial sensibilities\n", "more than body count\n", "frighteningly\n", "a stumblebum\n", "terrific , sweaty-palmed fun\n", "a diverting enough hour-and-a-half\n", "smirk\n", "plays like a bad soap opera\n", "by brendan fraser\n", "it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film\n", "directors john musker and ron clements ,\n", "misdirected\n", "flat as thinking man\n", "a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope .\n", "si , pretty much '' and `` por favor\n", "sweetness\n", "the payoff\n", "-- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention .\n", "inventive , fun ,\n", "gender normative narrative\n", "science theatre 3000 tribute\n", "bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work .\n", "outtakes\n", "-- but\n", "more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "sucks you\n", "get no satisfaction\n", "became a deadly foreign policy\n", "something creepy and vague\n", "home a heavy-handed moralistic message\n", "in a martial-arts flick\n", "invisible , nearly psychic nuances\n", "there 's no conversion effort\n", "with heart and humor\n", "the bard as black comedy\n", "drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but\n", "surprisingly romantic\n", "things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film\n", "a gripping documentary\n", "dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags\n", "of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes\n", "trek films\n", "about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories ,\n", "topless and\n", "the concubine love triangle\n", "his pulpy thrillers\n", "the pretension\n", "the psychology too textbook to intrigue\n", "its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .\n", "with some fine acting\n", "with every scene\n", "will turn out\n", "it is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients .\n", "sights\n", "spousal\n", "she is always like that\n", "odd , rapt spell\n", "so devoid of pleasure or sensuality\n", "birthday girl lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns .\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a conventional ,\n", "it was , as my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad '\n", "an inspirational love story\n", "ironically\n", "it briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely .\n", "to be significantly different -lrb- and better -rrb- than most films with this theme\n", "love with his stepmom\n", "next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?\n", "unusual , thoughtful bio-drama\n", "harvard man is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality .\n", ", storytelling is far more appealing\n", "the period\n", "assess the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "a dashing and absorbing\n", "a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper -lrb- and better -rrb-\n", "detract from the affection of that moral favorite\n", "more often than not\n", "proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages\n", "the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann , rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s .\n", "same song ,\n", "has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .\n", "a one-trick pony\n", "a ghost story\n", "this movie , a certain scene in particular ,\n", "to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire\n", "to change the sheets\n", "comes off like a bad imitation of the bard .\n", "for rugrats\n", "not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .\n", "watching it now\n", "and then only as a very mild rental\n", "chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in\n", "a comedy , a romance\n", "thoroughly enjoyed themselves\n", "his or her own beliefs\n", "under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character\n", "simple and soapy\n", "like three hours\n", "is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer .\n", "through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh\n", "covering all the drama\n", "whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts\n", "to hate\n", "do find enough material to bring kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives .\n", "narcissism and self-congratulation\n", "denial\n", "the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "veered off too far\n", "it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless\n", "seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", "the sort\n", "matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates .\n", "one way or the other\n", "as good , if not better\n", "for silly summer entertainment\n", "be described as sci-fi generic\n", ", the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey\n", "take before indigestion sets\n", "the movie 's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though 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, comic side of the issue ,\n", "to help a jewish friend\n", "dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption\n", "overflowing\n", "the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year .\n", "ferrara 's strongest and most touching movie of recent years .\n", "sexy and romantic\n", "voice-over\n", "due\n", "bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers .\n", "a solid base hit .\n", "it 's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout .\n", "mobius strip\n", "of a tax accountant\n", "this is a heartfelt story ...\n", "large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun\n", ", explosion or gunfight\n", "enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .\n", "darker elements\n", "black urban professionals\n", "the most crucial lip-reading sequence\n", "only teenage boys could possibly find it funny .\n", "a witty , whimsical feature\n", "'re entirely unprepared .\n", "'s thoroughly winning tone\n", "somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but\n", "this charming but slight tale\n", "a big way\n", "seems embarrassed by his own invention and\n", "the first tunisian film i have ever seen ,\n", "through juxtaposition\n", "a playful iranian parable\n", "one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions\n", "time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers\n", "previously gave us `` the skulls ''\n", "intriguing and realistic\n", "feel-bad\n", "you can get your money back\n", "who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like\n", "middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids\n", "bluff personal style\n", "'s not a motion picture\n", "string together enough charming moments\n", "its cheesy screenplay\n", "modern-day comedies\n", "did , too\n", "the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation\n", "abel\n", "about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "is we never\n", "i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .\n", "term paper\n", "too long with too little\n", "measured work\n", "laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb-\n", "clockstoppers , a sci-fi\n", "the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year\n", "transplant a hollywood star\n", "is a wonderful thing ;\n", "is astonishing .\n", ", surrealistic moments\n", "the foreground\n", "inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy 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minutes\n", "american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice\n", "-lrb- gulpilil -rrb-\n", "the conception\n", "harry shearer\n", "there 's one big point to promises\n", "gandalf\n", "endlessly inquisitive old man\n", "with enjoyable ease\n", "the film industry\n", "to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face\n", "the members of the commune\n", "represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indian american cinema .\n", "thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .\n", "other\n", "not exaggerated enough\n", "in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "of the rappers at play and the prison interview with suge knight\n", "attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design\n", "orleans '\n", "eclipse\n", "waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .\n", "rock 's stand-up magic\n", "'s no 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satisfactory\n", "his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things\n", "negotiate the movie 's darker turns\n", "ken\n", "distinctly mixed\n", "are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out .\n", "holly hunter\n", "too bad to be good and too good to be bad\n", "a worthwhile topic\n", "trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes\n", "naomi watts\n", "you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy\n", "largely\n", "appetite\n", "to norwegian folktales\n", "conversation\n", "fascinating glimpse\n", "talk-heavy film\n", "a smile on your face and\n", "too bad to be good\n", "in imax dimensions\n", "as soon as the action speeds up\n", "confession\n", "like life on the island\n", "joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "of costly analysis\n", "of energy\n", "mexican and\n", "clinically depressed\n", "'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom .\n", "took a long time to do it\n", "had n't already\n", "too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance ,\n", "far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama\n", "it ai n't art , by a long shot , but\n", "mired\n", "narrator , jewish grandmother and\n", "which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them\n", "this indie flick\n", "refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "the implication is kissinger may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive .\n", ", manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .\n", "richard\n", "the chamber\n", "the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .\n", "content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "a thriller made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion .\n", "caper film\n", "less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith\n", "`` ballistic : ecks vs. sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .\n", "some fun\n", "that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton\n", "creative mettle\n", "picture that 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\n", "looking over\n", "big-wave\n", "-lrb- and unintentionally -rrb-\n", "a movie that will make you laugh\n", "like its predecessor , it 's no classic , but it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate .\n", "if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy .\n", "the only bit\n", "of everything else\n", "disturbingly\n", "truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking .\n", "fit for the kiddies\n", "to remarkable performances\n", "the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "younger generations\n", ", flashy , overlong soap opera .\n", ", interesting failure\n", "ii-birkenau\n", "police chief scarpia\n", "the family audience\n", "sexy , funny and touching\n", "in the mood for an intelligent weepy\n", "an expeditious 84 minutes\n", "saying too many clever things\n", "been this disappointed by a movie in a long time\n", "-lrb- nelson 's -rrb- screenplay\n", "impact on me\n", "crazed\n", "in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "heartfelt and hilarious\n", "a marching band that gets me where i live\n", "substitutes\n", "flibbertigibbet\n", "pinochet case\n", "treasure chest\n", "hallmark hall\n", "fearful view\n", "expanded\n", "a year late\n", "despite slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .\n", "choices\n", "her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics\n", ", the update is dreary and sluggish .\n", "convention\n", "'s so inane\n", "in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity\n", "to the floor with a sickening thud\n", "inmates\n", "those in search of something different\n", "will linger long after this film has ended\n", "'s unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle\n", "3000\n", "the heedless impetuousness of youth\n", "mere plot pawn\n", "loses faith in its own viability\n", "grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor\n", "juan\n", "pre-wwii drama\n", "heartache everyone\n", "for traffic scribe gaghan\n", "the bizarre is credible\n", "how sand developed a notorious reputation\n", "gabbiest\n", "`` interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .\n", "the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .\n", "create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career\n", "make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes\n", "might not have noticed\n", "ararat\n", "together -lrb- time out and human resources -rrb- establish mr. cantet as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace\n", "forget about it by monday , though\n", "begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining\n", "charming in comedies like american pie and\n", "anything approaching a visceral kick ,\n", "genial but never inspired ,\n", "yet i found it weirdly appealing\n", "be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry\n", "proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies\n", "this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary ,\n", "dismissed or forgotten\n", "winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .\n", "in fact .\n", "clever and subtle\n", "resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs\n", "has its share of high points\n", "dialogue , 30 seconds of plot\n", "many western action films\n", "you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .\n", "the thing looks like a made-for-home-video quickie .\n", "if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow\n", "scotland looks wonderful\n", "the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe\n", "less repetitive\n", "not many movies\n", "an entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller\n", "his skill\n", "ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .\n", "states at one point in this movie\n", "be quirky or bleak\n", "juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "muddled and\n", "mind and spirit\n", "bogged down\n", "as this may be to believe\n", "insultingly simplistic\n", "in the voices of men and women\n", "fabulous\n", "a strong-minded viewpoint , or\n", "of everyone\n", "while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "god is love\n", "topple\n", "spiritual survival\n", "gaunt\n", "the most positive thing\n", "achieves despite that breadth\n", "begins with promise , but\n", ", slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .\n", "the believable\n", "of the large-screen format\n", "all its plot twists\n", "attracting audiences to unfaithful\n", "stylish sizzle\n", ", -lrb- but -rrb- there is n't much about k-19 that 's unique or memorable .\n", "misunderstood career\n", "the resourceful amnesiac\n", "low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography ,\n", "standup\n", "'s face is -rrb- an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots\n", "moral conflict jockey\n", "choquart 's\n", "here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah .\n", "old problems\n", "from paul 's perspective\n", "a long line\n", "brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him .\n", "very compelling ,\n", "boring talking heads\n", "rough-hewn vanity project\n", "find it baffling\n", "perfectly inoffensive and harmless\n", "loathsome\n", "son of the bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .\n", "pretty contagious\n", "with too much exploitation and too little art\n", "how i killed my father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only it never melts .\n", "tom shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it\n", "tasty morsels\n", "than in extreme ops\n", "they 're forced to follow .\n", "in the nation\n", "it starts to become good\n", "an experience\n", "has decided to stand still\n", "more vaudeville\n", "usual intelligence and subtlety\n", "indian\n", ", ugly , irritating\n", "is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers\n", "a shocking lack of irony\n", "this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history\n", "and two smoking barrels\n", "as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia\n", "aggravating and\n", "in the parking lot\n", "untalented people\n", "leigh is n't breaking new ground ,\n", "occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies\n", "bring something new\n", "would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "been 20 years since 48 hrs\n", "pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .\n", "she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb-\n", "elysian fields\n", "if you like peace , you 'll like promises .\n", "a class\n", "instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel\n", "conventional , but\n", "all the good intentions\n", "the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and\n", "something of a stiff\n", "tiresome as 9\n", "in addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , ballistic : ecks vs. sever also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .\n", "john carpenter 's\n", "of action , cheese , ham and cheek\n", "cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .\n", "of consequence\n", "another first-rate performance\n", "which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway\n", "then only as a very mild rental\n", "chocolate milk\n", "felt performances\n", "levy\n", "the changing composition of the nation\n", "a beautiful paean to a time\n", "make movies and watch them\n", "is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .\n", "bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", "reflective and beautifully\n", "invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets\n", "these two literary figures\n", "sometimes flags\n", "every shot\n", "what i was expecting\n", "tiny little jokes and\n", "sanitised and\n", "deep deceptions\n", "finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions\n", "a summer of good stuff\n", "plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia\n", "do n't care to understand\n", "with the inescapable conclusion\n", "our most basic emotions\n", "funny bones tickled\n", "each and every one of abagnale 's antics\n", "in a coma-like state\n", "director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill\n", "great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along .\n", "stalking men with guns though\n", "around midnight\n", "allowing us to find the small , human moments , and\n", "-lrb- westbrook -rrb-\n", "one demographic while\n", "all its strange quirks\n", "you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves\n", "never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle\n", "take nothing\n", "that even freeman ca n't save it\n", "be much funnier than anything\n", "snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie\n", "emerge dazed ,\n", "alfred hitchcock 's\n", "in its title in january\n", "polanski 's best film\n", "'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .\n", "considerable power\n", "not only one of the best gay love stories ever made\n", "logic or continuity\n", "both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "inquisitive film\n", "fair share\n", "unblinkingly pure as the hours\n", "cricket\n", "a sardonic verve\n", "charles dickens could be so light-hearted ?\n", "close to recovering from its demented premise\n", "also a\n", "is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory\n", "adaptation is intricately constructed\n", "new plot\n", "a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "coffee table\n", "its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia\n", "from the ages\n", "it does n't work as either .\n", "that works better the less the brain is engaged\n", "innocent yet\n", "theatrical air\n", "takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer\n", "every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment\n", "entertainment destination\n", "all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat\n", "schemes\n", "is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life\n", "in a trash can\n", "marker the essayist at work\n", "what is virtually absent\n", ", but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special .\n", "is also beautifully acted\n", "with promise\n", "french connection\n", ", the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .\n", "boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape\n", "story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre\n", "eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights\n", "emotionally manipulative and\n", "object lesson\n", "serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool\n", "to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story\n", "bode well\n", "the kind of dramatic unity that transports you\n", "jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts .\n", "triple\n", "with an appropriate minimum of means\n", "a typical bible killer story\n", "takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors\n", "a giant pile\n", "feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake .\n", "extraordinarily rich\n", "interpersonal\n", "the internet and the otherworldly energies\n", "interesting slice\n", "worrying\n", "puts a human face\n", "a solid sci-fi thriller\n", "so many silent movies , newsreels and the like\n", "really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "it is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "bros. giant chuck jones\n", "as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin\n", "particularly the\n", "movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family\n", "it 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after .\n", "is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses\n", "than this\n", "sequel opening\n", "the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama\n", "schmaltzy and\n", "he has crafted with harris goldberg\n", "a riveting story well told .\n", "remarkably original\n", "by some freudian puppet\n", "of love , longing , and voting\n", "have potential as a cult film\n", "i 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved\n", "you 're likely to see all year .\n", "has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety\n", "every now and again\n", ", expressive\n", "more recyclable than significant\n", "sexploitation\n", "afflicts\n", "the new age\n", "'s both charming\n", "leaving off with a grand whimper\n", "implosion\n", "a college keg party\n", "of automatic gunfire\n", "seriously\n", "that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "a detective story and\n", "strangely sinister happy ending\n", "it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen\n", "originality , humour and pathos\n", "a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality\n", "trying to grab a lump of play-doh\n", "to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over\n", "whose teeth\n", "also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,\n", "gets there\n", "watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad\n", "the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .\n", "earn their uplift\n", "nesbitt 's\n", "live together\n", "cornball\n", "-lrb- macdowell -rrb- ventures beyond her abilities\n", "is out\n", "lies ...\n", "outer-space\n", "` uhhh\n", "does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .\n", "purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it\n", "in contrived , well-worn situations\n", "it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .\n", "then the film is a pleasant enough dish .\n", "laws\n", "the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability\n", "-lrb- l -rrb-\n", "your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first film .\n", "the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ...\n", "lee 's character\n", "creepy-crawly\n", "autocritique\n", "a confusing melange\n", "lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting\n", "due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue\n", "that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest\n", "comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has\n", "into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality\n", "short of wonderful\n", "no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation\n", "a lot on how interesting and likable you find them\n", "the century\n", "to modernize and reconceptualize things\n", "of a ` bad ' police shooting\n", "like time fillers between surf shots\n", "solid storytelling .\n", "somewhere in the story of matthew shepard\n", "who helped\n", "best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .\n", "the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time\n", "be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise .\n", "the life\n", "of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth\n", "at times , all\n", "theological matters aside\n", "do , too little time to do it in\n", "nifty premise\n", "mild-mannered farce\n", "except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character\n", "rent the original\n", "of the human condition\n", "thematic mumbo jumbo\n", "fleshed-out enough to build any interest\n", "-lrb- hayek -rrb- throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto\n", "creativity , and fearlessness\n", "protagonist alice\n", "a world of artistic abandon\n", "the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .\n", "will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .\n", "can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "masculine persona\n", "about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "a more graceful way\n", "holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing\n", "its creator 's comic voice\n", "a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky\n", "it can do even more damage\n", "as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum .\n", "what once was conviction is now affectation\n", "extreme-sports\n", "not only 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freudianism\n", "fiendishly\n", "ca n't be dismissed as mindless\n", "this easily skippable hayseeds-vs\n", "'s got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease\n", "left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism\n", "indulges in the worst elements of all of them .\n", "underneath us\n", "empire\n", "thoroughly awful\n", "harrowing and uplifting\n", "an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb- of history\n", "predictable outcome\n", "of photos\n", "huge mess\n", "enacted\n", "situates it\n", "a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable .\n", "sensuous and spirited tale\n", "comes from the heart\n", "half past dead\n", "of its own ironic implications\n", "be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming -lrb- without a thick shmear of the goo , at least -rrb-\n", "with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long\n", "well established\n", "military system\n", "relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "it 's not original enough .\n", "is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "on a nicholas sparks best seller\n", "all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors\n", "is a somber trip worth taking .\n", "thinking the only reason\n", "perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator\n", "from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan\n", "taking your expectations\n", "amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise\n", "who never seems aware of his own coolness\n", "never quite justifies its own existence\n", "a visual style unique and inherent\n", "the choice\n", "even fans of ismail merchant 's work\n", "like the proper cup of tea\n", "closed-door hanky-panky\n", "rosenthal -lrb- halloween ii -rrb-\n", "the series ' message\n", "to themselves\n", "does n't have much to say beyond the news\n", "nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced\n", ", it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair\n", "loses all\n", "your orientation\n", "perfect in their roles\n", "aground\n", "on great scares and a good surprise ending\n", "of those staggeringly well-produced\n", "near-miss\n", "creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer\n", "as the repressed mother on boston public just\n", "just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .\n", "every potential twist\n", "of these gross\n", "reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .\n", "amusedly\n", "a man in drag\n", "normal\n", "galan -lrb- a first-time actor -rrb-\n", "the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .\n", "my husband is travis bickle\n", "all its excess debris\n", "have much else\n", "it all seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk .\n", "his indian love call to jeanette macdonald has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest\n", "it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni .\n", "good documentarian\n", "manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", ", sometimes indulgent\n", "heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start\n", "so resoundingly\n", "is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions\n", ", that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .\n", "is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences\n", "the film is well-intentioned\n", "threshold\n", "care about the thousands of americans who die hideously\n", "the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station\n", "should be ingratiating\n", "fertile\n", "the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft\n", "the living hell out of you\n", "almost as much as they love themselves\n", "these guys\n", "the intrigue\n", "a major waste ... generic\n", "does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre .\n", "wonder of wonders --\n", "that remains vividly in memory long\n", "owe nicolas cage an apology .\n", "by the artsy and often pointless visuals\n", "aan opportunity\n", "a leaden script\n", "porcelain empire\n", "as compelling\n", ", entertaining thriller\n", "as it has been with all the films in the series\n", "too heavy for all that has preceded it\n", "sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw\n", "war-ravaged\n", "underdramatized but overstated film\n", "have felt like a cheat\n", "painful ride\n", "zinger-filled\n", "an awfully good , achingly human picture .\n", "slight to be called any kind of masterpiece\n", "a rehash of every gangster movie from the past decade .\n", "with brooms and\n", "the original ringu with the current americanized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii\n", "your average bond\n", "a strange new world\n", "that stubbornly refused to gel\n", "and -lrb- too -rrb- short\n", "sopranos\n", "than political activists\n", "the self-serious equilibrium\n", "with more questions than answers\n", "from new york series\n", "the mind and spirit\n", "barney videos\n", "the ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers\n", "imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen\n", "starting with spielberg\n", "a tragedy ,\n", "spark or two\n", "two hours better\n", "blushing\n", "the hardy spirit of cuban music\n", "says he has to\n", "need a playful respite\n", "then proceeds to flop\n", "cumulative\n", "is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \\*\\*\\*\\* .\n", "even more predictable\n", "single iota\n", "in this instance\n", "cuban\n", "raison\n", "those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party\n", "parental failings\n", "rea\n", "fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement\n", "director charles stone iii\n", "the heart\n", "i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .\n", "its midst\n", "a sieve\n", "a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts .\n", "was a fad that had long since vanished\n", "it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "of equilibrium\n", "thump through it\n", "a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie\n", "a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments\n", "`` the quiet american '' begins in saigon in 1952 .\n", ", you can not separate them .\n", "as some of the better drug-related pictures\n", "much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature\n", "when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra\n", "how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence\n", "true and historically significant\n", "of allied soldiers\n", "to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "to be missing\n", "cult classic\n", "it has some problems\n", "the boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei ,\n", "that watching it leaves you giddy\n", "takes too long to shake\n", "gives his best screen\n", "though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity\n", "shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images ,\n", "of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference\n", "is why anthony hopkins is in it .\n", "dirty\n", "disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ...\n", "clutches his chest\n", "is not ` who ?\n", "than ingenious\n", "the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing\n", "heard of chaplin\n", "you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater\n", "as a conversation starter\n", "marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits\n", "the stories work\n", "turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder\n", "buckaroo\n", "unaffected style\n", "demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested\n", "placing them in contrived , well-worn situations\n", "with some difficult relationships in the present\n", "high drama , disney-style\n", "'s pretty enjoyable\n", "great scares and a good surprise ending\n", "to stumble over\n", "it looks like an action movie\n", "garnered\n", "why not watch a documentary ?\n", "entertaining comedy\n", "dramatic constructs\n", "lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving\n", "a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture\n", "and fragmentary tale\n", "kinda wrong\n", "safe conduct is anything but languorous .\n", "involves us in the unfolding crisis\n", "campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .\n", "interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy\n", "naturalism\n", "often surprising twists\n", "moral code\n", "grows on you --\n", "ame and unnecessary\n", "was immensely enjoyable\n", "the season than the picture\n", "unsavory\n", "thousand-times - before movie\n", "is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .\n", "who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door\n", "than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse\n", "underutilized\n", "a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community .\n", "previous titles\n", "with `` difficult '' movies\n", "amusing little catch\n", "engrossing\n", "carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders\n", "that makes it attractive throughout\n", "feels impersonal , almost generic\n", "arrive early and stay late ,\n", "a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence .\n", "tediously bad\n", "the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked\n", "sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters\n", "donna\n", "murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie , but it 's a perfectly acceptable widget\n", "secretary\n", "should move quickly\n", "decided lack\n", "in period costume and with a bigger budget .\n", "i sort of loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them .\n", "soft porn brian de palma\n", "provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer\n", "tv outing\n", "clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence .\n", "sleep\n", "amy\n", "unerring\n", "retreat and pee\n", "the salton sea has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety .\n", "a sense of his audience\n", "an important movie , or\n", "it 's so laddish and juvenile\n", "proof of this\n", "no-holds-barred cinematic\n", "the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story\n", "small town regret , love , duty and friendship\n", "on this movie\n", "toward the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "as its central character\n", "cage\n", "alarms for duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks .\n", ", it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .\n", "is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .\n", "after an all-night tequila bender\n", "david weissman and bill weber\n", ": resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been .\n", "pornographic\n", "might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .\n", "watching the events unfold\n", "colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .\n", "to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had\n", "the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people\n", "two-wrongs-make-a-right\n", "its stars\n", "like acid\n", "be depressing ,\n", "escaped\n", "strong arguments\n", "none of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond , but much of it is good for a laugh\n", "wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes ,\n", "music video\n", "a sentimentalist\n", "the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake\n", "are you wo n't , either\n", "to go down with a ship as leaky as this\n", ", assuming that ... the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly .\n", "by its predictability\n", "has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "is wondrously creative\n", "'ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .\n", "no affinity for most of the characters\n", "already thin\n", "look at life in contemporary china .\n", "the shipping news\n", "this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario\n", "pallid\n", "get you thinking , ` are we there\n", "to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style\n", "'s no doubting\n", "the obvious voyeuristic potential\n", "exciting plot\n", "know an orc from a uruk-hai .\n", "authentic christmas spirit\n", "throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face\n", "never comes together\n", "marshall 's\n", "who has ever seen an independent film\n", "exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song\n", "renowned filmmaker\n", "life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities\n", "will enjoy it\n", "hollywood style\n", "you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "only eight surviving members show up\n", "cinematic punishment\n", "tell you how tedious ,\n", "a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle\n", "about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl\n", "and poorly-constructed comedy\n", "odd\n", "'s an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter\n", "to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice\n", "his head\n", "sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .\n", "to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past\n", "its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .\n", "that is surprisingly enjoyable\n", "was reportedly rewritten a dozen times\n", "love , longing\n", "anne fontaine\n", "a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation\n", "fred schepisi 's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality\n", "in terms\n", "is being dubbed\n", "of watching them\n", "the annoying score\n", "write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody\n", "own direction\n", "is told as the truth\n", "welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two\n", "down by hit-and-miss topical humour\n", "david 's\n", "to get through\n", "read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia\n", "wonder bread dipped in milk\n", "wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs\n", "is a silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp through horror and hellish conditions\n", "wal-mart checkout line\n", "some interesting results\n", "original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .\n", "the stills\n", "movie competition\n", "blair and posey\n", "`` the kid stays in the picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat .\n", "is nobility of a sort\n", "unrelated shorts\n", "one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective\n", "highly\n", "otherwise appalling , and\n", "entirely suspenseful\n", "of aristocrats\n", "the achingly unfunny phonce and\n", "seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool ,\n", "worked up\n", "of jaglom 's films\n", "all the eroticism of a good vampire tale\n", "never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .\n", "first two\n", "fans of so-bad-they 're\n", "worst titles\n", "self-amused\n", "praying\n", "this orgasm\n", "of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow\n", "idiosyncratic humor\n", "of pop-music history\n", "uninspired story\n", "rollicking good time\n", "a comedy graveyard\n", "kilt\n", "no good answer\n", "director abdul malik abbott\n", "tsai 's -rrb-\n", "to your lover when you wake up in the morning\n", "a well-made evocation\n", "it also rocks .\n", "an average kid-empowerment fantasy\n", "described as ` belgium 's national treasure\n", "affects\n", "a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .\n", "south korean\n", "the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "to leave the lot\n", "the dustbin\n", "unhinged\n", "'s consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but ,\n", "refreshingly clear\n", "suspiciously familiar\n", "significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old\n", "of john woo bullet ballet\n", "excessively quirky and a little underconfident\n", "find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology\n", "thornberry\n", "do all three quite well ,\n", "an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama .\n", "well-edited\n", "may have meant the internet short saving ryan 's privates .\n", "one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher ,\n", "one actor\n", "of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear\n", "of an adoring , wide-smiling reception\n", "the computer and the cool\n", "congratulate himself\n", "it should be interesting\n", "supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter\n", "large cast\n", "adrian lyne 's\n", "shocks\n", "more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive\n", "leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "fear and\n", "with a confrontational stance , todd solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families .\n", "a stab at soccer hooliganism ,\n", "getting the better of obnoxious adults\n", "the dominant christine\n", "there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right .\n", "bebe neuwirth\n", "german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes\n", "the two\n", "mechanical\n", "twirls\n", "makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .\n", "nonchalantly freaky\n", "dilutes\n", "care about the characters\n", "has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame .\n", ", more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .\n", "a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese .\n", "emptiness one\n", "it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge\n", "gives viewers\n", "the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and\n", "it par for the course for disney sequels\n", "a more generic effort in the genre\n", "over many months\n", "will all but\n", "the essence of broadway\n", "serenity and\n", "all the spaces\n", "powerful and satisfying\n", "rocky-like\n", "to women\n", "elusive , lovely place\n", "tongue-in-cheek attitude\n", "dead-eye\n", "to his pulpy thrillers\n", "stephen\n", "yellow asphalt\n", "the film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters .\n", "that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and\n", "a small movie\n", "go with this claustrophobic concept\n", "and ms. seldhal\n", "assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties .\n", "... most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned . ''\n", "drag the movie down\n", "protect the code\n", "the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense .\n", ", lingering death\n", "by epps\n", "as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza\n", "sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard .\n", "sa da tay !\n", "risky venture\n", "set in the late 15th century\n", "america 's\n", "a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by one 's mother\n", "life interestingly\n", "of pre-9 \\/ 11 new york and\n", "a silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp\n", "the population\n", "this charmer\n", "of a show forged in still-raw emotions\n", "a piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness\n", "of its oscar nomination\n", "the characters who surround frankie\n", "fabulousness\n", "rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "almost perpetually wasted characters\n", "throwaway\n", "strays past the two and a half mark\n", "is sometimes funnier than being about something\n", "and overall strangeness\n", "fantastic\n", "hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms\n", "secret life\n", "other psychologically\n", "19 stays\n", "sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '\n", ", what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?\n", "french psychological drama\n", "the zest\n", "on purpose\n", "and butterflies that die \\/\n", "can not separate them\n", "'s the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge\n", "the evil dead\n", "a movie without an apparent audience\n", "to nostalgia\n", "lin chung 's -rrb- voice is rather unexceptional\n", "expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street .\n", "satisfying conclusions\n", "112-minute\n", "often tender ,\n", "seek and\n", ", without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision\n", "of the viewer\n", "routine action and jokes like this\n", "was n't all that great to begin with\n", "with no good inside dope , and no particular bite\n", "bumbling american\n", "welled up in my eyes both times\n", "this feature\n", "a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made\n", "stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours\n", "and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans\n", "back at blockbuster\n", "a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology\n", "a subtitled french movie\n", "impatient\n", "live up to the exalted tagline\n", "housing\n", "seem odd bedfellows\n", "as plain and pedestrian as catsup\n", "this nervy oddity ,\n", "crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality\n", "x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average ,\n", "pellington 's\n", "to consider what we value in our daily lives\n", "insiders and\n", "paul cox 's\n", "as underwater ghost stories go\n", "have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way\n", "the butt of its own joke\n", "a speedy swan dive\n", "too interested to care\n", "being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "funnier .\n", "qual\n", "an empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility .\n", "of all movies\n", "the predictability\n", "has missed anything\n", "flavorful\n", "the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances\n", "a grittily beautiful film that looks\n", "further and further\n", "an easy watch , except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .\n", "go , girls , right down the reality drain\n", "'s lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay\n", "unbearably lame .\n", "the 1.2 million palestinians\n", "pro or\n", "provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .\n", "overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm .\n", "keeps this pretty watchable ,\n", "slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty\n", "an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you\n", "-- and some staggeringly boring cinema .\n", "uneasy bonds\n", "that suck the audience in\n", "of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities\n", "auteil 's\n", "the protagonists struggled\n", "a mediocre movie\n", "have an original bone in his body\n", "gets to you .\n", "the man and\n", "obligatory outbursts\n", "been trying to forget\n", "two-hour running time\n", "swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard\n", "but never less than pure wankery .\n", "everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?\n", "succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .\n", "satire lucky break was aiming for\n", "with a little more attention paid to the animation\n", "who latches onto him\n", "should be relegated to a dark video store corner\n", "this traditional thriller\n", "even if you do n't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .\n", "fluid motion\n", ", almost makes this movie worth seeing .\n", "a cinematic misdemeanor\n", "to anyone willing to succumb\n", "stands as one of the great films about movie love\n", "of berlin\n", "it 's just too dry and too placid\n", "unsympathetic\n", "a rich historical subject\n", "fortify this turgid fable\n", "a tearjerker\n", "brimming with coltish , neurotic energy\n", "berry 's saucy\n", "franchise sequel\n", "fogging up the screen\n", "10\n", "saw quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "between a sweet smile and an angry bark\n", "culture only\n", "`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws ,\n", "there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .\n", "traffic scribe gaghan\n", "devastating indictment\n", "is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking\n", "the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .\n", "ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '\n", "own way\n", "a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration\n", "at existing photos\n", "past tragedy\n", "sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act .\n", "blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star\n", "a truly frightening situation\n", "an unforgettable\n", "roll movie\n", "some special qualities and\n", "the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "gave me\n", "often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments\n", ", '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''\n", "a plethora of characters in this picture\n", "a smashing success\n", "officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny .\n", "of all ages\n", ", carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .\n", "like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with\n", "the film is a fierce dance of destruction .\n", "very stilted in its dialogue\n", "in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .\n", "make creative contributions\n", "the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "a good woman\n", "in its epiphanies\n", "of christianity\n", "rather simplistic\n", "updating\n", "make\n", "repulsive\n", "a prostitute\n", "nothing more than four or five mild chuckles\n", "memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter .\n", "done before but never so vividly\n", "its raucous intent\n", "really stupid\n", "make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable\n", "an erotic thriller\n", "video ,\n", "puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers .\n", "thriller\\/horror\n", "the thrill of the chill\n", "numbers '\n", "is static , stilted\n", "that its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore\n", "through on-camera interviews\n", "90-plus\n", "than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but\n", "watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy\n", "care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but\n", "the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and 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fluttering and stammering and\n", "reassuring manner\n", "visually masterful\n", "as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries\n", "a fragile framework\n", "the edge of sanity\n", "few hours\n", "enough sardonic wit\n", "its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up .\n", "a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions\n", "weirdly , broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .\n", "into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality\n", "a subculture ,\n", "of jia with his family\n", "take an entirely stale concept and\n", "not only is it hokey\n", "seems worth the effort .\n", "do n't laugh\n", "creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .\n", "as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you\n", "has its moments\n", "original and insightful\n", "the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "bisexual\n", "a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy\n", "wins still\n", "an example of the haphazardness of evil\n", "the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers\n", "digital videotape rather than\n", "otherworldly energies\n", "was reportedly\n", "-- and long\n", "even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century .\n", "too much syrup\n", "spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .\n", "well-made\n", "with a moral\n", "all the religious and 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home , '\n", "kiddie entertainment ,\n", "dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder\n", "see the same old thing in a tired old setting\n", "a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as\n", "screen magic\n", "suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .\n", "suffocate\n", "of gaza\n", "the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated\n", "competently directed but terminally cute drama .\n", "of its making\n", "ball-and-chain\n", "disrobed most of the cast\n", "bugsy\n", "the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing\n", "will quite likely be more like hell\n", "that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket\n", "a 95-minute commercial for nba properties\n", "soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich ,\n", "it did n't entirely grab me\n", "head and shoulders\n", "balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness ,\n", "we 've seen it all before in one form or another\n", "will worm its way there .\n", "a bumper\n", "vicious as its characters\n", "'s a casual intelligence that permeates the script\n", "propelled by the acting\n", "milking\n", "budding demons\n", ", colorful world\n", "warmth and humor\n", "is schematic and obvious .\n", "that might be best forgotten\n", "stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom\n", "sugar-coated\n", "say beyond the news\n", "car-wreck\n", "notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour\n", "all awkward ,\n", "gets violently gang-raped\n", "had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility\n", "will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution ,\n", "allegiance\n", "sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding\n", ", it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest .\n", "generically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish .\n", "discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically\n", "just another disjointed\n", "murk\n", "most remarkable\n", "drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story .\n", "drama and\n", "hackneyed and\n", "tightened\n", "instructive\n", "it 's bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction .\n", "be bored by as your abc 's\n", "the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie\n", "dip in jerry bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .\n", "plimpton\n", "a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor\n", "too impressed with its own solemn insights\n", "theatres\n", "tough-man contest\n", "dullness\n", "amiably\n", "on the screen , just for them\n", "their time -lrb- including mine -rrb-\n", "is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday\n", "like a hippopotamus ballerina\n", "proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .\n", "blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances\n", "'s harmless , diverting fluff .\n", "capture the effect of these tragic deaths\n", "take for granted in most films are mishandled here .\n", "may prove to be -lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece .\n", "tempting alternatives\n", "immensely appealing couple\n", "the son 's\n", "it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances\n", "against humanity\n", "for one of the worst movies of one year\n", "american and\n", "since freddy got fingered\n", "go see this movie with my sisters\n", "madness and\n", "so much as\n", "show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "two star script\n", "decide which character\n", "knows the mistakes\n", "meandering , low on energy\n", "constrictive eisenhower era\n", "they might\n", "envious\n", "-lrb- jackson and bledel -rrb-\n", "vividly\n", "you free\n", "ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue\n", "the woman\n", "riveted\n", "drowns out\n", "suck up to this project\n", "has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market .\n", "did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?\n", "faithful portraiture\n", "excuse to eat popcorn\n", "'s a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but .\n", "is not only the best date movie of the year\n", "that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving\n", "that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "placing them\n", "difficult task\n", "must indeed\n", "concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving\n", "for a more immediate mystery in the present\n", "distractions\n", "the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun .\n", "between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy\n", "it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .\n", "one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation .\n", "lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .\n", "then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision\n", "for rain\n", "trembling and gratitude\n", "kitchen-sink\n", "takes one character\n", "neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .\n", "no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half\n", "the only time 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target\n", "big fat greek wedding look\n", "the definition\n", "these ambitions , 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your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on .\n", "'s better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role .\n", "been sitting still\n", "high-concept sci fi adventures\n", "pearl harbor\n", "the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed\n", "to a certain extent\n", "magnificent jackie chan\n", "one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout ,\n", "hooks us completely\n", "it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate\n", "a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise\n", "funniest and most likeable movie\n", "is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out\n", "is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work .\n", "deeply absorbing piece\n", "there is n't much about k-19\n", "myrtle beach\n", "the folks who prepare\n", "than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "a thriller without a lot\n", "its lead 's\n", "cinematic\n", "its rewards\n", "despite the pyrotechnics\n", "a bad sign\n", "airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .\n", "traditional layers\n", "beautiful film to watch\n", "his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core\n", "first sight\n", "at moralizing\n", "by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .\n", "is easier\n", "notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips\n", "color or\n", "atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation\n", "tadpole ' was one of the films so declared this year , but it 's really more of the next pretty good thing .\n", "one of the best of a growing strain of daring films ...\n", "the promise of the romantic angle\n", "same love story\n", "the highs and lows\n", "about a boy\n", "said\n", "the profoundly devastating events of one year ago\n", "the product of loving\n", "ounce\n", "one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois\n", "even if the screenplay falls somewhat short\n", "a vivid , spicy footnote to history\n", "as they may be\n", "worth your seven bucks\n", "learns her place as a girl ,\n", "as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature\n", "crane 's\n", "a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "defiance\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue\n", "of masochism\n", "exactly how bad it is\n", "fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching\n", "psyche\n", "twinkly-eyed\n", "feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work\n", "an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves\n", "adults ,\n", "luckiest stroke\n", "light , silly , photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time .\n", "true to his principles\n", "sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act\n", "familiar tale\n", "despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .\n", "its share of arresting images\n", "is , also , frequently hilarious .\n", "prominent\n", "the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding ,\n", "kang\n", "once again strands his 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the circumstantial situation\n", "really adorable italian guys .\n", "delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower .\n", "offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles\n", "blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time\n", "sloppy , amusing comedy\n", "should bolster director and co-writer\n", "translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but\n", "the tinny self-righteousness\n", "it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking\n", ", you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .\n", "very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives\n", "of stunning images and effects\n", "has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just\n", "'s the element of 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themselves .\n", "recycled\n", "interesting but constantly unfulfilling\n", "nod in agreement\n", "an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence .\n", "no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story .\n", "the latter experience\n", "macdowell -rrb-\n", "dullingly\n", "aerial shots\n", "a very funny romantic comedy\n", "from any other\n", "a hint of joy ,\n", "belt out ``\n", "those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s\n", "his 12th oscar nomination\n", "covers just\n", "to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people\n", "yet , it still works .\n", "lifetime network\n", "are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .\n", "taken away\n", "the film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ... drag the movie down .\n", "capable thriller\n", "is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's 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actress in a role\n", "without talent\n", "an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way\n", "it is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .\n", "brash and mainly unfunny\n", "slo-mo gun firing\n", "big fights\n", "of such reflections\n", "seduces oscar\n", "creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .\n", "a minor miracle of self-expression\n", "will probably make you angry\n", "very definition\n", "have the patience for it\n", "just want to string the bastard up .\n", "of perspective\n", "`` serious issues ''\n", "impress about e.t.\n", "humor and a heartfelt conviction\n", "a beautiful , aching sadness to it all\n", "this is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer .\n", "movie fun\n", "slick\n", "his for the taking\n", "is both a snore and utter tripe .\n", "poetic symbolism\n", "as a block of snow\n", "to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting\n", "as any of david\n", "raging\n", "'s `` rollerball\n", "begins to describe the plot and its complications\n", "acting and indifferent\n", "a bumbling american in europe\n", "hackneyed concepts\n", "it 's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins .\n", "convoluted\n", "stevenon\n", "interminably\n", "to his first name\n", ", secretly unhinged\n", "a simplistic narrative and\n", "are lush and inventive\n", "no unifying rhythm or visual style\n", "hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected\n", "approached the usher\n", "american pie\n", "can push on through the slow spots\n", "to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent\n", "this mistaken-identity picture\n", "rethink\n", "tonal transformation\n", "a-team\n", "that frustrates and captivates\n", "deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is\n", "a talking head documentary ,\n", "the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure\n", "it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness\n", "separate adventure\n", "a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "prevalent\n", "reshaping\n", ", rather chaotic\n", "of social upheaval\n", "boisterous , heartfelt comedy\n", "as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "in-your-face family drama and black comedy\n", "japan\n", "just how much more grueling and time-consuming\n", "out mediocre\n", "one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages\n", "about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying ,\n", "champagne\n", "low on both suspense and payoff\n", "understand\n", "totally lacking\n", "is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "has made a decent ` intro ' documentary\n", "rise-and-fall tale\n", "seems to want both ,\n", "expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness\n", ", innocuous and unremarkable\n", "the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas\n", "lie down\n", "offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing .\n", "great actors hamming it up\n", "leaks out of the movie\n", "a coming-of-age film\n", "in a major movie\n", "descends into sub-tarantino cuteness\n", "you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .\n", "flat as a spoof\n", "'s less of a problem here\n", "sorority boys '' was funnier\n", "wins you over\n", "on that score\n", "silberling had the best intentions here\n", "hackery\n", "zhang 's forte\n", "trimmings\n", "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 ,\n", "in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .\n", "than to the original story\n", "a culture-clash comedy that ,\n", "do not involve a dentist drill\n", "gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality\n", "of condescension\n", "hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story\n", "but be warned\n", "bogus story\n", "franz kafka would have made\n", "warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people\n", "le besco -rrb-\n", "it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .\n", "aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "... they missed the boat .\n", "if this is cinema\n", "acknowledging the places , and the people ,\n", "see another car chase , explosion or gunfight\n", "political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen\n", "speculation\n", "'s a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .\n", "about a family of sour immortals\n", "fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy .\n", "than barbershop\n", "structure and\n", "mouthpieces ,\n", "with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley\n", ", madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .\n", "an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films , and\n", "much of the lady and the duke\n", "are tired\n", "denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .\n", "the finish line winded but still\n", "it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation\n", "the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .\n", "martin scorcese 's gangs\n", "the moment takes them\n", "comes through even when the movie does n't\n", "shred it\n", "a vivid , sometimes surreal , glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior .\n", "what 's available is lovely and lovable\n", "hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth\n", "authentic , and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .\n", "is just the point\n", "a good music documentary , probably one of the best since the last waltz\n", "is working properly\n", "directed by charles stone iii ...\n", "real visual charge\n", "a masterpiece -- and\n", "humming\n", "an engrossing thriller\n", "the usual , more somber festival entries\n", "`` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face .\n", "adventure and a worthwhile environmental message\n", "tsai ming-liang 's\n", "evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s\n", "masquerading\n", "that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank\n", "the transgressive trappings -lrb- especially the frank sex scenes -rrb- ensure that the film is never dull\n", "hang a soap opera on\n", "seductiveness\n", "one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience\n", ", paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .\n", "an overripe episode\n", "to sag in certain places\n", "as a historical study and\n", ", waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .\n", "successful\n", "something-borrowed construction\n", "rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .\n", "hoods\n", "as such\n", "the crazy things\n", "is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival\n", "is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey .\n", "'s an opera movie for the buffs .\n", "is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death .\n", "of disparate funny moments of no real consequence\n", "star-power\n", "thoroughly formulaic film\n", "spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .\n", "out of you\n", "its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock -lrb- since sept. 11 -rrb- .\n", "his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles\n", "'s a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear\n", "is grossly contradictory\n", "between chan and hewitt\n", "mockumentary format\n", "stand-up comedy\n", "as happy listening to movies\n", "of such hollywood\n", "'s equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started\n", "by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's ,\n", "the film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .\n", "the otherworldly energies\n", "as the works of an artist\n", "it rhapsodizes\n", "deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .\n", "in relationships or work\n", "`` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it\n", "humor and bite\n", "sometimes dry\n", "in all its director 's cut glory\n", "i 've ever seen in the many film\n", "of fashion\n", "depends largely on your appetite for canned corn .\n", "ub\n", "a few new swings\n", "self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and\n", "is only\n", "no french people were harmed during the making of this movie\n", "featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .\n", "languidly paced ,\n", "watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .\n", "creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "everyman 's\n", "the story has its redundancies\n", "organizing\n", "on the edge\n", "of space\n", "be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie\n", "that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "be `` last tango in paris '' but\n", "with infinitely more grace and eloquence\n", "does have a center , though a morbid one .\n", "the film with a skateboard\n", "a rather frightening examination\n", "inadvertent\n", "expect and\n", "inane and\n", "has done the nearly impossible .\n", "is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost\n", "despite hoffman 's best efforts , wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher\n", "could have expected a little more human being , and a little less product .\n", "succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work\n", "clear and reliable an authority\n", "such a mesmerizing one\n", "the huge stuff in life\n", "restraint and a delicate ambiguity\n", "their often heartbreaking testimony\n", "quality cinema\n", "jie\n", "and bold colors\n", "to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering\n", "outside of burger 's desire to make some kind of film\n", "the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters .\n", "runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem\n", "crucial\n", "much a home\n", "idiom\n", "world war ii action\n", "recreation\n", "comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary\n", "but only\n", "a festival film\n", "it was a century and a half ago\n", "have made a point or two regarding life\n", "slaps together his own brand of liberalism\n", "in the stomach\n", "of lame entertainment\n", "contrived banter\n", "the rails\n", "to the road warrior\n", "discount\n", "with cardboard characters and performers\n", "even himself ,\n", "set in renaissance spain , and the fact\n", "laws ,\n", "devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama\n", "human blood\n", ", we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos .\n", "he 's dissecting\n", "to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs\n", "for small favors\n", "utilizes\n", "into corny sentimentality\n", "letterman with a clinical eye\n", "boasts some tart tv-insider humor\n", "provide its keenest pleasures\n", ", ` swept away ' sinks .\n", "friday in miami\n", "as roman polanski 's the pianist\n", "the bizarre as the film winds down\n", "too-frosty\n", "those unfamiliar with mormon traditions\n", "most plain , unimaginative\n", "summer popcorn movie\n", "an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson\n", "to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart\n", "opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn\n", "of the contemporary music business\n", "a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life\n", "a single stroke\n", "i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up\n", "hereby\n", "of the man\n", "vulnerable\n", "the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well ; a movie , like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows\n", "it to get made\n", "wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements\n", "borrows from\n", "types\n", "'s understanding of the expressive power of the camera\n", "too bad\n", "the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father\n", "'s far too fleeting\n", "delicate\n", "an endless trailer\n", "enormously enjoyable\n", "favored\n", "is an encouraging debut feature but\n", "films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature\n", "breathtaking mystery\n", "her considerable talents\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .\n", "sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic\n", "nelson 's intentions are good\n", "comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild\n", "less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy\n", "strangely hollow at its emotional core\n", "playboy\n", "such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me\n", "taylor 's\n", "long after you leave the theater\n", "could make with a decent budget\n", "schepisi 's\n", "infinite\n", "is dreary and sluggish\n", "comfortably\n", "maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling\n", "asks\n", "ineffective\n", "a more balanced or fair portrayal\n", "in the guilty pleasure b-movie category\n", "always looks good\n", "the following year\n", "static set ups\n", "entertained\n", "low-key labor\n", "eat the whole thing up\n", "wondered what kind of houses those people live in\n", "a wing and\n", "little emotional resonance\n", "one senses\n", "little number\n", "life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad\n", "the sea '\n", "you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard .\n", "thanks to great performances\n", "forum\n", "style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story\n", ", it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .\n", "may prove to be -lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece\n", "about issues most adults have to face in marriage\n", "gasp , shudder and\n", "settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea\n", "its awkward structure\n", "would he say\n", "in their version of the quiet american\n", "makes you feel like a chump\n", "directing style\n", "the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged\n", "though it inspires some -lrb- out-of-field -rrb- creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .\n", "generally mean-spirited\n", "fantasma\n", "is n't quite enough to drag along the dead -lrb- water -rrb- weight of the other\n", "man\n", "the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale\n", "than doting on its eccentric characters\n", "tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here\n", "one of those so-so films that could have been much better\n", "although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired\n", "cho 's timing is priceless .\n", "a truck ,\n", "could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .\n", "flick with antonio banderas\n", "of cultural and geographical displacement\n", "behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but\n", "cultural lines\n", "stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement\n", "secret\n", "woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken\n", "two-way\n", "not necessarily for the better\n", "allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue\n", "colour\n", "critics be damned .\n", "peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper\n", "straightforward text\n", "impressionable kid\n", "does n't need gangs of new york .\n", "an impenetrable and insufferable ball\n", "touching film\n", "rather thinly-conceived movie .\n", "cause parents a few sleepless hours\n", "a lot less time\n", "the hell cares\n", "descriptions suit evelyn\n", "extraordinary faith\n", "wait a second\n", "it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy ,\n", "art and life\n", "cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and\n", "are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .\n", "now i can see why people thought i was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies '' .\n", "scare any sane person away\n", "is a clear case of preaching to the converted\n", "previous\n", "intimate relationships\n", "it comes to the battle of hollywood vs. woo\n", "theory , sleight-of-hand ,\n", "trivialize the material\n", "spring-break\n", "is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated\n", "it 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but\n", "one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .\n", "like spall\n", "more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .\n", "allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly\n", "its situation\n", "for humor in so many teenage comedies\n", "the suavity or classical familiarity of bond\n", "wear over his head\n", "in both the writing and cutting\n", "less worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life and more time spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie .\n", "has not withered during his enforced hiatus\n", "mind the ticket cost\n", "spectacles\n", "has a certain ghoulish\n", "i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies !\n", "this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life .\n", "its new england characters\n", "zhang 's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house\n", "as history\n", "like the woman who inspired it\n", "than cloying\n", "the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long .\n", "is wickedly fun to watch\n", "the campaign-trail press , especially ones\n", "cassavetes thinks he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause ,\n", "parable\n", "of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent\n", "praise\n", "it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1.2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza .\n", "'s just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly\n", "labelled\n", "off-the-wall dialogue\n", "bypass\n", "shift\n", "a minimalist funeral\n", "jazzy score\n", "even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .\n", "too weak\n", "of russian history and culture\n", "bad at a fraction the budget\n", "imitating life or life imitating art\n", "the capable clayburgh and tambor\n", "after all these years\n", "hope not\n", "of a video director\n", "distinguish one sci-fi work\n", "besides its terrific performances\n", ", poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull\n", "toast comic book films\n", "losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar\n", "the fist is hilarious\n", "hard\n", "'ll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii\n", "will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .\n", "about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times\n", "it is a great film .\n", "of very bad scouse accents\n", "cameo-packed\n", "affinity\n", "the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but\n", "it 's the man that makes the clothes .\n", "love with a girl\n", "... is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality .\n", "plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting\n", "call reno\n", "oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique\n", "one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .\n", "female friendship that men can embrace and\n", "is not the director at his most sparkling\n", "would require another viewing\n", "darker unnerving\n", "the comedy equivalent\n", "might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach\n", "thoughtful , subjective filmmaking\n", "even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player\n", "signs is a good film , and\n", "rather unintentionally\n", "shock many with its unblinking frankness\n", "the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it .\n", "academic skullduggery and politics\n", "is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents\n", "sexual politics\n", "comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .\n", "stagy and\n", "not an actual story\n", "chasing amy '' and\n", "to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose\n", "martial-arts flick\n", "audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter\n", "product\n", "had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well\n", "same category\n", "accomplished\n", "`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , ''\n", "feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "its new sequel\n", "washington\n", "can 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 .\n", "the smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em - up ending comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense .\n", ", this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .\n", "like danny aiello\n", "from its red herring surroundings\n", "a performance that is masterly\n", "again , as in the animal --\n", "by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness\n", "bewitched that takes place during spring break\n", "examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do .\n", "with so much leniency\n", "irresistible , languid romanticism\n", "difficult for a longtime admirer of his work\n", "forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him\n", "is a given\n", "ramblings\n", "believe she is kahlo\n", "the husband ,\n", "own pasts\n", "days\n", "are often funny fanatics\n", "frustrates and captivates\n", "flow\n", "so unabashedly canadian\n", "you 've seen `` stomp ''\n", "the adventures of direct-to-video nash\n", "of pokemon\n", "do the punching\n", "his approach\n", "chaplin and kidman ,\n", "mutates\n", "as sorry\n", "exquisitely\n", "confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but\n", "a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet .\n", "women 's depression\n", "feel more\n", "barely shocking , barely interesting and most\n", "breezy\n", "be rapidly absorbed\n", "some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting\n", "comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible .\n", "audacity and\n", "has considerable charm\n", "1973 film\n", "of shenanigans and slapstick\n", "mr. twohy 's\n", "i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures , but\n", "pissed\n", "topics that could make a sailor blush -\n", "touts\n", "shows and\n", "would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .\n", "attract and sustain\n", "can wait till then\n", "as a one-hour tv documentary\n", "as part of the human condition\n", "it is there to give them a good time .\n", "there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain\n", "transforms one of -lrb- shakespeare 's -rrb- deepest tragedies\n", "'s fun for kids of any age .\n", "very amusing\n", "aggrandizing\n", "bearded lady\n", "blacked\n", "elegant and sly\n", "of the more overtly silly dialogue\n", "it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama\n", "mingles\n", "as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch\n", "targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic\n", "that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan\n", "an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything\n", "1984 -rrb-\n", "finally revel in its splendor\n", "our moviemakers do n't make often enough\n", "with awe\n", "by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss\n", "clyde barrow 's\n", "few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying\n", "getting under the skin of her characters\n", "of candid camera\n", "very few laughs and even less surprises\n", "unmistakable , easy joie\n", "no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original ,\n", "this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome\n", "about the character\n", "ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with\n", "filling nearly every minute ...\n", "is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "the general air\n", "usual movie rah-rah\n", "is so pedestrian\n", "allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .\n", "have all the answers\n", "of young adult life in urban south korea\n", "rapids\n", "its own self-referential hot air\n", "more likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .\n", "an interesting meditation\n", "a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent\n", "cinema fans\n", "more hackneyed elements\n", "one such beast\n", "wizardry\n", "people who are enthusiastic about something and then\n", "of a psycho\n", "muddled , trashy\n", "the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination\n", "to their characters\n", "would be a total washout\n", "being teenagers\n", "of low-budget filmmaking\n", "grasps\n", "the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them\n", "star power , a pop-induced score\n", "baader-meinhof\n", "can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .\n", "are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels\n", "i loved this film .\n", "not smart and not engaging\n", "expert comic timing\n", "look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .\n", "to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story\n", "generous , inspiring film\n", "full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing\n", "wacky concept\n", "cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh .\n", "the eccentric\n", ", especially with the weak payoff\n", "america , 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separate adventure ,\n", "because it seems obligatory\n", "the best ,\n", "in the '60s\n", "blake 's\n", "trapped wo n't score points for political correctness ,\n", "to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor .\n", "to the power of women to heal\n", "is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .\n", "ultimate\n", "while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out\n", "informative and\n", "there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot\n", "a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .\n", "docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras\n", "can easily\n", "paints - of a culture in conflict with itself ,\n", "'s opened between them\n", "adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining .\n", "a thoughtful what-if\n", "phony relationship\n", "are the whole show\n", "to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "make some kind of film\n", "proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with\n", "i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business\n", "between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .\n", "disappointments i\n", "so impersonal\n", "a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride\n", "take centre screen\n", "fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation\n", "artsy , and even cute\n", "of relating the complicated history of the war\n", "is n't .\n", "with special effects tossed in\n", "that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects\n", "the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock\n", "probing examination\n", ", this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .\n", "that the new film is a lame kiddie flick\n", "the film 's considered approach to\n", "manual animation\n", "`` what john does is heroic , but we do n't condone it , '' one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .\n", "creative contributions\n", "-lrb- allen 's -rrb- been making piffle for a long while , and hollywood ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now .\n", "is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring\n", "satirical target\n", "performances are potent\n", "is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl .\n", "unexceptional\n", "lists and\n", "shoot-out\n", "taking it\n", "sy\n", "apparent\n", "tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .\n", "in three hours of screen time\n", "at such a furiously funny pace\n", "the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling .\n", "if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for\n", "creates sheerly cinematic appeal\n", "tartakovsky\n", "... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment\n", "of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense\n", "freeman and judd make it work\n", "android\n", "perch\n", "unguarded moments\n", "hard to resist\n", "on its soundtrack\n", "a cruelly funny twist\n", "of invention\n", "1959 godzilla\n", "than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese\n", "first and\n", "'s not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow\n", "the hood\n", "arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme\n", "a veteran head cutter\n", "is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else\n", "dominate a family\n", "staggers between flaccid satire and what\n", "of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances\n", "stumbles\n", ", it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia .\n", "was directed by h.g. wells ' great-grandson .\n", "struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision\n", "makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing\n", "eastwood 's\n", "on the theater seat\n", "... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "on elm street\n", "tom hanks\n", "an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating .\n", "combat movie\n", "director hoffman\n", "solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say\n", "mai\n", "a dark room\n", "could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life .\n", "of a cannon\n", "four similar kidnappings\n", "really work\n", "though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape\n", "that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "misanthropic vision\n", "moments to keep it entertaining\n", "many flashbacks\n", "communicate\n", "a fine-looking film with a bouncy score\n", "plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes\n", "but a tedious picture\n", "one man 's occupational angst and\n", "being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill\n", "with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes\n", "prior to filming\n", "superb production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot .\n", "grown-up quibbles are beside the point here .\n", "uplifter\n", "read the subtitles\n", "sporadically funny\n", "as ``\n", "a fun\n", "outweigh\n", "concert comedy film\n", "rather poor imitation\n", "get along despite their ideological differences\n", ", i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .\n", "gets royally screwed and comes back for more .\n", "one it follows into melodrama and silliness\n", "the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and\n", "appropriate comic buttons\n", "the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries\n", "ride for the kiddies , with enough eye\n", "ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going\n", "she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly\n", "is very difficult\n", "its weighty themes\n", "intriguing and alluring premise\n", "shafer 's\n", "mr. murray ,\n", "seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne 's ' 20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine .\n", "infuses the movie\n", "storm\n", "dumb and\n", "of the plot ` surprises '\n", "tome\n", "slowest\n", "is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept\n", "in the glory days of weekend and two or three things\n", "sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .\n", "in most\n", "falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in\n", "'s a terrible movie in every regard ,\n", "the reason to see `` sade '' lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb- and emilie -lrb- le besco -rrb- .\n", "it 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true .\n", "cowering and begging at the feet\n", "walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre\n", "avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "you 're a jet all the way\n", "'s that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other\n", "binoche 's\n", "jesus\n", "a movie that 's held\n", "an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema\n", "fresnadillo\n", "as a director , eastwood is off his game\n", "sarah and harrison\n", "a little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but\n", "hedonistic gusto\n", "should see it as soon as possible .\n", "stevenon 's\n", "cheap scam\n", "'s some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .\n", "an all-around good time at the movies\n", "virtually no one\n", "the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest\n", ", fistfights , and car chases\n", "refreshing and\n", "you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's\n", "the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid\n", "political\n", "spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "a loss\n", "a whole lot scarier\n", "careers\n", "such master screenwriting\n", "normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad\n", "of the peculiarly moral amorality of -lrb- woo 's -rrb- best work\n", "liked the movie\n", "spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do .\n", "seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb- do everything he can to look like a good guy\n", "it certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department\n", "present ah na 's life\n", "timeout\n", "co-writer ed decter\n", "simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .\n", "is original\n", "unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints\n", "instruct\n", "some strong performances\n", "all in one\n", "neil burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present .\n", "there 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it .\n", "you see\n", "predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "called any kind of masterpiece\n", "set in a remote african empire\n", "seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .\n", "a subtle , humorous , illuminating study\n", "the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story\n", "it 's great for the kids\n", "cowering and\n", "all those famous moments\n", "emotional and\n", ", green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese .\n", "- the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .\n", "what comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings\n", "you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie\n", ", look and tone\n", "to do , too little time to do it in\n", "a widget\n", "for the company\n", "does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor\n", "started out\n", "is sympathetic without being gullible\n", "emotionally vapid\n", ", he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` do not go gentle into that good theatre . '\n", "the young woman 's infirmity\n", "weepy\n", "sketchy characters and immature provocations\n", "some good , organic character work ,\n", "has accomplished with never again\n", "shaw , a british stage icon ,\n", "from the ricocheting\n", "emilie\n", "human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise --\n", "sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness\n", "quintessential\n", "be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being\n", "when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text\n", "on the experience of its women\n", "generation episodes\n", "he 's neglected over the years .\n", "tones\n", "her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,\n", "dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself\n", "for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating\n", "the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . ''\n", "emotionally\n", "than concrete story and definitive answers\n", "queasy-stomached critic\n", "cheaper -lrb- and better -rrb-\n", "internalized performance\n", "hang a soap opera\n", "of his narrative\n", "'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied\n", "although barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "swallow\n", "of miracles , the movie\n", "see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but ,\n", "provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst\n", "post-tarantino pop-culture riffs\n", "you saw it on tv\n", "lyricism\n", "its superior cast\n", ", it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .\n", "succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics ,\n", "from the tinseltown assembly line\n", "appealing character quirks\n", "ill-advised\n", "crafted a deceptively casual ode to children\n", "rifkin 's references\n", "mafia\n", "of the good girl\n", "clint\n", "is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .\n", "respective charms\n", "this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang 's forte and\n", "resolved\n", "theme\n", "pained\n", "a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences\n", "retelling\n", "` butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .\n", "the mystery\n", "impart a message\n", "new age-inspired\n", "big meal\n", "like kissing jessica stein , amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .\n", "slapdash disaster .\n", "are never\n", "has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written\n", "complicate\n", "of hope\n", "their quirky inner selves\n", "be proud of her rubenesque physique\n", "forced drama\n", "goofball movie\n", "some nice twists\n", "class resentment\n", "die another day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller\n", "deeply out\n", "what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea\n", "no worse a film than breaking out , and breaking out was utterly charming .\n", "we a sick society\n", "speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short\n", "disappoint anyone who values the original comic books\n", "bo derek\n", "into what is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry\n", "of a subculture\n", "one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .\n", "as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "time ,\n", "destiny and redemptive\n", "good\n", "just is n't worth telling\n", "a few cheap\n", "hopeful or\n", "true adaptation\n", "banal as the telling\n", "mordant\n", "lingual and cultural differences\n", "to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject\n", "duty and\n", "desperation\n", "slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption\n", "the cracked lunacy of the adventures\n", "muster just figuring out who 's who\n", "sweet-tempered comedy\n", "the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t.\n", "solid , satisfying fare for adults\n", "cultural identity\n", "what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen .\n", "no solace here\n", "do a homage\n", "pop up in nearly every corner of the country\n", "of the five principals\n", "escape clause\n", "will have a barrie good time .\n", "enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots\n", ", self-satisfied\n", "deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context\n", "fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "cliches ,\n", "-lrb- toback 's -rrb- fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ...\n", "is what comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings\n", "who ?\n", "to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "humankind\n", "in many other hands would be completely forgettable\n", "if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum\n", "in such an\n", "epic cinema\n", "any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one\n", "is , like the military system of justice\n", "so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot\n", "as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive\n", "in her stinging social observations\n", "the nonstop artifice\n", "appeal to those\n", "be accused of being a bit undisciplined\n", "twenty-three movies\n", "if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake .\n", "a quickie tv special than a feature film\n", "keeps on going\n", "a minor-league soccer remake\n", "they determine how to proceed as the world implodes\n", "i 've ever seen\n", "from hong kong\n", "feels familiar and tired\n", "naturalistic than its australian counterpart\n", "most purely enjoyable and satisfying\n", "boot\n", "a sense of deja vu\n", "his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools\n", "affectionate depiction\n", "seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble\n", "an artistry that also smacks of revelation\n", "it 's so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .\n", "funny stuff in this movie\n", "impeccable sense\n", "of human life\n", "to the abysmal hannibal\n", "mixed platter\n", "research library dust\n", "critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development\n", "a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic\n", "the durable best seller smart women ,\n", "the end of the show\n", "to documentary\n", "the film acquires 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 .\n", "gone the same way\n", "of that first encounter\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears\n", "mostly unsurprising\n", "such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but\n", ", it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .\n", "for having the guts to confront it\n", "the dragons\n", "rich , and strange\n", "old college try\n", ", shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .\n", "a routine crime\n", "any life of its own\n", "equally solipsistic in tone\n", "waiting to hear how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line\n", "pootie\n", "ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops\n", "guy ritchie imitation\n", "time fillers between surf shots\n", "trailer-trash\n", "a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre\n", "colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .\n", "the stories work and the ones that do\n", "inevitable conflicts\n", "the original new testament stories\n", "very graphic\n", "by a director many viewers\n", "too amateurish\n", "has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .\n", "screen material\n", "chicago ''\n", "there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and\n", "the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .\n", "about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "as it was a century and a half ago\n", "it could have been something special , but\n", "the astonishingly pivotal role\n", "bean abhors\n", "'s no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight\n", "three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism\n", "by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment\n", "is trite\n", "tucker\n", "camera lens\n", "seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric peter .\n", "much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .\n", "breathing\n", "conquer all kinds of obstacles ,\n", "-- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "it does n't even seem like she tried .\n", "robust middle\n", "it 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\n", "a one-hour tv documentary\n", "like `` they 're back\n", "who ca n't act\n", "the guarded\n", "get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show\n", "little visible talent and\n", "dazed\n", "- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff\n", "come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free\n", "williams\n", "the victim -rrb-\n", "there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170\n", "as unblinkingly pure as the hours\n", "is a masterfully conducted work .\n", "a ruffle\n", "with words and pictures\n", "solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean 's eleven , '' never were .\n", "a worthwhile environmental message\n", "a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship\n", "this project\n", "accepts the news of his illness\n", "angling\n", "choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic\n", "leaves no southern stereotype unturned\n", "must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him .\n", "it can never be seen\n", "compete for each others ' affections\n", "largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse\n", "- west coast rap wars\n", "aims\n", "can hardly\n", "somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton\n", "avoids the obvious with humour and lightness\n", "more smarts ,\n", "emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office\n", "often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy\n", "runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes\n", "too many spots where it 's on slippery footing\n", "was the roman colosseum\n", "the country\n", "rates as an exceptional thriller .\n", "it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effects are first-rate\n", "you wo n't\n", "'s more repetition than creativity throughout the movie .\n", "family drama\n", "do justice\n", "good a job as anyone\n", "testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange .\n", "a moving truck\n", "analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "this halloween\n", "is a small film\n", "backed\n", "but completely fails to gel together .\n", "built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness\n", "paint-by-number american blockbusters\n", "far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .\n", "talented and notorious subject\n", ", touching\n", "judd 's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice .\n", "the charming result is festival in cannes .\n", "labute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era : he 's changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film .\n", "length ,\n", "achieves the remarkable feat\n", "everybody loves a david and goliath story\n", "for the honor\n", "the guts\n", "for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier\n", "all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own\n", "keep your eyes open\n", "welled\n", "miller , kuras\n", "that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast\n", "stories of any stripe\n", "bollywood films\n", "makes sex\n", "performer\n", "real howler\n", "rehashes several old themes and\n", "a subzero version of monsters , inc. ,\n", "indieflick\n", "overall result\n", "completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .\n", "at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and less blab .\n", "can read the subtitles -lrb- the opera is sung in italian -rrb- and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes\n", "is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "transcendent\n", "wo n't harm anyone\n", "pretty much the same way\n", "it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time\n", "bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "drama and lyricism\n", "and snappy dialogue\n", "the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in -lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot .\n", "does n't really know or care about the characters ,\n", "even a must-see\n", "hardly an objective 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"with music and laughter\n", "a gangster sweating\n", "someone other than the director\n", "some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing\n", "completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque .\n", "the corpse count ultimately overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption .\n", "disregard\n", "trying to distract us with the solution to another\n", "unofficially\n", "this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .\n", "gender-bending\n", "the diciness of colonics\n", "feminist empowerment tale thinly\n", "the color sense of stuart little 2\n", "their own idiosyncratic way\n", "what might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle\n", "welles 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 .\n", "sci-fi -rrb-\n", "to read the subtitles\n", "an elegant film\n", "shaken as nesbitt 's 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levels\n", ", that 's right\n", "the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments ,\n", "before signing that dotted line\n", "bollywood\\/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals\n", "of loving\n", "following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do\n", "describe the plot and its complications\n", "flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences --\n", "to produce another smash\n", "works because we 're never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks .\n", "a mere disease-of\n", "the most trouble\n", "connect and express their love\n", "in point\n", "holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser\n", "with scenes and vistas and pretty moments\n", "is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure\n", "made ,\n", "anti-adult\n", "acting that heralds something special\n", "general absurdity\n", "an involving , inspirational drama\n", "comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire .\n", "yiddish culture and language\n", "the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden .\n", "trite and overused\n", "kitschy\n", "one thing to read about or\n", "of the digitally altered footage\n", "turns in a collectively stellar performance\n", "diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful .\n", "crowd-pleasing\n", "acting horribly\n", "by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "any art-house moviegoer\n", "is just the proof\n", "sure hand\n", "less front-loaded and\n", "brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppet\n", ", betrayal , deceit and murder\n", "impostor ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies .\n", "to the serbs themselves\n", "it 's a loathsome movie , it really is\n", "a mediocre movie trying to get out\n", "trusts\n", "teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .\n", "tv-insider humor\n", "often unsettling\n", "a chosen few\n", "much like a fragment of an underdone potato\n", "-lrb- at least during their '70s heyday -rrb-\n", "is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you\n", "so much crypt mist\n", "a slap-happy series\n", "if you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama\n", "perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive\n", "the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme 's good films\n", "stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes .\n", "fairly light\n", "it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies\n", "`` do-over\n", "like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore .\n", "possibly will enjoy it\n", "unmistakable , easy\n", "wildly unsentimental\n", "keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots\n", "darkness\n", "portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more\n", "an afterthought\n", "are for naught\n", "indication\n", "` would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? '\n", "entirely unprepared\n", "parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "hell house ,\n", "the acting breed\n", "lugubrious romance\n", "his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "severe flaws\n", "most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized\n", "to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease\n", "what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent\n", "every set-up obvious and lengthy\n", "investigate\n", "screaming\n", "self-mocking\n", "is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking\n", "works so well for the first 89 minutes , but\n", "as home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i 'd rather listen to old tori amos records\n", "'re old enough to have developed some taste\n", "did n't convince me that calvin jr. 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side .\n", "sodden and glum\n", "dawn\n", "the girls '\n", "the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions ,\n", "in and of himself funny\n", "the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .\n", "'ll ever\n", "allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another\n", "guzman 's\n", "a rumor of angels should dispel it .\n", "much stranger\n", "the sensibilities\n", "equally miserable\n", "rose 's film , true to its source material ,\n", "cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and\n", "'s a conundrum not worth\n", "effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off\n", "gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff .\n", "at once laughable\n", "a compelling french psychological drama\n", "to forget\n", "of a buddy movie\n", "abundantly clear\n", "from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "have done a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age .\n", "lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "little harm\n", "an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view\n", "is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical\n", "metaphors abound ,\n", "'s just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten\n", "nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored\n", "it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie ,\n", "who add up to more than body count\n", "sweet\n", "its sense of fun or energy\n", "any viewer , young or old ,\n", "it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ' ... the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated\n", "presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable .\n", "leroy\n", "an action\\/thriller\n", "the message\n", "obvious and lengthy\n", "indescribably bad\n", "discouraging to let slide\n", "shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "'s like an all-star salute\n", "bilked\n", "snobbery\n", "plain , unimaginative\n", "this love story\n", "try to create characters out of the obvious cliches ,\n", "christmas movies\n", "quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success .\n", "that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men\n", "the hype is quieter\n", "a.s. byatt\n", "bring kissinger 's record\n", "is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming\n", "some writer dude ,\n", "billy bob 's body of work\n", "a wet burlap sack of gloom\n", "impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story ''\n", "could participate in such an\n", "resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings .\n", "by weaving a theme throughout this funny film\n", "solo\n", "that the battery on your watch has died .\n", "does n't have anything really interesting to say .\n", "well-thought\n", "the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .\n", "smarter\n", "the brink\n", "the viewer with so many explosions\n", "as a movie\n", "the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .\n", "'re really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices\n", "are at war\n", "develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "is nearly incoherent ,\n", "be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental\n", "capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", ", it 's far from being this generation 's animal house .\n", "the film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled .\n", "of exuberance in all\n", "slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness\n", "every moment\n", "thematically and\n", "an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher\n", "nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination\n", "choice\n", "medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt .\n", "in the most unlikely place\n", "done and perfectly\n", ", then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .\n", "the most of its own ironic implications\n", "kinetically-charged\n", "does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", ", the disparate elements do n't gel\n", "for dinner '\n", "yes , that 's right :\n", ", ' it also rocks .\n", "of low-key way\n", "a smoother , more focused\n", "charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal\n", "introducing your kids\n", "feminine that it serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon .\n", "certain scene\n", "sling\n", "cinematic year\n", "it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .\n", "a jaunt down memory lane for teens\n", "as do the girls ' amusing personalities\n", "that this bold move works\n", "the numbers\n", "throwing out\n", "blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .\n", "borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism\n", "i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .\n", "one of the funnier movies in town\n", "themselves and\n", "okay\n", "the politics and\n", "most exciting\n", "ya-ya\n", "be of interest\n", "this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .\n", "is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer\n", "the human need for monsters to blame for all that\n", "regret and\n", "characters and angles\n", "its own placid way\n", "contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries\n", "something american\n", "served with a hack script\n", "insultingly inept and artificial\n", "fifth trek flick\n", "seems worth the effort\n", "independent-community guiding lights\n", "just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you\n", "a shocking lack\n", "a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others .\n", "wobbly premise work\n", "which is as bad at it is cruel\n", "to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "sales\n", "that it 's boring\n", "the stamina for the 100-minute running time\n", "that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard\n", "poses\n", "wondering why these people mattered\n", "has plenty of laughs\n", "with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity\n", "desperation worthy\n", "worst cinematic tragedies\n", "that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other\n", "faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty\n", "the magazine\n", "na 's\n", "is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .\n", "fires and\n", "human spirit triumphs\n", "thick\n", "dana carvey\n", "little more human being\n", "claptrap\n", "interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit\n", "an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu\n", "quite one of the worst movies of the year\n", "wanted to make\n", "is the way\n", "newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and\n", "the movie tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy .\n", ", is repellantly out of control .\n", "the details\n", "to a harrison ford low\n", "the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .\n", "deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation\n", "comes from a 60-second homage\n", "of rhythm\n", "emotional texture\n", "a premise , a joke\n", "is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time\n", "delivering genuine , acerbic laughs\n", "my advice , kev\n", "'s a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed\n", "that ford effortlessly filled with authority\n", "on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue\n", "preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed\n", "high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie\n", "more effective on stage\n", "a virgin\n", "neurasthenic\n", "the list\n", "lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade\n", "asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about\n", "to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats\n", "should have found orson welles ' great-grandson\n", "jarring glimpses\n", "children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and\n", "is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .\n", "one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate\n", "quaid\n", "for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie\n", "about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then\n", "a heaven for bad movies\n", "too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .\n", "of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle\n", "an underdone potato\n", "an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .\n", "judicious editing\n", "give this comic slugfest\n", "robert altman\n", "mr. twohy 's emergence\n", "mild-mannered , been-there material\n", "for the protagonist\n", "limerick\n", "tattoos\n", "a relatively short amount of time\n", "the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble\n", "from a bad clive barker movie\n", "family , governance and hierarchy\n", "but none of the sheer lust -rrb-\n", "trilogy\n", ", duvall -lrb- also a producer -rrb- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .\n", "poetry and politics ,\n", "to stevenson and\n", "those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile\n", "that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice\n", "where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits\n", "in ordinary people\n", "shut about the war between the sexes\n", "are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .\n", "though the opera itself takes place mostly indoors , jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .\n", "forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining .\n", "while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .\n", "a radiant character portrait\n", "leaves an awful sour taste .\n", "of tots\n", "grips\n", "viscerally exciting\n", "small victories\n", "heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another\n", "more paths\n", "with self-preservation\n", "who knows how to hold the screen\n", "bland hotels , highways , parking lots\n", "most substantial feature\n", "so hideously and clumsily\n", "more mature\n", "campfire\n", "continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship\n", "mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty\n", "noble endeavor\n", "face value\n", "dying\n", "a middle-aged romance\n", "directorial\n", "a study in schoolgirl obsession\n", "a funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "the final act\n", "simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem\n", "goose-pimple\n", "hoffman\n", "by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann\n", "bring their characters to life .\n", "does n't match his ambition\n", "bowling for columbine is at its most valuable\n", "even halfway\n", "much to hang a soap opera on\n", "bogdanich is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .\n", "smoothed\n", "archival prints and film footage\n", "really solid woody allen film\n", "of expectations\n", "is a few bits funnier than malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "manhattan and\n", "the deep deceptions\n", "underworld\n", ", compelling\n", "of do n't ask\n", "up as the worst kind of hubristic folly\n", "not as good as the original\n", "stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill\n", "such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy ,\n", "between flaccid satire and what\n", "try to sell\n", "puppet\n", "self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable\n", "leontine\n", "at the start and finish\n", "of strong voices\n", "dramatic animated feature\n", "could not\n", "much lurking below its abstract surface\n", "the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .\n", "is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work\n", "american young men\n", "its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through\n", "gutter romancer 's\n", "these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and\n", "does n't add up to a whole lot .\n", "the subject 's\n", "writer-director michael kalesniko 's how to kill your neighbor 's dog is slight but unendurable .\n", "who rarely work in movies now\n", "it 's an entertaining movie ,\n", "kind\n", "sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic ,\n", "myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "salaciously\n", "in service of of others\n", "he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty\n", "silly , loud and goofy\n", "a well-made and satisfying thriller\n", "of deep feeling\n", "the hearts and minds\n", "like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale\n", ", this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .\n", "a fascinating curiosity piece --\n", "mr. clooney , mr. kaufman\n", "near virtuosity in its crapulence\n", "conversion effort\n", "social commentary\n", "exploiting molestation for laughs\n", "categorize\n", "'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once\n", "simple in form\n", "how to develop them\n", "in this every-joke-has - been-told-a\n", "pack some serious suspense\n", "it might have held my attention ,\n", "corniness and\n", "its director 's diabolical debut\n", "is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .\n", "to my great pleasure ,\n", "a generic international version\n", "issue\n", "spirals downward ,\n", "shamelessly\n", "the acting is amateurish\n", "begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy\n", ", xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .\n", "you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .\n", "small in scope\n", "india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh\n", "is made available to american workers\n", "city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but\n", "is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "anxieties\n", "swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award\n", "the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance\n", "does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject .\n", "group 's\n", "the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but\n", "to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton\n", "bad romances\n", "of buckaroo banzai\n", "see her esther blossom as an actress ,\n", "sorrowful lows\n", "plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king .\n", "seven days left to live\n", "much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .\n", "a marginal thumbs up\n", "if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox\n", "is n't mainly suspense or excitement\n", "the guys still feels counterproductive\n", "and the mummy returns\n", "war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed\n", "how they make their choices , and\n", "familiar issues , like racism and homophobia ,\n", "its larger themes\n", "shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience\n", "carefully lit and\n", "pan\n", "fascinating but\n", "it 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .\n", "'s close\n", "an intriguing species\n", "really strong second effort\n", "who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival\n", "working class community\n", "chemistry galore\n", "is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life .\n", "a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick , and\n", "relies on character\n", "the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham\n", "new threat\n", "worth seeing once , but its charm quickly fades\n", "aborted\n", "i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear\n", "force its quirkiness upon the audience\n", "actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat\n", "of the acerbic repartee of the play\n", "give a thought to the folks who prepare\n", "manhattan\n", "a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can\n", "the fine star performances\n", "too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like\n", "less horrifying for it -rrb-\n", "few tasty morsels\n", "taking the shakespeare parallels quite far enough\n", "a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they\n", "audiences\n", "all in all , reign of fire will be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental . '\n", "will no doubt delight plympton 's legion of fans ; others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting .\n", "ultra-violent war movies , this one\n", "the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen\n", "serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst\n", "can act\n", "to have to choose\n", "drag\n", "a long-running\n", "'ve seen in years\n", "on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit\n", "english-language\n", "sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh\n", "truly and thankfully\n", "wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways\n", "cool event\n", "if you can get past the taboo subject matter\n", "fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal\n", "having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once\n", "is n't much there here\n", "with wit and empathy to spare\n", "it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly ,\n", "on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level\n", "whether we 're supposed to shriek\n", "old-fashioned adventure\n", "yarns\n", "love may have been in the air onscreen ,\n", ", the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .\n", "ankle-deep\n", "lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .\n", "to evaluate his own work\n", "aids subtext\n", "process or even\n", "manage to be spectacularly outrageous\n", "vital\n", "bizarre\n", ", and funny\n", "is brilliant , really\n", "desires\n", "'s on par with the first one\n", "a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime\n", "fierce , glaring and unforgettable .\n", "the first bond movie\n", "just like igby .\n", "a nice cool glass of iced tea\n", "to sneeze at these days\n", "the perfect star vehicle for grant\n", "found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent\n", "filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home .\n", "an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment\n", "people\n", "in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", "see this piece of crap\n", "pale , dark beauty\n", "` chops '\n", "his country\n", "and director otar iosseliani 's\n", "psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "this romantic comedy\n", "buy into\n", "his maudlin ending\n", "'s so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it\n", "wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself\n", "they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "serious issues\n", "mixed up together\n", "that renders its tension\n", ", lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics .\n", "it better\n", "proper\n", "of this ancient holistic healing system\n", "turntable\n", "exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming .\n", "alan and\n", "smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .\n", "can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken\n", "better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ;\n", "satisfying summer blockbuster\n", "naturalistic\n", "no other film in recent history\n", "excite\n", "koury frighteningly and\n", "the most part a useless movie\n", "obscure\n", "waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one ,\n", "that never\n", "improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary\n", "be a power outage\n", "'s hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .\n", "hell is -rrb- looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through .\n", "rises above the level of a telanovela .\n", "feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies .\n", "of the series\n", "ethnography and\n", "his own film\n", "to send you off in different direction\n", "ver wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless .\n", "that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own\n", "a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder .\n", "in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse\n", "adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling\n", "eddie murphy\n", "sometimes just lapses into unhidden british\n", ", love , duty and friendship\n", "really earned my indignant , preemptive departure\n", "a red felt sharpie pen\n", "playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ... bisset is both convincing and radiant .\n", "telenovela\n", "the high infidelity\n", "the sake of spectacle\n", "they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others\n", "edges\n", "the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick\n", "no aspirations\n", "'ve been trying to forget\n", "made movie that is no more than mildly amusing\n", "objects\n", "consistent\n", "rodrigues\n", "two lovers\n", "into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games\n", "the self-image of drooling idiots\n", "better than this\n", "mind-destroying\n", "was the roman colosseum .\n", "director michael caton-jones\n", "graceful , moving tribute\n", "it is n't that funny\n", "elegance is more than tattoo deep\n", "in nostalgia\n", "hushed lines\n", "olympia ,\n", "animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers\n", "the outer limits of raunch\n", "the bucks to expend the full price for a date ,\n", "a surprisingly buoyant tone\n", "powerful 1957\n", "chemistry\n", "artistic and muted ,\n", "a towering siren\n", "city 's\n", "dose\n", "kiddie flick\n", "the secret 's eventual discovery\n", "against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except\n", "devos and cassel\n", "rejigger\n", "are ...\n", "production values\n", "opens today in the new york metropolitan area ,\n", "a feast of bleakness\n", "an intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them .\n", "nod in agreement .\n", "neither quite a comedy nor a romance\n", "the movie completely transfixes the audience .\n", "this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary\n", "weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids\n", "put up\n", "those gay filmmakers\n", ", esoteric musings and philosophy\n", "undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .\n", "swaggers through his scenes\n", "ridiculous dialog\n", "sick and demented humor\n", "while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture\n", "75-minute\n", "a footnote to a still evolving story\n", "the proficient , dull sorvino has no light touch , and rodan is out of his league\n", "every bit as fascinating\n", "acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "watchable by a bravura performance\n", "flagging\n", "duty and love\n", "mordantly\n", "far too staid\n", "tear them\n", "in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time\n", "older and wiser eyes ,\n", "maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor\n", "a mall movie\n", "its dynamics\n", ", uplifting and moving\n", "emerging\n", "had unlimited access to families and church meetings\n", "altar boys\n", "also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes\n", "some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude\n", "exchanges\n", "than anticipated\n", "there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel\n", "a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks .\n", "but something far more stylish and cerebral\n", "missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably\n", "a leather\n", "throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull .\n", "personal life\n", "is able to overcome the triviality of the story .\n", "a lifetime movie\n", "contrivance\n", "burdened\n", "counter-cultural\n", "disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability .\n", "to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay\n", "an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate\n", "finds a consistent tone\n", "is a superior horror flick\n", "a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor\n", "the filmmakers ' point\n", "enough of libidinous young city dwellers\n", "director neil marshall 's\n", "the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve\n", "the nation\n", "the frustration , the awkwardness\n", "hard-to-swallow\n", "is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "self-satisfied\n", "strong pulse\n", "the smallest sensitivities\n", "as a good spaghetti western\n", "acts so goofy all the time\n", "speculative history , as much\n", "there has to be a few advantages to never growing old .\n", "than answers\n", "fairly trite\n", "has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout .\n", "live-action scenes\n", "knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .\n", "even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic\n", "cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but\n", "manners and\n", "as a breakthrough\n", "loves\n", "reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled\n", "soul\n", "say `` hi '' to your lover when you wake up in the morning\n", "that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches\n", "jerking off\n", "tickles the funny bone\n", "be the first narrative film\n", "liyan 's\n", "an a-list director\n", "invaluable historical document thanks\n", "want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "pull a cohesive story\n", "wallop\n", "much as\n", "stamp\n", "has a high time\n", "the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other\n", "a zany mix\n", "highways , parking lots\n", "monumental\n", "arrives\n", "going for it , not least\n", "in such a low-key manner\n", "the unsettling spookiness\n", "realistic characters\n", "tried\n", "delivered by a hollywood studio\n", "media circles\n", "like one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- 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 .\n", "needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic\n", "little visible talent\n", "appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race\n", "an action film\n", "this film biggest problem\n", "the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach\n", "a believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "its winged assailants\n", "more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology ...\n", "the hero 's\n", "that tell the best story\n", "just how comically\n", "the hours as an alternative\n", "often achieves a level of connection and concern\n", "zoolander\n", "to tediously sentimental\n", "will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama\n", "even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "1790\n", "cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie\n", "his sensitive eyelids\n", "- and triple-crosses\n", "to remember\n", "a dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .\n", "lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers .\n", "gentle , mesmerizing\n", "somebodies\n", "there 's a lot of good material here ,\n", "the problems and characters it reveals\n", "any age\n", "shu\n", "a renowned filmmaker\n", "false dawns , real dawns , comic relief\n", "in complete denial about his obsessive behavior\n", ", it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance .\n", "barely .\n", "is not\n", "are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching\n", "its greatest play\n", "emigre experience\n", "about the calories\n", "overwritten\n", "suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .\n", "he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading\n", "only seems to care about the bottom line\n", "he has no clue about making a movie\n", "is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin .\n", "frolic\n", "godfrey reggio 's career\n", "should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only\n", "to the edge of your seat\n", "grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect .\n", "waiting for us\n", "modest little number\n", "a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "prove more distressing\n", "for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters\n", "playing fair\n", "previous concert comedy film\n", "wonderful\n", "hate to like it\n", "an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue .\n", "the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion\n", "kathy !\n", "well-executed spy-thriller .\n", "was as graceful\n", "enough of that background for the characters\n", "absurdly overblown climax\n", "a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination\n", "a docu-drama\n", "no respectable halloween costume shop\n", "gong li and\n", "bad enough\n", "makes the grade as tawdry trash .\n", "bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness\n", "featuring reams\n", "theater feeling\n", "superior ''\n", "jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs\n", "'d probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie\n", "another combination\n", "like quirky , slightly strange french films\n", "of him\n", "a topic as\n", "a funny moment\n", "that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool\n", "scarlet 's\n", "eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth ,\n", "the incessant lounge music\n", "just a little bit hard\n", "an actress who smiles and frowns\n", "is born to play shaggy\n", "opportunity to do something clever\n", "three central characters\n", "yet audacious\n", "of that stuff\n", "a curious sense\n", "suitable summer entertainment\n", "insinuating\n", "filled with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music\n", "the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination\n", "action - mechanical\n", "then , something terrible happens\n", "the uncompromising knowledge\n", "acclaim\n", "glimpses at existing photos\n", "bizarre comedy and pallid horror\n", "i fear\n", "one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels\n", "modus operandi\n", "the ironic\n", "if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being earnest\n", "watch , giggle and\n", "a movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire .\n", "the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia\n", "advance screening\n", "it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film :\n", "the photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject\n", "bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "the outer limits\n", "it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .\n", "somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad\n", "but believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen .\n", ", the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .\n", "wo n't score points for political correctness\n", "deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film .\n", "be significantly different -lrb- and better -rrb- than most films\n", "morrison 's iconoclastic uses\n", "combined with the misconceived final 5\n", "steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work\n", "wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd .\n", "roughshod document\n", "the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected\n", "in turn ,\n", "forgive me\n", "the problem with wendigo ,\n", "he does\n", "little tale\n", ", it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .\n", "pool\n", "seems to take an unseemly pleasure in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .\n", "make you\n", "they do n't have\n", "her esther blossom\n", "is hardly\n", "buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never\n", "spent time living in another community\n", "liked it much better\n", "is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence\n", "seen speaking on stage\n", "a monopoly on mindless action\n", "olivier assayas\n", "them redeemable\n", "is short\n", "thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together\n", "-- but not very imaxy\n", "quickie tv special\n", "the entire point of a shaggy dog story\n", "he realizes\n", "resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "lighthearted comedy\n", "the general 's fate\n", "leavened\n", "it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie\n", "cram earplugs\n", "under the skin of her characters\n", "a guest appearance\n", "a moving\n", "barbarian\n", "inform and educate\n", "keep the plates spinning as best he can\n", "bela\n", "disregard available bias\n", "begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends\n", "supporting performances\n", "archetypal\n", "on the shoulders of its actors\n", "while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon\n", "we want the funk - and this movie 's got it .\n", "with grace and humor and gradually\n", "for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster\n", "will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting .\n", "as it gives out\n", "feat\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- his slop\n", "female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor\n", "a numbingly dull experience\n", "heavy with flabby rolls\n", "without cheesy fun factor .\n", "puppet pinocchio\n", "was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .\n", "listless sci-fi\n", "stammering\n", "the economic fringes\n", "avarice\n", "though goofy and lurid ,\n", "favorably\n", "was inexplicably\n", "a strong sense\n", "an abrupt turn\n", "should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen 's men .\n", "be inside looking out , and\n", "prepackaged julia roberts wannabe\n", "that 's apparently just what -lrb- aniston -rrb- has always needed to grow into a movie career\n", "the ties\n", "the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison\n", "thought that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food\n", "a tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events\n", "hickenlooper\n", "the humiliation of martin\n", "is losing his touch\n", "romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists\n", "off the old block\n", "well-drawn , if standard issue , characters\n", "so often\n", "and interesting characters\n", "the amp\n", "mediocre end\n", "a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing\n", "colorful bio-pic\n", "rich in emotional texture\n", "alterations\n", "a worthless film\n", "monstrous murk\n", "it 's a talking head documentary , but a great one .\n", "in its title\n", "thriller remarkable\n", "anything much more\n", "to become a major-league leading lady , -lrb- but -rrb-\n", "in high style\n", "no clear-cut hero\n", "and i expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch .\n", "a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just\n", "we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is\n", "hilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud .\n", "is that there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise .\n", "producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them\n", "the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it\n", "the latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen .\n", "soulful and unslick\n", "does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .\n", "at most 20 minutes\n", "alice 's adventure\n", "sheer force\n", "just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .\n", "-lrb- toback 's -rrb- fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard\n", "erratic career\n", "says he has to ?\n", "for their acting chops\n", "its appeal\n", "pepper\n", "van\n", "does steven seagal come across these days ?\n", "into becoming a world-class fencer\n", "reach for the tissues\n", "of cliches that the talented cast generally\n", "take in this creed\n", "keep letting go at all the wrong moments\n", "that tries hard to make the most of a bumper\n", "look ill at ease sharing the same scene .\n", "belong\n", "capable of anteing up some movie star charisma\n", "is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like\n", "there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends .\n", "despite modest aspirations\n", ", to find a place among the studio 's animated classics\n", "twists ''\n", "with the same number of continuity errors\n", "that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails\n", "a film without surprise\n", "its sense\n", "slow down ,\n", "jean\n", "though jones and snipes are enthralling\n", "flick for guys .\n", "the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere\n", "'' movie\n", "to take an unseemly pleasure in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers\n", "it 's pretty far from a treasure\n", "do n't make often enough\n", "is workmanlike in the extreme .\n", "satin\n", "the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "peek\n", "claude chabrol 's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .\n", "if the film has a problem\n", "wider\n", "first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .\n", "on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing\n", "night diversion\n", "muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious\n", "the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy\n", "large shadows and\n", "clear-eyed portrait\n", "there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .\n", "passion , and genius\n", "theron\n", "increase the gravitational pull\n", "watch barbershop\n", "bounds along\n", "handguns , bmws\n", "structured and\n", "make this silly con job sing\n", "a tragic love story\n", "as hell\n", "intellectual bankruptcy\n", "opera-ish\n", "too much norma rae and\n", "is n't better\n", "good bark\n", "a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers\n", "the fanatical adherents on either side\n", "never comes close to recovering from its demented premise\n", "watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix\n", "traditionally plotted\n", "hovering\n", "the expense of character\n", "despite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book .\n", "is not only\n", "wonderful fencing scenes and\n", "mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america\n", "think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone\n", "a surplus of vintage archive footage\n", "film noir organized crime story\n", "of the environments\n", "this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto\n", "at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions ,\n", "into an electric pencil sharpener\n", "legal system towards child abuse\n", "of imagery\n", "ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves --\n", "simple , poignant and leavened with humor\n", "shrewd\n", "who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground\n", "the symbols float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees .\n", "does n't really add up to much .\n", "massoud\n", "the food\n", "no bearing on the story\n", "thrill-kill\n", "been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "an interest\n", "infatuated\n", "domestic drama\n", "works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful .\n", "90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping .\n", "music videos\n", "urban drama\n", "the tinseltown assembly line\n", "when put in service of of others\n", "so preachy-keen and so\n", "the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh 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"strong voices\n", "code\n", "but dull and ankle-deep\n", "is mighty hard to find\n", "one problem with the movie ,\n", "cashing\n", "that he creates\n", "do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept\n", "sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards ,\n", "filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but\n", "this one is certainly well-meaning , but it 's also simple-minded and contrived .\n", "hyper-real satire\n", ", were made for the palm screen\n", "for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics\n", "a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose\n", "tequila\n", "say the obvious\n", "fans of so-bad-they 're - good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess .\n", "than you could shake a stick at\n", "beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb\n", "a loved one\n", "nearly surprising or\n", "gets at most 20 minutes of screen time\n", "a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much\n", "mctiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino --\n", "the modern remake of dumas 's story is long on narrative and -lrb- too -rrb- short on action .\n", "dull procession\n", "fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family\n", "who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it\n", "in space , no one can hear you snore\n", "a woman\n", "two hours feel like four\n", "rumblings\n", "pointed , often tender , examination\n", "adds a much needed moral weight\n", "even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer\n", "75-minute sample\n", "life or something like it has its share of high points , but\n", "for a dream\n", "gay audiences\n", "is gratefully received\n", "may play well as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding\n", "a man teetering on the edge of sanity\n", "barbara\n", "'re merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination\n", "a wry and\n", "retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images\n", "none of his actors stand out\n", ", dangerous libertine and agitator\n", "a screenplay\n", "shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems\n", "the skill or presence\n", "to run out of ideas\n", "but toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .\n", "more painful\n", "seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director 's experiment is a successful one .\n", "this director 's cut -- which adds 51 minutes\n", "in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising\n", "funny , puzzling\n", "that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline\n", "little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that\n", "a movie instead of an endless trailer\n", "holofcenter\n", "overbearing and\n", "bring kissinger 's record into question\n", "fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic\n", "director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve .\n", "likable movie\n", "like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb- - with nothing but net .\n", "searching for its identity\n", "were , what `` they '' looked like\n", "tear-drenched quicksand\n", "-lrb- as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb-\n", "be ,\n", "'s depressing to see how far herzog has fallen .\n", "writer and director burr steers\n", "vincent tick\n", "a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome\n", "conventional , but well-crafted film\n", "the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ;\n", "the balkans provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman .\n", "you can thank me for this .\n", "was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard\n", "at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and center .\n", "is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit\n", "latently\n", "its own ironic implications\n", "of most contemporary comedies\n", "bad sitcom\n", "repellantly out of control\n", "covered\n", "unsentimental -rrb-\n", "its story is only surface deep\n", "the third revenge\n", "flattening its momentum\n", "if you ever wanted to be an astronaut\n", "is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time\n", "another ride\n", "fully ` rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard\n", "feral and\n", "a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title\n", "birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .\n", "train car to drive through\n", "it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway\n", "the whole dead-undead genre\n", "more than ably\n", "is slow to those of us in middle age\n", "still could have been room for the war scenes\n", "farrelly brothers\n", "for both children and parents\n", "'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend\n", "figures prominently\n", "the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .\n", "where filmmaking can take us\n", "warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level\n", "the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity --\n", "notwithstanding\n", "seems twice as long as its 83 minutes\n", "the hallmark\n", "... an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...\n", "that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived\n", "ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance\n", "leblanc thought , `` hey ,\n", "'s mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable\n", "a brainy prep-school kid\n", "an interesting and at times captivating\n", "would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful\n", "said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better\n", "dignified\n", "is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "have a whale of a good time .\n", "eat the whole thing\n", "designed\n", "performances all around\n", "of attraction and interdependence\n", "natured\n", "might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ?\n", "imagine ,\n", "at\n", "jordan brady 's direction is prosaic\n", "dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .\n", "self-congratulation between actor and director\n", "the holes\n", "of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack\n", "-rrb- voice is rather unexceptional\n", "static , stilted\n", "boxes these women 's souls right open for us\n", "absorbing and unsettling psychological\n", "every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "out-of-field -rrb-\n", "a tv episode\n", "bold biographical fantasia\n", "bad nothing else is\n", "started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted\n", "but , no , we get another scene , and then another .\n", "one facet of its mission\n", "where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other\n", "naipaul ,\n", "market research\n", "many drugs\n", "yu\n", "there 's definite room for improvement .\n", "clinical eye\n", ", sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .\n", "... you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already .\n", "neither one\n", "a young woman 's\n", "we settle for\n", "take it seriously\n", "the sick sense of humor\n", "the disturbingly\n", "an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense\n", "while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film\n", "-lrb- headbanger -rrb-\n", "so here it is : it 's about a family of sour immortals .\n", "make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience\n", "stirring , funny\n", "as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "fleeting\n", "this new time machine is hardly perfect ... yet it proves surprisingly serviceable\n", "sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "universal studios\n", "` cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep\n", "point-of-view shots\n", "a most hard-hearted person\n", "that was developed hastily after oedekerk\n", "the movie only\n", "a more ambitious movie\n", "lacks the spirit of the previous two ,\n", "attached\n", "widely\n", "without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision\n", "would only\n", "'s cliche to call the film ` refreshing\n", "all the right elements\n", "is generally amusing from time to time\n", "sexy beast\n", "sardonic verve\n", "in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "that never quite\n", "this insipid , brutally clueless film\n", "its potentially interesting subject matter\n", "you get\n", "an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "are anguished , bitter and truthful .\n", "contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more\n", "-- not the first , by the way --\n", "personal velocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness , yet miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire\n", "captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked\n", "clinic\n", "generally\n", "the stuff of lurid melodrama\n", "funny , touching , smart and complicated\n", "theatres for it\n", "fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling\n", "assert\n", "stylist\n", "works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun\n", "good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone\n", "enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school\n", "a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers ,\n", "about blade\n", "spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods .\n", "not smart and\n", "in terms of authenticity\n", "organic intrigue\n", "pretty convincing\n", "hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own\n", "a document\n", "it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but\n", "gump\n", "are intriguing\n", "a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny ,\n", "dance to\n", "pop-culture riffs\n", "about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex\n", "lend some dignity to a dumb story\n", "to be a trip\n", "it was n't horrible either\n", "to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers\n", "densest\n", "predictable slapstick\n", "spreads itself too thin\n", "should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .\n", "offers a persuasive\n", "both garcia and jagger\n", "of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy\n", "also a -- dare i say it twice --\n", "kurys ' direction is clever and insightful\n", "werner herzog\n", "invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow\n", "existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term\n", "preposterous , prurient\n", "is extremely funny\n", ", humane fighter\n", "your slave for a year\n", "94-minute\n", "what you see\n", "timely in its despairing vision of corruption\n", "accurate to call it a movie\n", "to call attention to themselves\n", "the film has a problem\n", "fascinating , dark thriller\n", "we have is\n", "it 's sweet .\n", "does a good job\n", "the creators of do n't ask do n't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes\n", "own brilliance\n", "what `` empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .\n", "this ` sub '\n", "was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "tragic waste\n", ", 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 .\n", "a rating of zero\n", "i never thought i 'd say this ,\n", "little time\n", "with slow\n", "1952 screen adaptation\n", "transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "is not an easy film\n", "'s the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion .\n", "single gag sequence\n", "sentimental cliches\n", "do n't work in concert .\n", "have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films\n", "fetid underbelly\n", "does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us .\n", "a fellow\n", ", this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love .\n", "the operative word for `` bad company\n", "uneven but a lot of fun .\n", "as mud\n", "wholesale\n", "enough innovation or pizazz\n", "not to have been edited at all\n", "a fresh view of an old type\n", "a preposterously melodramatic paean\n", "see the forest for the trees\n", "the whole movie\n", "distasteful\n", "rush right out and see it\n", "you get a lot of running around , screaming and death .\n", "jack ryan\n", "ray\n", "persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way\n", "pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff\n", "turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic\n", "the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers\n", "pour le movie\n", "herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion\n", "could very well clinch him this year 's razzie .\n", "is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not\n", "of the thornier aspects of the nature\\/nurture argument in regards\n", "makes michael jordan jealous\n", "of ms. ambrose\n", "the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length\n", "confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions ,\n", "primary actors\n", "bitter old crank\n", "think it was plato who said\n", "only so much baked cardboard\n", "sweetness , clarity and emotional openness\n", "devoid of wit and humor\n", "the cockettes '\n", "thoughtful , unapologetically raw\n", "bibbidy-bobbidi-bland\n", "fascinating look\n", "in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world\n", "he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together\n", "forgiveness\n", "time out\n", "from its pseudo-rock-video opening\n", "surprised to know\n", "instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .\n", "oddly colorful and\n", "drying out\n", "plain irrelevant\n", "the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural --\n", "that post 9-11 period\n", "of ` time waster '\n", ", tortured\n", "final surprising shots\n", "they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject\n", "blunt indictment\n", "without requiring a great deal of thought\n", "its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans\n", "starter\n", "disoriented but\n", "good cheesy b-movie playing\n", "with sean penn 's monotone narration\n", "a bland\n", "has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .\n", "murder by numbers just does n't add up .\n", "the irrepressible eccentric\n", "a short\n", "bolt\n", "souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in\n", "hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit ,\n", "this ultra-provincial new yorker\n", "its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future\n", "2-day\n", "quite diverting\n", "the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit\n", "clunky on the screen\n", "fails at both endeavors\n", "the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off\n", "is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it\n", "the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration\n", "more daring and surprising american movies\n", "for a satisfying evening at the multiplex\n", "predictable or\n", "that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone\n", "look at the world 's dispossessed\n", "many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short .\n", "what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been\n", "you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in\n", "is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth\n", "is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film\n", "same song , second verse\n", "passion and pretence\n", "as long\n", "for naughty children 's stockings\n", "91-minute\n", "the comic heights it obviously desired\n", "pure ,\n", "most thoughtful fictional examination\n", "ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops .\n", "its dry wit and compassion\n", "from a treasure\n", "hispanic\n", "their super-simple animation\n", "than the atlantic\n", "having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "go for la salle 's performance\n", "your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this\n", "in and of\n", "entertainment and evangelical\n", "unprepared\n", "is not a movie about fetishism\n", "my sisters\n", "a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much\n", "gaudy benefit\n", "a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film\n", "-lrb- but -rrb- from a mere story point of view\n", "k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories\n", "is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults\n", ", my 6-year-old nephew said ,\n", "silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around -rrb-\n", "to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper -lrb- and better -rrb- than pink floyd tickets .\n", "accompanies this human condition\n", "is so anemic .\n", "historical pageants\n", "is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work\n", "the central story\n", "grab us\n", "homicide\n", "a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors\n", "there 's no question that epps scores once or twice ,\n", "way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages\n", "it fascinating\n", "hiatus\n", "portuguese\n", "that makes time go faster\n", "accents so good\n", "spring-break orgy\n", "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 , ``\n", "neglecting character development\n", "the sophomoric and the sublime\n", "of a film school undergrad\n", "millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse\n", "to a pulp\n", "there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .\n", "ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film\n", "does its predecessors proud .\n", "some levels\n", "been room for the war scenes\n", "enjoys\n", "is clearly a good thing\n", "for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer\n", "go through\n", "horrifying\n", "greek wedding look\n", "is little more\n", "can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .\n", "is n't even halfway\n", "to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience\n", "as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels ,\n", "talented writer\\/director anderson\n", "a condensed season\n", "follows most closely\n", "has its rewards .\n", "reginald\n", "the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though\n", "talk-heavy\n", "use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d\n", "denzel washington 's fine performance\n", "jeffrey tambor 's\n", "dim-witted and lazy\n", "has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script\n", "quirky , charming and often hilarious\n", "bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .\n", "inspired it\n", "by gianni versace\n", "boomers and\n", "adoring , wide-smiling reception\n", "all analyze\n", "will probably find it fascinating\n", "the most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone\n", "hollywood ending just is n't very funny .\n", "jostles\n", "my eyelids ... getting\n", "the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers\n", "of gold\n", "are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", "is n't much better .\n", "its own quirky hipness\n", "to be good\n", "into a comedy graveyard\n", "all that good\n", "in the name of high art\n", "witless script\n", "is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it\n", "paid more attention the story\n", "lighting effects and innovative backgrounds\n", "as a movie-industry satire\n", "smart and complicated\n", "terrifying\n", "a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters\n", "block ever\n", "if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .\n", "recent predecessors\n", "beacon of hope\n", "of the other foul substances\n", "megalomaniac bent\n", "story point\n", "wen\n", "trail\n", "as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .\n", "an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver\n", "sense-spinning\n", "that 's better than its predecessor\n", "-- as many times as we have fingers to count on --\n", "the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release\n", "namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .\n", "the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going\n", ", uh , shred ,\n", "on mindless action\n", "like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before\n", "its success\n", "like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal\n", "much entertainment value\n", "in by the sympathetic characters\n", "by labored writing and slack direction\n", "an inarticulate screenplay\n", "hair design\n", "the screening\n", "anything discordant\n", "this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself\n", "the banality and hypocrisy\n", "immaturity\n", "bray is completely at sea ;\n", "a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama\n", "you 'd be wise to send your regrets\n", "the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics\n", "and -rrb-\n", "the silly spy\n", "be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human\n", "it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '\n", "is salvaged\n", "... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .\n", "true\n", "of breathtaking mystery\n", "that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career\n", "to the dullest irish pub scenes\n", "by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez\n", "look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation\n", "fans will undoubtedly enjoy it ,\n", "packed with just as much intelligence as action\n", "a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder\n", "narrative film\n", "the formulaic equations\n", "gives a performance that is masterly\n", "best date movie\n", "is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .\n", "the era of richard nixon\n", "even murphy 's expert comic timing and\n", "old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "how .\n", "did what to whom and why\n", "that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .\n", "colleagues\n", "self-conscious art drivel\n", "the people onscreen\n", "jovial air\n", "is all over the place , really .\n", "generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series\n", "paint-by-numbers plot\n", "entertain or inspire\n", "woo 's -rrb-\n", "starts\n", "easily substitutable\n", "british actor ian holm\n", "more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies\n", "come\n", "if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is\n", "--\n", "an astonishingly witless script\n", "in the house\n", "evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story\n", "who has n't been living under a rock\n", "wait to see end\n", "enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies\n", "adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some\n", ", moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair ...\n", "a technically superb film\n", "monsoon wedding\n", "most good-hearted yet\n", "from new sides\n", "its grand locations\n", "seem as long\n", "themes that interest attal and gainsbourg\n", "doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body\n", "for the tissues\n", "brings the proper conviction to his role as -lrb- jason bourne -rrb- .\n", "the re\n", "getting more intense\n", "the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one\n", "italian pinocchio\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- crushing disappointment\n", ", this nervy oddity , like modern art should .\n", "discerning\n", "shaky\n", "tighter editorial process\n", "star turn\n", "deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell .\n", "is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is\n", "its timing\n", "made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother\n", "cross-cultural soap opera\n", "lot to recommend read my lips\n", "'s pretty but dumb .\n", "meaningless\n", "nicest possible way\n", "the brim\n", "one-note\n", "of a bumper\n", "intellectually and logistically\n", "the trials of henry kissinger\n", "worry about anyone being bored\n", "comedy , caper thrills and\n", "an `` o bruin , where art thou ? ''\n", "'s to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "as likely\n", "suffers from a flat script and a low budget .\n", "uses quick-cuts , -lrb- very -rrb- large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double -lrb- for seagal -rrb-\n", "slap her -\n", "his vision\n", "the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "to being very funny\n", "below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream ,\n", "is fluid and quick .\n", "boiling\n", "do n't see the point\n", "mood piece\n", "played-out\n", "such hollywood\n", "the whole notion\n", "the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha\n", "an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "guessing just\n", "amicable\n", "the film buzz and whir ; very little of it\n", "in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel\n", "office bucks\n", "to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "audience sadism\n", "chase sequence\n", "seeing something purer\n", "steven soderbergh 's\n", "others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting\n", "serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey\n", "contentious configurations\n", "nicely understated expression\n", "one of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "sequences that make you\n", ", for that matter , shrek -rrb-\n", ", occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film\n", "porky\n", "highly personal brand\n", "'s going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal\n", "integrating the characters in the foreground\n", "there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending ,\n", "much of it is good for a laugh\n", "four decades\n", "has 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\n", "melt\n", "characteristically startling visual style and\n", "recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile\n", "into the groove of a new york\n", "into what has become of us all in the era of video\n", "stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "skillful filmmaker\n", "likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes\n", "more deftly\n", "volumes\n", "you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride\n", "to bore\n", "handle the truth\n", "of place\n", "enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "layered , well-developed characters\n", "the culture clash comedies\n", "rises to its full potential\n", "knock-off\n", "garner\n", "video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all\n", "the film 's strategically placed white sheets\n", "turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny\n", "can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .\n", "serious and thoughtful .\n", "sought\n", "stale , futile scenario\n", "more a gunfest than a rock concert\n", "all entertaining enough\n", "of your date\n", "characteristically complex tom clancy thriller\n", "religious films\n", "as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and\n", "a tale worth catching\n", "anne geddes , john grisham , and\n", "everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .\n", ", all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .\n", "errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons\n", "an intense indoor drama\n", "affectionate\n", "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\n", "tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy\n", "of his band\n", "crispin\n", "mostly the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values .\n", "of sight\n", "rotten in the state of california\n", "comedy only half\n", "driven by the pathetic idea\n", "add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition\n", "wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "a one-night swim\n", "help overcome the problematic script\n", "devotedly constructed\n", "whoop\n", "to go with this claustrophobic concept\n", "audacious-impossible\n", "`` not really as bad as you might think ! ''\n", "completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque\n", "serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally\n", "to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "approach\n", "except that\n", "serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "snowball 's\n", "raw emotions\n", "the goose-pimple genre\n", "a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't\n", "the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts\n", "and stolid anthony hopkins\n", "full of detail about the man and his country , and\n", "can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew\n", "donovan ... squanders his main asset , jackie chan ,\n", "any of the signposts\n", "it , ` hungry-man portions of bad '\n", "the talk-heavy film\n", "of gloom\n", "so potent\n", "are more in line\n", "deep shelves\n", "two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives\n", "tension and\n", "girl entry\n", ", phifer and cam\n", "come to expect ,\n", "incorporate both the horror\n", "your introduction\n", "blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings\n", "delightfully cheeky\n", "more to guy ritchie\n", "barely\n", "a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board .\n", "the dating wars\n", "do n't flee\n", "another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but the story and theme make up for it\n", "is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "love , longing , and voting\n", "little band\n", "has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency\n", "it 's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name .\n", "rude lines\n", "ceo\n", "it 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars\n", "can open the door to liberation .\n", "me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire\n", "even if they spend years trying to comprehend it\n", "to a quiet evening on pbs\n", "interested to care\n", "to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "is reasonably entertaining\n", ", partisans and sabotage\n", "from belgium\n", "teen-targeted\n", "huppert\n", "mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "his intellectual rigor or creative composure\n", "the field of roughage\n", "far worse\n", "is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth\n", "contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden\n", "more beautiful than either of those films\n", "costs\n", "a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle\n", "shrek '' or `` monsters , inc.\n", "than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games\n", "having an old friend\n", "in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers\n", "to these movies\n", "the spirit of the previous two\n", "whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain\n", "is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it\n", "car\n", "get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes\n", "well-directed and , for all its moodiness ,\n", "it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here .\n", "a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick ,\n", "fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing .\n", "crash 'em -\n", ", old-fashioned-movie movie\n", "though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem\n", "looking for leonard '' just seems to kinda\n", "floria\n", "dumber\n", "charisma and ability\n", "of tears\n", "pure craft and\n", "two guys yelling in your face for two hours\n", "ever spill from a projector 's lens\n", "film studio\n", ", not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels ,\n", "the 1999 guy ritchie\n", "bring out joys in our lives that we never knew\n", "can admire but\n", "by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate\n", "of the supernatural\n", "the violence actually shocked\n", "of psychopathic pulp\n", "also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .\n", "strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends\n", "though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works\n", "because the plot is equally hackneyed\n", "of the campaign-trail press , especially ones\n", "condescension from every pore\n", "doors\n", "founders\n", "the beauty of the piece is that it counts heart as important as humor .\n", "quick release\n", "is nearly ready\n", "a thoughtful examination\n", "os\n", "quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and\n", "like life\n", "will turn out okay\n", "diner\n", "flair and bouncing bravado\n", "comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness\n", "the underdog sports team formula redux\n", "is interesting but constantly unfulfilling .\n", "an inventive , absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist .\n", "it 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet i found it weirdly appealing\n", "will be gored\n", "a different kind\n", "been unturned\n", "all that ; the boobs are fantasti\n", "whose pervasive\n", "is one big , dumb action movie\n", "kung\n", "to cello music\n", "afterlife and a lot more\n", "-lrb- screenwriter -rrb- pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it\n", "happened at picpus\n", "it 's still quite worth seeing\n", "serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting\n", "toss logic and science\n", "spaniel-eyed jean reno\n", "two smoking barrels\n", "at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways\n", "reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death .\n", "enough of plucky british eccentrics\n", "even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension\n", "celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music\n", "scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres\n", "but darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .\n", "is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit\n", "restore -lrb- harmon -rrb- to prominence\n", "obvious at times but\n", "a muted freak-out\n", "more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy\n", "can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "i.e.\n", "twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch\n", "of our daily ills\n", "understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself\n", "disconnects\n", "cartoon counterparts\n", "this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving\n", "would n't have the guts to make\n", "curiosity\n", "be with a large dose of painkillers\n", "albeit a visually compelling one ,\n", "for a teen movie\n", "sailor\n", "menace\n", "jet li\n", "rat-a-tat energy\n", "making up for any flaws that come later\n", "dramatizing\n", ", she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .\n", "the telling\n", "good , organic character work\n", "as wonderful on the big screen\n", "slow , dry\n", "'s worn a bit thin over the years , though do n't ask still finds a few chuckles\n", "indie of the year , so far .\n", "10 minutes into the film you\n", "fires on all plasma conduits .\n", "for it would have felt like a cheat\n", "gorgeous scenes\n", "the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty\n", "intern\n", "a `` snl '' has-been\n", "a sweet-tempered comedy\n", "inner nine-year-old\n", "to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s\n", "gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch\n", "i 've been trying to forget\n", "a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and\n", "equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb-\n", "erotic or\n", "mr. koshashvili\n", "personal horrors\n", "spaceship\n", "surfing photography\n", "most intense\n", "no matter how ` inside ' they are\n", "looked uglier\n", "a trip\n", "unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .\n", "notorious c.h.o. still feels like a promising work-in-progress\n", "bags\n", "'s a liability\n", "time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "power-lunchers\n", "airless movie adaptation\n", "finding her husband\n", "the adventure is on red alert .\n", "'s a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre\n", "demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .\n", "by the end of it all\n", "what-if concept\n", "this is n't exactly profound cinema , but\n", "the marketing department\n", "self-image\n", "left field\n", "in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales\n", "cast\n", "pass a little\n", "the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving\n", "is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .\n", "liberal doses\n", ", your senses are as mushy as peas\n", "-lrb- h -rrb- ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .\n", "he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to\n", "care about what happened in 1915 armenia\n", "for attention\n", "a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome .\n", "barn-burningly\n", "warlord\n", "the best didacticism\n", "of the bra\n", "the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "an arrow\n", "frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him .\n", "deuces\n", "look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles\n", "another couple of\n", "despite a quieter middle section , involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship .\n", "in different direction\n", "the live-action scenes\n", "this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .\n", "the character at all stages of her life\n", "in this case the beast should definitely get top billing\n", "kibosh\n", "direction and timing\n", "fascinate in their recklessness\n", "deliciously nonsensical comedy\n", "pour\n", "things ,\n", "to say who might enjoy this\n", "to squeeze too many elements into the film\n", "sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen\n", "to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish\n", "were more repulsive\n", "deathly\n", "for acting\n", "supply\n", "hospital bed or insurance company office\n", "survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller\n", "tediously\n", "small but rewarding\n", "a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes\n", "brutally dry\n", "as far as art is concerned\n", "perceptions\n", "got a place in your heart for smokey robinson\n", "the subtitled costume drama\n", "in italian\n", "grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun\n", "inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear\n", "'s a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .\n", "do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast\n", "she tried\n", "is even worse\n", "crystal and de niro -rrb-\n", "this version\n", "the outstanding thrillers of recent years\n", "understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose\n", "a lump\n", "brilliantly constructed work\n", "the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "belgium 's\n", "is partly\n", "call this the full monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux .\n", "an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit\n", "narrated by martin landau\n", "a tragic figure\n", "... post-september 11 , `` the sum of all fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .\n", "groan-to-guffaw ratio\n", "the emotional tumult\n", "that they are\n", "the finished product 's unshapely look\n", "why we take pictures\n", "is an uneven film for the most part\n", "it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium ,\n", "mesmerizing king lear\n", "in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub\n", "'s up to you to decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life .\n", "fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts\n", "to much\n", "a delicious and delicately funny look\n", "hold the gong\n", "like humans , only hairier\n", "saying much\n", "its mark\n", "nothing but an episode\n", "have been worth cheering as a breakthrough\n", "about its ideas\n", "possible for a documentary\n", "dutiful precision\n", "topnotch foursome\n", "hide new secretions from the parental units\n", "do its characters exactly spring to life\n", "there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but peter mattei 's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note .\n", "a tv show\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- thoughtful , visually graceful\n", "is smart and entirely charming\n", "with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "always fairly\n", "usual cafeteria goulash\n", "and ` realistic '\n", "the ` wow ' factor\n", "make like the title and dodge this one .\n", "bogged\n", "'s a long way\n", "that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot\n", "will find anything here to appreciate .\n", "is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .\n", "reeks of rot and hack\n", "it 's soulful and unslick , and\n", "lantern\n", "a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting\n", "though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end\n", "run\n", "-- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice --\n", "its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .\n", "generally a huge fan\n", "chewing\n", ", unfussily poetic\n", "otherwise respectable\n", "intelligence , wit or innovation\n", "of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it\n", "so sloppy , so uneven\n", "labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two\n", "those moviegoers\n", "drag two-thirds through ,\n", "are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america\n", "actresses\n", "such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy\n", "once in a while a\n", "a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera\n", "a dozen times\n", "an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world\n", "from memory\n", "beyond his usual fluttering and stammering\n", "stuck with it\n", "von sychowski\n", "godard\n", "upsetting\n", "it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least\n", "buoyant human moments\n", "outlandish color schemes\n", "charred\n", "precarious\n", "difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are\n", ", but that vision is beginning to feel\n", "chimes in\n", "grant is certainly amusing , but\n", "are short and often unexpected\n", "is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese .\n", "bratt\n", "faced with the possibility\n", "have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "but it does have one saving grace .\n", "weird performances and direction\n", "takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .\n", "a somber film ,\n", "is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him\n", "musclefest\n", "it should be interesting ,\n", "singer\\/composer bryan adams\n", "wallace\n", "heal :\n", "immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose\n", "chyna\n", "that already-shallow\n", "incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music\n", "on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "do something different over actually pulling it off\n", "ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time\n", "greed and materalism\n", "regeneration\n", ", `` big trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .\n", "cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and\n", "cinematic tragedies\n", "one year ago\n", "sane person\n", "but -rrb-\n", "a brilliant , honest performance\n", "leaving the theater with a smile on your face\n", "though not for everyone , the guys is a somber trip worth taking .\n", "it 's fun ,\n", "insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean\n", "in intent and execution\n", "the pianist is polanski 's best film .\n", "at times uncommonly moving\n", "for occasional smiles\n", "coal\n", "mired in tear-drenched quicksand\n", "sean penn\n", "make personal velocity\n", "sterling ensemble cast\n", "manages to do virtually everything wrong\n", "stuffs his debut\n", "too stagey ,\n", "paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell\n", "anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year\n", "the unlikely story\n", "the friday series\n", "if predictable --\n", "five minutes but instead the plot\n", "its many out-sized\n", "more 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 .\n", "bad action-movie line\n", "caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions\n", ", are at least interesting .\n", "quentin tarantino\n", "first , quiet cadences\n", "on its own , it 's not very interesting .\n", "attempt to filter out the complexity\n", "its narrative specifics\n", "gritty police thriller\n", "toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well\n", "the first two films ' loose-jointed structure\n", "although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another major league .\n", "of an old type\n", "have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else\n", "an experience that is richer than anticipated\n", "to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman\n", "a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off\n", "strike some westerners\n", "sets this romantic comedy\n", ", it 's a movie that gets under your skin .\n", "is even lazier and far less enjoyable .\n", "a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers .\n", "by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy\n", "a courageous scottish lady\n", "bad lieutenant and les vampires\n", "disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure\n", "quite tasteful to look at\n", "confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please ,\n", "rom\n", "get anywhere\n", "film '\n", "one thing abundantly clear\n", "so fascinating\n", "about them\n", "a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work .\n", "five mild chuckles\n", "grant is n't cary and bullock is n't katherine .\n", "dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen\n", "merchant ivory productions\n", "unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs\n", "any other\n", "surehanded direction\n", "a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady 's direction is prosaic .\n", "directed the film\n", "trots out every ghost trick from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies .\n", "teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss .\n", "it does n't make for great cinema\n", "the attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .\n", "rather frightening examination\n", "whose lives are anything but\n", "world domination and destruction\n", "up\n", "ham-fisted sermon\n", "is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .\n", "you 've already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles ,\n", "one-night swim\n", "a reluctant villain\n", "weighty issues\n", "most enjoyable releases\n", "own \\*\\*\\*\n", "as you think\n", "the painstaking\n", "this sort of thing\n", "enough quirky and satirical touches\n", "beaten path\n", "matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible\n", "bittersweet\n", "is this films reason for being\n", "each scene drags , underscoring the obvious\n", "bravery and dedication\n", "that between the son and his wife , and\n", "one of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but\n", "i 'm not , and then\n", "about going to see this movie\n", "dramatically satisfying\n", "to merit its 103-minute length\n", ", and motorcycles\n", "a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more .\n", "dare i say it twice\n", "a welcome relief\n", "the tortured husband\n", "and israeli children\n", "the true light\n", "solondz is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining .\n", "all , road to perdition\n", "politically charged\n", "is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities\n", "stand tall\n", "of exploiting molestation for laughs\n", "a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights\n", "concerns\n", "almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .\n", "flowery dialogue\n", ", composed delivery\n", "slick and sprightly cgi feature\n", "reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi 's\n", "it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,\n", "you do n't have to\n", "an affection for the period\n", "bad boy\n", "the death of self ... this orgasm\n", "thin period piece .\n", "and witty feature\n", "very meticulously but without any passion\n", "it does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that .\n", "cleverly constructed scenario\n", "goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs\n", "is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .\n", "enjoyable family fare\n", "more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "to grow into\n", "wanderers and a bronx tale\n", "the story together frustrating difficult\n", "in mind\n", "has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting\n", "riveting performances\n", "acting on the yiddish stage\n", "home\n", "'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable ,\n", "writer-director randall wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic\n", "of the goo , at least\n", "its promising cast\n", "of jason x\n", "is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned .\n", "narcissism\n", "iben\n", "director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .\n", "realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter\n", "you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .\n", "work with\n", "its compassionate spirit\n", "healing system\n", "both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship\n", "bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .\n", "applying definition\n", "bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story\n", "the first and last look\n", "is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank .\n", "you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "derivative and hammily\n", "inescapable past and uncertain future\n", "stay for the credits\n", "the experience of actually watching the movie\n", "like something american and european gay movies\n", "that it 's not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered\n", "flesh-and-blood\n", "among the best films of the year\n", "exposing\n", "exceptionally good\n", "hollywood 's answer to an air ball .\n", "-- and long -- for its own good .\n", "as much\n", "for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death\n", "is oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that\n", "is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence\n", "as his circle of friends keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead says ` i 'm telling you , this is f \\*\\*\\* ed ' .\n", "they are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .\n", "has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream\n", "quite an achievement\n", "... portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .\n", "mccracken\n", "romance and a dose\n", "i wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish\n", "packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack\n", "can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice\n", "follow\n", "will be needed .\n", "countless other flicks about guys and dolls\n", "appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "high-octane thriller\n", "entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel .\n", "is a bowser\n", "beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers\n", "gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films\n", "the theme does n't drag an audience down\n", "starts off promisingly but\n", "so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy .\n", "and overwrought emotion\n", "just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .\n", "building up to the climactic burst of violence\n", "is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough\n", "genuine spontaneity\n", "hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure\n", "does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff\n", "-lrb- taymor -rrb-\n", "as i laughed throughout the movie\n", "gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior .\n", "whose boozy , languid\n", "nothing could be more appropriate\n", "a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny\n", "only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick\n", "induce sleep\n", "quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles\n", "turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty\n", "hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking\n", "of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera\n", "again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters\n", "have about spirited away\n", "returning director rob minkoff ...\n", "point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .\n", "in `\n", "once upon a time in america\n", "the characterizations and\n", "is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective\n", "the cinematic equivalent of high humidity\n", "really long , slow and dreary time\n", "there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one\n", "lasting traces\n", "an enthralling , entertaining feature .\n", "a pleasure\n", "war-movie stuff\n", "smart movie\n", "is derivative\n", "sugary little half-hour\n", "solidly connect with one demographic while\n", "teenage sex comedy\n", "robust\n", "all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another\n", "american blockbusters\n", "rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it\n", "the word ` dog ' in its title in january\n", "fit together\n", "to the other\n", "above average summer\n", ", groan and hiss\n", "extraordinarily talented\n", "no-holds-barred\n", "towering siren\n", "has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story\n", "the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible\n", "bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .\n", "the guitar\n", "tinge\n", "is a filmmaker of impressive talent .\n", "max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished\n", "it 's quite fun in places .\n", "a huge disappointment coming , as it does , from filmmakers and performers of this calibre\n", "the hail\n", "rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .\n", "a convenient conveyor belt\n", "overall feelings\n", "universal points\n", "is one of those films that aims to confuse\n", "gibberish\n", "'s just plain boring\n", "the controversy\n", "steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout .\n", "a perfect family film\n", "though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl\n", "martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline\n", "how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek\n", "folks\n", "of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller\n", "sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .\n", "the latter 's attendant intelligence\n", "to be combined with the misconceived final 5\n", "-lrb- but ultimately silly -rrb-\n", "less bling-bling\n", "in his right mind\n", "your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .\n", "an air of dignity\n", "manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .\n", "surrounding us\n", "kissinger may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive\n", "cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies .\n", "little fuss or noise\n", "works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera\n", "the only one\n", "the complexities of the middle east struggle\n", "the stage show -rrb-\n", "the gratuitous cinematic distractions\n", "of this disease\n", "air onscreen\n", "whether or\n", "mick\n", "folks worthy of scorn\n", "hardy spirit\n", "consuming self-absorption\n", "impressive\n", "captures the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing .\n", "is good for a laugh\n", "the prison flick\n", "innocent , childlike and inherently funny\n", "tone and\n", "expressive power\n", "of screen time\n", "will most likely doze off during this one\n", "treacle\n", "p.t. anderson\n", "occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story\n", "every-joke-has\n", "anyone would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson .\n", "ambiguous and\n", "wit and\n", "to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie\n", "a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades\n", "imagines\n", ", as was more likely ,\n", "techno-sex\n", "carol\n", "rendered\n", "annoying\n", "dumas 's story\n", "are neither original nor\n", "it 's like on the other side of the bra\n", "does 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'\n", "many times\n", "kinnear and\n", "much of an impression\n", "plays like the work of a dilettante\n", "presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain\n", "the viewer 's memory\n", "a hardy group of determined new zealanders\n", "an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love\n", "lazily and\n", "bode well for the rest of it\n", "narrow\n", "modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare .\n", "could benefit from the spice of specificity\n", "strokes\n", "a neat twist , subtly rendered ,\n", "aided\n", "for large-scale action and suspense\n", "sharply comic\n", "utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story\n", "-rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\\/venice\n", "qualify as a spoof of such\n", "seems -rrb-\n", "i certainly ca n't recommend it\n", "on this concept and opts\n", ", more specifically , behind the camera\n", "those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface\n", "who want to believe in it the most\n", "is why film criticism can be considered work\n", "selby\n", "chops\n", "of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman\n", "some very good comedic songs\n", "colorful , dramatized pbs program\n", "told in scattered fashion\n", "unique way shainberg\n", "fiercely intelligent and\n", "of disney 's great past\n", "warner bros. costumer\n", "presiding over the end of cinema as we know it\n", "prep-school professors\n", "the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "lowbrow\n", "wait for it to hit cable\n", "works superbly here\n", "lionize its title character and\n", "involving , inspirational drama\n", "swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros\n", "show me the mugging .\n", "that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk\n", "delicate ecological balance\n", "passed\n", "faceless\n", "freaky\n", "this film to review on dvd\n", "mr. chabrol 's\n", "it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls\n", "comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature\n", "of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone\n", "left college\n", "max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve\n", "pondering\n", "13 months and\n", "photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time\n", "where its recent predecessor miserably\n", "about the story\n", "is part of the fun .\n", "a creepy , intermittently powerful study\n", "the only reason you should see this movie\n", "off too far\n", "deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .\n", "wound clock not just ticking , but humming\n", "funny , smart\n", "passages\n", "... may put off insiders and outsiders alike .\n", "bland but harmless\n", "the simple telling\n", "solid , psychological action film\n", "blimp\n", "copycat\n", "the lessons of the trickster spider\n", "the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run\n", "traditional gender roles\n", "all things\n", "original inspiration\n", "let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp\n", "bad bear suits\n", "really takes off\n", "the title performance by kieran culkin\n", "get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters\n", "'s a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior .\n", "'s left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence\n", "high-tech splatterfests\n", "\\*\\*\n", "a moving camera\n", "seek and strike\n", "' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .\n", "notes about their budding amours\n", "one the public rarely sees .\n", "it 's actually too sincere --\n", "could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "every gangster movie\n", "recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy\n", "a great yarn\n", "lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life\n", "film noir veil\n", "entertained by the sight of someone\n", "'s clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf .\n", "despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless .\n", "beneath the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve .\n", "recovery\n", "strange and beautiful film\n", "the lush scenery of the cotswolds\n", "chases\n", "i was expecting\n", "lang 's metropolis\n", "about k-19\n", "hammer home\n", "be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable\n", "never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "soulful , scathing and\n", "the moment\n", "a movie about a vampire\n", "a lot more painful\n", "with the word ` dog ' in its title in january\n", "irreconcilable\n", "captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury\n", "when it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , `` real women have curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .\n", "mention `` solaris '' five years from now and i 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share .\n", "catholic boy\n", "modest aspirations\n", "an interesting , even sexy premise\n", "into this thornberry stuff\n", "has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "able to tear their eyes away from the screen\n", "what -lrb- denis -rrb- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film\n", "pc stability\n", "a genre -- the gangster\\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "that the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme 's good films\n", "is turning in some delightful work on indie projects\n", "a little less charm\n", "which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile\n", "charade remake\n", "a full experience ,\n", "analytical\n", "it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "do n't think this movie loves women at all .\n", "somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book -rrb-\n", "the core of his being\n", "more serious-minded\n", "eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic\n", "of one of the best films\n", "require so much\n", "planet 's\n", "just does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .\n", "much to me\n", "the filmmakers who have directed him ,\n", "there 's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to\n", "a pat , fairy-tale conclusion\n", "special effect\n", "like an apartheid drama\n", "sticking\n", "all means\n", "shares\n", "the edge of your seat , tense with suspense\n", "disguise\n", "what 's best about\n", ", cultivation and devotion\n", "like brosnan 's performance , evelyn comes from the heart .\n", "in swimfan\n", "irksome characters\n", "almost too-spectacular\n", "far more interesting\n", "every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do\n", "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\n", "campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "bore\n", "predisposed\n", "truth-in-advertising\n", "a man who lacked any\n", "totally estranged from reality\n", "the psychological thriller\n", "oily arms dealer\n", "bad sign\n", "servicable\n", "everything about girls\n", "the unfulfilling ,\n", "been allowed\n", "the human story is pushed to one side\n", "loses its fire midway\n", ", anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here\n", "-lrb- improvised over many months -rrb-\n", "grossly\n", "absolutely nails sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .\n", "rosemary\n", "is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep\n", "the greatest musicians\n", "hollywood vs. woo\n", "the intelligence or sincerity\n", "of the plot device\n", "since grumpy old men\n", "volletta wallace 's\n", ", unforced continuation\n", "the ridicule factor\n", "strangely unsatisfied\n", "very good time\n", "its dreaminess may lull you to sleep\n", "is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression .\n", "a director 's\n", "all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story\n", "childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice\n", "of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it\n", "very stylish and beautifully photographed , but\n", "one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre\n", "shallow and\n", "undemanding action movies\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "it 's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .\n", "goodall\n", "any `` jackass '' fan\n", "he can to look like a good guy\n", "radical '' or `` suck ''\n", "lust\n", "vain dictator-madman\n", "silent 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'\n", "a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games\n", "the pathetic idea\n", "troubadour\n", "come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy\n", "the climactic burst of violence\n", "rubbo 's\n", "the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial .\n", "ms. shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .\n", ", shrek -rrb-\n", "mel gibson and\n", "rouge\n", "in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother\n", "'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations\n", "will enjoy seeing how both evolve\n", "own tortured psyche\n", "can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '\n", "this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .\n", "goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ...\n", "the efforts\n", "ms. ambrose\n", "feels dusty and leatherbound\n", "desperately\n", "the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie\n", "has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end\n", "in japanese anime\n", ", rohmer 's talky films fascinate me\n", "being stupid\n", "wending\n", "the crisp clarity\n", "its pedestrian english title\n", "the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .\n", "glossy hollywood\n", "cube 's\n", "it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but\n", "for a tenth installment in a series\n", "highlighted 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 .\n", "riviera\n", "tweaked\n", ", eloquent film\n", "the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "an air ball\n", "this movie 's servitude to its superstar\n", "seedy clash\n", "not a strike against yang 's similarly themed yi yi\n", "looks better than it feels\n", "to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way\n", "it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '\n", "because of its epic scope\n", "for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .\n", "stirring visual sequence\n", "the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking\n", "to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia\n", "lovable-loser\n", "irrational , long-suffering but cruel\n", "to add to the confusion\n", "any other john woo flick for that matter\n", "to make adequate\n", "endure\n", "rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \\*\\*\\* in embarrassment\n", "the film 's final hour ,\n", "carnage\n", ", witless mess\n", "is n't really one of resources .\n", "while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media\n", "overly melodramatic but\n", "of wood\n", "amused and\n", "baggage\n", "martha\n", "goes to the essence of broadway\n", ", pretty and gifted , it really won my heart\n", "see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "tired one\n", "the women\n", "sick character\n", "21st century\n", "heightened\n", "more outrageous\n", "the beast and 1930s horror films\n", "needed to show it\n", "a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama\n", "is hereby\n", "of imperfection\n", ", prepackaged julia roberts wannabe\n", "no creature\n", "` hypertime '\n", "this too-extreme-for-tv rendition\n", "... and then only as a very mild rental\n", "to be more complex than your average film\n", "that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "discover\n", "in its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment\n", "rushed , slapdash ,\n", "of our planet\n", "as deep as a petri dish\n", "is the one established by warner bros. giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .\n", "it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .\n", "the humanity of a psycho\n", "treasure and something\n", "melodrama -lrb- gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -rrb-\n", "idol 's\n", "hits home with disorienting force\n", "show more of the dilemma , rather than\n", "make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any\n", "will he\n", "this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be\n", "is definitely worth seeing .\n", "on a limb\n", ", in some of those , the mother deer even dies .\n", "psychological drama , sociological reflection\n", "of scenes in frida\n", "as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting\n", "the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "sometimes a guffaw\n", "our best actors\n", "open the door to liberation\n", "laugh-a-minute\n", "many ways the perfect festival film :\n", "of holes and completely lacking in chills\n", "as a science fiction movie\n", "is rarely seen on-screen\n", "impossible disappearing\\/reappearing\n", "the director 's epitaph\n", "addict\n", "maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone\n", ", thought-provoking new york fest\n", "so crass\n", "candy and cheeky\n", "a lack\n", "on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time\n", "sisterhood\n", "a particularly slanted ,\n", "is dark , brooding and slow\n", "you and they\n", "mention `` solaris ''\n", "finest films\n", "while the importance of being earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles , it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .\n", "romanticization\n", "this chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .\n", "of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made\n", "farewell-to-innocence\n", "loses its fire\n", "predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda\n", "so much baked cardboard\n", "old-school kind\n", "of understanding for her actions\n", "of the play\n", "'s easy to love robin tunney\n", "there 's much to recommend the film .\n", "greatest films\n", "is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate\n", "native american\n", "the supporting ones\n", "not far down\n", "thick and\n", ", injuries , etc.\n", "find new avenues of discourse\n", "political documentary\n", "there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , ''\n", "feel like three hours .\n", "it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .\n", "funny and human\n", "takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you :\n", "about dying and loving\n", "a house full of tots\n", "poorly executed comedy .\n", "is just the ticket you need .\n", "should appeal to women\n", "a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned\n", "the innocence\n", "shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "sneaky feel\n", "slumming it\n", "it 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style .\n", "a popcorn film ,\n", "did i miss something ? ''\n", "oftentimes funny , yet\n", "funny in the middle\n", "excellent principal singers\n", "that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "a finale\n", "of tones and styles\n", "of a fanciful motion picture\n", "totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream\n", "endearing and well-lensed\n", "citizen\n", "degenerates\n", "a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", ", it 's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem .\n", "have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers\n", "-lrb- of all places -rrb-\n", "the audience for cletis tout\n", "think about existential suffering\n", "what a reckless squandering of four fine\n", "is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms\n", "in this condition\n", "to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but\n", "was particularly funny\n", "reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty --\n", "do them\n", "are generally not heard on television\n", "'s a real shame\n", "over\n", "his sentimental journey of the heart\n", "why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar\n", "last thing\n", "cinematic poet\n", "surveys the landscape\n", "she may not be real , but\n", "mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis\n", "too clever\n", "mean you have to check your brain at the door\n", "thud\n", "often hotter\n", "are consistently\n", "worst films\n", "'s the days of our lives\n", "attempt another project greenlight\n", "might want to catch freaks as a matinee .\n", "gong\n", "painting this family dynamic\n", "host\n", "go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things\n", "especially fit for the kiddies\n", "free rein\n", "undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs\n", "resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative\n", "i ca n't begin 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 ...\n", "elves\n", "with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie\n", "inherent humor\n", "elegant ,\n", "p\n", "every 10 seconds\n", "a tired , talky feel\n", "opaque enough to avoid didacticism\n", "with fewer gags to break the tedium .\n", "on the printed page of iles ' book\n", "itch to explore more\n", "the chocolate factory without charlie .\n", "hyped up\n", "sade achieves the near-impossible\n", "of something\n", "'s done with us\n", "surprisingly serviceable\n", "record label\n", "director clare peploe 's\n", "almost all of his previous works\n", "is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from\n", "offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive\n", "'s far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .\n", "its side\n", "the right actors\n", "acting exercise\n", "chosen to make his english-language debut with a film\n", "camouflaging\n", "both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one\n", "it shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure\n", "libido\n", "adams just copies\n", "plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '\n", "eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome\n", "c. walsh 's\n", "superior\n", "'s a sight to behold .\n", "thriller and drag audience enthusiasm\n", "those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart\n", "ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and\n", "what bubbles up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch .\n", "seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again\n", "sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life\n", "a tidal wave of plot\n", "kinds\n", "better or worse\n", "a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing\n", "retaliatory responses\n", "at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string\n", "a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown\n", "about god\n", "at `` the real americans\n", "be the first cartoon\n", "as-nasty -\n", "he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose\n", "bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers\n", "hastily written\n", "a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's .\n", "a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction\n", "using them\n", "find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most\n", "amused by its special effects\n", "to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor\n", "an asset and a detriment\n", "in -lrb- herzog 's -rrb- personal policy\n", "tobey\n", "a sloppy , amusing comedy\n", ", nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "human race splitting\n", "of being forty , female and single\n", "looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably .\n", "film language\n", "where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor\n", "live up to its style\n", "subject justice\n", "at last\n", "demented-funny as starship troopers\n", "the logic of it\n", "serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza\n", "teetering on the edge of sanity\n", ", the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .\n", "that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie\n", "'' 2002\n", "like one long ,\n", "all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "falls flat as thinking man\n", "probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems\n", "a friendly kick in the pants\n", "could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up\n", "drive\n", "reveals the victims of domestic abuse\n", ", the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .\n", "banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be\n", "make us share their enthusiasm\n", "worked so much better dealing in only one reality\n", "to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions\n", "is , alas , no woody allen\n", "a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen\n", "tashlin\n", "family dynamics\n", "lots of cute animals and clumsy people\n", "dirty-joke\n", "has been there squirm with recognition\n", "is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .\n", "a little too much resonance with real world events\n", "pay to see it\n", "barbed\n", "the interviews\n", "gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense ,\n", "you 'll regret\n", "davis '\n", "the big screen postcard\n", "comedy , direction and especially charm\n", "new yorker\n", "croze\n", "a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but\n", "snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good .\n", ", unaffected style\n", "unlike those in moulin rouge\n", "the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction\n", "of your movie-going life\n", "arduous journey\n", "when you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation\n", "'s impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face\n", "his writer\n", "ai n't half-bad\n", "to a new age\n", "this dark tale\n", "o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing .\n", "to the mothman prophecies\n", "diverges from anything\n", "in the same way\n", "trip tripe\n", "this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .\n", ", the movie makes two hours feel like four .\n", "by the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .\n", "crowds\n", "of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary\n", "director-chef gabriele muccino keeps it fast -- zippy , comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale .\n", "it is more likely to induce sleep than fright .\n", "of innumerable\n", "about the truth\n", "snazzy dialogue\n", "entirely convincing about the quiet american\n", "even queasy\n", "it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland .\n", "leaden script\n", ", is n't much fun without the highs and lows\n", "the trap of pretention\n", "oprahfication\n", "vintage\n", "is its crack cast\n", "finding a new angle on a tireless story\n", "would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .\n", "a funeral and bridget jones 's\n", "aging , suffering and the prospect of death\n", "removed and\n", "what makes the movie fresh\n", "pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "only for young children\n", "highly uneven and inconsistent\n", "would be a rarity in hollywood\n", "was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be\n", "it just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on -lrb- or be entertained by -rrb- .\n", "advanced\n", "basketball association\n", "top-notch action powers\n", "just goes on and on and on and on\n", "looks back\n", "the flowering\n", "a needlessly downbeat\n", "most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin\n", "spontaneity in its execution\n", "that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "hopes mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter\n", "appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .\n", "eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation\n", "uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds\n", "know it\n", "still serious problem\n", "with a better script\n", "it has become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past .\n", "that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you\n", "for the duration\n", "iq\n", "stand-up routine\n", "that much\n", "its invitingly upbeat overture\n", "rock 's stand-up magic wanes .\n", "is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time\n", "protect\n", "relationship\n", "much of the movie 's charm\n", "is static , stilted .\n", "a fine , focused piece\n", "chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans .\n", "colorful event\n", "next\n", "wide-screen production design\n", "harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director\n", "to string the bastard up\n", "this movie for\n", "just as expectant\n", "jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod\n", "document\n", "fiercely\n", "of both adventure and song\n", "an exercise in gorgeous visuals\n", "charismatic and tragically\n", "this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .\n", "the off-the-wall dialogue ,\n", "it , no wiseacre crackle\n", "will either improve the film for you\n", "because your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state\n", "loneliness can make people act weird\n", "does what he can in a thankless situation\n", "left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments\n", "less attention\n", "the film 's considered approach\n", "moving and important\n", "of using a video game as the source material movie\n", "in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie\n", "it 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair .\n", "binging\n", "a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .\n", "very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure\n", "none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild .\n", "merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage .\n", "steven soderbergh 's earlier films\n", "preaching to the converted\n", "wintry\n", "none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere\n", "kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script\n", "stunningly unoriginal\n", "nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties\n", "poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures .\n", "although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .\n", "for egoyan\n", "would have made vittorio de sica proud\n", "fluffy and\n", "is to be cherished\n", "what you 'd expect\n", "its clever what-if concept\n", "huge-screen\n", "does deliver a few gut-busting laughs\n", "in the conception than it does in the execution\n", "pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .\n", "tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ?\n", "illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in\n", "it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline\n", "to be exploring these women 's inner lives\n", "guessable from the first few minutes\n", "stretched out to feature\n", ", poorly structured\n", "... manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .\n", "an energy\n", "incorporates\n", "uk\n", "have made no such thing\n", ", aching sadness\n", "dreadful\n", "brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade\n", "of hokum but\n", "urban living\n", "chewing whale blubber\n", "deaths\n", "the glum\n", "burn every print of the film\n", "gentle , lapping rhythms of this film\n", "of 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'\n", "wistful new film\n", "powerhouse\n", "that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past\n", "smart and newfangled\n", "about black urban professionals\n", "topping\n", "-lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be , and\n", "starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points\n", "eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good\n", "the 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 .\n", "it refuses to spell things out for viewers\n", "'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain\n", "eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy\n", "are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion\n", "shines on all the characters ,\n", "have a heart , mind or humor of its own\n", "in trouble every day\n", "7th-century oral traditions\n", "has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . 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original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience .\n", "that jazz\n", "has n't much more to serve than silly fluff\n", "a movie to forget\n", "a full-frontal attack on audience patience\n", "when not\n", "gripping to plodding and back\n", "that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment\n", "comic parody and pulp melodrama ,\n", "that , were it not for de niro 's participation ,\n", "has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet\n", "37-minute santa\n", "are painfully aware of their not-being .\n", "in the service of the lovers who inhabit it\n", "stifling its creator 's comic voice\n", "blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance\n", "de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors\n", "feels at 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episode\n", "bland actors\n", "inventive , consistently intelligent and\n", "liking the film\n", "over the years\n", ", writer-director anthony friedman 's similarly updated 1970 british production .\n", "great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help\n", "tv special\n", "shrugging mood\n", "a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story .\n", "of the ups and downs of friendships\n", "attractive and\n", "your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .\n", "dialogue and preposterous moments\n", "faced and spindly\n", "'ve never seen -lrb- a remake -rrb- do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic ...\n", "of a much better book\n", "had here\n", "fairly enjoyable\n", "suitably elegant\n", "decline\n", "the entire plot\n", "awkward hybrid\n", "with dirty faces\n", "after watching it\n", "it was\n", "in filmmaking\n", "designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .\n", "clever and unexpected\n", "not enough of interest onscreen\n", "offbeat humor ,\n", "the film breaks your heart\n", "the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies --\n", "the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this\n", "seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece\n", "largest-ever historical canvas\n", "with an undeniable energy\n", "that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride\n", "curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "both visually and thematically\n", "a lame story\n", "in showing us antonia 's true emotions\n", "of good material\n", "russians\n", "of the theories of class\n", "that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things\n", "too long , and larded with exposition , this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .\n", "around them\n", "think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "'s very little sense to what 's going on here\n", "both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving\n", "actually hurts to watch .\n", "to be intimate and socially encompassing\n", "nearly impossible to care about\n", "depend\n", "confident filmmaking and\n", "this is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .\n", "-lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb-\n", "to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd\n", "with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life\n", "acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending\n", "they 're old 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dreary mid-section of the film\n", "while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "a mess .\n", "bothered to construct a real story this time\n", "from the now middle-aged participants\n", "flashing\n", "is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .\n", ", funny , even punny 6\n", "major discoveries\n", "has intentionally left college or\n", "if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .\n", "tv shows , but hey arnold\n", "in the images\n", "a haunting tale of murder and mayhem\n", "control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible\n", "weiss and speck never make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes .\n", "aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes\n", "the universal themes ,\n", "opens\n", "budget b-movie thrillers\n", "faster and\n", "beg the question ` why\n", "it 's mildly interesting to 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dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "underventilated\n", "he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul\n", "a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ...\n", "will have a fun , no-frills ride\n", "arrive early and stay late\n", "photographed and staged\n", "suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd\n", "` laugh therapy '\n", "say things\n", "key plot moments\n", "a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary\n", "bmx\n", "primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of\n", "emerges as another key contribution\n", "the complicated relationships in a marching band\n", "72 minutes\n", "add anything fresh\n", "so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks\n", "hard-hitting documentary .\n", "the top floor\n", "less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors\n", "solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .\n", "from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .\n", "trite observations on the human condition\n", "payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business .\n", ", however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck\n", "what bubbles up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie\n", "are murky\n", "cultural differences and\n", "starts off witty and sophisticated and you\n", "will have an intermittently good time .\n", "seasoned veterans\n", "never wanted to leave .\n", "the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases\n", "that we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than high crimes\n", "staggered from the theater\n", "gently\n", "compensated in large part\n", "diction\n", "benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial\n", "rich tale\n", "around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .\n", "a love story as sanguine\n", "louis begley 's source novel\n", "a mormon family movie\n", "are entertaining and audacious moments\n", "mordantly funny and intimately knowing\n", "amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", "awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "a marvel of production design .\n", ", reminiscent of 1992 's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .\n", "good way\n", "the barn-burningly 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film\n", "decision\n", "exercise in style and mystification .\n", "fusion\n", "s\\/m\n", "a classic low-budget film noir movie\n", "york and\n", "long movie\n", "plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel .\n", "did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ?\n", "it 's funny .\n", "done a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age\n", "bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie ... is , also , frequently hilarious .\n", "star-making machinery\n", "a moving , if uneven , success\n", "its inevitable tragic conclusion\n", "documents\n", "action-packed film\n", "cutesy romance\n", "is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "pun\n", "which also seems to play on a 10-year delay\n", "adding\n", "we were aware of\n", "most opaque , self-indulgent and 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passages\n", "for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff\n", "as cutting\n", "this , and\n", "a wind-tunnel\n", "recalls the cary grant of room\n", "highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent\n", "predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor\n", "the incredible storyline\n", "bullock\n", "operates\n", "depleted\n", "get another scene , and then another .\n", "uneven performances and a spotty script\n", "turkey\n", "most complexly evil\n", "about action\n", "gravity and\n", "the self\n", "crank\n", "yet at the end\n", "'s not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video\n", "is so much plodding sensitivity .\n", "artfully restrained in others\n", "in making neither\n", "42\n", "even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .\n", "famuyiwa 's\n", ", steal a glimpse\n", "an ambition to say something about its subjects ,\n", "if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard\n", "expected from any movie with a `` 2 ''\n", "sandler is losing his touch\n", "clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes\n", "'ll like it .\n", "the cinematic canon ,\n", "think by now\n", "beautifully shot , but\n", "fun and\n", "'s work as well as a remarkably faithful one\n", "more interesting -- and , dare i say ,\n", "has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side .\n", "is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull\n", "find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash\n", "many inimitable scenes\n", "character-oriented piece\n", "hurley\n", "experimental\n", "the dialogue jar\n", "run through dark tunnels ,\n", "derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone\n", "thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts\n", "only it had the story to match .\n", "at every faltering half-step of its development\n", "moves in such odd plot\n", "like mike is a slight and uninventive movie :\n", "to get more out of the latter experience\n", "naturalistic '\n", "the only time 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers .\n", "jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting\n", "crime drama fare\n", "delicately performed\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up\n", "veggietales fans\n", "exception\n", "into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell\n", "money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "than a mall movie designed to kill time\n", "i 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent .\n", "summer afternoon\n", "lackadaisical\n", "willis\n", "getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "the author 's schoolboy memoir\n", "of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "a 1986 harlem\n", "enough substance\n", "as banal as the telling may be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention .\n", "impeccably\n", "an ordeal than an amusement\n", "rare quality\n", "a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy\n", "better entertainment\n", "plenty of funny movies\n", "frequently\n", "a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man 's quest to find an old flame .\n", "develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "much shorter cut\n", "mckay 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 .\n", "'' should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey .\n", "never worry about anyone being bored\n", "the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .\n", "the only drama\n", "writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction\n", "considering barry 's terrific performance\n", "their lamentations\n", "that was old when ` angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938\n", "it overstays its natural running time\n", "critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating\n", "comes along\n", "turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious\n", "sober\n", "that good theatre\n", "harvey weinstein 's\n", ", this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .\n", "likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies\n", "a shifting tone\n", "is no doubt true ,\n", "purists\n", "a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff .\n", "rocawear\n", "delete\n", "ambiguous enough to be engaging and\n", "substantial or fresh\n", "an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent\n", "walter hill 's\n", "a troubadour\n", "violent jealousy\n", "there 's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to .\n", "the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher\n", "on no level whatsoever for me\n", "intriguing bit\n", "the picture of health with boundless energy\n", "your brain and\n", "everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and\n", "find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie\n", "blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .\n", "main character\n", "has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic .\n", "young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents\n", "to more than body count\n", "going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "funny , smart , visually inventive , and\n", "strange occurrences\n", "he 's worked too hard on this movie .\n", "for the material\n", "looking in\n", "from baby boomer families\n", "great american comedy\n", "but it 's worth the concentration .\n", "the sweet , melancholy spell\n", "sandeman\n", "beyond-lame satire\n", "so-so animation\n", "a pretty good execution\n", "a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow\n", "labour\n", "old enough to have developed some taste\n", "anything we have n't seen before\n", "boring .\n", "it 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score\n", "the tv show\n", "leaden and\n", ", schneider is no steve martin\n", "-lrb- and lovely -rrb- experiment\n", "to big box office bucks all but guaranteed\n", "has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else\n", "to sit through it all\n", "fails on its own , but\n", "acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense ,\n", "harder\n", "may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form .\n", "on the plants at his own birthday party\n", "dead mother\n", "less of\n", "yet another weepy southern bore-athon .\n", "most touching movie of recent years\n", "little grace\n", "will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face\n", "to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out\n", "its salient points\n", "from the train\n", "colorful\n", "simplistic and\n", ", also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end\n", "fans of gosford park\n", "italy\n", "cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy\n", "have a story and a script\n", "never\n", "extension ,\n", "a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say\n", "extended\n", "to overcome my resistance\n", "to the dialogue\n", "are instantly recognizable\n", "if downbeat ,\n", "endorsement\n", ", secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism .\n", "elegiac portrait\n", "this monster\n", "credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and\n", "the chest hair\n", "aisle\n", "cry for your money back\n", "the 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stamina and vitality , and get this\n", "to bring kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity\n", "is too insistent\n", "to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .\n", "would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly\n", "squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys\n", "the director , tom dey ,\n", "place mostly\n", "my stepdad 's not mean ,\n", "human interaction rather than\n", "it 's pretty but dumb .\n", "is a refreshingly forthright one\n", "p.o.v. camera mounts\n", "simple pleasures\n", "the colorful masseur\n", "of our country\n", "'s a movie that ends with truckzilla ,\n", "john c. walsh 's pipe dream\n", "the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies ... but the film suffers from its own difficulties .\n", "the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "play one lewd scene\n", "the delicate forcefulness\n", "ethical and philosophical questions\n", "over-familiarity\n", "general boorishness\n", "a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .\n", "like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they 're struggling to create .\n", "swept away by the sheer beauty of his images\n", "the vietnam war\n", "it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- the believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work\n", "among the cinema 's memorable women\n", "clamoring\n", "much sillier\n", "in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short\n", "feature length\n", "neurotic\n", "the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line\n", "other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "in which they lived\n", "some laughs\n", "modernized\n", "elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke .\n", "dreams\n", "have their kids\n", "'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss\n", "the movie 's inescapable air\n", "may marginally enjoy the film\n", "sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche\n", "some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darker\n", "as boring and\n", "gone ,\n", "cutesy\n", "ark\n", "is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .\n", "this slight premise\n", "a respectable sequel\n", "when it is n't downright silly\n", "reconceptualize\n", "that just does n't make sense\n", "to imax\n", "your mateys\n", "when in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip .\n", "a treatise on spirituality as well as\n", "we 've liked klein 's other work but\n", "the cheap\n", "holiday message\n", "curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which\n", "for all the\n", "mainland setting\n", "does n't produce any real transformation\n", "extraordinarily rich landscape\n", "broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and\n", "quirky or\n", "hampered -- no , paralyzed --\n", "culture clash comedies\n", "has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope\n", "the most moronic screenplays of the year\n", "both sitcomishly predictable and cloying\n", "of wonderful\n", "-lrb- kline 's -rrb- utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it\n", "sickening\n", "undistinguished rhythm\n", "comic tragedy\n", "williams , and swank\n", "by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "94\n", "graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake\n", "will likely be nominated for an oscar next year\n", "his cinematographer , christopher doyle\n", "like a hazy high that takes too long to shake\n", "own\n", "virtuosic\n", "ripping one\n", "for trying to be more complex than your average film\n", "not the best herzog perhaps , but unmistakably\n", "does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff .\n", "a cut above the rest\n", "are you wo n't , either .\n", "oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between\n", "be for much longer\n", "` love story , ' with ali macgraw 's profanities\n", "the soul of a man in pain\n", "forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and\n", "the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb-\n", "is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game .\n", "patched in from an episode of miami vice\n", "achero\n", "become almost as operatic to us\n", "uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "bravado kathy !\n", "tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio\n", "auteil -rrb-\n", "an elegant work , food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing .\n", "has a lot of charm .\n", "the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time ,\n", "across time and distance\n", "something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message\n", "short\n", "with titles\n", "what 's next ?\n", "informs\n", "has any sting\n", "ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally\n", "able to look away for a second\n", "to keep things interesting\n", "rated eee for excitement\n", "song\n", "would be easy for critics to shred it\n", "dilettante\n", "talk to and about others outside the group\n", "a touching reflection\n", "visually striking and slickly staged\n", "the worst way\n", "which bite cleaner , and deeper\n", "creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike\n", "could put it on a coffee table anywhere .\n", "evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream\n", "a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and `` extremities ''\n", "chuckle\n", "she , janine and\n", "ride ,\n", "may not have heard before\n", "my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .\n", "improved\n", "in many\n", "propulsive\n", "even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts\n", "from a log\n", "williams performance\n", "fall closer in quality to silence\n", "it 's a tougher picture than it is\n", "win the band a few new converts ,\n", "silly hollywood action film\n", "without being shrill\n", "classic moral-condundrum drama\n", "and powerful documentary\n", "'s actually\n", "be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "be truly informed by the wireless\n", "big daddy\n", "ruined by amateurish\n", "of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes\n", "'s no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .\n", "its classical music\n", "to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography\n", "rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .\n", "mr. serrault\n", "in our daily lives\n", "wo n't like looking at it\n", "a movie that 's just plain awful but still\n", "characters and performers\n", "got all the familiar bruckheimer elements\n", "found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .\n", "-lrb- wang -rrb-\n", "i loved on first sight and , even more important\n", "thesis\n", "unlikable characters and\n", "this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music\n", "horrifyingly , ever\n", "gives you an idea\n", "as sci-fi generic\n", "as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .\n", "pretty much delivers on that promise .\n", "we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons\n", "the kiddies , with enough eye\n", "... passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type of flick .\n", "a horror spoof\n", "rollicking dark humor\n", "breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d\n", "most of the big summer movies\n", "of the artist 's career\n", "the perkiness of witherspoon\n", "schwarzenegger as a tragic figure\n", "of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up\n", "'s not clear\n", "feel sand creeping in others\n", "credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it\n", "sexual jealousy , resentment and\n", "remain-nameless\n", "you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards\n", "ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .\n", "nonconformist values\n", "that is flawed , compromised and sad\n", "the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies\n", "a party-hearty teen\n", "enforcement\n", "seems to want both , but\n", "who just want to live their lives\n", "diversity\n", "does in trouble every day\n", "do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience\n", "-rrb- to lament the loss of culture\n", "for the sake of weirdness\n", "got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat\n", "favored by many directors of the iranian new wave\n", "giving audiences\n", "comes 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stand the cold light of day , but\n", "each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but\n", "that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself\n", "are watching them\n", "one of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then\n", "an honesty and dignity\n", "burn the negative and the script\n", "the waterlogged script\n", "i skipped country bears\n", "a fairly revealing study of its two main characters --\n", "to distract you from the ricocheting\n", "a preachy parable\n", "the film , directed by joel zwick ,\n", "these two literary figures , and even\n", "may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces\n", "went over my head or\n", "astronomically\n", "like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .\n", "should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .\n", "a flair\n", "you are into splatter movies\n", "each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as brother-man vs. the man .\n", "over-the-top way\n", "beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds\n", "has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made\n", "conditioning\n", "speak for it\n", "has no idea of it is serious\n", "be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", ", `` besotted '' is misbegotten\n", "an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies\n", "shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished\n", "a road-trip movie\n", "a first-class road movie that proves you\n", "live sketch\n", "them\n", "marvelous series\n", "polemic\n", "the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy .\n", "angelina\n", "what 's surprising\n", "college journalist\n", "will be seated next to one of those 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enchantment\n", "mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports\n", "for a story set at sea\n", "intelligent manner\n", "hit theaters\n", "lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo\n", "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\n", "could ever have dreamed\n", "realism or surrealism\n", "fully successful\n", "this did n't connect with me would require another viewing\n", "'s a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away\n", "meanders between its powerful moments\n", "forward\n", "about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques\n", "delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing\n", "'s understated and sardonic\n", "cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "explore its principal characters\n", "a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation\n", "palatable\n", "'s difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion\n", "deliver for country music fans or for family audiences\n", "grand whimper\n", "makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and\n", "embodies the transformation of his character\n", "drama secret ballot\n", "this dubious product of a college-spawned -lrb- colgate u. -rrb- comedy ensemble known as broken lizard\n", "to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "singularly cursory\n", "if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due\n", "himself ,\n", "with one of france 's most inventive directors\n", "equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "what makes the film special\n", "the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .\n", "ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "stress ` dumb . '\n", "droll whimsy\n", "has moments of inspired humour ,\n", "huston gives\n", "after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .\n", "with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter\n", "bring out\n", "genre cliches\n", ", repetitive and ragged\n", "slasher-movie nonsense\n", "with another fabuleux destin\n", "sexual violence\n", "doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone\n", "it 's up to -lrb- watts -rrb- to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe\n", "the most ingenious film\n", "but no new friends\n", "cliched dialogue and perverse escapism\n", "merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .\n", "should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations\n", "without -lrb- de niro -rrb- , city by the sea would slip under the waves .\n", "would stoop so low\n", "claude chabrol\n", "is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .\n", "whiffle-ball\n", "venturesome , beautifully realized\n", "futile concoction\n", "its visual appeal or\n", "family reunion\n", "with his effortless performance\n", "english-language debut\n", "he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .\n", "the worthy successor to a better tomorrow\n", "sit through , enjoy on a certain level\n", "quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to .\n", "and roiling pathos\n", "so flabby\n", "an equally great robin williams performance\n", "most complex , generous and subversive artworks\n", "for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover\n", "that rarity among sequels\n", "passion , creativity , and fearlessness\n", "is n't very interesting actually\n", "film a must for everyone from junior scientists\n", "simplistic and more than a little pretentious\n", "this rather convoluted journey worth taking\n", "full frontal\n", "the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made -lrb- eyre 's -rrb-\n", "is so darned assured\n", "will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .\n", "-- clearly the main event --\n", "should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .\n", "the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore\n", "somber , absurd , and\n", "forgiveness and\n", "deblois and chris sanders\n", ", then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .\n", "have ever approached\n", "rotoscope\n", "the first half-dozen episodes\n", "fingers\n", "moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour .\n", "provides a fresh view of an old type\n", "pay\n", "as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is\n", "a promising work-in-progress\n", "a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency\n", "its easily dismissive\n", "miss it\n", "the transcendent performance\n", "thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "well-paced and\n", "the actors '\n", "90 minutes of your time\n", "the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama\n", "woman ''\n", "a worthwhile documentary\n", "rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent\n", "documentary series\n", "tell a story\n", "constantly pulling the rug from underneath us\n", "a public restroom\n", "like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community .\n", "sex gags and prom dates\n", "you have to pay if you want to see it\n", "that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth\n", "april\n", "new delhi\n", "challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates\n", ", the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin\n", "spirit is a visual treat , and\n", "sordid universe\n", "suffers from all the excesses\n", "enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never\n", "are worth the price of admission ...\n", "the stunt work is top-notch ;\n", "'s unfortunate that wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue .\n", "whose boozy , languid air\n", "in a very real and amusing give-and-take\n", "consistently unimaginative\n", "graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but\n", "to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes\n", "even cranky adults\n", "of funny movies\n", "unbreakable and signs\n", "in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast\n", "be more like hell\n", "russian history and culture\n", "an inexplicable nightmare ,\n", "has popped up with more mindless drivel\n", "the shabby digital photography\n", "the talents of its attractive young leads\n", "conflicted emotions that carries it far above ...\n", "offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar\n", "hollywood ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "though it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "decidedly mixed\n", "stand-up act\n", "david lynch 's\n", "in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .\n", "need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .\n", "than in ` baran\n", "it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie\n", "empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .\n", "whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway\n", "generate suspense\n", "movie equivalent\n", "do this\n", "as in\n", "ode to tackling life 's wonderment\n", "like its central figure , vivi\n", "laurice\n", "suspend your disbelief here and now\n", "every moment crackles with tension , and\n", "of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing\n", "see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass\n", "it 's not the worst comedy of the year ,\n", "underdogs whale\n", "a literary detective story is still a detective story\n", "... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus\n", "go very right , and then step wrong\n", "than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "artefact\n", "his secret life will leave you thinking\n", "may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes\n", "women looking for a howlingly trashy time\n", "is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .\n", "the director 's previous work\n", "coolness\n", "when it comes to scandals\n", "elegiac\n", "none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that\n", "imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s .\n", "switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s\n", "give some of the characters a ` back story\n", "iran 's electoral process\n", "undeniable social realism\n", "stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film\n", "only nod\n", "delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy\n", "like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing\n", "happens\n", "-lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality\n", "just plain awful but\n", "in the living room than a night at the movies\n", "wish we could have spent more time in its world\n", "may or\n", "a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before\n", "moretti\n", "than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run\n", "see this piece of crap again\n", "since john\n", "with more plot\n", "lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", "the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people\n", "of the obvious cliches\n", "to believe in it the most\n", "will be needed\n", "in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you\n", "flawed , dazzling\n", "the film 's unhurried pace\n", "heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness\n", "double-pistoled\n", "by the most random of chances\n", "who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "acting and\n", "that 's giving it the old college try\n", "glitzy but extremely silly piece\n", "an old friend\n", "while broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .\n", "because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl\n", "maturity\n", "to share the silver screen\n", "his dead mother\n", "a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts\n", "than the first 30 or 40 minutes\n", "hypnotically dull .\n", "barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c.\n", "less-compelling\n", "i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne\n", "touching melodrama\n", "enormous feeling\n", ", standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but olympia , wash. , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting\n", "saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact\n", "elizabeth\n", "settles on a consistent tone .\n", "working-class subjects\n", "at the world 's dispossessed\n", "winning story\n", "harrowing journey\n", "of the dilemma\n", "of the current political climate\n", "the movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat\n", "saved\n", "come , already\n", "we make , and\n", ", it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .\n", "a rustic retreat and pee\n", "to provoke them\n", "wewannour money\n", "a laundry list of minor shortcomings\n", "the troubling thing\n", "accompanying\n", "soupy\n", "an oddly winning portrayal of one\n", "effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "this sneaky feel\n", "this wo n't seem like such a bore\n", "provocative film\n", "is likely still in the single digits\n", "make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation\n", "determination and\n", "woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile\n", "of shakespeare 's better known tragedies\n", "how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest\n", "the wild thornberrys movie\n", "of english\n", "this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut\n", "deliberative account\n", "does n't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films .\n", "'ve figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble\n", "seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb-\n", ", there 's much to recommend the film .\n", ", it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .\n", "with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks\n", "famine and\n", "the guts to make\n", "the groove\n", "motives and context ,\n", "zero-dimensional\n", "most excruciating 86 minutes\n", "a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version\n", "biopic\n", "the lunatic heights\n", "a fan of the genre\n", "committed dumbness\n", "spy action flick with antonio banderas\n", "its atmosphere\n", "of his story with a sensitivity\n", "warped logic\n", "supernatural\n", "like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight .\n", "been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster\n", "spot-on scottish burr\n", "by nothing\n", "large-screen format\n", "robotically italicized\n", "a crude\n", "laurice guillen\n", "newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and , at times ,\n", ", off-beat project\n", "sex-in-the-city\n", "has wonderfully funny moments\n", "as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes\n", "front ranks\n", "more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's\n", "as the film grows to its finale\n", "has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .\n", "that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees\n", "has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed .\n", "certainly hard\n", "is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans\n", "affections\n", "a savage garden music video\n", "terrorist motivations\n", "the entire cast\n", "watch with kids and use to introduce video as art\n", "good performances keep it from being a total rehash .\n", "the best possible ways\n", "is so deadly dull\n", "just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter '\n", "of ourselves\n", "the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem\n", "perhaps the most annoying thing\n", "works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing\n", "steve oedekerk\n", "britney spears ' first movie\n", "an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing ,\n", "for its entire running time\n", "prep-school quality\n", "beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz\n", "the film is essentially juiceless .\n", "with an inconclusive ending\n", "for fans of british cinema , if only\n", "an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller\n", "dialogue exercise\n", "dead-on\n", "make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal\n", "for its eccentric , accident-prone characters\n", "the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations ,\n", "a good case while\n", "a lot of people wasted a lot of their time -lrb- including mine -rrb- on something very inconsequential .\n", "realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch\n", "another best\n", "blatantly biased\n", "in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look\n", "were ,\n", "like being invited to a classy dinner soiree\n", "'s available\n", "the country bear universe\n", "michael moore 's\n", "that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations\n", "under the skin\n", "ruthlessly pained\n", "rote\n", "murder and mayhem\n", "the possibility\n", "heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart\n", "we never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity\n", "and diesel is n't the actor to save it .\n", "unanswered\n", "whose passion for this region and its inhabitants\n", "'s as if de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese .\n", "strange hairs\n", "it an exhilarating\n", "part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference\n", "the `` a '' range , as is\n", "is small in scope , yet perfectly formed\n", "leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love .\n", "a gleefully grungy\n", "unburdened by pretensions\n", "i 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute .\n", "are about nothing\n", "the criminal world\n", "hate myself\n", "in spectacle and pacing\n", "plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown\n", "flames\n", "that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script\n", "this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker\n", "waltz\n", "of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke\n", "stretches the running time\n", "edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde\n", "what a world\n", "not bad\n", "human resources\n", "it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness\n", "eventual cult classic\n", "is as delightful as it is derivative .\n", "jerry springer\n", "too cute\n", "to exploit the familiar\n", "a full-frontal attack\n", "'s no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance .\n", "fans will undoubtedly enjoy it\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he film\n", "this starts off with a 1950 's doris day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast\n", "canadian filmmaker gary burns '\n", "the vertical limit of surfing movies\n", "images and\n", "a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming\n", "to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and\n", "probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .\n", "avary 's film never quite emerges from the shadow of ellis ' book .\n", "earned my indignant , preemptive departure\n", "mr. hundert tells us in his narration that ` this is a story without surprises\n", "tufano 's\n", "its comic course\n", "genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen\n", "tell :\n", "a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of -lrb- woo 's -rrb- best work\n", "no way original ,\n", "you can taste it , but\n", "snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure\n", "the old boy 's characters\n", "tambor and\n", "wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring ,\n", "famous\n", "the theater seat\n", "girl-meets-girl love story\n", "of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas\n", "veggies\n", "i 'm going home is so slight ,\n", "alcatraz ' ...\n", "undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .\n", "is hard to tell who is chasing who or why\n", "an empty exercise ,\n", "by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis\n", "is solid , satisfying fare for adults .\n", "extensive annals\n", "work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "it portrays\n", "salle 's\n", "greatest\n", "its less conspicuous writing strength\n", "of sex , drugs and rock\n", "lasting\n", "the unexplored story opportunities of `` punch-drunk love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent but\n", "victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers\n", "twilight zone '' episode\n", "apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format\n", "'ll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .\n", "the chilled breath\n", "abomination\n", "no man 's\n", "a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action\n", "the opulent lushness\n", "epic scale\n", "presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .\n", "a while ,\n", "'' overcome its weaknesses\n", "broader ideas\n", "the sensational true-crime\n", "the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug\n", "almost unbearably\n", "be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits\n", "the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice\n", "this story of unrequited love\n", "the movie lacks in action\n", "every joke is repeated at least\n", "it offers large rewards\n", "is most of the things costner movies are known for\n", "as allen 's execution date closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson .\n", "few energetic stunt sequences\n", "a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool\n", ", it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen .\n", "an extremely unpleasant film .\n", "mcdonald\n", "more good than great\n", "eloquence\n", "is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun\n", "the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach\n", "a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations .\n", "of sentimental ooze\n", "as the tides\n", "screen postcard\n", "to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke\n", "music scene\n", "d.j.\n", "an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza\n", "the animation is competent\n", "looking to rekindle the magic of the first film\n", "by once\n", "never quite settles on either side\n", "their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action\n", "in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "wacky and inspired little film\n", "alone is enough to keep us\n", "ryan\n", "evidence\n", "from each film\n", "louis begley 's\n", "'s neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .\n", "seen a comedy\n", "70-year-old godard\n", "clumsily\n", "tame\n", "post 9\\/11 the philosophical message of `` personal freedom first '' might not be as palatable as intended .\n", "expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title\n", "is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .\n", "than hanna-barbera 's half-hour cartoons\n", "members\n", "are generally\n", "this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .\n", "a curiously constricted epic\n", "you expect of de palma\n", "be missed\n", "as such the film\n", "unashamedly pro-serbian\n", "captivating and intimate\n", "above mediocrity\n", "funnier film\n", "the movie is amateurish ,\n", "this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies\n", "kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party\n", "of the potential for sanctimoniousness\n", "andrei tarkovsky 's solaris\n", "with me would require another viewing\n", "'s sobering ,\n", "moviegoers\n", "does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .\n", "is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured\n", "need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who\n", "the screenplay\n", "have fun in this cinematic sandbox\n", "insubstantial plot\n", "a tour de force of modern cinema .\n", "will assuredly have their funny bones tickled\n", "pilot episode\n", "and narrative flow\n", "an exercise\n", "frenzy\n", "in its own placid way\n", "invulnerable as its trademark villain\n", "engagingly primitive animated special effects\n", "the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "excellent use of music\n", "this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground .\n", "soul 's\n", "of the expression\n", "keep things interesting\n", "to the pre-teen crowd\n", "rolling your eyes\n", "satisfyingly scarifying , fresh\n", "a good laugh\n", "from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "choppy editing\n", "skins has its heart in the right place\n", "feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic\n", "'s never as solid\n", "maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine\n", "to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc\n", "inability\n", "one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? ''\n", "an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality\n", "serenely\n", "a map\n", "an act of spiritual faith\n", "'s a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit .\n", "pretentious mess\n", "big trouble could be considered a funny little film .\n", "i found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .\n", "argento , at only 26\n", "children and\n", "that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .\n", "gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .\n", "all-around good time\n", "with a core of decency\n", "live now ,\n", "leaps\n", "is instructive\n", "settles into a warmed over pastiche .\n", "an easy watch\n", "blossom\n", "lags badly\n", "'s as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy\n", "an over-amorous terrier\n", "brown 's life\n", "van der groen ,\n", "in a foreign culture only\n", "i walked out of runteldat\n", "in that light\n", "passable performances from everyone in the cast\n", "parrots\n", "steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence\n", "boats\n", "gender\n", "democratic weimar republic\n", "all the luck\n", "certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .\n", "of its plot contrivances\n", "impervious to a fall\n", "a cast of a-list brit actors\n", "as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .\n", "confines\n", "is actually quite vapid\n", "a huge disappointment coming , as it does ,\n", "a real movie\n", ", they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .\n", "x-files episode\n", "'re not\n", "each other in `` unfaithful\n", "of stale gags\n", "relationship and personality\n", "pyrotechnics\n", "keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film\n", "samira makhmalbaf\n", "the notion of cinema\n", "it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments\n", "good human\n", "an unsolved murder\n", "a single theater company\n", "others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson\n", "'ve got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation\n", "you know the picture is in trouble .\n", "a simple message\n", "star pedigree\n", "two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance\n", "low-key\n", "mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos\n", "and\\/or the ironic\n", "propaganda\n", "darker turns\n", "my wife 's\n", "observed character piece\n", "ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains\n", "a sucker-punch\n", "send any shivers down his spine\n", "is only surface deep\n", "but several movies have\n", "everything\n", "deliberateness\n", "of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice\n", "that tend to characterize puberty\n", "ca n't save\n", "any particular insight\n", "and mawkish dialogue\n", "is both inspiring and pure joy\n", "the next inevitable incarnation\n", "did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on\n", "will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .\n", "opening scenes\n", "living hell\n", "another week\n", "promising , talented , charismatic and tragically\n", "remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny .\n", "frustrated and detached\n", "spiked\n", "delightfully unpredictable , hilarious\n", "enticing and often\n", "as a seven rip-off\n", "lulled\n", "rewarding them\n", "this movie makes his own look much better by comparison\n", "retitle\n", "ame and unnecessary .\n", "the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil .\n", "nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living\n", "origins\n", "terrific as rachel\n", "comes to fruition in her sophomore effort\n", "the human spirit triumphs\n", "self-reflexive\n", "with a taste for exaggeration\n", "film ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout .\n", "well-drawn , if standard issue ,\n", "serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable\n", "the very history it pretends to teach\n", "that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful\n", "an objective documentary\n", "excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins\n", "three-hour cinema master class .\n", "thumbs friggin ' down\n", "good humor\n", "is that there is never any question of how things will turn out\n", "contrived , unmotivated , and\n", "the 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\n", "bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .\n", "the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache\n", "reduce everything he\n", "there done that\n", "opaque intro\n", "the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice\n", "this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "to pass\n", "is a success\n", ", two towers outdoes its spectacle .\n", "celebrate\n", "any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach\n", "too many characters saying too many clever things\n", "adolescence\n", "forcefully enough\n", "that omnibus tradition called marriage\n", "tastelessness\n", "its intriguing subject\n", "at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand\n", "disturbing examination\n", "entirely witless and inane ,\n", "with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume\n", "cameras\n", "if you do n't flee\n", "the film 's conviction\n", "to be coasting\n", "a lot of emotional resonance\n", "its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and\n", "-lrb- and literally -rrb-\n", "hot and\n", "comes up short\n", "a $ 99 bargain-basement special\n", "upheaval\n", "is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .\n", ", fetishistic violence\n", "sexual and social\n", "is n't quite out of ripe\n", "about as humorous\n", "broadside\n", "have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered\n", "too-conscientious\n", "the cia\n", "green and\n", "love , memory\n", "marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich ...\n", "as pretentious\n", "at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life\n", "is particularly welcome\n", "be a total washout\n", "as lock , stock and two smoking barrels\n", "ranks with the best of herzog 's works\n", "an empty 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"of the actors involved\n", "is a moral\n", "love to come from an american director in years\n", "only one reality\n", "the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .\n", "the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati\n", "subdues\n", "judging by those standards\n", "if you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie\n", "blarney\n", "the legacy of war\n", "for the slain rappers\n", "none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks '' , or\n", "a saving dark humor\n", "20-car\n", "adolescents\n", "more serious-minded concerns\n", "so stylized as to be drained of human emotion\n", "the nearly impossible\n", "slc\n", "10-year-old\n", "naipaul 's\n", "unread\n", "of the action\n", "by a warmth that is n't faked\n", "an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .\n", "main story\n", "so consistently unimaginative\n", "when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s\n", "splitting up in pretty much the same way\n", "of the modern day hong kong action film\n", "perspicacious\n", "the movie , as opposed to the manifesto\n", "lush , swooning melodrama\n", "walker\n", "work\n", "indie tatters and self-conscious seams\n", "leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and\n", "see piscopo again\n", "the story of carmen\n", "an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation\n", "loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature\n", "sheerly\n", "the roundelay of partners functions ,\n", "who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron\n", "the real-life story to portray themselves in the film\n", "deepa\n", "evocative and heartfelt\n", ", the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .\n", "dialog\n", "some hefty thematic material\n", "for the annoying demeanour of its lead character\n", "white\n", "awkward\n", "journalism at all\n", "taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", ", history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "remembrance\n", "it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious\n", "secondhand ,\n", "that develops between the three central characters\n", "create enough interest\n", "genre\n", "circle\n", "is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life\n", "clever if pointless excursion\n", "'s all about the image . 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'\n", "a movie of riveting power and sadness\n", "a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad\n", "a question\n", "musical fans\n", "ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film\n", "fearlessness\n", "reeking of research library dust\n", "once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film\n", "of better films\n", "one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "a problematic documentary subject\n", "has any sting to it , as if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "hopes mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .\n", "48 hrs\n", "bore-athon\n", "millions of lives\n", "were already tired 10 years ago\n", "made for teens\n", "being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "feel absolutely earned\n", "feeling guilty for it ... then , miracle of miracles , the movie does 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wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but\n", "50-year friendship\n", "to scandals\n", "the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies .\n", "is authentic to the core of his being .\n", "characterizes better hip-hop clips\n", "a child 's\n", "dragged down\n", "you feel the beat down to your toes\n", "by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel\n", "byatt 's\n", "little harm done\n", "george ratliff 's\n", "is an object lesson in period filmmaking\n", "make paid in full worth seeing\n", "sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard\n", "plummets\n", "pretentious .\n", "it begs to be parodied\n", "land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored .\n", "do we really need the tiger beat version ?\n", "geeked\n", "this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what -lrb- evans -rrb- had , lost , and got back .\n", "another 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"your skin and ,\n", "wander\n", "designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering\n", "this one is egregiously short\n", "love drives him\n", "being a true adaptation of her book\n", "the original inspiration\n", "methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy\n", "'s notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals\n", "the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .\n", "tormented persona\n", "minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals\n", "of a near-future america\n", "the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things\n", "blanks .\n", "director david fincher and writer david koepp ca n't sustain it .\n", "that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over\n", "a striking style\n", "audacity to view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies as 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glimpse\n", "real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve\n", "little more than routine\n", "is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism\n", "in its examination of america 's culture of fear\n", "as a feast of bleakness\n", "tartly\n", "the best part about `` gangs ''\n", "in more than a decade\n", "space station 3d\n", "debate it .\n", "comedy\n", "as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --\n", "the spy kids franchise\n", "build a movie\n", "empowerment\n", "are the greatest musicians of all time .\n", "bartleby performs neither one very well .\n", "no solace here , no entertainment value ,\n", "wonderful account to work from\n", "they will have a showdown ,\n", "funny film\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he ideas of revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution\n", "the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based\n", "this really did happen\n", "an uncompromising film\n", "involved talent\n", "giant\n", "trash-cinema\n", "all about eve\n", "a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy\n", "were the last movie left on earth\n", "a tasty slice of droll whimsy .\n", "australian actor\\/director john polson and\n", "brown sugar from the curse of blandness\n", "underlying themes\n", "new york\n", "women from venus and men from mars can indeed get together\n", "unbearable lightness\n", "pleased\n", "the young and fit\n", "has point\n", "an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness\n", "the full price\n", "flattened onscreen\n", "mulan '' or ``\n", "the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing\n", "rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke\n", "enter into .\n", "that 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\n", "from brooklyn\n", "real-time\n", "despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema\n", "doomed by its smallness\n", "a barely adequate babysitter\n", "by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "wholesome and subversive\n", "is bright and flashy\n", "on rollerblades\n", "about who he is or who he was before\n", "is a truly , truly bad movie .\n", "feminist\n", "more recent successes\n", "in neutral\n", "useless recycling\n", "gun culture\n", "allowing us to find the small , human moments ,\n", "the obligatory outbursts\n", "measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .\n", "the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d\n", "cultist\n", "nary\n", "distressingly rote\n", "under cars\n", "a terrible movie that some people\n", "begins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant .\n", "camera effects\n", "scarface\n", "from a sharper , cleaner script\n", "with a hard-to-swallow premise\n", "lending\n", "has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran .\n", "down badly as we\n", "it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "preoccupations\n", "this saga would be terrific to read about\n", "if only it had the story to match .\n", "becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world ,\n", "strongest and most touching movie of recent years\n", "of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format\n", ", which is powerful in itself .\n", "to resist his enthusiasm\n", "to give it a marginal thumbs up\n", "some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run\n", ", the film does hold up pretty well .\n", "streetwise mclaughlin group\n", "the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again .\n", "mention a convincing brogue\n", "offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch\n", "the acting ,\n", "bold images\n", "follow-your-dream\n", "home alone '' film\n", "done cinematically\n", "only a genius\n", "a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb\n", "up anger\n", "wanting more out of life\n", "coming up blank\n", "autistic\n", "on your watch\n", "packed into espn 's ultimate x.\n", "without placing their parents in a coma-like state\n", "a pleasure to watch\n", "about the silences\n", "stuck in an inarticulate screenplay\n", "of cgi\n", "surprising highs\n", "long , intricate , star-studded and\n", "forced fuzziness\n", "it 's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .\n", "too many improbabilities and\n", "another couple\n", "the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy\n", "... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .\n", "busby berkeley musical\n", "'s nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture\n", "will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio\n", "is more than a movie\n", "accomplish what few sequels can\n", "sharks\n", "ads\n", "rarely achieves its best\n", "we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher\n", ", you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .\n", "integrity and vision\n", "essential problem\n", "'re not deeply touched by this movie\n", "skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater\n", "bravura\n", "brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema\n", "is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon -lrb- who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate -rrb-\n", "stunt-hungry\n", "stylishly\n", "evening\n", "its own breezy , distracted rhythms\n", "genuine cackles\n", "the manipulative engineering\n", "herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst 's forced avuncular chortles\n", "this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines .\n", "akin to an act of cinematic penance\n", "the problematic characters\n", "never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them , but\n", "the direction is clumsy\n", "a back story\n", "get our moral hackles up\n", ", heartwarming yarn\n", "the movie 's seams may show ... but pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling .\n", "to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "to question why somebody might devote time to see it\n", "is sordid and disgusting .\n", "control -- that is to say\n", "the nonconformist in us\n", "of panoramic sweep\n", "under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .\n", "woman 's\n", "a conclusion or\n", "of the film 's producers\n", "the solomonic decision\n", "the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves\n", "there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally .\n", "the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties\n", "for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs\n", "and screenwriters michael berg , michael j. wilson\n", "superhero\n", "taxi driver-esque portrayal\n", "a ` bad ' police\n", "strange it is , but delightfully so .\n", "to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached .\n", "exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk\n", "the sparse instances of humor\n", "ages\n", "youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point\n", "pompous and garbled .\n", "an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts .\n", "the powder blues and\n", ", ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .\n", "this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .\n", "quiet , adult and\n", "the lead actors a lot\n", "how they make their choices\n", "sure-fire prescription\n", "a yarn\n", "queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role --\n", "of both worlds\n", "lingerie models and bar dancers\n", "funny , moving\n", "is worth searching out .\n", "an inexperienced director\n", "the music episode\n", "in which the hero might wind up\n", "you wo n't be sorry\n", "blend together as they become distant memories\n", "` possession , ' based on the book by a.s. byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ;\n", "intentionally low\n", "reasonably entertaining\n", "edited at all\n", "could never fix\n", "it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex .\n", "` naturalistic ' rather than\n", "scattered fashion\n", "propriety-obsessed\n", "growing up\n", "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\n", "'ll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds\n", "some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo\n", "puppies\n", "certainly to people with a curiosity about\n", "one to review\n", "the best war movies ever made\n", "like any good romance\n", "is hartley 's least accessible screed\n", "look like something like this\n", "for taking a fresh approach to familiar material\n", "you 'll still be glued to the screen .\n", "the distinct impression\n", "the gang\n", "about environmental pollution ever made\n", "let 's face it --\n", "for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper -lrb- and better -rrb- than pink floyd tickets\n", "'m all for the mentally\n", "you can taste it , but there 's no fizz .\n", "throughout this funny film\n", "looking down\n", "letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .\n", "about anakin\n", "not-so-small\n", "asylum material\n", "to 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disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .\n", "that may not always work\n", "check your pulse .\n", "to disney 's cheesy commercialism\n", "underscoring the obvious\n", "satirical style\n", "that , this performance\n", "that 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\n", "immediacy\n", "something that did n't talk down to them\n", "the worst of the entire franchise\n", "contrived ,\n", "the best comedy concert movie\n", "the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .\n", "stuffed to the brim with ideas , american instigator michael moore 's film is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .\n", "shake the feeling\n", "version of the irresponsible 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''\n", "enough freshness\n", "elicited no sympathies for any of the characters\n", "as variable as the cinematography\n", "110\n", "home is so slight\n", "takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze\n", "its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference\n", "it 's the very definition of epic adventure .\n", "for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors\n", "is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .\n", "assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan .\n", "brilliant college student\n", "overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste .\n", "were n't warned\n", "savour binoche 's skill\n", "interested in the sights and 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thinking person is bound to appreciate\n", "was put through torture for an hour and a half\n", "imagine -lrb- if possible -rrb- a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor ,\n", "storytelling instincts\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and\n", "makes maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special\n", "knowledge , education\n", "marry\n", "trusting the material\n", "that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny\n", "working in movies\n", "is not a movie about fetishism .\n", "one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only\n", "in its own head\n", "spielberg 's picture\n", "if it 's far tamer than advertised\n", "short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty .\n", "the only upside to all of this unpleasantness is , given its labor day weekend upload , feardotcom should log a minimal number of hits .\n", "as it could have been\n", "provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen\n", "on slippery footing\n", "lots\n", "continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision\n", "skyscraper-trapeze motion\n", "lower\n", "undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "sparking debate and encouraging thought\n", "speaks\n", "bombay\n", "grandiloquent\n", "has enough moments to keep it entertaining\n", "do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "cause\n", "a satisfyingly unsettling ride\n", "gets recycled .\n", "the movie is a trove of delights .\n", "very good\n", "what he sees\n", "one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .\n", "nemesis\n", "traditional indian wedding\n", "typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing\n", "grab the old lady\n", "of her characters\n", "public servants\n", "pc\n", "mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks\n", "is drawing to a close\n", "features in recent memory .\n", "little steaming cartons\n", "you 're a fanatic\n", "my eyes\n", "-- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino --\n", "'s plenty to enjoy\n", "the most remarkable -lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing about world traveler ,\n", "in praise\n", "during the long build-up of expository material\n", "toothless\n", "whole other meaning\n", "pun and entendre\n", "accountant\n", "1991 dog rover\n", "go down as one of 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new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .\n", "not the craven of ' a nightmare\n", "come by once\n", "exceedingly rare films\n", "stuart 's\n", "of these performers and their era\n", "teeth\n", "slightly above-average brains\n", "the large-frame imax camera\n", "underscoring\n", "the singles ward occasionally bewildering\n", "feels impersonal , almost generic .\n", "about existential suffering\n", "slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation\n", "politics to tiresome jargon\n", "through a prism\n", "been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists\n", "specific\n", "if not always fairly\n", "were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story\n", "come with the warning `` for serious film buffs\n", "that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened\n", "summer audience\n", "'ve already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "raise his own children\n", "kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and\n", "the film entertaining\n", "gross romanticization\n", "neighborhood\n", "is lovely and lovable\n", "viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned . ''\n", "the most blithe exchanges\n", "mom\n", "there 's nothing very attractive about this movie\n", "i 'll take the latter every time .\n", "your mouth and questions\n", "thorough transitions\n", "cost thousands\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images\n", "people who owe\n", "' posturing\n", "weary\n", "he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema\n", ", no such thing is a fascinating little tale .\n", "projector\n", "pell-mell\n", "with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil\n", "terminally brain\n", "on the evidence before us\n", "as simultaneously funny , offbeat and\n", "movie riddles\n", "made about tattoos\n", "old bad trip\n", "represents bartleby 's main overall flaw\n", "suffering a sense-of-humour failure\n", "fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster\n", "though wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive\n", "of the dating wars\n", "manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .\n", "his own fear and paranoia\n", "well dressed and well made\n", ", the sum\n", "another night\n", ", if downbeat ,\n", "a bad movie that\n", "little film noir organized crime story\n", "tough enough to fit in any modern action movie\n", "with a single stroke\n", ", there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .\n", "is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original\n", "for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway\n", "trot out\n", "the trappings of i spy\n", "those monologues\n", "special effects and backgrounds\n", "vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper\n", "an elegant work\n", "reversal\n", "is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .\n", "there 's something vital about the movie .\n", "an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom ...\n", "is a little too in love with its own cuteness\n", "add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff\n", "redeem\n", "then cinderella ii\n", "screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability .\n", "original magic\n", "this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events\n", "-- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --\n", "master john woo\n", "by most of the rest of her cast\n", "he still needs to grow into\n", "a film -- full of life and small delights --\n", "obsessed culture\n", "think of a film more cloyingly\n", "than recycled\n", "its exquisite acting ,\n", "so dumb\n", "undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title\n", "the holiday message of the 37-minute santa vs. the snowman\n", "a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece\n", "an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", "not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe ,\n", "sweet cinderella story\n", "commended\n", "breakdown\n", "impeccable throughout\n", "hatfield and\n", "is banal in its message and the choice of material\n", "of glimpses at existing photos\n", "rapid-fire\n", "in your dreams\n", ", it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part\n", "the patience of job\n", "delightfully charming\n", "low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off\n", "its story unfolds\n", "the occasional belly laugh\n", "crackles with tension\n", "three excellent principal singers ,\n", "inclusiveness\n", "the first hour\n", "handguns , bmws and\n", "first-timer\n", "when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had\n", "is the sense that peace is possible\n", "from the period\n", ", mournfully brittle delivery\n", "unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach\n", "collaborators\n", "interweaves individual stories\n", "its spirit\n", "the mercy\n", "it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and\n", "thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan\n", "if it is\n", "wise and\n", "an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script\n", "sitting through it\n", "pinocchio\n", "a half-hearted fluke\n", "something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "by accident\n", "walt\n", "make italian for beginners worth the journey\n", "than his own cremaster\n", "first starring role\n", "a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music\n", "it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick\n", "wears\n", "made me unintentionally famous\n", "the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but\n", "was misdirected\n", "if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .\n", "the writing exercise\n", "seems so larger than life and yet so fragile\n", "fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting\n", "` it\n", "this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style .\n", "that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh\n", "forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "terrifically\n", "the rest of the cast\n", "is a bore\n", "of american right-wing extremists\n", "miracles\n", "conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all\n", "the lone star state\n", "`` queen ''\n", "politics of the '70s\n", "its feet\n", "its ilk\n", ", hilarious\n", "perhaps it snuck under my feet\n", "mongrel\n", "is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers\n", "a rambling and incoherent manifesto\n", "lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .\n", "has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point .\n", "to his craft , but to his legend\n", "good-looking but ultimately pointless\n", "of the worst movies of one year\n", "its spirit of iconoclastic abandon\n", "often detract from the athleticism\n", "preachy and\n", "the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles\n", "atmospherics\n", "one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling\n", "consumerist ...\n", "shock humor ''\n", "were possible\n", "a perfect show\n", "enters a realm where few non-porn films venture\n", "mind games\n", "humor and technological finish\n", "all derivative\n", "whirls\n", "that are attached to the concept of loss\n", "he thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject .\n", "very small children\n", "infectiously enthusiastic\n", "soccer hooliganism\n", "b.s. one another\n", "does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background .\n", "is , in a word ,\n", "sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments\n", "director lee has a true cinematic knack , but\n", "are about what you 'd expect\n", "in store for unwary viewers\n", "you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory\n", "about the relationships rather than about the outcome\n", "of sons\n", "to date\n", "works on no level whatsoever for me .\n", "bernard rose ,\n", "to a more mainstream audience\n", "a touching drama about old age and grief\n", "demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "its awkward structure and\n", "lingered\n", "muddy psychological thriller\n", "archibald\n", "genocide\n", "by the numbers\n", "handling conventional material\n", "punch-drunk love\n", "davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly .\n", "is nothing short of a great one .\n", "moviegoing pleasures\n", "generous and deep\n", "may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made\n", "for political courage\n", "time travel\n", "is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them ,\n", "with a dogged\n", "rappers\n", "uses them\n", "'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .\n", "is why anybody picked it up\n", "in explicit detail\n", "to win over a probation officer\n", "funny and human and really\n", "goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "up short\n", "half as entertaining as it is\n", "variant\n", "way too often\n", "filled with deja vu moments\n", "powerful and moving\n", "tunnels\n", "kong\n", "glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance\n", "the titular character 's paintings\n", "is n't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld\n", "central theme\n", "lyne 's latest\n", "you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time\n", "the art direction and costumes\n", "nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history\n", "uplifting , funny and wise .\n", "chronicles\n", "document thanks\n", "to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese\n", "undernourished and\n", "has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .\n", "wildly popular\n", "the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan\n", "as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema\n", "a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome\n", "more intimate than spectacular\n", "-lrb- denis ' -rrb- bare-bones narrative\n", "seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set\n", "has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent\n", "a heavy dose\n", "an example to up-and-coming documentarians ,\n", "a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads\n", "mostly martha\n", "in his earlier film\n", "to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses\n", "to the point of nausea\n", "all the verbal marks it should\n", "of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm\n", "stands for milder is n't better\n", "the rut\n", "gags to break the tedium\n", "is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity .\n", "elegantly appointed\n", "a teacher\n", "the sights and sounds\n", "lead performance\n", "about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards\n", "has become one of our best actors\n", "every human who ever lived :\n", "total washout\n", "all of the characters ' moves and\n", ", it probably would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles .\n", "pays tribute\n", "able\n", "characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time\n", "better travelogue\n", "who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "marine\\/legal\n", "the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity\n", "leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "mendes\n", "lots of hollywood fluff\n", "drown yourself in a lake\n", "this time , the hype is quieter\n", "a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres --\n", "honored screen veteran\n", "sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "a retread of material\n", "a boring , pretentious muddle\n", "pray\n", "in period costume\n", "... are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean .\n", "mr. polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival\n", "opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it\n", "action-and-popcorn obsessed culture\n", "liberal or conservative\n", "joan and philip\n", "what is sorely missing\n", "seems to have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .\n", "are lukewarm and quick to pass .\n", "as relationships shift , director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .\n", ", madonna 's cameo does n't suck !\n", ", for that , why not watch a documentary ?\n", "all around\n", "even more to think about after the final frame\n", "-- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle\n", "american director\n", "wreaked\n", "a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "the right opening premise\n", "seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd\n", "maybe you 'll be lucky ,\n", "nicely done\n", "give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes\n", "have your head\n", "if you love reading and\\/or poetry\n", "will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .\n", "furious\n", "of the adventures\n", "merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king ,\n", "shrill , simple and soapy .\n", "in the cutthroat world of children 's television\n", "compete\n", "there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch .\n", "delicious crime drama\n", "of contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major - character-who-shall - remain-nameless\n", ", the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .\n", "romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks\n", "of the tv\n", "is impossible\n", "to plod\n", "yet , it must be admitted ,\n", "most charmless\n", "do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit\n", "strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "bitter and\n", "on other levels\n", "elegant work\n", "the beloved-major\n", ", as in real life ,\n", "represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller\\/horror\n", "a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .\n", ", the film becomes predictably conventional .\n", ", subtlety has never been his trademark\n", "seeing this trite , predictable rehash\n", "only dull\n", "that annoying specimen\n", "a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it\n", "boring and meandering .\n", "transform\n", "brilliantly constructed work .\n", "whole dead-undead genre\n", "ambrose 's performance\n", "is dudsville .\n", "all the earmarks\n", "it is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously .\n", "more elves and snow and\n", "`` courage ''\n", "dim\n", "deviant\n", "cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama ,\n", "a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions\n", "effortlessly draws you in\n", "both steve buscemi and rosario dawson\n", "poetic frissons\n", "an overwrought taiwanese soaper\n", "that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him\n", "a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding\n", "when the violence actually shocked ?\n", "his fellow barbers\n", "the bard as black comedy --\n", "dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool\n", "virtually everything\n", "is playing the obvious game\n", "'s hilarious\n", "`` iris '' or `` american beauty\n", "to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles\n", "a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him .\n", "can no longer\n", "in the era of richard nixon\n", "'s nowhere near\n", "to a highway patrolman\n", "really is enormously good fun .\n", "cafeteria goulash\n", "great power\n", "i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further\n", "far away\n", ", bubbly\n", "in embarrassment and others\n", "than anything\n", ", baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .\n", "an assassin 's\n", "a chilling tale of one of the great crimes\n", "at ya\n", "captures an italian immigrant family\n", "so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films\n", "sci-fi work\n", "of saving private ryan\n", "another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke -\n", "is often way off\n", "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\n", "loops\n", "pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming\n", ", you can enjoy 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in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .\n", "shows and empathizes\n", "grounding\n", "a pop-induced score\n", "slackers '\n", "poem\n", "slow death\n", "sharper\n", "do no wrong\n", "has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun ,\n", "near-miss .\n", "guessing plot and\n", "perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string\n", "brought out\n", "are both listless .\n", "an entirely foreign concept\n", "left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence\n", "intriguing glimpses\n", "subjects\n", "intention\n", "dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell .\n", "its absurdity\n", "the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue\n", "a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant\n", "staid\n", "have a new favorite musical\n", "the iranian people\n", "urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating\n", "an 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civic action laudable .\n", "fart jokes , masturbation jokes ,\n", "seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .\n", "which adds 51 minutes\n", "karmen 's enthronement\n", "awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals\n", "sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both\n", "an amusing little catch\n", "a lot of tooth in roger dodger\n", "can no longer pay its bills\n", "guns , expensive cars ,\n", "as thinking man\n", "spirit triumphs\n", "is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy\n", "something about a marching band that gets me where i live\n", "look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking\n", "whip life\n", "is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking .\n", "intellectually\n", "of angst\n", "miyazaki\n", "its points\n", "the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance\n", "change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", ", brilliant and macabre\n", "metaphysical\n", ", robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .\n", "now middle-aged participants\n", "that i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again\n", "of the more common saccharine genre\n", "is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .\n", "the milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch\n", "swimfan -rrb-\n", "a different and emotionally reserved type\n", "makes your teeth hurt\n", "written as assembled , frankenstein-like ,\n", "blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "comfortable than challenging\n", "in a class by itself\n", "land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place .\n", "goes\n", "crypt\n", "-lrb- godard 's -rrb-\n", "the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and\n", "genuine and singular artist\n", "works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely\n", "'s a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .\n", "is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving\n", "manipulativeness\n", "adolescence difficult to wade through\n", "discord\n", "the rut dug by the last one\n", "a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions --\n", ", another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .\n", "the period trappings right\n", "sweet , tender sermon\n", "a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu\n", "complicated plotting and\n", "the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy\n", "unhappy situation\n", "if you want a movie time trip\n", "to review\n", "fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film\n", "strangely funny\n", "dry\n", "star script\n", "same reason\n", "to hear how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line\n", "as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension\n", "when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days\n", "get the same love story\n", "such enervating determination\n", "in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row , the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .\n", "p -rrb-\n", "apart from anything else\n", "may not be history -- but\n", "i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but\n", "the happy music\n", "a more fascinating look\n", "painfully flat gross-out comedy\n", "wo\n", "when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives 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"is completely lacking in charm and charisma ,\n", "the biggest problem with this movie\n", "if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson\n", "that dotted line\n", "for a film about action\n", "even a movie\n", "offensive , puerile and\n", "groan-to-guffaw\n", "vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness\n", "soderbergh 's best films ,\n", "on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel\n", "of the time\n", "twisted , brilliant and macabre\n", "threat\n", "sense even on its own terms\n", "dreadfully\n", "cause massive cardiac arrest\n", "the movie sputters\n", "chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries\n", "that calvin jr. 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'\n", "set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "on their working-class subjects\n", "movies , television and\n", "is fine\n", "to a network of american right-wing extremists\n", "expertly\n", "by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others\n", "demeo is not without talent ; he just needs better material .\n", "intended , er , spirit\n", "confession to make\n", "is as uncompromising\n", "maybe there 's a metaphor here , but\n", "undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart\n", "does rabbit-proof fence find the authority it 's looking for .\n", "pays\n", "more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 1\\/2 weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .\n", "the faithful\n", "that manages to incorporate both the horror\n", "around a public bath house\n", "is a separate adventure\n", "although it lacks the detail of the book\n", "a flawed but engrossing thriller .\n", "a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd .\n", "staged like `` rosemary 's baby\n", "friday the 13th by\n", "to head off in its own direction\n", "`` horrible '' and `` terrible\n", "all its aspects\n", "unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening\n", "unmentionable\n", "routine crime\n", "pacing\n", ", imaginative\n", "so much farcical\n", "the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks .\n", "this films reason for being\n", "consistently surprising ,\n", "your eyes\n", "a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", ", harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .\n", "manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera ,\n", "rather than real figures\n", "an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people\n", "ichi the killer\n", "the mere presence of duvall\n", "saw that was written down\n", "'re up\n", "equally impressive degree\n", "$ 99 bargain-basement special\n", "a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .\n", "are profound and thoughtfully delivered\n", "no way original , or\n", "all the excesses\n", "of stock footage\n", "like smoke signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "argentine director fabian bielinsky\n", "been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept\n", "the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .\n", "a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made\n", "photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen\n", "it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera\n", "the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "slack direction\n", "chases for an hour and\n", "a few others\n", "nearly perfect in their roles\n", "is n't merely offensive\n", "a bomb\n", "the academy\n", "enjoyable 100 minutes\n", "attract crossover viewers\n", "the incredibly flexible cast\n", "what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '\n", "will have an opinion to share\n", "plus , like i already mentioned ... it 's robert duvall !\n", "an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese\n", "contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .\n", "clearly defines his characters\n", "from speaking even one word to each other\n", "say that this should seal the deal\n", "if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is ,\n", "vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing\n", "one bad dude\n", "seems timely and important\n", "'s equally hard\n", "unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook\n", "the film is all over the place , really .\n", "relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene\n", "prognosis\n", "graduate\n", "the kind of parent\n", "virtually\n", "the lord of the rings '' trilogy\n", "zero compelling storyline\n", "whose idea of exercise\n", "boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other\n", "is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see\n", "nothing about kennedy 's assassination\n", "malik abbott\n", "wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching\n", "despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .\n", "the beat down\n", "with tremendous promise\n", "the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie\n", "labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .\n", "euro-trash\n", "be a single iota worse\n", "be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "ratio\n", "as acceptable teen entertainment\n", "redemption\n", "meaningless activity\n", "the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music\n", "tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock\n", "definitive counter-cultural document\n", "dull , brain-deadening hangover\n", "that it has n't gone straight to video\n", "unremittingly ugly movie\n", "in the tradition of the graduate\n", "underscore the action\n", "the mystic genres of cinema\n", "of modern cinema\n", "i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .\n", ", it 's `` waking up in reno . ''\n", "heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind\n", "are simply dazzling\n", "chuck norris `` grenade gag ''\n", "illusion versus reality\n", "is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .\n", "too mainstream\n", "precious at the start\n", "its perfect quiet pace\n", "about ordinary folk a bad name\n", "that involves us in the unfolding crisis\n", "bardem\n", "humorous , illuminating study\n", "coherent whole\n", "this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one\n", "a pair of fascinating performances\n", "'s told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times\n", "cookie-cutter action scenes\n", "real thing\n", "the increasingly far-fetched events\n", "a torrent\n", "turks\n", "we make\n", "narratively\n", "saw this movie .\n", "too-long , spoofy update\n", "a few laughs\n", "say about reign of fire\n", "road-trip version\n", "the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost\n", "his writing\n", "as a dark comedy\n", "just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole .\n", "turgid fable\n", "is meant to make you think about existential suffering\n", "stoner midnight flick\n", "not at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- i doubt it would be all that interesting .\n", "sort\n", "this seductive tease of a thriller\n", "excites\n", "grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles .\n", "hackneyed story\n", "another project greenlight\n", "coriat\n", "the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell .\n", "than the multiplex\n", "fears\n", ", herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .\n", "of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity\n", "the scope and shape\n", "a satisfying evening at the multiplex\n", "exuberantly\n", "to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories\n", "at least one more story to tell : his own\n", "of useless actioners\n", "thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem .\n", "gonna\n", ", and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending\n", "does rabbit-proof fence\n", "in others\n", "the way\n", "of nijinsky 's diaries\n", "coping , in one way or another\n", "organized crime story\n", "excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "that haynes\n", "of gay men\n", "civilized mind\n", "stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction\n", "a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart\n", "run of the mill\n", "messy and\n", "just brilliant in this\n", "little new added\n", "a straight-ahead thriller that\n", "the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter\n", "all the dysfunctional family dynamics\n", "' romantic\n", "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\n", "entering a church , synagogue or temple\n", "best describes this film : honest\n", "central figure\n", "it is very difficult to care about the character ,\n", "rude\n", "for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity\n", "one problem\n", "me territory\n", "meets electric boogaloo\n", "like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming\n", "into a typical romantic triangle\n", "like schindler 's list\n", "admit that i am baffled by jason x.\n", "an outright bodice-ripper\n", "considering just\n", "a cinematic poem\n", "of the lambs\n", "that 's as crisp and to the point\n", "$ 40 million version\n", "gamut\n", "not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching\n", "the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable\n", "say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch\n", "the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them\n", "one of those war movies\n", "signing that dotted line\n", ", never rises above the level of a telanovela .\n", "company .\n", "hardly a nuanced portrait\n", "psychological mystery\n", "about the swinging subculture\n", "expressing\n", "the execution is pretty weary\n", "in handy\n", "neurotic energy\n", "bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .\n", "he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does .\n", "it could have been something special ,\n", "sexual practice\n", "than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , '\n", "an elegant and sly deadpan\n", "the color palette\n", "allows his cast members\n", "skeptics\n", "busby\n", "will certainly\n", "to travel\n", "has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original .\n", "bill plympton , the animation master\n", "achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation\n", "had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "truly good\n", "hoary dialogue , fluxing accents\n", "to the bitter end\n", "fascinating than the results\n", "note\n", "super - violent ,\n", "disease\n", "it has 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 .\n", "and twisted characters\n", "relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .\n", "it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots\n", "is just a little bit hard to love\n", "the movie is n't horrible\n", "is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement\n", "to be pleasant in spite of its predictability\n", "be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "very entertaining , thought-provoking film\n", "his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater\n", "videos\n", "his words\n", "for the sequels\n", "to the iranian voting process\n", "they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick\n", "exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ... more salacious telenovela than serious drama .\n", "show-stoppingly hilarious , but\n", "of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements\n", "to merely bad rather than painfully awful\n", ", lifeless\n", "discreet filmmakers\n", "gets the tone\n", "shouts classic french nuance\n", "watching this one\n", "what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?\n", "to the film 's direction\n", "stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom .\n", "a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations\n", "does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously\n", "a story about intelligent high school\n", "stubbornly refused to gel\n", "savvy director robert j. siegel and his co-writers\n", "matthew cirulnick\n", "revolution studios and\n", "measured\n", "who understands how to create and sustain a mood\n", "has created a brilliant motion picture .\n", "ongoing -\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "make a gorgeous pair ...\n", "does all of this , and more\n", "a meatier deeper beginning and\\/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' 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"there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale .\n", "a hallmark card\n", "with something cool\n", "the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light\n", "watch and -- especially --\n", "men in black mayhem\n", "is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies\n", "friday the 13th\n", "expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch .\n", "slow parade\n", "the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life\n", "get more out\n", "the most screwy thing\n", "this much imagination and nerve\n", "a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort .\n", "watching this movie\n", "every sequel\n", "entertainment adults\n", "so insanely stupid ,\n", "the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic\n", "find stardom\n", "has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .\n", "cross-dressing\n", "an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people\n", "this scarlet 's letter is a. . .\n", "the movie is a silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp through horror and hellish conditions .\n", "pale successor\n", "you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick\n", "lyrical\n", "space-based homage\n", "this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture\n", "who do n't believe in santa claus\n", "pedro\n", "punch-drunk love ''\n", "to define his hero 's background or motivations\n", "like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being\n", "you wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies .\n", "arty gay film .\n", "for a series of preordained events\n", "antonio\n", "anteing up some movie star charisma\n", "the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other .\n", "of flick\n", "has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness\n", "while -lrb- roman coppola -rrb-\n", "elegantly appointed period drama\n", "like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '\n", "provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust .\n", "the turntable is now outselling the electric guitar ... ''\n", "george ratliff 's documentary , hell house ,\n", "old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles\n", "if this sappy script was the best the contest received\n", "scum\n", "we can make\n", "an enjoyable trifle\n", "the light , comic side\n", "snared\n", "new adaptation\n", "little grace -lrb- rifkin 's -rrb- tale of precarious skid-row dignity\n", "the two leads ,\n", "soothe and break your heart\n", "travis bickle\n", "what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking\n", "assumption\n", "fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .\n", "'s uninteresting .\n", "all or nothing\n", "stay away\n", "has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .\n", "lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful\n", "professional injuries\n", "the reassuring manner\n", "without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing\n", "are all in the performances\n", "make in filming opera\n", "a strong thumbs up\n", "that , half an hour in ,\n", "pbs program\n", "that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "to blame for all that\n", "hour photo 's\n", "there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .\n", "stealing\n", "a fine effort\n", "'s a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "sticks\n", "humanize\n", "'s now ,\n", "what sets ms. birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .\n", "rawness\n", "a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen\n", "peralta\n", "oleander\n", "while you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "'s no reason to miss interview with the assassin\n", "someplace between consuming self-absorption\n", "tedious picture\n", "in its ` message-movie ' posturing\n", "insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but\n", "to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", ", duty and love\n", "the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive\n", "the plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours .\n", "it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years\n", "continent\n", "trying to be daring and original\n", "serve such literate material\n", "an awful lot like life --\n", ", the screenplay only comes into its own in the second half .\n", "already has one strike against it .\n", "a thousand cliches\n", "know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .\n", "the last trombone\n", "mira\n", "hmmm ... might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?\n", "drek .\n", "ideas of revolution # 9\n", "rare trick\n", "in your own cleverness\n", "the comic scenes fly\n", "an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood\n", "its plaintiveness\n", "w\n", "run-of-the-mill profanity\n", "a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii\n", "the full emotional involvement and\n", "an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans\n", "prevent\n", "a serious movie with serious ideas\n", "slightly humorous and tender story\n", "a solid , well-formed satire .\n", "'re down for a silly hack-and-slash flick\n", "past seagal films\n", "he 's the best brush in the business\n", "seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain\n", "draws you in\n", "would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can\n", "just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play\n", "it is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .\n", "thanks largely to williams\n", "a fascinating character 's\n", "cannon 's confidence\n", "guessable\n", "it weirdly appealing\n", "is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise\n", "bring tissues .\n", "hold dear about cinema\n", "that so many talented people could participate in such an\n", "as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism\n", "foreign mush\n", "uneven\n", "dense ,\n", "it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over ,\n", "suspenseful and\n", "in the travails of creating a screenplay\n", "a real story\n", "period trappings right\n", "it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say\n", "i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand\n", "'40s\n", "memories of rollerball have faded , and\n", "parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and\n", "principled as jane\n", "to convince us that acting transfigures esther\n", "abandoned their slim hopes and dreams\n", "snowman\n", "nervous energy , moral ambiguity and\n", "ours\n", "what a thrill ride\n", "the twist endings were actually surprising\n", "the near-impossible\n", "`` feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but it simply becomes a routine shocker .\n", "nearly\n", "a cult film\n", "would leave you cold\n", "will anyone\n", "drawers to justify a film\n", "it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged\n", "little action\n", "a fiercely clever and subtle film ,\n", "making his directorial feature debut\n", "100-minute movie\n", "but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold .\n", "commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute\n", "gory mayhem\n", "martin lawrence live '\n", "add up to a satisfying crime drama .\n", "you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .\n", "in tongues\n", "provocative theme\n", "the cartoon 's\n", "distinguish one sci-fi work from another\n", "verbally\n", "remarkably accessible and haunting\n", "koury frighteningly\n", "gloriously unsubtle\n", "dickens\n", "the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran . '\n", "cliched and\n", "how much good\n", "yet\n", "the female condition\n", "many silent movies\n", "we felt when the movie ended so damned soon\n", "a little coffee\n", "is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie\n", "a reactive cipher , when opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made\n", "exceptional lead performances\n", "unschooled comedy\n", "at least it possesses some\n", "become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds\n", "charming , banter-filled comedy\n", ", there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .\n", "is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message ,\n", "a rather toothless take\n", "'s nothing exactly wrong here\n", "try to create characters out of the obvious cliches\n", "somewhat backhanded\n", "about the symbiotic relationship between art and life\n", "flashy , overlong soap opera .\n", "all-woman\n", "'s 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the most part , credible\n", "in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers\n", "beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film\n", "between mothers\n", "this region and\n", "there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl ,\n", "for kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb- that like adventure\n", "to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity\n", "necessarily bad\n", "casual filmgoers\n", "one big laugh , three or\n", "hem the movie\n", "sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait\n", "gay sex\n", "your skin and , some plot blips\n", "'re far better served by the source material .\n", "a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes\n", "action laudable\n", "of dishonesty\n", "dough\n", "it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and\n", "adorably ditsy\n", "of material in the film 's short 90 minutes\n", "like a fragment of an underdone potato\n", "it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire .\n", "its body humour and reinforcement\n", "a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message\n", "of a stray barrel\n", "of digital filmmaking\n", "a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic\n", "a realm where few non-porn films venture\n", "loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and ,\n", "wish you had n't seen\n", "as tiresome as 9 seconds\n", "is of overwhelming waste\n", "about as subtle\n", "fight\n", "a movie as you\n", "the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you\n", "animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia\n", "better satiric\n", "95-minute commercial\n", "without the balm of right-thinking ideology\n", "as the rocket scientist\n", "stiff and\n", "seeds\n", "completely disposable\n", "small-budget film\n", "wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work\n", "combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .\n", "the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes\n", "into sharp slivers and cutting impressions\n", "a wishy-washy melodramatic movie\n", "necessary to document all this emotional misery\n", "is n't the most edgy piece of disney animation\n", "remain just that\n", "`` red dragon '' is entertaining .\n", "a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america\n", "some judicious editing\n", "he does this so well\n", "elemental level\n", "truly larger-than-life\n", "inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc\n", "to fight her bully of a husband\n", "receiving\n", "good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe\n", ", ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .\n", "were made to share the silver screen\n", "still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery\n", "of the worst of the entire franchise\n", "comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is\n", "proves preposterous\n", "brutally honest individual\n", "a sweetly\n", ", hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in .\n", "more filmmakers\n", "a man 's body\n", "is filled with deja vu moments\n", "is genuinely inspirational\n", "haul 'em\n", "to care\n", "more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller .\n", "is richer than anticipated\n", "may not be a huge cut of above the rest\n", "the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you wo n't be disappointed\n", "extremely flat lead performance\n", "attack\n", "is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role\n", "to the audience\n", "it 's not just a feel-good movie\n", "starving and untalented\n", "never cuts corners .\n", "ramifications\n", "'s a bad action movie\n", "is haunting ... -lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .\n", "the third row\n", "is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .\n", "the state\n", "festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .\n", "reaching for something just outside his grasp\n", "swear you are wet in some places\n", "the record industry really is\n", "to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other\n", "'s the inimitable diaz ,\n", ", ultimately heartbreaking\n", "accomplished and richly resonant work .\n", "that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style\n", "a satisfying kids flck\n", ", it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .\n", "was i scared\n", "touching , raucously amusing ,\n", "that does n't make the movie any less entertaining\n", "pointless , tasteless and idiotic\n", "though many of these guys are less than adorable\n", "we never knew\n", "linear\n", "subscriber\n", "puts a human face on derrida , and\n", "the bland outweighs the nifty , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is .\n", "jived\n", "offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them\n", "your intelligence\n", "seen and debated\n", "meal\n", "extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food\n", "that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously\n", "its country conclusion '\n", "might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to\n", "con , for adults\n", "we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", "average white band 's\n", "stronger stomach\n", "not the first , by the way --\n", "it is also beautifully acted .\n", "at its emotional core\n", "technically and artistically inept .\n", "might want to catch freaks as a matinee\n", "infuses the movie with much of its slender\n", "curiously depressing\n", "which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance\n", "so deadly\n", "h\n", "confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema\n", "battle\n", "narration\n", "not a strike against yang 's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ?\n", "is hell .\n", "curiously\n", "it 's the perfect star vehicle for grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .\n", "it feels like a glossy rehash .\n", "to tackling life 's wonderment\n", "after a while\n", "to be emotional\n", "you are willing to do this\n", "is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .\n", "a muddled drama about coming to terms with death\n", "on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "the movie as a whole\n", "its special effects\n", "his signature style\n", "plot moments\n", "the film was better than saving private ryan\n", "ticket-buyers with great expectations\n", "with such good humor\n", "this time\n", "puerile men\n", "disingenuous\n", "feeling like a great missed opportunity\n", "i 'm telling you\n", "hotsies\n", "strictly in the knowledge imparted\n", "delivers on that promise\n", "go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny\n", "seeing seinfeld at home\n", "waterlogged\n", "conversational\n", "scary-funny\n", "zipper\n", "have been a lot nastier\n", "a large human tragedy\n", "anyone who suffers through this film\n", "while solondz tries and tries hard\n", "michael paul\n", "the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio\n", "a very pretty after-school special .\n", "all the more\n", "there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer .\n", "of cinema paradiso\n", "whose seeming\n", "the more graphic violence\n", "lyrical metaphor\n", "there 's plenty to impress about e.t.\n", "of the human heart\n", "to fax it\n", "each other 's existence\n", "frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .\n", "the most entertaining bonds in years\n", "proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized ,\n", "meyjes '\n", "bump-in\n", "any recent film\n", "in a fresh way\n", "germany 's\n", "lingual and cultural differences ...\n", "here seems to have recharged him .\n", "maintain a straight face\n", "children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation\n", "makes it all the more compelling\n", "as a spoof of such\n", ", mind-numbingly , indescribably bad\n", "britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as\n", "characterizes\n", "'ll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego\n", "comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy\n", "can enjoy\n", ", heartfelt\n", "boasting this many genuine cackles\n", "philip\n", "the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief\n", "because he 's afraid of his best-known creation\n", "the singles ward\n", "hate el crimen del padre amaro because it 's anti-catholic\n", "graceland\n", "soup\n", "equally hard\n", "concentration\n", "indie snipes\n", "of sorority boys\n", "a parody of a comedy of a premise\n", "interesting psychological game\n", ", it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .\n", "is , arguably ,\n", "why `` they '' were here and what `` they '' wanted and quite honestly\n", "the low-grade cheese standards\n", ", other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .\n", "you ca n't wait to see end .\n", "poetics\n", "large budget notwithstanding\n", "my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "a saga\n", "turns the goose-pimple genre\n", "shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment\n", "of gay culture\n", "truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and\n", "awful\n", "except it 's much\n", "nothing else is\n", "a convolution of language\n", "anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering .\n", "something 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and inelegant in its ` message-movie ' posturing\n", "disney scrape\n", "the big one\n", "unfakable sense\n", "slightly humorous and tender\n", "about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances\n", "seen ,\n", "the blair witch formula\n", "the familiar topic\n", "most battered women\n", "a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light\n", "feels unusually assured .\n", "comedy genre\n", "one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence\n", "heroic tale\n", "all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "alexander payne 's\n", "'s an unhappy situation\n", "has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates\n", "shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .\n", "to say beyond the news\n", "invitingly\n", "napoleon 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"wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and\n", "better described as a ghost story gone badly awry .\n", "that it does have a few cute moments\n", "plod along .\n", "the obligatory break-ups\n", "its curmudgeon\n", "particularly engaging\n", "limbo\n", "the origin story is well told ,\n", "to faith and rainbows\n", "that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest ,\n", "am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold !\n", "scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf\n", "s \\* h ''\n", "a well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature .\n", ", the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .\n", "shown on the projection television screen of a sports 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has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .\n", "movie structures\n", "proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .\n", "dark satire and childhood awakening\n", "worthwhile glimpse\n", "this 90-minute dud could pass for mike tyson 's e !\n", "electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness\n", "to please\n", "cinema classic\n", "efficiency\n", "horses could fly\n", "fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines\n", "that they are actually releasing it into theaters\n", "aspiration to be a true ` epic '\n", "so convinced of its own brilliance\n", "directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy\n", "that man\n", "to come out of china in recent years\n", "the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula 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"once again that he 's the best brush in the business\n", "theater\n", "will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .\n", "stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .\n", "imperious\n", "so intensely , but with restraint\n", "creative interference\n", "elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "ick '\n", "paranoia , and celebrityhood .\n", "both the movie\n", "to each other and themselves\n", "a real documentary\n", "fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd .\n", "the artsy pretensions\n", "see over and over\n", "to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue\n", "clock\n", "that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus\n", "out so funny\n", "an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only 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much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch\n", "'ve already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles\n", "a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional .\n", "is more in love with strangeness than excellence .\n", "setting distracts\n", "really\n", "upping the ante on each other\n", "the casualties of war\n", "unparalleled\n", "turn out to be delightfully compatible here\n", "hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident\n", ", if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .\n", "yet compelling\n", "allen 's funniest and most likeable movie in years .\n", "far less sophisticated and\n", "of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "passable romantic\n", "video\\/dvd babysitter\n", "boomer families\n", "a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer\n", "perfection\n", "jarring\n", "unusual but pleasantly\n", "reveals itself slowly ,\n", "transcend\n", "the transformation of his character\n", "of characterization\n", "deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure\n", "very insecure man\n", "the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries\n", "tufano\n", "strong cast and surehanded direction\n", "bowel movements\n", "a hugely enjoyable film\n", "it was feminism by the book\n", "escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars\n", "realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject\n", "baffled the folks in the marketing department\n", "to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script\n", "they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya\n", "'s a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life .\n", "cal\n", "to believe in something that is improbable\n", "a head-turner -- thoughtfully written ,\n", "mora\n", "think about after the final frame\n", "beck 's next project\n", "at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left\n", "be inside looking out\n", "miserable\n", "deserves a more engaged and honest treatment .\n", "is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .\n", "is n't up to the level of the direction\n", "thoughtfulness\n", "fuel\n", "kim ki-deok\n", "unusual music\n", "empty sub-music video style\n", "it shine\n", "the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .\n", "like my christmas movies\n", "bathtub\n", "is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon\n", "is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow .\n", "nia vardalos\n", "a cushion\n", "on many levels\n", "the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script ,\n", "an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual\n", "this uncharismatically beautiful\n", "has-been\n", "a delight\n", "'s fitfully funny but never\n", "the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm\n", "fruit\n", "none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens\n", "returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension .\n", "the animated sequences\n", "a straight guy\n", "self-promotion\n", "add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff .\n", "scarcely nourishing\n", "intimate and universal cinema\n", "see scratch for a lesson in scratching ,\n", "has stopped challenging himself\n", "though clearly well-intentioned\n", "portray so convincingly\n", "finds its moviegoing pleasures\n", "despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .\n", "slobbering , lovable run-on sentence\n", "the cult section\n", "on eccentricity\n", "either of those movies\n", "original italian-language soundtrack\n", "who are only mildly curious\n", "delightful stimulus\n", "take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side\n", "loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and\n", "pushing\n", "a better satiric target\n", "use of his particular talents\n", "no-nonsense human beings\n", "enjoy the film\n", "the abiding impression\n", "of soap opera\n", "putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station\n", ", artificial and opaque\n", "draft\n", "satisfyingly scarifying\n", "gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name\n", "his chemistry with shimizu\n", "follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .\n", "done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect .\n", "psychodramatics\n", "being dubbed\n", "enough charming\n", "that miss\n", "from being simpleminded\n", "have once again entered the bizarre realm where director adrian lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", "what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .\n", "pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "mysterious , sensual ,\n", "bill plympton ,\n", "from male persona\n", "schaefer 's\n", "than fatal attraction\n", "excessively quirky and\n", "sometimes plain wacky implausibility --\n", "fascinating psychological fare\n", "this dreck\n", "a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations\n", "as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "flashy camera effects\n", "is anyone else\n", "even these tales of just seven children\n", "el crimen del padre amaro\n", "star nia vardalos\n", "did they not\n", "no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater .\n", "achingly sad\n", "a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "shooting fish in a barrel\n", "danis tanovic 's no man 's land\n", "it may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but\n", "mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .\n", "abhors\n", "raucous and\n", "\\* a \\* s \\* h '' only this time from an asian perspective\n", "a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication\n", "majidi shoe-loving\n", "a hairdo\n", "enough may pander to our basest desires for payback ,\n", "open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning\n", "smell the grease\n", "the boho art-house crowd ,\n", "disconnects every 10 seconds\n", "serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and\n", "replaced by the bottom of the barrel\n", "in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "there 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups .\n", "that he forgets to make it entertaining\n", "the visceral excitement\n", "the substance it so desperately needs\n", "this is art imitating life or life imitating art\n", "send it\n", "communications\n", "clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .\n", "epps scores\n", "to the last\n", "sidesplitting\n", "a sweet and modest\n", "panache\n", "the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "would work much better as a one-hour tv documentary\n", "social message\n", "are often engaging\n", "brian de palma 's addiction\n", "funny no-brainer\n", "and outer lives\n", "fierce dance\n", "industry\n", "manage to hit all of its marks\n", "kerrigan 's\n", "stand-off\n", "interesting , but not compelling .\n", "if a few good men told us that we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than high crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we `` do n't care about the truth . ''\n", "diverse\n", "some other recent efforts\n", "give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed\n", "with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences\n", "as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy\n", "three gags\n", "ace ventura ' rip-off\n", "incongruous summer playoff\n", "point-and-shoot exercise\n", "overblown climax\n", "mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings\n", "downright silly\n", "spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune\n", "pabulum\n", "ca n't totally\n", "local video store\n", "that one can forgive the film its flaws\n", "double-barreled rip-off\n", "the opening strains\n", "we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us\n", ", it is a failure .\n", "the muck\n", "while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel .\n", "... pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism .\n", "we 've somehow never seen before\n", "exhilarating new\n", "takes you by the face ,\n", ", easily substitutable\n", "most compelling performance\n", "the travails of creating a screenplay\n", "carol kane appears on the screen\n", "less about shakespeare than the spawn of fools who saw quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening\n", "my 6-year-old nephew said\n", "the evocative imagery\n", "like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted\n", "through a telescope\n", "foster and whitaker are especially fine .\n", "too stagy\n", "for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her\n", "shame americans\n", "a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last .\n", "nominated\n", "ivans xtc\n", "as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator\n", "the saturday morning cartoons\n", "each moment of this broken character study\n", "mouthpieces , visual motifs ,\n", "acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being .\n", "character construct\n", "people 's lives cross and change\n", "are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds\n", "belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\\/dvd category , and this is why i have given it a one-star rating .\n", "what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .\n", "full of the kind of energy it 's documenting\n", "films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "on all the characters\n", "star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life\n", "have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them\n", "is without a doubt\n", "`` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods\n", "a film about a family 's joyous life\n", "be more than that\n", "the picture making becalmed\n", "of cardoso\n", "bogus spiritualism\n", "too safe\n", "unlikable ,\n", "tell a story for more than four minutes\n", "of mccoist\n", "they 're back\n", "australian filmmaker david flatman\n", "a spoof of such\n", "meditative\n", "than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood ,\n", "also like its hero\n", "mccoist\n", "creative action\n", "an expressive face\n", "much like anywhere\n", "flickering\n", "disquieting\n", "the problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum .\n", "is straight from the saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness\n", "a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy .\n", "awfulness of its script\n", "rapidly changing face\n", "chatter\n", "tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape\n", "loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy\n", "as three\n", "haute\n", "plethora\n", "is in its examination of america 's culture of fear\n", "anecdote\n", "get made-up and\n", "feels more\n", "one of the best , most\n", "that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion\n", "vibrantly colored\n", "do n't blame eddie murphy but\n", "it 's so not-at-all-good\n", "paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation\n", "was a dark and stormy night\n", "that made the first film such a delight\n", "that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "every bit as much as life hems\n", "silly little puddle\n", "look ahead\n", "new ground\n", ", somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "each story is built on a potentially interesting idea\n", "actual material\n", "these distortions\n", "may , for whatever reason ,\n", "that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe\n", "to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture\n", "as saccharine as it is disposable .\n", "typically observant\n", "fills the screen .\n", "most enchanting\n", "discovery and humor\n", "does a disservice\n", "so lovely toward the end\n", "his fourth feature\n", "much about what 's going on\n", "does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen\n", "mary and both american pie movies\n", "de sade set\n", "subtlety has never been his trademark\n", "an image of big papa\n", "shoots and\n", "then again , subtlety has never been his trademark\n", "finest kind\n", "versace\n", "the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness .\n", "the easy emotional buttons\n", "affectation\n", "logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd\n", "u.\n", "'s a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative\n", "feminist conspiracy theorist\n", "your very bloodstream\n", "in the nicest possible way\n", "how not to act like pinocchio\n", "for a few comic turns\n", "patriotic tone\n", "i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director\n", "disease-of\n", "the film 's drumbeat\n", "an unsympathetic hero\n", "as naturally charming as it needs to be\n", "lopez 's\n", "from danang\n", "swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .\n", "are as timely as tomorrow\n", "berkeley musical\n", "shawn levy\n", "'s deep-sixed by a compulsion\n", "the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations\n", "in as flat\n", "except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "it 's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .\n", "stirs\n", "cutthroat\n", "although melodramatic and predictable\n", "of the actress-producer and writer\n", "forget the sheer\n", "lawyers\n", "is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed\n", "climactic setpiece\n", "sexual relationship\n", "the comic elements of the premise\n", "disgusting\n", "an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy\n", "crash-and-bash action\n", "has little clue\n", "a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental\n", "a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre\n", "honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama\n", "of black ice\n", "last walked out on a movie\n", "feel like time fillers between surf shots .\n", "perpetrated by the importance of being earnest\n", "flee .\n", "me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons ,\n", "the wan\n", "this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb- , but\n", "conspiracy theorist\n", "is kind of special\n", "a tremendous piece\n", ", you can go home again .\n", "crematorium chimney fires and stacks\n", "help herself\n", "the folly\n", "adolescent audience\n", "shine through the gloomy film noir veil\n", "is a necessary and timely one\n", "victim ...\n", "crack a smile\n", ", impostor is opening today at a theater near you .\n", "is as conventional\n", "also is difficult to fathom .\n", "the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet .\n", "most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i\n", "with sexual possibility and emotional danger\n", "star wars\n", "of the trickster spider\n", "viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality\n", "have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize\n", "this movie is 90 minutes long , and\n", "set the cause of woman warriors\n", "flat , plodding picture\n", "city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be\n", "as movies get\n", "an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book\n", "'s lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another\n", "too much of nemesis\n", "attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one\n", "'s apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose .\n", "over character and substance\n", ", ghastly\n", "'s a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex\n", "many tired jokes about men in heels\n", "nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history ,\n", "feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe .\n", "a bad film\n", "seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame\n", "to those who are n't looking for them\n", "phoned-in business\n", "intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .\n", "been a good film in `` trouble every day\n", "safe conduct '' -rrb-\n", "one of his most uncanny\n", "psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen\n", "this idea\n", "your vintage wines\n", "cinema audiences\n", "to add the magic that made it all work\n", "superfluous\n", "pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "their role in the second great war\n", "is as consistently engaging as it is revealing\n", "weaver\n", "in the ryan series\n", ", it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .\n", ", nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth .\n", "it 's not particularly well made ,\n", "unforgivingly inconsistent\n", "gleaned\n", "in the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest .\n", "light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout\n", "its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary .\n", "the new rob schneider vehicle\n", "steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph .\n", "for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers\n", "funniest american comedy\n", "and deceptively buoyant\n", "to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment\n", "badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .\n", "certainly clever in spots\n", "artsy fantasy sequences\n", "stymied\n", "the modern girl 's\n", "give\n", "that strikes a very resonant chord\n", "peaks\n", "be released in this condition\n", "with plenty of baggage\n", "knickknacks\n", "watch ,\n", "the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "but little emotional resonance\n", "of her life\n", "which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and\n", "mordantly funny\n", "sane\n", "battles\n", "turned from sweet\n", "scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .\n", "or satirical target\n", "well-worn\n", "the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett 's story\n", "goes with it\n", "works better in the conception than it does in the execution ...\n", "give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy\n", "'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones\n", "no good inside dope , and\n", "live-wire film\n", "men leave their families\n", "over one shoulder\n", "drained of human emotion\n", "inane , humorless and under-inspired\n", "be tapping\n", "made me feel unclean\n", "watch the film twice or\n", "bad-boy\n", "whose orbits will inevitably\n", "courage and dedication\n", "while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .\n", "by howard 's self-conscious attempts\n", "so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt .\n", "addresses current terrorism anxieties\n", "mist\n", "the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side\n", "el\n", "just one more\n", "it is a hilarious place to visit\n", "as invulnerable as its trademark villain\n", "the local flavour\n", "does dickens\n", "strokes the eyeballs\n", "their mental gullets\n", "there 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but\n", "feminine energy ,\n", "that would be foreign in american teen comedies\n", "there 's a lot of tooth in roger dodger .\n", "activate\n", "a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie\n", "you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart\n", "a ship as leaky\n", "american style\n", "has turned from sweet to bittersweet\n", "self-consciousness\n", "spoofs\n", "it 's a ripper of a yarn\n", "are actually movie folk\n", "is this movie for ?\n", "a full experience\n", "with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors\n", "mediocre movies\n", "used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "of character and mood\n", "pubescent scandalous\n", "a guilty pleasure\n", "smorgasbord\n", "all those gimmicks\n", "in place\n", "post 9\\/11 the philosophical message of `` personal freedom first ''\n", "private\n", "when it does elect to head off in its own direction\n", "might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything\n", "place and age -- as in , 15 years old\n", "two girls\n", "which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold\n", "give them a good time\n", "-lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect\n", "gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb-\n", "daniel\n", "despite lagging near the finish line\n", "a great presence\n", "to a laugh riot\n", "is less successful on other levels .\n", "of the year 2002\n", "funny in a sick , twisted sort of way\n", "subtlest and most complexly evil\n", "thrown back in the river\n", "a testament to the integrity and vision of the band\n", "you share her one-room world for a while\n", "from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch\n", "the theatre\n", "far bigger\n", "final verdict : you 've seen it all before .\n", "waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction\n", "asian neo-realist treasure .\n", "but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .\n", "its magic\n", "exiled aristocracy\n", "the zeroes\n", "a spectator\n", "cheesy screenplay\n", "with the better private schools\n", "the film 's ending\n", "of these films\n", "give herself over completely\n", "slackers ' jokey approach to college education\n", "mormon family movie\n", "the hot oscar season 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''\n", "it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently ,\n", "you may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .\n", "that most frightening of all movies\n", "plotted\n", "the emotional seesawing\n", "more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but\n", "the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation\n", "minac drains his movie of all individuality\n", "some time\n", "ame and\n", "should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "of the writer\n", "the movie 's various victimized audience members\n", "the attraction a movie\n", "grant 's own twist\n", "of dramatic fireworks\n", "touching and\n", "a must see for all sides of the political spectrum\n", "to tear their eyes away from the screen\n", "extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted\n", "an asian neo-realist treasure .\n", "of humanity\n", "can certainly not\n", "teeming life\n", ", achingly human\n", "may leave the theater with more questions than answers ,\n", "pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --\n", "than hannibal\n", "a boring man ,\n", "pungent flowers\n", "ah na\n", "bryan adams\n", "menzel 's\n", "classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace\n", "will break your heart many times over .\n", "is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski\n", "courts and welfare centers\n", "sometimes murky , always brooding look\n", "you thinking\n", "these shenanigans\n", "al.\n", "rent those movies instead\n", "square , sentimental drama\n", "a time in america\n", "breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina\n", "it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag .\n", "merchant\n", "meat loaf explodes\n", "depict\n", "struggling\n", "'s a funny 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in alienating most viewers .\n", "inner consciousness\n", "been acted out\n", "by the shadowy lighting\n", "19th\n", "'re looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining\n", "the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third\n", "emotionally reserved\n", "the use of special effects\n", "a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc\n", "to transcend its clever concept\n", "voices-from-the-other-side story\n", "... really horrible drek .\n", "about schmidt -rrb-\n", "sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours .\n", "and star kevin costner\n", "wobbly\n", "its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting\n", "versions\n", "like mere splashing around\n", "more salacious telenovela\n", "is a real charmer .\n", "insightful and entertaining\n", "exuberant openness\n", "because of the universal themes , earnest performances\n", "to save their children and yet to lose them\n", "namesake\n", "any honors\n", "infuses\n", "old gags\n", "that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .\n", "the resourceful molly\n", "cliched movie structures\n", "there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "a worthy substitute\n", "hot-button\n", "to the ballot box\n", "female comics\n", "principal characters\n", "lives of gay men\n", "shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors ...\n", "delivering oscar-caliber performances\n", "the projection television screen\n", "marching bands\n", "even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia\n", 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''\n", "the fetid underbelly of fame\n", "ponder anew what a movie can be\n", "hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring\n", "dare i say ,\n", "to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies\n", "fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb- .\n", "at its most\n", "does this\n", "of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils\n", "to cram too many ingredients into one small pot\n", "clean the peep booths surrounding her\n", "eyre\n", "masochistic moviegoers\n", "sickeningly\n", "all stages of her life\n", "of its fun\n", "auto-critique\n", "see a movie\n", "of a self-hatred instilled\n", "we care about the story\n", "in the least\n", "movie dawdle\n", "what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics\n", "terribly obvious\n", "the film ends with a large human tragedy .\n", "the franchise 's best years are long past\n", "with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between 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actors\n", "fool you\n", "an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents\n", "melanie\n", "that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde\n", "too clever by about nine-tenths .\n", "ugly , pointless , stupid\n", "sitcom-worthy solutions\n", "has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .\n", "own invention\n", "the film equivalent\n", "bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically\n", "which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint\n", "bruised\n", "of birthday girl 's calculated events\n", "slightly disappointed\n", "makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a\n", "land-based ` drama\n", "a chase to end all chases\n", "its participants\n", ", where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again .\n", "of 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"its heartfelt concern\n", "from your cool-j\n", "it never rises to its clever what-if concept .\n", "directing world\n", "'s not enough substance here\n", "of despair\n", "successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .\n", "with its imaginative premise\n", "sends\n", "actually thrilled\n", "more like medicine\n", "the ticket you need\n", "the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists\n", "a truly larger-than-life character\n", "what it could have been as a film\n", "the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .\n", "to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar\n", "fresh air now and then\n", "avon\n", ", entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .\n", "it 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .\n", "to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls\n", "ellen\n", "the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears\n", "the gallic ` tradition\n", "taymor 's\n", "tragic odyssey\n", "ceremonies\n", "faso\n", "it 's just a little too self-satisfied .\n", "to find love\n", "dog-paddle\n", "it 's sweet and fluffy at the time\n", "the intensity\n", "fairly disposable yet still entertaining b\n", "what you expect\n", "scratches the surface\n", "'re definitely\n", "entertaining shallows\n", "missing bike\n", "holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals .\n", "his innocence\n", "cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos\n", "this argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .\n", "though flawed\n", "poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad ,\n", "undermines the story 's continuity and progression\n", ", and for the memorable character creations\n", "have to salute writer-director haneke -lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch .\n", "sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own\n", "rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale\n", ", super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .\n", "mcklusky\n", "in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "promising\n", "this may sound\n", "'s a loathsome movie\n", "for more than two decades mr. nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .\n", "austin\n", "son\n", "needs to be\n", "could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened\n", "and magic realism\n", "our souls\n", "second\n", "with material this rich it does n't need it\n", "this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep .\n", "reduced circumstances\n", "wrists\n", "a cross between boys do n't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made\n", "huge\n", "only partly satisfying\n", "should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad\n", "a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '\n", "the philosophical musings\n", "school comedy\n", "a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion\n", "second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief ,\n", "a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "drawing flavorful performances\n", "heartily sick\n", "sacrificed for the sake of spectacle\n", "that was paid for it\n", "in a movie\n", "this imagery\n", "every cheesy scene\n", "does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie .\n", "emotional film\n", "can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline\n", "a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .\n", "unfolds .\n", "has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie .\n", "disgrace\n", "spare yet audacious\n", "french society\n", "that he has severe body odor\n", "is merely anne-sophie birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through\n", "'s horribly depressing and not very well done .\n", "in the role\n", "klein ,\n", "contemporary comedy\n", "dangerously honest\n", "an acting exercise\n", "an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship\n", "concentrates\n", "as lumpy as two-day old porridge\n", "intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "croaks\n", "of good actors\n", "now\n", "amiably idiosyncratic work\n", "trying to create something original\n", "feel fully\n", "quickly\n", "in a while\n", "very prevalence\n", "the dark luster\n", "even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .\n", "proceeds\n", "is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .\n", "frothy ` date movie\n", "the parents\n", "downtime\n", "paul bettany\n", "crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .\n", "although this idea is `` new ''\n", "o.k.\n", "'s not making fun of these people\n", "it 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting .\n", "we had to endure last summer\n", "big chill '' reunion\n", "modern israel\n", "to as die hard on a boat\n", "the road movie\n", "on world domination and destruction\n", "relentless gaiety\n", "morris\n", "weak claims\n", "to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and\n", "is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented .\n", "the long-suffering heroine\n", "a cute alien creature\n", "a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter\n", "but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns\n", "desperately ingratiating performance\n", "did n't hollywood think of this sooner ?\n", "gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , -lrb- harris -rrb- brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman .\n", "whopping shootouts\n", "there are things to like about murder by numbers --\n", "has its charming quirks and its dull spots\n", "when mr. hundert tells us in his narration that ` this is a story without surprises\n", "change watching such a character\n", "many directors of the iranian new wave\n", "a root cause\n", "chai 's\n", "the meaning and value\n", "of movie-biz farce\n", "manage\n", "long to shake\n", "of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals\n", "it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie .\n", "siblings\n", "than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film\n", "that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing\n", "offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people\n", "hunter fan\n", "landmark\n", "'re never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely\n", "alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but ayurveda does the field no favors .\n", "haul 'em to the theatre\n", "in this summer 's new action film\n", "gimmick\n", "an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war\n", "it 's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out\n", "as best he can\n", "who-wrote-shakespeare controversy\n", "quick-witted\n", "the very hollowness of the character he plays\n", "the champion\n", "children and parents\n", "in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit\n", "as they are to her characters\n", "judaism back at least 50\n", "'s hard to like a film so cold and dead\n", "his light meter and\n", "replete\n", "culprit\n", "telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug\n", "feels draggy\n", "few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury ,\n", "of the material\n", "like this movie\n", "eerily suspenseful\n", "alternative medicine obviously has its merits ...\n", ", makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .\n", "divisions\n", "sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies\n", "argentine film son\n", "that should have been the ultimate imax trip\n", "makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest\n", "be over in five minutes but instead the plot\n", "it may be a no-brainer , but at least it 's a funny no-brainer\n", "own cracker barrel\n", "by a sloppy script\n", "work without all those gimmicks\n", "it may be a no-brainer ,\n", "'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half ,\n", "in perspective\n", "has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools\n", "truly revelatory about his psyche\n", "as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles\n", ", hope\n", "love liza 's tale\n", "adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "snappy\n", "is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "like showgirls and glitter\n", "coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings .\n", "makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should ,\n", "'s possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel\n", "swanson\n", "digital filmmaking\n", "than anything that 's been done before\n", "-lrb- crystal and de niro -rrb-\n", "the sinister inspiration\n", "like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood .\n", "'re just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie\n", "still manages to get a few punches in\n", "an unexpected window\n", "direction and complete lack of modern day irony\n", "the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil\n", "explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love\n", "the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .\n", "repeated\n", "lear\n", "about `` fear dot com ''\n", "cheap , graceless , hackneyed\n", "obligatory break-ups\n", "unlock\n", "-- they live together --\n", "recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .\n", "a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it\n", "have developed some taste\n", "painfully awful\n", "the extreme\n", "river 's edge , dead man\n", "it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare\n", "zinger-filled crowd-pleaser\n", "for its just under ninety minute running time\n", "making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch\n", "the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well\n", "past his prime\n", "tennessee williams by way of oprah 's book club .\n", "wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why\n", "tick\n", "any rock pile will do for a set .\n", "representing\n", "the seas\n", "garde director\n", "even\n", "quelle surprise !\n", "with another character\n", "the serbs themselves\n", "tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination\n", "i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .\n", "seems fried in pork\n", "must be a serious contender for the title .\n", "in short\n", "of its own importance\n", "told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times\n", "a visceral sense of its characters ' lives\n", "those unassuming films\n", "knockabout\n", "rotting\n", "most delightful moments\n", "is a film for the under-7 crowd\n", "with exquisite craftsmanship ... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society .\n", "as rude and profane as ever ,\n", "sturges\n", ", funny look\n", "gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .\n", "the first 89 minutes\n", "modern-day characters\n", ", a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .\n", "`` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses\n", "proper cup\n", "all ,\n", "to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy\n", "deadeningly\n", "the same old silliness\n", "is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .\n", "the existence of this film\n", "of this , and more\n", "filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two\n", "an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film\n", "a protective cocoon\n", "it rarely achieves its best\n", "tiger beat version\n", "concert movie\n", "one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen\n", "byron\n", "for adventure\n", "a white-empowered police force\n", "tambor\n", "derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone .\n", "this is a big , juicy role\n", "with some buoyant human moments\n", "g.\n", "candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take\n", "love story , ' with ali macgraw 's profanities\n", "meatier\n", "listless direction\n", "inept and artificial\n", "engage\n", "71\n", "test severely\n", "youthful affluence\n", "the ending\n", "suspense or excitement\n", "real characters and compelling plots\n", "hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction\n", "oblivious to the existence of this film\n", "viewers do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types\n", "is ultimately quite unengaging\n", "win the band a few new converts , too\n", "to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters\n", "a traditional indian wedding\n", "a feast\n", "lo mein and general tso 's\n", "unhappy\n", "is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- ,\n", "was a lot funnier\n", "hardwood\n", "'ve paid a matinee price\n", "the end result\n", "the re-release\n", "is n't scary .\n", "style-free\n", "'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening\n", "-lrb- an -rrb- absorbing documentary .\n", "three stories\n", "low , smoky and inviting sizzle\n", "jarecki and\n", "of revenge\n", "love and companionship\n", "on the virtue of imperfection\n", "have worn threadbare .\n", "value can not be denied\n", "... it feels like a glossy rehash .\n", "shoot-outs\n", "been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "dad 's wallet\n", "less like bad cinema\n", "will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating\n", "than entertainment\n", "in cynicism every bit\n", "entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis that women from venus and men from mars can indeed get together .\n", "the funny thing is , i did n't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit .\n", "a brutal and funny\n", "may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy\n", "viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving\n", "as well\n", "dragged\n", "turns the marquis de sade\n", "is an intelligent flick that 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lady and the duke something of a theatrical air\n", "oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb-\n", "terry gilliam 's subconscious ,\n", "unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven\n", "you study them\n", "very compelling , sensitive , intelligent\n", "his metaphors\n", "non-exploitive\n", "raunch\n", "upon it\n", ", diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .\n", "than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor\n", "authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study\n", "absorb\n", "this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan\n", "enjoy at least\n", "pointing\n", "last one\n", "a glorious dose\n", "on oprah\n", "succeeds in making neither\n", "no man 's land\n", "of its own quirky hipness\n", "perhaps even the slc high command found writer-director mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going .\n", "requires a clear sense of purpose\n", "may 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"the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "garcia and the other actors help\n", "exhilarating new interpretation\n", "this pathetic junk\n", "it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing\n", "cheech and\n", "child abuse\n", "on the classic whale 's tale\n", "intercut\n", "does n't add up to a whole lot\n", "a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky\n", "the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency\n", "the courage\n", "how the heart accomodates practical\n", "made nature film and a tribute\n", "the friendship\n", "mr. lopez himself\n", "is beyond playing fair with the audience\n", "hot oscar season\n", "cold comfort\n", "cautionary parable\n", "most refreshing\n", "an adventure story and history lesson all in one\n", "the only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .\n", "a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth\n", "this tacky nonsense\n", "a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick\n", "on the doorstep\n", "snow white and\n", "from rampant vampire devaluation\n", "brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky 's excellent music\n", "from a broken family\n", ": no. .\n", "enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit\n", "director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ;\n", "a single gag sequence that really scores\n", "if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication\n", "nursery\n", "this movie 's got it\n", "images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic\n", "how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set\n", "find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere\n", "... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .\n", "boots\n", "muddled drama\n", "once playful and haunting , an in-depth 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better to give than to receive\n", "too much like a fragment of an underdone potato\n", "an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out\n", "china\n", "sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up\n", "as the dominant christine\n", ", complex relationships\n", "the movie in a superficial way , while never sure\n", "home movie '' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .\n", "shtick and sentimentality\n", "unique and\n", "to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff\n", "the eroticism\n", "more precious than perspicacious\n", "in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters\n", "asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement\n", "of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes\n", "of womanhood\n", "about any aspect of it\n", "skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics ,\n", "on how governments lie\n", "their family\n", "grant and bullock 's characters are made for each other .\n", "the worst film of the year\n", "tone\n", "its recycled aspects , implausibility ,\n", "taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star\n", "von trier\n", "paul 's perspective\n", "absolute joy\n", "than britney 's cutoffs\n", "have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen\n", "is worth seeking .\n", "a hint\n", "be considered work\n", "memories and\n", "disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep\n", "illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity\n", "seats\n", "the lady and\n", "having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .\n", "as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab\n", "spare yet audacious ...\n", "quite the career peak\n", "'s a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style .\n", "a superfluous sequel ...\n", ", from the incongruous but chemically\n", "their cartoon counterparts\n", "engaging and intimate\n", "is both inspiring and pure joy .\n", "it 's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other .\n", "on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .\n", "a melodramatic mountain\n", "extremely unpleasant film\n", "`` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back\n", "sci-fi comedy\n", "a cultist 's\n", "'ve liked klein 's other work\n", "directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy ,\n", "the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan could want .\n", "three splendid actors\n", "such atmospheric ballast\n", "shorter than britney 's cutoffs\n", "mindless violence\n", "is n't cary\n", "movies years ago\n", "faster ,\n", "a relatively effective little\n", "yet the act is still charming here .\n", "good acting\n", ", but with\n", "of lives\n", "kirshner wins , but it 's close .\n", "another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .\n", "it 's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems .\n", "passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .\n", "was made with careful attention to detail\n", "one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich\n", "any real raw emotion ,\n", "-lrb- shakespeare 's -rrb-\n", "brian de palma 's\n", "slumming\n", "the first part 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film more silly than scary ,\n", "teenage boys\n", "prejudice\n", "that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in\n", "as each of them searches for their place in the world , miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .\n", "'s only\n", "expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle\n", "real magic , perhaps\n", "just how bad\n", "takes a classic story\n", "restore\n", "little too obvious , but\n", "multiplex\n", "proof once again\n", "she 's no working girl\n", "assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation .\n", "tossed off\n", "is wondrously creative .\n", "telegraphed ` surprises\n", "another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix\n", "theater seat\n", "developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure\n", "in its zeal to spread propaganda\n", "bullock 's\n", "multilayered and\n", "dependent for its success 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contemplation\n", "to feature length\n", "the absence\n", "plenty of laughs\n", "it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .\n", "the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .\n", "we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .\n", "xiaoshuai\n", "having two guys yelling in your face for two hours\n", "have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc\n", "translating 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\n", "gaitskill 's\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "still fun and enjoyable\n", "its script\n", "its debut\n", "obsessed\n", "this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards .\n", "characters and immature provocations\n", "that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the 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"bundling\n", "the world 's political situation seems little different , and -lrb- director phillip -rrb- noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill\n", "weirdly beautiful\n", "a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy\n", "chaiken\n", "the occasional bursts\n", "be startled when you 're almost dozing\n", "do n't quite\n", "of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness\n", "sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end\n", "adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed\n", "makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare\n", "you 'd swear you\n", "scored and\n", "does so without compromising that complexity .\n", "it 's not only dull because we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed .\n", "social\\/economic\\/urban\n", "visible enthusiasm\n", "steals the show 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.\n", "winces , clutches his chest and\n", "overcoming-obstacles\n", "you can tolerate leon barlow\n", "that the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy .\n", "war photographer\n", "callow rich boy\n", "looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day\n", "ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least\n", "are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore\n", "mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .\n", "accurate\n", "a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise .\n", "in the action scenes\n", "takes off\n", "breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie\n", "seldhal\n", "have looked into my future\n", "their families\n", "maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow 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"respect and affection\n", "being made about the nature of god\n", "to shock\n", "both\n", "opulent lushness\n", "with her friends image\n", "provides a porthole into that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all .\n", "between this story and the 1971 musical\n", "winning , heartwarming yarn\n", "its imagery\n", "the 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 .\n", "take notice\n", "shows what great cinema can really do\n", "wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated\n", "it human\n", "recent national events\n", "pleasant but not\n", "is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "his earlier films\n", "is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .\n", "trapped at a bad rock 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credits roll .\n", "wonder , hope and magic\n", "glass 's dirgelike score\n", "broad streaks\n", "the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events\n", "surrenders\n", "of how to develop them\n", "we never feel anything for these characters ,\n", "boris von sychowski\n", "it wore me down\n", "starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "to learn\n", "even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and\n", "the outward elements\n", "film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .\n", "the flamboyant mannerisms\n", "compelling french psychological drama\n", "a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others .\n", "communal discord\n", "an affectionately goofy satire\n", "in his element\n", "more feral in this film\n", "antwone fisher\n", "letterman\n", "surprisingly anemic 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"keenest\n", "does hold up pretty well .\n", "a gem ,\n", "a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex\n", "a smartly written motion picture\n", "an assassin 's greatest hits\n", "perfectly\n", "no contemporary interpretation\n", "can never capture the magic of the original\n", "regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people\n", "inventive and mordantly humorous\n", "police procedural details , fiennes\n", "royally\n", "is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy .\n", "nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .\n", "while it 's not completely wreaked\n", "following your dream and\n", "tenor and richly handsome locations\n", "somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but the field of roughage dominates .\n", "were afraid to show 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"particular value or merit\n", "is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his\n", "modicum\n", "the inspiration of the original\n", "even more indistinct\n", "piercing intellect\n", "unrelieved\n", "parable about honesty and good sportsmanship .\n", "humor-seeking\n", "jimmy\n", "weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school\n", "fans of critics ' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart .\n", "reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again ,\n", "gaining\n", "your nightmares ,\n", "more often\n", "invaluable service\n", "copout\n", "this deeply moving french drama\n", "woolf\n", "isolation and\n", "first 15 minutes\n", "elicited no sympathies\n", "make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "with great help from kevin kline\n", "get the idea ,\n", "'s just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly .\n", "us to chuckle through the angst\n", "same problems\n", "the insubstantial plot\n", "the filmmaking in invincible\n", "ultimately very satisfying\n", "no-surprise series\n", "owe her big-time\n", "while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .\n", "bullock bubble and\n", "squabbling working-class spouses\n", "close to losing my lunch\n", ", romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief\n", "been in the air onscreen\n", "happen\n", "worst film\n", "the outrage\n", "a universal human impulse\n", "a film that does n't know what it wants to be\n", "acts light\n", "insane\n", "the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .\n", "is filled with strange and wonderful creatures\n", ", ivans xtc .\n", "backgrounds\n", "love moore or loathe him\n", "there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up\n", "will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and\n", "directed and convincingly acted .\n", "sloughs\n", "the possible exception\n", "as a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\\/11\n", "it takes to describe how bad it is\n", "manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in\n", "that everyone should be themselves\n", "sneeze\n", ", still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema\n", "has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed ,\n", "facades\n", "astoundingly rich film\n", "stuttering\n", "better or\n", "aan opportunity wasted .\n", "sags in pace\n", "discovered\n", "great yarn\n", "to be part of\n", "make it\n", "remains far more interesting than the story at hand .\n", "you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept\n", "actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode\n", "pledge\n", "sophomore slump\n", "pronounce kok\n", "almost as operatic\n", "admittedly middling film\n", "standard crime drama fare ...\n", "of stuart and margolo\n", "ana\n", "soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "a reality-snubbing hodgepodge .\n", "80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting\n", "woody allen used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending .\n", "denis forges out of the theories of class - based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord .\n", "look and\n", "insult\n", "complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days\n", "a successful adaptation\n", "recent movies\n", "in her material\n", "sam\n", "it 's an ambitious film\n", "about ten feet\n", "libidinous\n", "old man\n", "safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .\n", "brian tufano 's\n", "lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all .\n", "watts\n", "brown and\n", "so larger than life and\n", "the new thriller\n", "doing unpleasant things\n", "human hatred\n", "it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains\n", "soothe and break\n", "self-glorification and\n", "elevated by it -- the kind of movie\n", "to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action\n", ", an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil\n", "backed off\n", "striking and\n", "in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life\n", "lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful ,\n", "expects something special but\n", "creative film\n", "-lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb-\n", "punch-drunk\n", "of controlling his crew\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem ... it 's supposed to be a drama .\n", "of speculation\n", "historical period\n", "into the party\n", "human volcano\n", "their lofty perch ,\n", "disposable\n", "paul pender\n", "would be all that interesting\n", "affectionate delight\n", "the queen of the damned\n", "sanctimonious\n", "thumpingly\n", "a fresh and dramatically substantial spin\n", "look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979\n", "clever , amusing and unpredictable\n", "sentimental script\n", "is neither ... excessively strained\n", "available to american workers\n", "by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly ,\n", "come up with a better script\n", "might even\n", "very obviously\n", "the afghani refugees\n", "slick production values\n", "great performances , stylish cinematography\n", "witness in a movie theatre for some time\n", "her lover mario cavaradossi\n", "sets for itself\n", "a waterlogged version\n", "nicholas '\n", "watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy\n", "like the dreaded king brown snake\n", "a culture-clash comedy that\n", "with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity\n", "-lrb- raimi 's -rrb- matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you 'll ever see .\n", "an ambitious film\n", "a stable-full of solid performances\n", "you want to slap it\n", "words\n", "' -lrb- 1999 -rrb-\n", "keeps this pretty watchable\n", "a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification .\n", "ripoff\n", "is left\n", "about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is\n", "a deep bow\n", "bad animation\n", "how it plays out\n", "pulls the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character\n", "do n't believe\n", "has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting .\n", "branched out\n", "be -lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality\n", "is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad .\n", "holiday cheer\n", "midwest\n", ", it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .\n", "` dumb\n", "it 's about a family of sour immortals\n", "that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "carried away\n", "italian comedy\n", "a few cute moments\n", "the world of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "dishonest and pat\n", "razzle-dazzle\n", "'s really unclear\n", ", the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .\n", "underachieves only in not taking the shakespeare parallels quite far enough\n", "`` sorority boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .\n", "with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio\n", "amusing us\n", "any sense of commitment\n", "blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering\n", "the proud warrior\n", "the movie is slightly less successful than the first\n", "sees\n", "a yiddish theater clan\n", "concrete\n", "what the director does next\n", "accessible for a non-narrative feature\n", "of self-knowledge\n", "than it probably should\n", ", poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , harvard man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic .\n", "the action sequences\n", "convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we\n", "in derry\n", "high command\n", "female and single\n", "the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression .\n", "used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "stripe\n", "horrible movie\n", "on the audience\n", ", it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .\n", "edgy thriller\n", "have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another .\n", "for a younger crowd\n", "1972\n", "some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast\n", "different ethnicities\n", "would he\n", "miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .\n", "manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week\n", "are fantasti\n", "kennedy\n", "pros and cons\n", "weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers\n", "from the cockettes ' camera craziness\n", "ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies .\n", "hits ,\n", "if you adored the full monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting , then this should keep you reasonably entertained .\n", "black-and-white inspires\n", "it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .\n", "inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just\n", "repeating what he 's already done way too often\n", "as boring and as obvious\n", "conceivable\n", "an admirably dark first script by brent hanley\n", "the second half of the movie\n", "inuit people\n", "be\n", "a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't .\n", "the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances\n", ", eastwood is off his game\n", "to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead\n", "the wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic\n", "offers formula payback and the big payoff\n", "are frequently\n", "can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut\n", "roll across the pat ending\n", "to do with him\n", "3000 actors appear in full regalia\n", "a tough pill to swallow\n", "hour photo\n", "looking and\n", "pandemonium\n", "too cutesy\n", "byplay and\n", "that 's still too burdened by the actor\n", "as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "the new script\n", "topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs\n", "like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial ,\n", "directing\n", "about human nature\n", "like the work of a dilettante\n", "'s still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points\n", "trouble every day is a success in some sense , but\n", "leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics\n", "the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .\n", "a movie audience\n", "it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .\n", "award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens\n", "on writer\\/director vicente aranda\n", "the playwright craig lucas\n", "a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted\n", "going to win any academy awards\n", "blush\n", "take a rocket scientist\n", "its viewers\n", "the fence between escapism and social commentary\n", "a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy\n", "seem like she tried\n", "feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film .\n", "shoddy\n", "pic\n", "diabolical\n", ", at times sublime , visuals\n", "in a downward narcotized spiral\n", "vietnam and the city\n", "wears out\n", "odd but\n", "these russo guys\n", "guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe\n", "neurosis and 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food .\n", "its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable\n", "probably call the police\n", "some of the gags\n", "for the video\n", "distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical\n", "unleashes his trademark misogyny\n", "solid formula\n", "made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion .\n", "finely\n", "every plot contrivance\n", "rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic .\n", "my ears\n", "highly irritating at first , mr. koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .\n", "enforced\n", "diversions\n", "deadpan cool ,\n", "a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight ,\n", "if the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying , its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .\n", "of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun\n", "too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman\n", "considering\n", "many pointless\n", "-- even more damning --\n", "3-year-olds\n", "of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade\n", "it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .\n", "percolating mental instability\n", "if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions\n", "the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry\n", "reminds me\n", "from under you\n", "cable-sports\n", "of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "sometimes all at once\n", "animal planet\n", "has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .\n", "energetic and\n", "edge to it .\n", "while it may not add up to the sum of its parts\n", "at least 90\n", "diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .\n", "made -lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect , and a cipher .\n", "` cool ' actors\n", "a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .\n", "in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes .\n", "movies\n", "over-the-top ,\n", "a curious sense of menace informs everything\n", "wildly uneven\n", "overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances\n", ", would you ?\n", "more generic\n", "much momentum\n", "paved\n", "a fascinating character\n", "have spent more time in its world\n", "newfangled\n", "could be a single iota worse\n", "into a protracted\n", "appeal to women\n", "fairly revealing study\n", "dark , intelligent\n", "exploitative for the art houses\n", "caring for animals and respecting other cultures\n", "is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable\n", "would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation\n", "no question that epps scores once or twice\n", "moving and stark\n", "to see with their own eyes\n", "does n't always hang together\n", "is in the details .\n", "before it went in front of the camera\n", "grows to its finale\n", "satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action\n", "the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country\n", "a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one\n", "sensitivity and skill\n", "obvious .\n", "as easy to come by as it used to be\n", "the history books\n", "they ingest\n", "puportedly `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face .\n", "rendered '\n", "what we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .\n", "executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor\n", "that would be reno -rrb-\n", "the whole show\n", "astoundingly rich\n", "the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again\n", "of chemistry\n", "bad direction\n", "is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time\n", "degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera\n", "tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories\n", "proceedings\n", "encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be\n", "just another situation romance\n", "warden\n", "it a step further , richer and deeper\n", "michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making ,\n", "' and ` terrorists\n", "only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at\n", "satisfyingly scarifying ,\n", "remains perfect\n", "coastal setting distracts\n", "not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works ,\n", "sob-story\n", "this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body ,\n", "the densest distillation of roberts ' movies ever made .\n", "entertaining , if ultimately minor ,\n", "likeable characters\n", "its creator 's\n", "the core of this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "'s kind of insulting , both to men and women .\n", "ruthlessly\n", "utterly fearless as the tortured husband\n", "activism\n", "the shame\n", "sabotaged\n", ", is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .\n", "a sheer unbridled delight\n", "as well as one , ms. mirren , who did\n", "a nose\n", "dvd rental\n", "just as much intelligence\n", "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\n", "too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "those living have learned some sort of lesson\n", "a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience\n", "takes its central idea way too seriously\n", "it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .\n", "is sufficiently funny\n", "plain lurid\n", "rafael\n", "i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes\n", "come 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\n", "9 1\\/2\n", "show-biz and\n", "outcome\n", "many films\n", "mr. scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .\n", "about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook\n", "the shackles\n", "offer audiences\n", "finding meaning in relationships or work\n", "two fine actors\n", "skillful fisher\n", "but extremely silly piece\n", "plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .\n", "profane and exploitative as the most offensive action\n", "the journey feel like a party\n", "adapts\n", "merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet\n", "achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding\n", "director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie\n", "'s been attached to before\n", "harris 's strong effort\n", "scriptwriters\n", "has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and\n", "is so consistently 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quite rich and exciting\n", "best spent elsewhere\n", "... contains very few laughs and even less surprises .\n", "gently funny , sweetly adventurous film\n", "getting kids to eat up these veggies\n", "this nicholas nickleby\n", "than any 50 other filmmakers\n", "for the ones that do n't come off\n", "try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde\n", "much of the digitally altered footage\n", "nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite\n", "a tour de force\n", "doing to us\n", "perseverance and hopeless closure\n", "shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist ,\n", "is not an out of place metaphor\n", "former wrestler chyna\n", "focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs\n", "mind-destroying cinematic pollution\n", "to remind the first world that hiv\\/aids is far from being yesterday 's news\n", "the finished product 's\n", "a slightly more literate filmgoing audience\n", "sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times\n", "the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon\n", "for the region 's recent history\n", "wesley snipes '\n", "old world war ii\n", "that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion\n", "fairly basic\n", "entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action\n", "the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .\n", "even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski\n", "-lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb-\n", "involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship .\n", "promising debut\n", "in creation\n", "take on any life of its own\n", "the director 's experiment is a successful one .\n", "i know about her , but\n", "to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel\n", "screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut is 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"as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .\n", "spectacular completion one\n", "sensuous and spirited\n", "it remains to be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ?\n", "for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations\n", "two central performances\n", "feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "a mess\n", "163\n", "in the gang-infested\n", "friends image\n", "of naturalism\n", "give than to receive\n", "nearly every corner\n", "rises above superficiality\n", "start looking good\n", "that made\n", "its time frame right\n", "makes a meal of it\n", "parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and\n", "a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "shallows\n", 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'\n", "to the experience\n", "-lrb- i -rrb- 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\n", "frantic\n", "of the cast\n", "ballistic-pyrotechnic\n", "be looking for a sign\n", "nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight\n", "gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else\n", "'ve looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel\n", "you have n't seen the film lately\n", "starts out mediocre\n", "give each other\n", "about an adult male dressed in pink jammies\n", "i liked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .\n", "few twists\n", "he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident\n", "'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\n", "the cable-sports channel and its summer x games\n", "masterfully controlled\n", "-rrb- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film\n", "it should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring\n", "rises to its clever what-if concept\n", "song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and\n", "returns\n", "a sentimental mess that never\n", "the back\n", "you 're far better served by the source material .\n", "superheroics\n", "those with a modicum of patience\n", "'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right\n", "mess ...\n", "an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes\n", "had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire\n", "have been better than the fiction it has concocted\n", "as a tart little lemon drop of a movie\n", "thriller as lazy\n", "lasting traces of charlotte 's web\n", ", modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure\n", "armageddon\n", "'s virtually impossible\n", "weighty revelations ,\n", "english patient\n", "hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u.s.\n", "the same easy targets\n", "proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience\n", "the very fabric of iranian\n", "a small film\n", "material in the film 's short 90 minutes\n", "into a dreary , humorless soap opera\n", "overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message :\n", "the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers\n", "john polson\n", "spielberg flair\n", "respective\n", "shrill and\n", "is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel\n", "stagy set pieces\n", "of his butt\n", "tongue-in-cheek\n", "hugh grant\n", "his strongest performance since the 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"handled affair , a film about human darkness\n", "poking their genitals\n", "-lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction\n", "a gritty police thriller\n", "will be over\n", "what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make\n", "navel-gazing kaufman\n", "the imagination\n", "maker\n", "be me\n", "'ll see all summer\n", "like shiner 's organizing of the big fight\n", "to the concession stand and\\/or restroom\n", "in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects\n", "directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting\n", "to see a flick about telemarketers\n", "a more engaged and honest treatment\n", "slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue\n", "a road trip\n", "surprising discovery\n", "achievement\n", "to save it\n", "accommodate\n", "charming ,\n", "'s another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic\n", "concerned with self-preservation\n", "absorbing performance\n", "to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle\n", "clooney\n", "sleight-of-hand\n", "offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party\n", "be clever , amusing and unpredictable\n", "great pity\n", "of his skill\n", "crisp framing ,\n", "less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters\n", "love it , too\n", "driving\n", "if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness\n", "reigns .\n", "an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and\n", "muzak\n", "are far more alienating than involving\n", "did not\n", "tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun\n", "to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a 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total recall , only without much energy or tension\n", "alive and\n", "made-up\n", "powder\n", "the film is way too full of itself\n", "a glorified sitcom\n", "providing comic relief\n", "has a tired , talky feel\n", "is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .\n", "after the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .\n", "make like the title\n", "such a tragedy\n", "on all\n", "descriptions\n", "to like any of these despicable characters\n", "mostly martha could have used a little trimming\n", "marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel\n", "formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff ,\n", "full emotional involvement\n", "it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch 's tale provides the 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that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame .\n", "that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next\n", "currently\n", "right down\n", "had ,\n", "shiner 's organizing of the big fight\n", "decent ` intro ' documentary\n", "introducing\n", "vote\n", "some freakish powers of visual charm\n", "works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh\n", "a comedy , a romance ,\n", "can smell the grease on the plot\n", "what 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller\n", "evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters\n", "dahmer 's\n", "laugh their \\*\\*\\* off\n", "an interesting controversy\n", "of friendships\n", "entertaining them\n", "amazingly dopey\n", "insular\n", "total loss\n", "shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and\n", "has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of 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parting shot that misfires .\n", "a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him ,\n", "is a kind of perpetual pain\n", "an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism\n", "the 70-year-old godard has become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them .\n", "you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it never quite gets there\n", "sits in the place where a masterpiece should be\n", "a sketch\n", "youthful affluence not as\n", "banger sisters\n", "choppy and monosyllabic\n", "business\n", "processor .\n", "warning\n", "an attention\n", "chalk\n", "the integrity of the opera\n", "come close to being exciting\n", "a movie time trip\n", "'s still quite worth seeing\n", "so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't 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telescope\n", "brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman .\n", "all your problems\n", "from mccrudden\n", "families\n", "was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies ''\n", "about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise\n", "enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious\n", "his collaborators ' symbolic images\n", "exhausted , desiccated talent\n", "open\n", "is smart , not cloying\n", "all there\n", "if you 've seen `` stomp ''\n", "yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie\n", "does not work .\n", "mind to enter and accept another world\n", "cautions children\n", "ian holm\n", "something appears to have been lost in the translation this time\n", "maggie smith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment .\n", "start and\n", "comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .\n", "especially fine\n", "is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative\n", "that never catches fire\n", "jean-claude van damme\n", "a powerful entity strangling the life out\n", "marshall keeps the energy humming , and\n", "notorious c.h.o.\n", "that elusive adult world\n", "miserable and smug\n", "everything else about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness\n", "it can not even be dubbed hedonistic\n", "a fluid , no-nonsense authority\n", "behold in its sparkling beauty\n", "shock throughout the film\n", "somewhat clumsy\n", "... a rather bland affair .\n", "holm is terrific as both men and\n", "o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing\n", "acting as if it were n't\n", "like running out screaming\n", "his mid-seventies , michel piccoli\n", "chomp\n", "mountain\n", "adorable\n", "so generic\n", "that is to say\n", "that 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part where something 's happening\n", "the travails of metropolitan life !\n", "imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful\n", "deepest tragedies\n", "like a huge set of wind chimes\n", "gadgets and whirling fight sequences\n", "great to begin with\n", "continually\n", "nearly epic\n", "rodrigues '\n", "well-constructed fluff ,\n", "collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension\n", "about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery\n", "'s a masterpeice .\n", "masked\n", "12-year-old welsh boy\n", "becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters\n", "broader vision\n", "director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place\n", "the film grows on you .\n", "charged with metaphor\n", "a little old-fashioned storytelling\n", "can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns\n", "slippery footing\n", "made me want to scream\n", "talked all the way\n", "worth telling\n", "tyson\n", "are sweet and believable ,\n", "super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid\n", "has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .\n", "is more than a movie .\n", "compensate for the movie 's failings\n", "cultural\n", "true story or not\n", "you 've been sitting still\n", "a life sentence\n", "eloquent -lrb- meditation -rrb-\n", "'re an agnostic carnivore\n", "some people march to the beat of a different drum\n", "about world traveler\n", "to society than the film 's characters\n", "jacques\n", "more simply intrusive to the story\n", "of the ya-ya\n", "american zealously\n", "with familiar situations\n", "mediterranean\n", "a fourth-rate jim carrey\n", "but not especially compelling\n", ", oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly\n", "belief\n", "almost seems like a documentary in the way\n", "although what time offers tsai 's usual style and themes\n", "to champion his ultimately losing cause\n", "waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading\n", "look a lot\n", "such conviction\n", "discussion\n", "the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion\n", "a relationship like holly\n", "little genre picture\n", "elegant entertainment\n", "the collaborative process\n", "without cheesy fun factor\n", "of the discovery of the wizard of god\n", "are very expressive .\n", "simple premise\n", "'s in the action scenes that things fall apart\n", "the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", "essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty .\n", "autopilot hollywood concoction\n", "visual backmasking\n", "mclaughlin\n", "on the reel\\/real world dichotomy\n", "fatal attraction '' ,\n", "a set\n", "it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .\n", "surrealistic moments\n", "with daring and verve\n", "is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want\n", "on , well ,\n", "of the very things\n", "sufficiently\n", "a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger .\n", "as vivid as the 19th-century ones\n", "romantic trifle\n", "any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat\n", "expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished .\n", "gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact toback himself used it in black and white\n", "augmented boobs , hawn\n", "see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian .\n", "few ` cool ' actors\n", "but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects\n", ", and about his responsibility to the characters\n", "lock stock and two smoking barrels\n", "of canned humor\n", "to jump in my chair\n", "weirdo role\n", "hearing\n", "a night out\n", "gives ample opportunity\n", "stone\n", "serenity\n", "ballot\n", "degenerates into hogwash .\n", "how they sometimes still can be made\n", "gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown\n", "sharp movie\n", "about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook .\n", "a gag\n", "who did\n", "on a little longer\n", "is the score , as in the songs translate well to film\n", "crack\n", "mind ugly\n", "the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters\n", "giovanni\n", "lack of a pyschological center\n", "directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting .\n", "is phenomenal , especially the women\n", ", low-wattage\n", "what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and\n", "looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships\n", "any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile .\n", "of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "throw smoochy from the train\n", ", genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", "mythology\n", "wind-tunnel\n", "the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film\n", "allowed it to get made\n", ", for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .\n", "this project was undertaken\n", "own bathos\n", "vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium\n", "melodramatic bodice-ripper\n", "joan 's\n", "no better reason\n", "nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "you missed the point\n", "entirely memorable\n", "not very informative about its titular\n", "transparently\n", "a `` black austin powers ? ''\n", "first-time actor\n", "clerk\n", "the wholesome twist\n", "its share of clever moments and biting dialogue\n", "effective in all its aspects\n", "count on me\n", "excites the imagination\n", "could be cut\n", "such a bizarre way\n", "with the solution to another\n", "of caffeinated comedy performances\n", "like these russo guys lookin ' for their mamet instead found their sturges .\n", "dances\n", "everything he ever knew about generating suspense\n", "skeeved out that they 'd need a shower\n", "halle berry does her best to keep up with him\n", "have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "intense experience\n", "could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination .\n", "good-natured fun found in films like tremors\n", "witty updatings -lrb- silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around -rrb-\n", "only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms\n", "in spots\n", "turns his character\n", "outright\n", "of b-ball fantasy\n", "get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close\n", "produce adequate performances\n", "right at home in this french shocker\n", "watch these two together again\n", "provides a tenacious demonstration of death\n", "evanescent\n", "deep\n", "about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .\n", "middle eastern world politics\n", "jaglomized\n", "the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog\n", "large it 's altman-esque\n", "becomes lifeless and\n", "at hand\n", "hellish conditions\n", "tracking\n", "of movies\n", "a man 's\n", "to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original\n", "to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one\n", "jack nicholson 's\n", "keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", ", high-adrenaline documentary .\n", "is too long with too little going on\n", "is actually quite entertaining .\n", "it still feels somewhat unfinished .\n", "big bad love is trying to go\n", "while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke\n", "water , snow , flames and shadows\n", "detailed personal portrait\n", "a whale of a good time\n", "even though it 's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .\n", "'' comes from the heart\n", "the band or\n", "barely there bit of piffle .\n", "take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles .\n", "such a rah-rah\n", "the company 's astonishing growth\n", "the biggest names\n", "important political documentary\n", "a ship\n", "are funny .\n", "poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .\n", "we make ,\n", "beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy\n", "that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness\n", "in there\n", "hiding\n", "lai 's\n", "an hour\n", "a dark\n", "fascinating character study\n", "the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely\n", "of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "the journey does n't really go anywhere .\n", "were n't invited to the party\n", "an unblinking , flawed humanity\n", "masterpiece .\n", "typical pax\n", "this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end ,\n", "there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back\n", "the roundelay\n", "it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling\n", "the thrill\n", "much of the cast\n", "one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .\n", "a very depressing movie of many\n", "sanctimoniousness\n", "or edit , or\n", "seeing seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but .\n", "warm-blooded\n", "the relationship between mothers\n", "should be themselves\n", "brawny\n", "touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport\n", "what kind\n", "'ll at least\n", "once it gets rolling\n", "old people will love this movie , and\n", "of naval personnel in san diego\n", "wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers ,\n", "chris columbus ' sequel is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original .\n", "impersonation\n", "young bette davis\n", "urgency and suspense\n", "show\n", "that it does n't give a damn\n", "the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle\n", "moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy .\n", "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\n", "inside its fabric\n", "to the actress , and to her inventive director\n", "the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry ,\n", "flat , unconvincing\n", "still have that option .\n", "misanthropic stuff\n", "in the opportunists\n", "'s the butt of its own joke\n", "a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer\n", "a degree of affection rather than\n", "prime mystery\n", "wrote it\n", "first-timer john mckay\n", "the movie is a dud .\n", "memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and ,\n", "draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "farcically bawdy fantasy\n", "big-fisted direction\n", "the death\n", "is in trouble\n", "a meatier deeper beginning and\\/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range , as is , it 's a very very strong `` b + . ''\n", "he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "car chases\n", "unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "it has made its way into your very bloodstream\n", "is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb- , sour , bloody and mean\n", "'ll be lucky\n", "a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity\n", ", lecherous\n", "twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels .\n", "there 's no real sense of suspense ,\n", "evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "to surprise\n", "this movie is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states .\n", "some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere\n", "a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically ,\n", "the present hollywood program\n", "for plenty of movies\n", "gets clocked\n", "warm up\n", "a potentially good comic premise\n", "deserves a place of honor next to nanook\n", "to a higher level\n", "despite hoffman 's best efforts\n", "an ungainly movie , ill-fitting\n", "is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...\n", "film titus\n", "cop drama\n", "the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references\n", "floyd\n", "an innocent boy carved from a log\n", "make you angry\n", "fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere\n", "though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director\n", "of affection\n", "is that sort of thing\n", "going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and\n", "22-year-old girlfriend\n", "as the tortured husband\n", "alienation\n", "tooth in roger dodger\n", "is filled with deja vu moments .\n", "in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation\n", "thrills the eye\n", "lots of surface\n", "the now spy-savvy siblings , carmen -lrb- vega -rrb- and juni -lrb- sabara -rrb- cortez ,\n", "most vital work\n", "ghosts\n", "everyone can enjoy\n", "the picture is so lovely toward the end\n", "casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "after the last trombone\n", "blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .\n", "it is a rather poor imitation\n", "the master of disguise is funny -- not `` ha ha '' funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny\n", "the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .\n", "is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue\n", "absorbed\n", "choppy and sloppy\n", "a great hook , some clever bits\n", "stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .\n", "a storm\n", "the warfare\n", "into some powerful emotions\n", "shearer 's radio show\n", "the most not\n", "be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\\/11\n", "seal the deal\n", "not enough pretty woman\n", ", and of telling a fascinating character 's story\n", "to despairingly awful\n", "director yu\n", "to homosexuality\n", "wonderfully loopy\n", ", blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .\n", "to fully realize them\n", "by its lead\n", ", it 's a lyrical endeavour .\n", "pulchritude\n", "with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing\n", "full ticket price\n", "who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate\n", "silly chase sequence\n", "sweet home alabama is one dumb movie ,\n", "watching seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb- do everything he can to look like a good guy\n", "diverse political perspectives\n", "a frighteningly fascinating contradiction\n", "failing , ultimately ,\n", "demeo is not without talent\n", "the land and\n", "all the more compelling\n", "self-indulgent script\n", "at the movies\n", "revels in its own simplicity\n", "style massacres\n", "a war zone\n", "for bungling the big stuff\n", "remarkably strong cast\n", "as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor ,\n", "spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects\n", "from curling\n", "83\n", "hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from 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\n", "which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog -rrb-\n", "squeezed\n", "one man 's triumph\n", "you want a movie time trip\n", "is pretty landbound ,\n", "anthony\n", "shockwaves\n", "an impossible task\n", "prostituted\n", "way to pay full price\n", "'s the best sequel since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .\n", "is an indelible epic american story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives\n", "provoke\n", ", every shot enhances the excellent performances\n", "a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` in space , no one can hear you snore\n", "in moonlight mile\n", "through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings\n", "aims for poetry\n", "lola\n", "are odd and pixilated\n", "a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament\n", "viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama\n", "art world\n", "a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal\n", "is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago\n", "foster homes\n", "that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "'s almost worth\n", "trinity\n", "been one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year\n", "pulling the plug on the conspirators and\n", "all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy\n", "the age\n", "no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen\n", "this is n't\n", "'s propelled by the acting\n", "nelson eddy\n", "epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve\n", "random e\n", "to clean the peep booths surrounding her\n", "compulsive life\n", "director jay russell\n", "been there , done that , liked it much better the first time around - when it was called the professional .\n", "far between\n", "ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb-\n", "old enough\n", "poverty and hardship\n", "bottomlessly cynical\n", "fade from memory\n", "a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games ,\n", "no psychology here\n", "see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick\n", "avuncular\n", "spend so much\n", "happily glib and vicious as its characters\n", "more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn\n", "television , music and\n", ", devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .\n", "in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage\n", "of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons\n", "enough sweet and traditional romantic\n", "cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .\n", "when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no\n", "incredibly dated and unfunny\n", "the same number\n", "we believe in them\n", "unentertaining\n", "parlor game\n", "subcultures\n", "strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays\n", "metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles\n", "of man , heart of beast\n", "seen or heard anything quite like this film\n", "already obscure demographic\n", "'s also simple-minded and contrived\n", "queasy\n", "young males\n", "si , pretty much ''\n", "why ? '\n", "fred schepisi 's tale\n", "without flinching\n", "the film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .\n", "the loss\n", "grit and\n", "touchingly\n", "attempts to be grandiloquent\n", "us -- especially\n", "rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment\n", "emotional buttons\n", "ca n't\n", ", and genius\n", "there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people\n", "certain extent\n", "emphasizes\n", "that were it not for holm 's performance\n", "hypnotic\n", "contours\n", "distract you\n", "insanely violent and\n", "gere\n", "more graceful way\n", "'s not enough substance\n", "femme\n", "our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint\n", "either esther 's initial anomie\n", "this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin\n", "it had a sense of humor\n", "the growing , moldering pile\n", "creeps into your heart\n", "be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "schneider 's\n", "a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed\n", "second fiddle\n", "with metaphor\n", "the series '\n", "'s just that it 's so not-at-all-good .\n", "going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber\n", "seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .\n", "insipid , brutally clueless film\n", "it tries too hard\n", "collectively stellar performance\n", "in his role of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .\n", "between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and\n", "take care\n", "director gerardo vera\n", "in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does\n", "sensational , real-life 19th-century crime\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "-lrb- `` safe conduct '' -rrb- is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "a good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller\n", "you 're not merely watching history , you 're engulfed by it .\n", "peppering the pages with memorable zingers\n", "the other foul substances\n", "into sharp focus\n", "limit\n", "leavened nicely\n", "read the catcher\n", "the worst of the brosnan bunch\n", ", then triple x marks the spot .\n", "new , fervently held ideas\n", "thanks to the presence of ` the king\n", "is an institution\n", "a sharp , amusing study of the cult\n", "are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .\n", "exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls\n", "a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them\n", "this is the best star trek movie in a long time .\n", "lyne\n", "still happen in america\n", "thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes\n", "felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\\/11\n", "owe more to disney 's strong sense of formula\n", "is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character .\n", "runs 163 minutes\n", ", grief and recovery\n", "ford low\n", "keeps firing until the bitter end\n", "become commonplace\n", "what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "tone and several scenes run\n", "transports you\n", "alfonso\n", "the whole less\n", "of composition\n", "'s got some pretentious eye-rolling moments\n", "seems manufactured to me and artificial\n", "is attractive .\n", "to the man 's theories\n", "clinically\n", "allows nothing to get in the way\n", "kind enough to share it\n", "enjoyed it just as much\n", "time , death\n", "enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts ... what is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with cage 's best acting .\n", "yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - 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then tear them apart\n", "can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality '\n", "take this film at face value and\n", "the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .\n", "has little to do with the story ,\n", "against a tree\n", "a chance to see three splendid actors\n", "did n't mind the ticket cost\n", "fun and reminiscent of combat scenes\n", "crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .\n", "of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "provincial\n", "seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report\n", "a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet\n", "be decipherable\n", "the performances by harris , phifer and cam\n", "is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops\n", "does n't organize it with any 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''\n", "a specifically urban sense of disassociation\n", "spot on\n", "find things to like\n", "the wit and hoopla\n", "a visionary marvel , but it 's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this .\n", "his gun\n", "of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves\n", "a comic fan\n", "marks the spot\n", "exist for hushed lines\n", "assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off\n", "african-americans\n", "turns into an ocean of trouble\n", "because she 's french\n", "the computer animation\n", "go in knowing that\n", "despite a remarkably strong cast\n", "elvis\n", "a thoroughly\n", "the ring\n", "the film does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal .\n", "cooper\n", "fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material\n", "this is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .\n", "james bond thriller\n", "barking-mad taylor\n", "loses all bite on the big screen\n", "a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", "sergio\n", "what they do n't have\n", "delightfully charming -- and totally american\n", "was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had .\n", ", this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .\n", "suspend your disbelief here and now , or you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits .\n", "looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles .\n", "donovan and mary-louise parker\n", "occupational angst\n", "that frenetic spectacle -lrb- on the tv show -rrb-\n", "once the true impact of the day unfolds\n", "is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious\n", "progresses\n", "really cool bit\n", "caught up in an intricate plot\n", "sex jokes\n", "with their fears and foibles\n", "gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '\n", "is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "ahead\n", "has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn\n", "the last kiss is really all about performances .\n", "deviant behaviour\n", "of heartfelt performances\n", "in a college history course\n", "a trash can\n", "'re desperate for the evening to end\n", "unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy --\n", "interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts\n", "between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning\n", "there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .\n", "proficient , but singularly cursory\n", "the precision of the insurance actuary\n", "mixes\n", "the most depressing movie-going experiences\n", "the movie as divided\n", "marilyn\n", "superficial and unrealized\n", "little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure\n", "irresponsible sandlerian\n", "even as the film breaks your heart\n", "the wake\n", "the film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .\n", "messing around\n", "of its own story\n", "rom-com\n", "but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been\n", "purer\n", "-- and long -- for its own good\n", "the good is very , very good ... the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful .\n", "a sexy , surprising romance ...\n", "right about blade\n", "a kind of art-house gay porn film\n", "from the spice of specificity\n", "the facts\n", "the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable\n", "his character\n", "the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it .\n", "the occasional bursts of sharp writing\n", "is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up\n", "is terrific\n", "jfk\n", "silence\n", "an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie\n", "created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point\n", "no affinity\n", "drama , conflict\n", "they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies\n", "a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels .\n", "unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices\n", "time-it-is tedious\n", "` unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .\n", "wertmuller 's social mores and\n", "and quirky comedy\n", "a photographic marvel of sorts , and it\n", "has much to recommend it\n", "the wrong hands\n", "why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good\n", "pictures of the year\n", "a defiantly retro chord\n", "some outrageously creative action\n", "looked at how this movie turned out\n", "sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction\n", "ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .\n", "know the outcome\n", "enjoy this\n", "more like danny aiello\n", "an energetic and engaging film that never pretends to be something\n", "the viewer inside the wave\n", "the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "love moore or\n", "nijinsky 's words\n", "the most magical and most fun family fare\n", "final verdict :\n", "with vibrance and warmth\n", "are simply too bland to be interesting\n", "along\n", "big movie\n", "own head\n", "of a culture in conflict\n", "is in its tone .\n", "is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way\n", "have made it an exhilarating\n", "more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds\n", "on red alert\n", "worthwhile themes\n", "mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo\n", "is to believe in something that is improbable .\n", "the ways we consume pop culture\n", "a lack of clarity and audacity\n", "a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions\n", "one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but\n", "of junk\n", "solipsistic in tone\n", "no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy\n", "postmodern\n", "casting excellent latin actors of all ages --\n", "liana dognini\n", "that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline\n", "attentions\n", "to repulse any generation of its fans\n", "the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood\n", "hyper-artificiality\n", "flimsy\n", "kapur fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb- .\n", "so pedestrian\n", "they just do n't work in concert .\n", "when -lrb- reno -rrb- lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al. , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .\n", "all comedy is subversive , but\n", "ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times\n", "third kind\n", "of a house\n", "every regard except its storyline\n", "the awfulness\n", "overweight and\n", "just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart\n", "chastity\n", "into the structure of relationships\n", "from this new version of e.t.\n", "still like moonlight mile , better judgment be damned .\n", "the phone rings and a voice tells you you 've got seven days left to live .\n", "is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized\n", "makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive\n", "to turn onto a different path\n", "takes one character we do n't like\n", "disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves\n", "highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .\n", "manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal\n", "comic book\n", "of byatt 's plot\n", "soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .\n", ", then gasp for gas ,\n", "recalls the classics of early italian neorealism\n", "middle-of-the-road\n", "these actors , as well as the members of the commune\n", "; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but\n", "told and\n", "doug liman\n", "composed or\n", "fright and\n", "its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '\n", "wonderfully lush\n", "this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life\n", "funny or\n", "of this slick and sprightly cgi feature\n", "fairly inexperienced\n", "too dense\n", "like coming into a long-running\n", "\\* corpus and its amiable jerking\n", "weighs down the tale with bogus profundities .\n", "stevenson\n", "in the 1790 's\n", "strange it is , but\n", "of just seven children\n", "being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up\n", "contrived , well-worn situations\n", "a refreshingly forthright one\n", "memory and desire\n", "organize it with any particular insight\n", "a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather\n", "neo-augustinian theology\n", "what you did last winter\n", "terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "try and evade\n", "assesses the issues\n", "striking and slickly staged\n", "is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .\n", "by characters so unsympathetic\n", "so-so animation and\n", "more bizarre than actually amusing\n", "a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch\n", "horrifyingly , ever on the rise\n", "gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman\n", "every print of the film\n", "larson\n", "geek generation\n", "lots of boring talking heads , etc. --\n", "laid-back way\n", "and effective film\n", "falls under the category of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live .\n", "who ca n't get out of his own way\n", "the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts .\n", "performs neither one very well .\n", "pseudo-educational stuff\n", ", entertaining comedy\n", "do all three quite well\n", "director hoffman , his writer and kline 's agent should serve detention\n", "of mind\n", "the expected flair\n", "sour little movie\n", "murphy and owen wilson\n", "street-smart\n", "what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game\n", "affected and\n", "director\\/co-writer\n", "an abyss\n", "simplify\n", "that the ` true story ' by which all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "of mood\n", "should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake .\n", "is far from painful\n", "brass\n", "to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff\n", "hollywood ending\n", ", has solid acting and a neat premise\n", "with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves\n", "the gangster\\/crime comedy\n", "it begins with the name of star wars\n", "seems more tacky and reprehensible ,\n", "dazzling panoramic shots\n", "you 're almost dozing\n", "a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie\n", "first one\n", "lost in its midst .\n", "there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but ,\n", "was worse .\n", "wertmuller 's polemical allegory\n", "terribly convincing\n", "to make it\n", "wind-in-the-hair exhilarating\n", "lurking below its abstract surface\n", "double feature\n", "perhaps\n", "futuristic sets\n", "sophomore\n", "this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity\n", "was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun\n", "burr\n", "be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness\n", "hustlers\n", "shows moments of promise\n", "has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be .\n", "works more often than it does n't .\n", "fulfills\n", "stripped-down\n", "is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment\n", "touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget\n", "approach to the workplace romantic comedy .\n", "satisfying niblet\n", "marvelously\n", "not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .\n", "judgment\n", "shoulders\n", "she may not be real ,\n", "vs.\n", "that really matters\n", "its characters , weak and strong ,\n", ", psychology , drugs and philosophy\n", "this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one\n", "they did n't mind the ticket cost\n", "is n't ,\n", "melodrama .\n", "humanity\n", "badly awry\n", "like it was worth your seven bucks , even\n", "it 's not a film to be taken literally on any level\n", "witty and often surprising\n", "the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "redeeming about this movie\n", "bloodstream\n", "kitchen sink\n", "are quite touching\n", "warmed-over\n", "on the meaning of ` home\n", "the sensibilities of two directors\n", "to a film buff\n", "gets full mileage out\n", "lurid melodrama\n", "a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look\n", "that was right about blade\n", ", and among the best films of the year .\n", "big kid\n", ", outnumber the hits by three-to-one .\n", ", pretentious mess .\n", "scotland , pa\n", "the rich and sudden wisdom ,\n", "bombshell documentary\n", "ambitious\n", "demented in a good way\n", "in all the right ways\n", "defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it .\n", "the visual panache , the comic touch , and\n", "-lrb- the kid 's -rrb- just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow\n", "complications life\n", "last hour\n", "the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .\n", "to drag as soon as the action speeds up\n", "a wry ,\n", "'s face is -rrb-\n", "the years\n", "big fight\n", "' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .\n", "as a samurai sword\n", "fatal mistake\n", "without respite\n", "the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences\n", "great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting\n", "in trouble\n", "finish\n", "the same tired old gags\n", "the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant\n", "made the original new testament stories so compelling\n", "routinely\n", "workshops\n", "pinned to its huckster lapel\n", "annual riviera spree\n", "about as humorous as\n", "the young woman 's infirmity and\n", "regurgitates\n", ", ms. shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .\n", "alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary\n", "the five principals\n", "grit and vulnerability\n", "its own fire-breathing entity in this picture\n", "sometimes inadequate performances\n", "tries to make a hip comedy\n", "and mind games\n", "funny and weird\n", "'s apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness\n", "cruel\n", "is almost in a class with that of wilde himself .\n", "confusing sudden finale\n", "using an omniscient voice-over narrator\n", "get on television\n", "any movie with a `` 2 ''\n", "of life and love\n", "exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small\n", "to the damage\n", "sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions\n", "douglas mcgrath 's version\n", "find comfort in familiarity\n", "coping with the befuddling complications life\n", "you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees .\n", "a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts\n", "realistic\n", "this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options\n", "laziest\n", "shatner as a legendary professor and kunis\n", "the adventures that happen along the way\n", "adrenalin\n", "who are n't\n", "an odd purity\n", "like ravel 's bolero\n", "a good way\n", "explosion or gunfight\n", "an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia\n", "part of the human condition\n", "the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way .\n", "from serendipity\n", "keep you\n", "ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie\n", "a cheap scam\n", "rover\n", "turd squashed\n", "of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack\n", "oddest\n", "breach\n", "lane and\n", "rules\n", "talented enough\n", "it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion\n", "to keep parents away from the concession stand\n", "of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "finds a consistent tone and lacks bite\n", "build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .\n", "can not be revived\n", "more outrageous bits\n", "is more likely to induce sleep than fright .\n", "trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness\n", "will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .\n", "a complicated hero\n", "long on glamour\n", "maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace\n", "boring man\n", "wrapped things up at 80 minutes\n", "tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images\n", "there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosions start , they fall to pieces .\n", "poignant and wryly amusing film\n", "-- and in a relatively short amount of time\n", "`` gadzooks\n", "dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography ,\n", "an iceberg\n", "does n't trust laughs --\n", "build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show ,\n", "steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches\n", "is well done\n", "ba , murdock and rest\n", "fret about the calories\n", "have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema\n", "his crew\n", "chitchat\n", "stunt doubles and special effects\n", "gives everyone something to shout about\n", "idiotically\n", ", moldering pile\n", "like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining\n", "it were subtler\n", "a few kids\n", "many outsiders will be surprised to know\n", "make paid in full\n", "spy kids '' sequel opening\n", "the acting is n't much better .\n", "is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .\n", "to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket\n", "on its lead 's specific gifts\n", "personal freedom first\n", "of intoxicating atmosphere and little else\n", "dying and\n", "the nicest possible way\n", "with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "exist for hushed lines like `` they 're back !\n", "like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place\n", "much syrup\n", "this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "dress\n", "know i should n't have laughed\n", "there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile\n", "development\n", "woo 's\n", "moving and vibrant\n", "student 's\n", "forged in still-raw emotions\n", "the worst movies\n", "what he gets\n", "irrepressible\n", "at bottom\n", "visual sense\n", "of discourse\n", "feature but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective .\n", "the pacing is often way off\n", "in many ways\n", "from her dangerous and domineering mother\n", "cinematic sin\n", "shoplifts shamelessly\n", "interesting technical\n", "comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women\n", "real film\n", "of a summer popcorn movie\n", "tori amos records\n", "is more timely now than ever\n", "while clearly a manipulative film\n", "deliver some tawdry kicks\n", "it 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .\n", "life , hand gestures , and\n", "idealism american moviemaking ever had\n", "an examination of young adult life in urban south korea\n", "placement\n", "no disaster\n", "was daniel day-lewis .\n", "her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "sorriest\n", "re-voiced version\n", "though the film never veers from its comic course\n", "the teeming life\n", "perfunctory\n", "this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c. walsh\n", "of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "of star trek ii : the wrath of khan\n", "is that its own action is n't very effective .\n", "her pale , dark beauty and\n", "threw medical equipment at a window ;\n", "of wreckage\n", "re-working\n", "their servants in 1933\n", "you 'll end up moved .\n", "hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare\n", "'s afraid of his best-known creation\n", "in its own direction\n", "make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "novelist thulani davis\n", "show-don\n", "remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state\n", "so many flaws\n", "give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip\n", "so successful at lodging itself in the brain\n", "from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion\n", "as expected\n", "annoying and artificial\n", "steals so freely from other movies\n", "the saddest action hero performances\n", "schtick\n", "of hollywood heart-string plucking\n", "of rich detail condensed\n", "is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals\n", "have recharged him\n", "if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell .\n", "with the sound\n", "looks so much like a young robert deniro\n", "embarrassingly ham-fisted\n", "than malle 's dud\n", "the star of road trip\n", "its intimacy and precision\n", "rogers\n", "blue , green and brown\n", "with guns\n", "fans ' lofty expectations\n", "a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more\n", "further sad evidence\n", "wide-awake all the way through\n", "together , miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .\n", "easily skippable\n", ", clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .\n", "a rich tale\n", "consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire\n", "hamstrung\n", "where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", "itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance\n", "talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing\n", "ingenue\n", "for the future , one hopes mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .\n", "with which he expresses our most basic emotions\n", "something that really matters\n", "assayas\n", "overinflated\n", "ruined\n", "standardized\n", "become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing\n", "lookin ' for sin ,\n", "si , pretty much '' and `` por favor ,\n", "-lrb- the big chill -rrb-\n", ", you 'll enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film .\n", "love , lust\n", "too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon\n", "copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg\n", "wondrous beats\n", "no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast ,\n", "darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .\n", "of character\n", "at the beach\n", "that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "rote drivel\n", "nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences\n", "pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities\n", "self-discovery handled with such sensitivity\n", "this director 's cut -- which adds 51 minutes -- takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera .\n", "'s not vintage spielberg\n", "would have loved it\n", "expiration date\n", "really an advantage\n", "games ,\n", "director tom dey\n", "consciously dumbed-down approach\n", "silly , stupid and pointless\n", "from the script 's insistence\n", "celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "made eddie murphy a movie star and the man\n", "retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash\n", "lawmen\n", "a public bath house\n", "sob-story trappings\n", "inner life\n", "learn a thing\n", ", lost twenty-first century america .\n", "objective sense\n", "rotten in almost every single facet of production\n", "that hit you from the first scene\n", "peralta 's mythmaking\n", "more often than the warfare\n", "much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "about 10 minutes\n", "the more\n", "the movie 's seams\n", "a gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema\n", "a vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "in tear-drenched quicksand\n", "sell it\n", "is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious\n", "checking out\n", "alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous .\n", "are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have -lrb- and probably should have -rrb- been a lighthearted comedy\n", "spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio\n", "have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again\n", "didactic cartoon\n", "visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .\n", "almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --\n", "horns in and steals the show .\n", "supposedly\n", "last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "sexy and\n", "mainly unfunny\n", "aspired to ,\n", "scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario .\n", "good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .\n", "cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man\n", "a quiet , disquieting triumph .\n", "credible case\n", "20th outing\n", "does n't necessarily mean ` funny\n", "its screwed-up characters\n", "the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read books\n", "past the taboo subject matter\n", "finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort\n", "wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double\n", "the true impact\n", "the star\n", "running around , screaming\n", "this is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .\n", "at its best ... festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes .\n", "the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours\n", "widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses\n", "is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script\n", "up to the level of the direction\n", "the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect ,\n", "adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but\n", "talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark .\n", "enigma is well-made ,\n", "often funny way\n", "red lights ,\n", "nearly every schwarzenegger film\n", "like a classroom play in a college history course\n", "wittier\n", "because teens are looking for something to make them laugh\n", "is so often\n", ", `` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .\n", "like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting ,\n", "i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life --\n", "will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ?\n", "cricket game\n", "the political spectrum\n", "become of us all in the era of video\n", "a dirty old man\n", "holds its goodwill close\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly\n", "like i already mentioned\n", "the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece\n", "we want the funk - and this movie 's got it\n", "adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary .\n", "they do in this marvelous film\n", "people ,\n", "'re in need of a cube fix\n", "verbally flatfooted\n", "reptilian\n", "it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar\n", "pure composition and\n", "for every taste\n", "ca n't stop the music\n", "the touch is generally light enough\n", "do n't know what she 's doing in here\n", ", an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .\n", "'re after\n", "upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming\n", "seem tired and , what 's worse , routine\n", "hypnotic portrait\n", "an intriguing story of maternal instincts and\n", "it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction .\n", "let 's face it -- there are n't many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears .\n", "should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days\n", "work-in-progress\n", "formula --\n", "his generation 's don siegel\n", "deafening\n", "full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow !\n", "a main character\n", "be mildly amusing\n", "one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates\n", "sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent\n", "romantic , riveting and handsomely\n", "that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "of different ethnicities\n", "sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down\n", "given its labor day weekend upload , feardotcom should log a minimal number of hits\n", "deja vu\n", "out loud\n", "really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing\n", "while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films\n", "when it grows up\n", "boring and\n", "much like a young robert deniro\n", "suited neither to kids or adults\n", "escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real ,\n", "herself\n", "hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers\n", "stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness .\n", "coppola , along with his sister , sofia\n", "is a movie full of grace\n", "tasteful , intelligent manner\n", "phenomenal , especially\n", "failure\n", "few things in this world more complex -- and\n", "consistently\n", "often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers .\n", "new mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "this properly intense , claustrophobic tale\n", "a grand fart\n", "tagline\n", "follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works\n", "roster\n", "only wish\n", "taking your expectations and\n", "ownership\n", "had it been a short film\n", "blubber\n", "parable .\n", ", the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from\n", "in this\n", "catch this imax offering\n", "an almost feature-length film\n", "you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .\n", "it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller\n", "i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies .\n", "at work\n", "-lrb- director phillip -rrb-\n", "full of tots\n", "slap protagonist genevieve leplouff\n", "pushiness and decibel volume\n", "is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented\n", "model\n", "fails to arrive at any satisfying destination\n", "the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .\n", "behind the camera\n", "thrusts the audience\n", "most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river .\n", "overdue\n", "'s rambo - meets-john ford .\n", "its tragic waste\n", "about a superficial midlife crisis\n", "help this movie one bit\n", "musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "clearly evident\n", "irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what\n", "cacoyannis ' vision\n", "it 's all a rather shapeless good time ...\n", "of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers\n", "proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness\n", "unbearable\n", "too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .\n", "in death\n", "but quietly\n", "in originality\n", "train\n", "is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap\n", "make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up\n", "monumental achievement\n", "why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?\n", "his stepmother\n", "near-fatal\n", "his superb performers\n", "sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour ,\n", "does give exposure to some talented performers\n", "moments out of an alice\n", "out of control\n", "cadavers\n", "a flimsy excuse\n", "an entertainment\n", "with the possibility\n", "a remarkable movie\n", "natural grain\n", "tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists\n", "to anymore\n", "is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen -- and a hollywood-ized austen at that .\n", "to those who have not read the book\n", "of the 2002 summer season\n", "resolutely unamusing\n", "advantage of the fact\n", "those airy cinematic bon bons\n", "loud , chaotic and\n", "` post-feminist ' romantic\n", "hijacks the heat of revolution and\n", "really unclear\n", "belittle a cinema classic .\n", "cultures and\n", "hope to keep you engaged .\n", "'s too close to real life\n", "gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times ,\n", "quiet , introspective and entertaining independent\n", "hall\n", "this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .\n", "to the original text\n", "holiday concept\n", "to chekhov\n", "witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and\n", "or biography channel\n", "while bollywood\\/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals\n", "retaliation\n", "'re clueless and inept\n", "the precision\n", "stale , futile scenario .\n", "the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers\n", "accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits\n", "that relies on personal relationships\n", "has shown up at the appointed time and place\n", "no lie\n", "haywire\n", "hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit\n", ", the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .\n", "coming back from stock character camp\n", "'s fitfully funny but never really takes off .\n", "jealous\n", "it 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .\n", "surrealistic\n", "bubbly\n", "sits with square conviction\n", "festers\n", "is a matter of taste .\n", "motivated by nothing short\n", "is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .\n", "fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix\n", "maybe too much\n", "a tarantula , helga\n", "too many story lines\n", "the coming-of-age movie\n", "most triumphant\n", "twisted metal , fireballs and revenge\n", "like an episode of mtv 's undressed , with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper .\n", "hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "place and\n", "of visual charm\n", "bette davis ,\n", "it 's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal .\n", "vividly and painfully\n", "reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids\n", "nubile young actors\n", "bolstered by an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon\n", "the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but\n", "updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place .\n", "swims in mediocrity\n", "an epiphany\n", "still lives\n", "'s the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle\n", "out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life\n", "both the crime story and the love story\n", "babak\n", "kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism\n", "on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences\n", "lampoon\n", "adults and everyone\n", "derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films\n", "appalling as any ` comedy '\n", "bailly 's\n", "make an important film\n", "a muddy psychological thriller\n", "i trust\n", "a backhanded ode\n", "by the changing composition of the nation\n", "that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast\n", "wants 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subject matter\n", "realized that no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was making no sense at all\n", "chris cooper 's agency boss close\n", "crisp framing , edgy camera work , and\n", "will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea\n", "the hands\n", "communal film experiences\n", "rather simplistic filmmaking\n", "'s almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste\n", "it shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but\n", "sleazy and\n", "is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .\n", ", after only three films , director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers\n", "appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness\n", "is a work of outstanding originality\n", "does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen\n", "there , done that ,\n", "could relish\n", "keep you engaged\n", "do n't blame eddie murphy\n", "called ces wild\n", "appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting .\n", "leaves shockwaves\n", "compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "michael zaidan\n", "protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain\n", "flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong\n", "they can muster just figuring out who 's who\n", "full circle\n", "lagaan is quintessential bollywood .\n", "like its predecessor , it 's no classic\n", "gross-out flicks , college flicks\n", "its dreaminess\n", "reason to exist\n", "features nonsensical and laughable plotting\n", "back home\n", "that between the son and his wife\n", "novelty\n", "even if it is generally amusing from time to time , i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .\n", "gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth .\n", "encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed\n", "ends up sounding like satire\n", "of warmth\n", "actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb-\n", "who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous\n", "is really a series of strung-together moments ,\n", "the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and\n", "'re interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid\n", "was also the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb- of history\n", "upper teens\n", "no good inside dope , and no particular bite\n", "of battle\n", "of artistic abandon\n", "rich , bittersweet israeli documentary\n", "help but engage an audience\n", "funny and well-contructed\n", "we never really get inside of them .\n", "well-written\n", "guilty fun to be had here\n", "dynamited by blethyn\n", "pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess\n", "with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "very interesting and odd that\n", "has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy\n", "fifteen\n", "like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry\n", "box office money that makes michael jordan jealous\n", "freudian\n", "do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "shocks and\n", "one that i want\n", "old guy\n", "happened to good actors\n", "and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen 's men .\n", "shudder\n", "who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ?\n", "a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo\n", ", albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .\n", "a working\n", "cresting\n", "naqoyqatsi\n", "visual fertility\n", "director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and\n", "fatal ailments\n", "the credit\n", "of observer of the scene\n", "p.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 .\n", "old people will love this movie , and i mean that in the nicest possible way : last orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "watered-down it almost loses what made you love it\n", "could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again .\n", "hard-to-predict and absolutely essential\n", "basic premise\n", "as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down\n", ", this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .\n", "you saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park\n", "vincent\n", "the nifty\n", "the equation\n", "two hours of junk\n", "japanimator hayao miyazaki 's\n", "is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee\n", "ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .\n", "staggeringly well-produced\n", "graham greene\n", "spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but\n", "presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years .\n", ", 65-year-old jack nicholson\n", "sniping\n", "marching band\n", "bitchy\n", "my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...\n", "colour and cringe\n", "clumsily manufactured exploitation flick\n", "welsh 's\n", "by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology\n", "the minds and hearts\n", "a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies\n", "recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .\n", "is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .\n", "of a premise\n", "the action is stilted\n", "a deceptively simple premise\n", "is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "'s absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan\n", "do n't even care that there 's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff .\n", "far corner\n", "of the same old crap\n", "a slew\n", "engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces\n", "want to be a character study\n", "big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '\n", "weave\n", "is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts\n", "carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .\n", "it 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs ,\n", "'s not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned\n", "once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on red alert .\n", "the serbs\n", "cracks\n", "frank mcklusky c.i. is that movie !\n", "is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up ,\n", "the impulses that produced this project ... are commendable\n", "to explore more\n", "persnickety\n", "a xerox machine rather than\n", "a bit exploitative but also nicely done ,\n", "allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title ,\n", "gondry 's\n", "resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .\n", "instead of a grown man\n", "nit-picky about the 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man and back to the future\n", "sci fi adventures\n", "tundra soap opera\n", "ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", "blaring brass and back-stabbing babes\n", "popped up with more mindless drivel\n", "so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat .\n", "might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road\n", "the campaign-trail press ,\n", "with some laughs and a smile\n", "a tinge\n", "the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .\n", "morph ,\n", "costars\n", "brilliant , absurd collection\n", "contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs\n", "crawl up your own \\*\\*\\*\n", "as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them .\n", "that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it\n", "detailed story\n", "layered , well-developed characters and\n", "it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry\n", "their hearts in the right place\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt\n", "might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous\n", "a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships .\n", "utterly static picture\n", "final two\n", "come away from his film overwhelmed\n", "another character\n", "not to\n", "'s deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag\n", "be two hours gained\n", "by jerry bruckheimer\n", "rerun\n", "this 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who are n't\n", "more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller\n", "with a life-affirming message\n", ", paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years .\n", "saved this film\n", "smart , romantic drama\n", "it a failure as straight drama\n", "morlocks\n", "that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle\n", "remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career .\n", "in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this ,\n", "disappoint the action\n", "is an all-time low for kevin costner\n", "at least watchable\n", "the `` damned\n", "be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot\n", "a-list brit actors\n", "virtually nothing to show\n", "not-being\n", "is an actress works\n", "making a statement\n", "anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon\n", "one-dimensional buffoons\n", "to cram earplugs\n", "a retail clerk\n", "an exciting , clever story\n", "'s still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror\n", "a surprisingly flat\n", "the toilet and scores a direct hit\n", "but also\n", "the economics of dealing\n", "of its actors\n", "made swimfan anyway\n", "his best screen\n", "but still entertaining\n", "intentioned\n", "writing , skewed characters ,\n", "loopholes\n", "\\/ marine\\/legal mystery\n", "held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again\n", "admirable rigor\n", "with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective\n", "the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight\n", "a gorgeous film\n", "reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds\n", "genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama\n", "if this is cinema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .\n", "numbing experience\n", "the project surrounding them is distressingly rote\n", "` assassin '\n", "sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions\n", "the most exciting action films\n", "i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither .\n", "the gifted crudup\n", "a film that does n't merit it\n", "insanely dysfunctional\n", "its most delightful moments\n", "of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film .\n", "the raising of something other\n", "of libidinous young city dwellers\n", "take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire\n", "the film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .\n", "the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .\n", "the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull\n", "'re as happy listening to movies\n", "it makes serial killer jeffrey dahmer boring\n", "you think it 's in danger of going wrong\n", "capable cast\n", "britney spears\n", "grumbling for some tasty grub\n", "feeble tootsie knockoff .\n", "not to mention gently political -rrb-\n", ", flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes\n", "halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it ,\n", "for the real deal\n", "have\n", "in formulaic mainstream movies\n", "just plain irrelevant\n", "contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .\n", "based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "some staggeringly boring cinema\n", "in all its forms\n", "one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie\n", "vanity projects\n", "only question\n", "grey zone\n", "rails\n", "napoleon 's\n", "delicate , clever direction\n", "is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll\n", "the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments ... but\n", "unrelenting dickensian decency\n", "of my cat\n", "makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here\n", "the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .\n", "light-heartedness\n", "worth seeing once ,\n", "final scene\n", "malaise\n", "poorly staged\n", "arrived from portugal\n", "serviceability\n", "combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream .\n", "any chekhov is better than no chekhov\n", "it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious .\n", "destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .\n", "has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare\n", "when one hears harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director , one would hope for the best\n", "by the full monty\n", "felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .\n", "into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story\n", "contemptuous of the single female population\n", "the very top rank\n", "'s impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .\n", "constant\n", "the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "a highly gifted 12-year-old\n", "versus martial arts\n", "come to a point in society\n", ", like ballistic : ecks vs. sever , were made for the palm screen\n", "subzero version\n", "the heritage business\n", "a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic\n", "i 'm guessing the director is a magician .\n", "stale first act , scrooge story\n", "as beautifully shaped and\n", "one , ms. mirren , who did\n", "a little more human being , and\n", "love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .\n", "some difficult relationships\n", "wilco fans\n", "stench\n", "america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold .\n", "overinflated mythology\n", "mordantly humorous\n", "some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but\n", "needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese\n", "-lrb- macdowell -rrb- ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .\n", "all comedy\n", "validated\n", "takes hold .\n", "the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin\n", "his little band , a professional screenwriter\n", "of the visual flourishes\n", "as home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable\n", "borders\n", "of blandness\n", "pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve\n", "strikes a defiantly retro chord ,\n", "do n't judge this one too soon -\n", "bogs down in genre cliches here .\n", "heartbreaking\n", "tongue\n", "to wonder-what\n", "disappointing and meandering\n", "to get into the history books before he croaks\n", "watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself ,\n", "the groove of a new york\n", "at their own jokes\n", "charm\n", "dolorous\n", "their friendship\n", "delusions to escape their maudlin influence .\n", "at three hours and with very little story or character development\n", "seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again\n", "elegy\n", "nothing if\n", "dummies guide\n", "an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar\n", "a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale ,\n", "poignant and gently humorous\n", "float within the seas of their personalities\n", "is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --\n", "reversal of fortune\n", "technologies\n", "a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish\n", "the cops\n", "as you want it to be\n", "off-kilter dialogue\n", "a dull girl ,\n", "redeeming\n", ", madonna is one helluva singer .\n", "what 's best about drumline is its energy\n", "other kind\n", "is firing his r&d people\n", "cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .\n", "only entertainment\n", "robert macnaughton\n", "heavy metal\n", "seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .\n", "it 's too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .\n", "supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "is really an amusing concept\n", "diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance\n", "perfect comic timing\n", "do not automatically\n", "painters\n", "-rrb- debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined\n", "it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .\n", "crocodile hunter fan\n", "given daytime soap\n", "bad in a major movie\n", "one of -lrb- jaglom 's -rrb- better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love\n", "cross-country\n", "jeff\n", "their era\n", "achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions .\n", "must be quirky or bleak\n", "the cost\n", "psychedelic devices\n", "'s worth\n", "the joie de\n", "wind-in-the-hair\n", "elm\n", "that a.c. will help this movie one bit\n", "an element\n", "'s badder than bad\n", "a handsome and well-made entertainment\n", "the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers ,\n", "a compelling allegory about the last days\n", "different drum\n", "in wedgie heaven\n", "the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments ,\n", "maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards .\n", "this insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering .\n", "makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .\n", "the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s\n", "of physics\n", "elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender\n", "bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing\n", "variation\n", "quietly hopeful\n", "precise\n", "has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul\n", "make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .\n", "the worst thing\n", "by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson\n", "water-bound action\n", "depressing than liberating\n", "compensate for corniness and cliche\n", "intent\n", "his girl friday\n", "bright , well-acted and thought-provoking\n", "national lampoon 's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house\n", "seas islanders\n", "the film makes it seem\n", "bogged down over 140 minutes\n", "the cherry orchard\n", "a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy\n", "be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds\n", "picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film\n", "me and artificial\n", "next to the scorpion king\n", "its tucked\n", "provides a window\n", "liberally\n", "with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut\n", "it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen\n", "the extremes\n", "served within\n", "the teen-exploitation playbook\n", "modern masculine journey\n", "it is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "date nights\n", "entirely witless\n", "how much good will the actors generate\n", "wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .\n", "chuckles\n", "boston public just\n", "june cleaver\n", "shifting\n", "for most movies , 84 minutes is short ,\n", "of production design\n", "anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles\n", "as rachel\n", "my least favourite emotions\n", "women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "did no one on the set have a sense of humor\n", "repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences\n", "surprisingly idealistic\n", "a highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie\n", "stoop\n", "stilted and unconvincing\n", "is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material .\n", "the working poor\n", "the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was\n", "know as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "mean-spirited film\n", "meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .\n", "in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee\n", "more goodies\n", "bluff\n", "a modem\n", "its own solemnity\n", "is not that it 's all derivative ,\n", ", smart breath\n", "drowning 's too good for this sucker .\n", "hate this one\n", "on watching\n", "through its hackneyed elements\n", "charlotte sometimes is a brilliant movie .\n", "tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes\n", "some fictional , some\n", "lonely and needy\n", "dramatic experience .\n", "or six times\n", "are many things that solid acting can do for a movie\n", "a sultry evening\n", "'ll still\n", "is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it\n", "for its elegantly colorful look and sound\n", "as a film director , labute continues to improve .\n", "help a jewish friend\n", "well-realized\n", "analyze this ,\n", "of his film\n", "poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .\n", "horse\n", "of politics , power and social mobility\n", "the plot is paper-thin and\n", "for something just outside his grasp\n", "tv shows\n", "philip glass\n", "cold porridge\n", "are a little peculiar\n", "danny verete 's\n", "lead roles\n", "since 3000 miles\n", "life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable\n", "well-acted\n", "fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences\n", "anyone 's\n", "average bond\n", "the good ,\n", "part of the charm of satin rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness .\n", "losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis\n", "mixing\n", ", but especially from france\n", "apparently\n", "for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers\n", ", it does n't work .\n", "from a deceptively simple premise\n", "helluva singer\n", "shot all the way .\n", "subjects '\n", "take on the soullessness of work in the city .\n", "personified in the film 's simple title\n", "month 's end\n", "the spaniel-eyed jean reno\n", "masquerade\n", "crude humor and vulgar innuendo\n", "to employ hollywood kids and\n", "unstable\n", "sleaze\n", "with the sensibility of a video director\n", "delicate ambiguity\n", "saccharine sentimentality\n", "with a stuttering script\n", "demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .\n", "cliches , painful improbability and murky\n", "does not attempt to filter out the complexity\n", "very good -lrb- but not great -rrb-\n", "19 stays afloat as decent drama\\/action flick\n", "seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .\n", "backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids\n", "together writer-director danny verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .\n", "rare birds ' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .\n", "turns\n", "gets recycled\n", "jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "elysian\n", "ganesh 's rise\n", "collateral\n", "no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive .\n", "sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening\n", "for happiness\n", "be seen in other films\n", "'s mildly interesting\n", "parents beware\n", ", and more about that man\n", "a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency\n", "mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated\n", "by disney\n", "more from director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan -lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb-\n", "fontaine 's\n", "a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective\n", "to make a big splash\n", "bought\n", "who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters\n", "it 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .\n", ", it has some problems\n", "more challenging\n", "quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it does n't have all the answers .\n", "a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "captures the complicated relationships in a marching band\n", "was n't one of the film 's virtues .\n", "other hannibal movies\n", "enterprise\n", "ascends , literally\n", "literary\n", "is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .\n", "'m not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "only missteps\n", "as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke\n", "presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure\n", "jerry bruckheimer productions\n", "the long-faced sad sack\n", "everyone should be themselves\n", "twohy\n", "so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", "move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film\n", "softens up\n", "war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "a space station\n", "does n't exactly\n", "recalls the cary grant of room for one more\n", "so many of us spend so much of our time\n", "warm , inviting ,\n", "three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations\n", "not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but\n", "made a movie about a vampire\n", "could n't someone\n", "makes up for it\n", "cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and\n", "the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note\n", "his homework\n", "history fans\n", "the two and a half mark\n", "a mere 84 minutes\n", "suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling\n", "hardy\n", "problematic in its narrative specifics\n", "a chocolate\n", "feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy\n", "riding\n", "flicks it emulates\n", "high romance\n", "`` the dangerous lives of altar boys ''\n", "loneliest dark spots\n", "afterlife\n", "the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face\n", "a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind\n", ", we 'd prefer a simple misfire .\n", "sweet and memorable film\n", "are great rewards\n", "more if it had just gone that one step further\n", "high\n", "represented\n", "clothes and plastic knickknacks\n", "promotes\n", "what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted\n", "romance comedy\n", "with the destruction of property\n", "the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste\n", "an inspiring tale\n", "it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek\n", "the essence of magic\n", "a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "a live-wire film that\n", "'d have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama\n", "pleasures\n", "otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject\n", "a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit\n", "so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory\n", "screenwriting\n", "it should\n", "of layer upon layer\n", "has followed in their wake\n", "on the level\n", "manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal .\n", "make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .\n", "at the expense of character\n", "no doubt\n", "intentional\n", "a ` literary ' filmmaking style\n", "cold-blooded\n", "a little bit of romance and a dose\n", "with musset\n", "an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it\n", "is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling\n", "all analyze that proves is that there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise .\n", "the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles\n", "gaudy hawaiian shirt\n", "elaborate and twisted characters\n", "rogue cia\n", "film school in the first place\n", "john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls ''\n", "some of clancy 's holes\n", ", humorless soap opera\n", "own beliefs\n", "to admit that i am baffled by jason x.\n", "whose legacy had begun to bronze\n", "sillified\n", "the cumulative effect of the movie\n", "derivative , overlong , and bombastic\n", "offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex\n", "american\n", "to share\n", "ensemble players\n", "is all too evident\n", "watching monkeys\n", "pacino is the best he 's been in years and keener is marvelous .\n", "it 's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity .\n", "psycho killer\n", "do not go gentle into that good theatre . '\n", "a beyond-lame satire\n", "gloriously alive\n", "rob schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines\n", "discursive but\n", "'s all quite tasteful to look at\n", "meets his future wife and\n", "caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose .\n", "bad direction and bad acting\n", "anyone who wants to start writing screenplays\n", "the man that makes the clothes\n", "most animaton from japan\n", "before realizing steven spielberg\n", "been kind enough to share it\n", "manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .\n", "a seasonal holiday kids\n", "out-bad-act\n", "the lives\n", "can start looking good\n", "that come with it\n", "spielberg 's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .\n", "venture\n", "whether you 're into rap or not ,\n", "darker unnerving role\n", "turning into a black hole of dullness\n", "personnel\n", "decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life\n", "by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "'s a fanboy ` what if\n", "at once both refreshingly different\n", "jiang wen 's\n", "does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .\n", "gesturing ,\n", "compulsively watchable\n", "surprisingly little\n", "is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be\n", "robust and\n", "it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem\n", "winking\n", "having seen the first two films in the series\n", "sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature\n", "is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride\n", "makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever\n", "alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and\n", "advises denlopp\n", "and juliet\\/west side story territory\n", "a good idea that was followed by the bad idea\n", "holy\n", "can easily worm its way into your heart .\n", "from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .\n", "this italian freakshow\n", "could have looked into my future\n", "bug-eyed mugging and\n", "the modern girl 's dilemma\n", "the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent\n", "yours\n", "will suck up to this project ...\n", "'s a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .\n", "that transports you\n", "toilet humor , ethnic slurs\n", "definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .\n", "forth unchecked\n", "redundancies\n", "of charm\n", "take what is essentially a contained family conflict and\n", "some last-minute action\n", "just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .\n", "are thin and scattered\n", "jeff 's -rrb- gorgeous\n", "of daring films\n", "ignore the cliches and\n", "good intentions\n", "it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me\n", "the stories\n", "its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but\n", "this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart\n", "presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men\n", "most of its footage\n", "jaglom 's -rrb-\n", "life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor ,\n", "when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air\n", "of human emotion\n", "get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn\n", "'s leaden and predictable\n", "`` secretary '' is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal .\n", "play their roles with vibrant charm\n", "chung 's\n", "bravo\n", "lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .\n", "though it 's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end\n", "is still quite good-natured\n", "screenplay or something\n", "doles out\n", "-lrb- other than their funny accents -rrb-\n", "of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination\n", "bizarre comedy and\n", "quiet cadences\n", "little-known perspective\n", "'s quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer\n", "coos beseechingly at you\n", "really get inside of them\n", "of hollywood excess\n", "distances\n", "the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest\n", "animation back 30 years\n", "-lrb- s -rrb-\n", "of that omnibus tradition called marriage\n", "for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "entrepreneurial\n", "as much as they love themselves\n", "it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent ,\n", "deceptively simple , deeply satisfying\n", "old porridge\n", "garnish\n", "flabbergasting\n", "urgency\n", "if religious films are n't your bailiwick , stay away .\n", "bare-midriff\n", "an unflinching look at the world 's dispossessed .\n", "they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance\n", "of a transvestite comedy\n", "builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .\n", "robin williams , death to smoochy\n", "of every frame\n", "that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs\n", "of the excellent cast\n", "of pleasure or sensuality\n", "as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes\n", "it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going\n", "is way too indulgent\n", "to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title\n", "just utter ` uhhh , '\n", "come later\n", "evoke any sort of naturalism\n", "a spectator and\n", "pellington\n", "for chan\n", "is 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 .\n", "a nation\n", "comes back\n", "the wondrous beats\n", "ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin .\n", "remarkable serenity and discipline\n", "absurd finale\n", "noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill\n", "fluid compositions\n", "has all the wiggling energy of young kitten\n", "crazy\n", "appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting\n", "superb actors\n", "-lrb- fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall -rrb-\n", "groan\n", "run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection\n", "to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb-\n", "get a few punches in\n", "it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably\n", "simply intrusive\n", "a hundred\n", "it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative\n", "definitions\n", "... ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .\n", "the clones\n", "a trashy little\n", "china 's sixth generation\n", "tissues\n", "blade 2\n", "hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .\n", "dull , inconsistent , dishonest\n", "phrase ` fatal script error\n", "rhetoric ,\n", "superficiality and silliness\n", "dry absurdist wit\n", "extremities ''\n", "jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music\n", "latter\n", "predictable and\n", "has n't much more\n", "is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious\n", "providing no real sense of suspense\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- stale retread of the '53 original .\n", "infectious enthusiasm\n", "zishe\n", "delayed\n", "be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and\n", "the cynicism\n", "long for the end\n", "environmental pollution\n", "a modern-day urban china\n", "thirteen conversations\n", "average people\n", "goes downhill .\n", "an ebullient affection\n", "the animation is competent ,\n", "no psychology here , and no real narrative logic\n", "character and substance\n", "than a run-of-the-mill action\n", "more down-home flavor\n", "hideously and\n", "made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", "leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "acrid test\n", "lame and\n", "it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point\n", "old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale\n", "an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema\n", "vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition\n", ", but it 's not without style\n", "places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", ", uneven action comedy\n", "about schmidt\n", "those on both sides of the issues\n", "charlie\n", "lost its fizz\n", "cartoon ?\n", "weighty and ponderous\n", "heap\n", "to raise his own children\n", "a special kind\n", "seriocomic debut\n", "can go home again\n", "koepp 's screenplay\n", "of a nationwide blight\n", ", loud , bang-the-drum\n", "an ` a ' list cast and\n", "all the pieces fall together without much surprise\n", "carefully choreographed atrocities ,\n", "an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .\n", "of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids\n", "'ve never seen or heard anything quite like this film\n", "only drama\n", "a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes\n", "a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes\n", "love in the time of money\n", ", and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "horse feathers\n", "'ll only\n", "have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways\n", "does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes\n", "as plain and\n", "are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude\n", "its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers\n", "transgressive\n", "have all but\n", "those who , having survived , suffered most\n", "zelda 's\n", "a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one\n", "so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess\n", "` the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style .\n", "loathsome movie\n", "woody allen\n", "'d expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries\n", "in the places\n", "f.\n", "transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals\n", "'70s american sports\n", "shoot it in the head\n", "meara\n", "death-defying\n", ", by the end ,\n", "old world\n", "do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ?\n", "dumb gags , anatomical humor , or\n", "it 's still adam sandler , and it 's not little nicky .\n", "a mexican soap opera\n", "appetizer\n", "all these distortions of perspective\n", "know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama .\n", "allen -rrb-\n", "specific scary scenes or startling moments\n", "fool 's\n", "enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "one-joke\n", "swinging subculture\n", "revelatory and narcissistic\n", "undermining\n", "... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .\n", "first-rate\n", "fest\n", "more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders\n", ", hard yank\n", "a little uneven to be the cat 's meow\n", "blending\n", "distant memories\n", "is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made\n", "get the enjoyable basic minimum\n", "slummer\n", "some very funny sequences\n", "more casual filmgoers\n", "students\n", "striking villains\n", "finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson\n", "szpilman\n", "cube , benjamins\n", "carried by a strong sense of humanism\n", "be damned .\n", "this ` credit '\n", "get excited about on this dvd\n", "the year 's most intriguing movie experiences\n", "quaking\n", "it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not\n", "entertaining two hours\n", "badder than bad\n", "kurys\n", "ana 's\n", "one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years .\n", "a postcard\n", "brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze\n", "despite the film 's bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .\n", "a much needed kick , making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years\n", "of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth\n", "remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .\n", "those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone\n", "palette\n", "of the wrong things\n", "live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it\n", "make an excellent companion piece\n", "yield some interesting results\n", "strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .\n", "carefully choreographed\n", "are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d\n", "the situation\n", "grace this deeply touching melodrama .\n", "with weak dialogue and biopic\n", "wonderfully loopy tale\n", "of the all-time great apocalypse movies\n", "a solid success\n", "gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility\n", "first fatal attraction\n", "need a good laugh , too\n", "a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity\n", ", riveting and handsomely\n", "simply stupid\n", "is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time\n", "more and more frustrating\n", "there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message\n", "an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys\n", "first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .\n", "be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets\n", "respectable new one\n", "reacting to it\n", "there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why\n", "who saw quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "of `` intacto 's '' dangerous\n", "redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star\n", "the downward spiral comes to pass\n", "be as dramatic\n", "opera 's\n", "not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker .\n", "going to jell\n", "lore\n", "skins is heartfelt and achingly real .\n", "first and last look\n", "that actually has a brain\n", "this is going to be something really good\n", "the filmmakers who have directed him\n", "of co-dependence\n", "physique to match\n", "a thriller with an edge --\n", "one considers cliched dialogue and perverse 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sketch\n", "critics need a good laugh , too , and this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv show delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steaming , visceral heaps .\n", "disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances .\n", "see ,\n", "the deal\n", "that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures\n", "than a\n", "with economical grace\n", "it 's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .\n", "rental car\n", "will be\n", "overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration .\n", "with soul\n", "co-written with guardian hack nick davies -rrb-\n", "intentional or not\n", "clever exercise\n", "huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller\n", "is devoid of wit and humor\n", "a couple of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall\n", "of the first film\n", "the concept of loss\n", "more accurately , it 's moving\n", "highly personal\n", "the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between\n", "of ice cream\n", "the comedy\n", "an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground\n", "longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .\n", "the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing\n", "a suspenseful horror movie\n", "taken as a whole\n", "walter hill 's undisputed\n", "the festival circuit\n", "much stronger\n", "modern rut\n", "a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness .\n", ", the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .\n", "high water mark\n", "of the hilarious writer-director himself\n", "is one big , dumb action movie .\n", "the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor\n", "finn and\n", "possesses all the good intentions in the world ,\n", "doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience !\n", "always a narratively cohesive one\n", "on saturday morning tv\n", "altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece\n", "the modern-day royals\n", "charles stone iii\n", "has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .\n", "a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents\n", "a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama\n", "she boxes these women 's souls right open for us .\n", "it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .\n", "delightful surprise\n", "somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems ,\n", "only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "embraces its old-fashioned themes\n", "a picture as erratic as its central character .\n", "with an action movie that actually has a brain\n", "was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public\n", "bollywood\\/hollywood\n", "my thanksgiving to-do list\n", "believe these characters love each other\n", "this engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller\n", "strike a chord\n", "deeply biased\n", "in general\n", "imagine a more generic effort in the genre\n", "nolan 's penetrating undercurrent\n", "from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story\n", "collateral damage is trash ,\n", "... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .\n", "what they ingest\n", "what 's left is a rich stew of longing .\n", "the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals\n", "shows crushingly little curiosity about\n", "adorably whimsical comedy\n", "a huge disappointment coming , as it does\n", "for its profound humanity\n", "like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas\n", "creating a scrapbook of living mug shots\n", "it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but\n", "is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out ,\n", "does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain\n", "sparse\n", "the widowmaker is a great yarn\n", "for those who like quirky , slightly strange french films\n", "engrossing entertainment\n", "from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c.\n", "future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter\n", "artifice\n", "no such thing is a fascinating little tale .\n", "have 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another world\n", "all the actors are good in pauline & paulette but\n", "urge to doze\n", "its tone\n", "not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing\n", "a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "a sad aristocrat in tattered finery\n", "very talented but underutilized supporting cast\n", "its music\n", "lifeless execution .\n", "you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides\n", "it looks good , but it is essentially empty\n", "big-screen poke-mania\n", "all of egoyan 's work\n", "broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles\n", "quirky iranian drama secret ballot\n", "decent sense\n", "always entertaining , and\n", "no worse a film\n", "bust\n", "slight and uninventive movie\n", "bad need\n", "two hours of sepia-tinted heavy metal\n", "otherwise good movie\n", "sometimes funny\n", "flat run\n", "the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .\n", "as imaginative as one might have hoped\n", "perfectly creepy and believable\n", "the importance of the man and the code merge\n", "burn out\n", "nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies\n", "the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and\n", "character-oriented\n", "its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide\n", "slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and\n", "convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons\n", "by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name\n", "could be so light-hearted ?\n", "drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise\n", "neil burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present\n", "begin to long for 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"scented bath\n", "but especially from france\n", ", singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "on its lack of empathy\n", "t-shirt and shower scenes\n", "stomach\n", "18\n", "featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .\n", "it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie\n", "cristo\n", "director-writer\n", "shrieky special effects\n", "match his subject\n", "in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness\n", ", and surprisingly\n", "the promise of digital filmmaking\n", "what kind of sewage\n", "a sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity\n", "warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality\n", "is n't very funny\n", "engineering\n", "a bit melodramatic and\n", "its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast\n", "a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man\n", "sensual delights and simmering violence\n", "intelligence and subtlety\n", "an unusual space\n", "more strongly to storytelling\n", "since the brothers mcmullen\n", "is obviously\n", "satisfactory\n", "first full flush\n", "the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "the problem with `` xxx ''\n", "the hard ground\n", "to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins\n", "exceptionally dark\n", "aside from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd , there 's little to be learned from watching ` comedian '\n", "injuries , etc.\n", "the circumstances\n", "some honest insight\n", "is well-intentioned\n", "super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers .\n", "emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them\n", "the campy results make mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated .\n", "its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy\n", "morgan freeman\n", "the film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .\n", "simpler , leaner\n", "it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "aisles\n", "alacrity\n", "it 's a lyrical endeavour .\n", "outside japan\n", "have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep\n", "a wild , endearing , masterful documentary\n", "a vh1 behind the music special\n", "on food\n", "calm\n", "relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine\n", "the determination of pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and\n", "not here\n", "for most of its footage , the 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daytime soaper .\n", "an unfocused screenplay\n", "it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch ,\n", "emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results .\n", "are for children and dog lovers\n", "is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish\n", "get the comedy we settle for .\n", "have been a good film in `` trouble every day\n", "retina\n", "underworld urban angst\n", "without surprises\n", "keeps telling you\n", "almost completely\n", "comic parody and pulp melodrama\n", "overeager\n", "fact and\n", "revolutionary spirit\n", "succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "provocative material\n", "victimized audience members\n", "offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life\n", "this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age ... and then only as a very mild rental\n", "of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to ,\n", "jaw-dropping action sequences ,\n", "the emotional heart of happy\n", "show wary natives\n", "in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life\n", "hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "is about as necessary\n", ", it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "you can do no wrong with jason x.\n", "let alone funny\n", "be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings\n", "is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .\n", "romp from robert rodriguez .\n", "spliced\n", "fill a frame\n", "maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another\n", "upper west sidey\n", "is difficult to fathom\n", "under-10\n", "sappy ethnic sleeper\n", "as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions\n", "it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .\n", "hopkins\\/rock\n", "strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth\n", "humor , warmth\n", "coppola\n", "devos\n", "drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress\n", "passe '\n", "live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "both its characters and its audience\n", "'s virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters\n", "is n't much about k-19\n", ", lame screenplay\n", "will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "a depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women\n", "that borders\n", "journalists\n", "confront it\n", "totally weirded -\n", "crowded cities and refugee camps\n", "critics need a good laugh , too , and this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv show delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steaming , visceral heaps\n", "even on a curve -rrb-\n", "fosters\n", "remind us\n", "intelligent jazz-playing exterminator\n", ", like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap ,\n", "watching harris\n", "not to mention a convincing brogue\n", "is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory\n", "gets by on its artistic merits\n", "come to earth for harvesting purposes\n", "fairy-tale formula\n", "sight to behold\n", "given us\n", "airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe\n", "real-life events\n", "will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor\n", "'s rarely as entertaining as it could have been\n", "look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead\n", "none of this is meaningful or memorable\n", "ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .\n", "hollywood frightfest\n", "do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "is pretty damned funny .\n", "the movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat .\n", "of a puzzling real-life happening\n", "a travesty\n", "taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and\n", "bewilderingly\n", "right parts\n", "the film -lrb- at 80 minutes -rrb- is actually quite entertaining .\n", "seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense\n", "was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival\n", "some laughs and\n", "takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms\n", "one part family values\n", "after next spreads them pretty thin\n", "on the set of carpenter 's the thing\n", "the alan warner novel\n", "disney 's 1937 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of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games\n", "the film is explosive ,\n", "car chase , explosion or gunfight\n", "inept direction\n", "the sensational\n", "an eerie thriller\n", "flesh\n", "they '\n", "an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke\n", "offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun\n", "smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .\n", "misconstrued as weakness\n", "whatever complaints i might have , i 'd take -lrb- its -rrb- earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time .\n", "remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced\n", "what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- i doubt it\n", "america 's thirst\n", "one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .\n", "delightfully rendered\n", "were hailed as the works of an 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dollars\n", "run-of-the-mill .\n", "turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning\n", "i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally\n", "perspective\n", "spontaneous\n", "to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes\n", "hairy\n", "run out of ideas\n", "brought to the screen\n", "of a man coming to terms with time\n", "go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches\n", "disobedience\n", "to children and adults\n", "the dirty words\n", "makes his own look much better\n", "everything else about the film\n", "you\n", "must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "'s a metaphor\n", "just that\n", "we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "trouble ''\n", "the gravity\n", "feels slight .\n", "for two directors with far less endearing disabilities\n", "touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths\n", "unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck\n", "as all or nothing is , however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .\n", "be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense\n", ", i 'll take the latter every time .\n", "-lrb- water -rrb-\n", "sepia-tinted heavy metal\n", ", wall-to-wall good time\n", "against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse\n", "it 's good enough\n", "i mean ,\n", "to ever get under the skin\n", "by anne-sophie birot\n", "few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying .\n", "a gangster movie with the capacity\n", "everyone 's\n", "come out feeling strangely unsatisfied\n", "as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "lynch-like\n", "a droll sense of humor\n", "merely a fierce lesson\n", "a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from\n", "unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .\n", "jarecki and gibney do find enough material to bring kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives .\n", "sets ms. birot 's film apart from others in the genre\n", "a dark video store corner\n", "; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , '\n", "an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit\n", "his original\n", "of that special fishy community\n", "an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101\n", "as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough\n", "subculture\n", "fiction flicks\n", "for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon\n", "do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "it 's not a particularly good film ,\n", "or modern stories\n", "will construct a portrait of castro\n", "are jarring\n", "at women 's expense\n", "did last winter\n", "'s like a drive-by .\n", "rating\n", "just because a walk to remember\n", "a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "it 's also a failure of storytelling\n", "this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john\n", "traditionally structured story\n", "is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition\n", "the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them\n", "-- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because 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and , at times , blood\n", "from the lives of the people\n", "takes you\n", "a banal spiritual quest\n", "in spite of all that he 's witnessed\n", "does n't have a passion for the material .\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops .\n", "may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject\n", "it 's a visual rorschach test\n", "slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by .\n", "a more appropriate location to store it\n", "'s a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments .\n", "chilly , clinical lab report\n", "ever\n", "real-life happening\n", "do n't fit well together\n", "good in pauline & paulette\n", "mrs. robinson complex\n", "of seeing justice served\n", "chinese woman\n", "the pratfalls but little else\n", "technically proficient\n", "being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something\n", "carlito\n", "real-life basis\n", "audience to buy just\n", "hews out\n", "artwork\n", "is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "like you see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "seductively stylish\n", "feel-good movie\n", "crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and\n", "brought something fresher to the proceedings\n", "cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity\n", "like igby\n", "seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain .\n", "in spite of itself\n", "ecks vs.\n", "a social injustice , at least\n", "across the board\n", "brooding quality\n", "from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate\n", "ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what\n", "'m all for that\n", "loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful\n", "potentially enticing\n", "full price\n", "accept it as life and go with its flow\n", "to confront their problems openly and honestly\n", "go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance\n", "to believe\n", "benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness\n", "more genial than ingenious\n", "goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length\n", "a bad choice\n", "daily struggles and\n", "warner\n", "they fascinate in their recklessness .\n", "of oprah 's book club\n", "on a curve\n", "the artist three days\n", "ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon\n", "few cheap\n", "otherwise , this could be a passable date film .\n", "that has nothing\n", "most blithe exchanges\n", "with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers\n", "what kind of houses those people live in\n", "with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used\n", "due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired\n", "at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work\n", "be from unintentional giggles -- several of them\n", "clown ''\n", "of this dog of a movie\n", "a difficult time\n", "further sad evidence that tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony --\n", "you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes\n", "from the screen\n", "revolution studios\n", "the work of someone\n", "you feel like a sucker\n", "bubbles up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream\n", "the good is very , very good ... the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful\n", "is the most\n", "an admirable rigor\n", "grim future\n", "too too much\n", "makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering\n", "the beat he hears in his soul\n", "the film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once .\n", "its stupidities\n", "is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus .\n", "cry and realize ,\n", "madness\n", "so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "owes\n", "the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project\n", "feel funny and light\n", "very compelling , sensitive ,\n", "an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients .\n", "explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut .\n", "maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling\n", "my wife is an actress works as well as it does because -lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple .\n", "if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight\n", "'s finally\n", "after oedekerk\n", "a vast holocaust literature\n", "mcculloch\n", "beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet\n", "nba 's\n", "wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors ,\n", ", empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .\n", "not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general .\n", "with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender\n", "-lrb- gulpilil -rrb- is a commanding screen presence\n", "alain choquart 's camera barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .\n", "the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time ,\n", "in a war zone\n", "a skillful filmmaker\n", "an intriguing twist\n", "the music business\n", "patchwork\n", "an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre\n", ", its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes .\n", "if that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will .\n", "best dramatic performance to date -lrb- is -rrb- almost enough to lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot\n", "is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .\n", "a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal\n", "of two genuinely engaging performers\n", "is throwing up his hands in surrender ,\n", "bette\n", "the elements of a revealing alienation\n", "stages his gags\n", "a mile wide\n", "cosa nostra\n", "the cuddly shower\n", "fling\n", "you 'll be lucky\n", "a \\*\\* holes\n", "larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller\n", "lacking a depth\n", "a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action\n", "a sour taste\n", "language and locations\n", "sane and\n", "than exciting\n", "about guys and dolls\n", "this overstuffed , erratic dramedy\n", "as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions\n", "through repetition\n", "an all-woman dysfunctional family\n", "after that\n", "a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work\n", "the vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful\n", "that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable\n", "for the best\n", "punctuation\n", "lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him\n", "bisset delivers a game performance ,\n", "keeps it\n", "may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers\n", "the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .\n", "national health insurance\n", "stability\n", "darkly funny and frequently insightful .\n", "blade ii '\n", "the next six\n", "the constraints of its source\n", "third ending\n", "female characters\n", "shoe diaries\n", "is the most visually unappealing .\n", "have a great time\n", "to have that french realism\n", "been there , done that , liked it much better\n", "enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne\n", "its courage , ideas ,\n", "the hole\n", "that is warm , inviting , and surprising\n", "by mediocrity\n", "a producer -rrb-\n", "the inmates\n", "jokes and\n", "in their relationships\n", "as it would have been with this premise\n", "a closet\n", "seen certain trek films\n", "could easily be called the best korean film of 2002\n", "childhood dream\n", "in the elizabethans\n", "-lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb-\n", "sad , sick sight\n", "straight-shooting family film\n", "ultimately fails\n", "terrific to read about\n", "telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "soundtrack\n", "feels an awful lot like friday in miami .\n", "talkers\n", "makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing\n", "completely serviceable\n", "of a technology in search\n", "of the movies\n", "mildly amusing\n", "sloughs one 's way\n", "'s apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies\n", "might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill\n", "just how these families interact\n", "could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is\n", "unexamined\n", "the hopkins\\/rock collision\n", "the film 's reach\n", "inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage\n", "as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject\n", "a scummy ripoff\n", "jaunt down memory lane\n", "mentally challenged woman\n", "narrative\n", "with an ultimate desire\n", "ms. ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting\n", "that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .\n", "disingenuous ,\n", "none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film\n", "vampire epic\n", "had gone in for pastel landscapes .\n", "look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats\n", "continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek\n", "instead of having things all spelled out\n", "itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting\n", "gonna like this movie\n", "to itself\n", "dolby digital stereo\n", "the more daring and surprising american movies of the year\n", "remarkably strong\n", "an undeniable entertainment value\n", "lives count\n", "serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .\n", "rye\n", "miramax 's deep shelves\n", "the contrived nature\n", "60-second\n", "does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry\n", "its visual panache and\n", "contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know\n", "and refugee camps\n", "summer entertainment\n", "again and again\n", "almost humdrum approach to character development\n", "is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies\n", "in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media\n", "even less surprises\n", "'s so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles\n", "with the body\n", "torn away\n", "in which the script and characters hold sway\n", "sudden\n", "'50s sociology ,\n", "jokester highway patrolmen\n", "a good time for both children and parents\n", "none of this is very original\n", "know what she 's doing in here\n", "tact\n", "the unacceptable ,\n", "often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy\n", "it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it\n", "film festival\n", "is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail\n", "ca n't deny its seriousness and quality\n", "bowser\n", "alleged\n", "late-inning twist\n", "to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty\n", "a historic legal battle in ireland over a man\n", "rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "of -lrb- being -rrb- in a shrugging mood\n", "veiling tension\n", "treats his women --\n", "and wesley snipes\n", "bewitched\n", "it 's far from a frothy piece\n", "what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "live up to it\n", "deeper and more engaging\n", "indelible epic american story\n", "stymied by accents thick as mud\n", "too many prefabricated story elements\n", "retro-refitting exercise\n", "slight and introspective\n", "gluing you\n", "conventional ,\n", "serial killer cards\n", "the sting\n", "with every mournful composition\n", "proficient\n", "jackson ,\n", "the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware\n", "for improvement\n", "even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- 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"gets around\n", "us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being\n", "9-11 period\n", "super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .\n", "dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life .\n", "staircase\n", "most films these days are about nothing\n", "red hot\n", "feel cheated\n", "that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny\n", "a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft\n", "has never\n", "is the same\n", "like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book\n", "the gay '70s\n", "the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation\n", "twisted humor and eye-popping visuals\n", "be at the dollar theatres\n", "chills\n", "is an interesting movie\n", "the conspirators\n", "are disconcertingly slack .\n", 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'\n", "that go boom\n", "in your mouth and questions\n", "of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker\n", "the film ultimately fails\n", "so primitive in technique\n", "by that\n", "into a movie career\n", "bielinsky\n", "non-britney\n", "it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone ,\n", "blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys\n", "uncompromising vision\n", "as individuals rather than types\n", "slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play\n", "it 's actually too sincere -- the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick\n", "'s missing\n", "a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making .\n", "be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "an odd amalgam\n", "kudos to the most enchanting film of the year\n", "a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded\n", "with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers\n", "h.g. wells ' time machine\n", "be lighter\n", "of more casual filmgoers\n", "as home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i 'd rather listen to old tori amos records .\n", "whipping out the dirty words\n", "that between the son and his wife ,\n", "an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "a smile , just sneers and\n", "'s so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead .\n", "the irrepressible eccentric of river 's edge , dead man and back to the future\n", "the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious ,\n", "k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .\n", "spits it\n", "an ivy league college\n", "come to think of it\n", "staggered\n", "anti-human\n", "who the hell cares\n", "with bloody beauty as vivid\n", "not 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 .\n", "makes a wonderful subject for the camera .\n", "has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years .\n", "exceptionally charming\n", "is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat\n", "misguided project\n", "survive\n", "24-and-unders\n", "is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .\n", "'s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .\n", "an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment\n", "be discerned here that producers would be well to heed\n", "eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .\n", "rebel\n", "if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "wants desperately\n", "intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening\n", "an uneven look\n", "little more than a mall movie designed to kill time\n", "seems more tacky and reprehensible\n", "odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy\n", "famous prima donna floria tosca\n", ", having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "sitting through the last reel -lrb- spoiler alert ! -rrb-\n", "more trifle\n", "a prolific director of music videos\n", "described as a ghost story gone badly awry .\n", "of the computer animation\n", "elaborate dare\n", "look at , listen to ,\n", "an intriguing bit\n", "a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "jazz-playing exterminator\n", "... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job\n", "for a laugh\n", "the joie de vivre even as he creates\n", "sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .\n", "worked a little harder\n", "memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual\n", "the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor\n", "a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives\n", "one international city\n", "the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .\n", "a deeply humanistic artist\n", "the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film ,\n", "fine , old-fashioned-movie movie\n", "auteil\n", "scenic splendor\n", "wide-screen\n", "a simpler , leaner treatment\n", "give each other the willies\n", "romantic-comedy duds\n", "cacoyannis\n", "any viewer\n", "college kids\n", "astonishing revelation\n", "found orson welles ' great-grandson\n", "with motionless characters\n", "go ape\n", "think of this sooner\n", "the results are honest\n", "reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race\n", "larger\n", "most audacious ,\n", "ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad .\n", "-- myriad signs , if you will --\n", "who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris\n", "caffeinated , sloppy brilliance\n", "reenactment\n", "a small star with big heart\n", "settled for a lugubrious romance\n", "an older crowd\n", "evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story ,\n", "take -lrb- its -rrb- earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time\n", "as filling as the treat of the title\n", "more fun to make than it is to sit through\n", "have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered .\n", "foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "reliable\n", "a. .\n", "is corcuera 's attention to detail .\n", "what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks -lrb- at least during their '70s heyday -rrb-\n", "fun adventure movie\n", "for each others ' affections\n", "runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful\n", "strictly\n", "self-referential\n", "outrageousness\n", "than what bailly manages to deliver\n", "points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion\n", "glacial pacing\n", "moaning about their cruel fate\n", "only teenage boys\n", "religious and spiritual people\n", "never clearly defines his characters\n", "festival in cannes\n", "of energy it 's documenting\n", "anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor\n", "philip glass soundtrack cd\n", "its costars , spader\n", "poses for itself\n", "cuts all the way down to broken bone\n", "neither is well told\n", "this provocative theme\n", "the debate it joins\n", "chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases\n", "own existence\n", "his teeth\n", "pete 's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .\n", "the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting\n", "ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project\n", "but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script\n", "watching them\n", "one part romance novel\n", "to creep the living hell out of you\n", "to be drained of human emotion\n", "find millions of eager fans\n", "suspense and payoff\n", "'s a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes\n", "princess\n", "of human blood\n", "proposes as epic tragedy\n", "on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres\n", "but none can equal\n", "of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace\n", "bogdanovich\n", "she is a lioness ,\n", "subtitles\n", "overly long and worshipful bio-doc\n", "replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo\n", "ghost story\n", "rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "off-beat and fanciful\n", "even the bull gets recycled .\n", "is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time\n", "definitely\n", "you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer\n", "the densest distillation\n", "truth and\n", "relatively dry\n", "breath\n", "is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "seem so real in small doses\n", "imaginative through out\n", "playwriting\n", "blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances .\n", "a movie that will surely be profane , politically\n", "interesting effort\n", "it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones\n", "the script and\n", ", smartly played and smartly directed .\n", "was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino\n", "numb experience\n", "serviceability , but little more\n", "its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .\n", "likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine\n", "arrest development in a dead-end existence\n", "his works\n", "luridly\n", "with his picture-perfect life\n", "the difference between human and android life\n", "read and follow\n", "the revenge\n", "ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand\n", "although not in a way anyone\n", "so will your kids\n", "naked\n", "as a durable part of the movie landscape\n", "merely offensive\n", "surely\n", "plots that never quite gel\n", "lingerie\n", "of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose\n", "as distilled\n", "there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but\n", "is long on\n", "answer\n", "leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit\n", "its focus\n", "other hallmarks\n", "this instance\n", "the romance\n", "it would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .\n", "other movies\n", "this batch\n", "the requisite faux-urban vibe\n", "a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world\n", "'s just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "to the endless action sequences\n", "disney aficionados\n", "reason except\n", "become annoying and artificial\n", "'re touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport\n", "since 1962\n", "21st century 's new `` conan\n", "sara sugarman\n", "einstein\n", "the mounting tension\n", "derive from this choppy and sloppy affair\n", "the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard\n", "that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12\n", "flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles\n", "helping\n", "cross between highlander and lolita\n", "food\n", "a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study\n", "revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival\n", "soldiers to be remembered by\n", "to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi\n", "phony blood\n", "the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film\n", "what 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .\n", "than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle\n", "throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment\n", "appeals\n", "is the opposite of a truly magical movie\n", "gorgeously strange movie\n", "this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family ,\n", "'s not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean\n", "that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only\n", "'s suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh\n", "the lot\n", "maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road ... but\n", "graffiti bridge\n", "emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog\n", "grief drives\n", "the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy\n", "asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives\n", "the potential for sanctimoniousness\n", "it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message\n", "simply a portrait\n", "of commercial sensibilities\n", "recompense :\n", "at just over an hour , home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .\n", "you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .\n", "misogyny\n", "drags it back\n", "as the synergistic impulse that created it\n", "unnecessary parts\n", "american pie movies\n", "of the worst films of 2002\n", "than a more measured or polished production ever could\n", "robin williams\n", "funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful\n", "a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers\n", "vibrantly colored and beautifully designed\n", "makes martha enormously endearing\n", "would n't it be funny if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factory during world war ii\n", "was for jim carrey\n", "its fire\n", "else a doggie winks .\n", "scene encounter\n", "in its attempts\n", "be well to heed\n", "when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "them pretty thin\n", "the other actors in the movie\n", "undeniably hard\n", "an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be\n", "rowdy slapstick\n", ", it runs for 170\n", "little excitement\n", "to the manifesto\n", "fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels\n", "other low\n", "otherwise excellent film\n", "obligatory cheap\n", "all three descriptions suit evelyn\n", "an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle .\n", "a workable primer for the region 's recent history\n", "for heaven\n", "of which they 'll get plenty\n", "german-expressionist\n", "inside the wave\n", "trees ,\n", "that the picture is unfamiliar ,\n", "pure composition and form\n", "rowling 's\n", "to watch\n", "to hold our interest\n", "sci-fi genre\n", "israeli\\/palestinian conflict as\n", "be familiar\n", "achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself\n", "very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece\n", "riveting and surprisingly romantic ride\n", "seagal 's overweight and out of shape\n", "his clamorous approach\n", "m.\n", "really surprising\n", "story or character\n", "slightly dark look\n", "a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "techno-sex thriller\n", "depth and resonance\n", "acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being\n", "but not sophomoric\n", "friendly\n", "her one\n", "a neat twist ,\n", "to bring off this kind of whimsy\n", "your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "110 claustrophobic\n", "this pretentious mess\n", "extremely straight\n", "under its spell\n", "a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn\n", "the comedy death to smoochy\n", "can thank me for this .\n", "the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .\n", "have been a thinking man 's monster movie\n", "hmmm\n", "so intimate and sensual and funny\n", "... a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .\n", "a quintet\n", "-lrb- its -rrb- moments\n", "something terrible happens\n", "relentlessly\n", "were -- i doubt it\n", "has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap\n", "filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "offers copious hints along 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 .\n", "; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes\n", "well ,\n", "laughs at how clever it 's being\n", "we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher .\n", "the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks ''\n", "leave your date behind for this one\n", "an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud\n", "it 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie\n", "is deeply concerned with morality\n", "the mess that is world traveler\n", "'s as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out\n", "a few decades\n", "on heartstrings\n", "this beautifully animated epic is never dull .\n", "the last man were the last movie left on earth\n", "about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz\n", "in birthday girl\n", "the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment\n", "it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast\n", "the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .\n", "grand locations\n", "common goal\n", "a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity ,\n", "his sly , intricate magic\n", "each punch seen through prison bars\n", "pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative\n", "an actress works\n", "a goofball movie\n", "the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat\n", "leading a double life in an american film only comes to no good , but not here\n", "a manipulative whitewash\n", "arguments the bard 's immortal plays\n", "the mechanisms\n", "actors help\n", "a work of enthralling drama\n", "a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !\n", "of his little band , a professional screenwriter\n", "the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10\n", "portray its literarily talented and notorious subject\n", "transcend genre\n", "his chilly son\n", "matthew lillard is born to play shaggy !\n", "apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres\n", "a ``\n", "fragmented film\n", "phone rings\n", "the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script .\n", "of the flamboyant , the outrageous\n", "the addition of a biblical message\n", "with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt\n", "one for this kind of movie\n", "in someone screaming\n", "brilliant movie\n", "its juxtaposition\n", "the solemnity\n", "with a sure and measured hand\n", "rising\n", "telling\n", "norwegian folktales\n", "donovan ... squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and\n", "we want to help -- or hurt\n", "individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing\n", "burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot\n", "self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .\n", "shallow and glib\n", "watching war photographer\n", "a better short story\n", "tortured , dull\n", "the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making\n", "aside from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "a lost ideal\n", "with its own cuteness\n", "to this doc\n", ", but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time\n", "like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "wo n't\n", "to both sides of the man\n", "not the best herzog\n", "it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus\n", "a guy with his talent\n", "of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own\n", "an inconclusive ending\n", "natural instinct\n", "a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france 's most inventive directors\n", "signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination\n", "many pleasures\n", "never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them\n", "... may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .\n", "hip-hop indie snipes\n", "enjoy the new guy .\n", "is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously\n", "-lrb- somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book -rrb-\n", "a cellophane-pop remake of the punk\n", "demanding otherness\n", "his latest effort , storytelling\n", "of mergers and downsizing\n", "makes up for with a great , fiery passion\n", "big , fat , dumb\n", "as a science fiction movie , `` minority report '' astounds .\n", "a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .\n", "only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate .\n", "such a dependable concept\n", "an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .\n", "fourth feature\n", "story to actually give them life\n", "when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians\n", "verdu\n", "pat and familiar to hold my interest\n", "there 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but generally , it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance\n", "too clever by about nine-tenths\n", "bother to rent this on video\n", "addictive\n", "with minimal imagination\n", ", there is precious little of either .\n", "an old dog\n", "league\n", "women torn apart by a legacy of abuse\n", "on par with the first one\n", "harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "'s plenty to offend everyone ...\n", "these actors , as well as\n", "and it is n't that funny .\n", "what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .\n", "equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke\n", "much\n", "really a thriller\n", "sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before .\n", "with raw emotions\n", "a quick release\n", "by turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy .\n", "serious-minded\n", "this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .\n", "relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "retreats\n", "the needs\n", "feels less like bad cinema\n", "'' versus `` them ''\n", "reality tv obsession\n", "a violent initiation rite\n", "the acting is amateurish ,\n", "with enough negatives\n", "of the plot almost arbitrary\n", "be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already\n", "fantastic reign of fire\n", "seen through the right eyes\n", "each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness\n", "a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something\n", "gulzar\n", "slowness\n", "dahmer resorts\n", "truly frightening situation\n", "as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is\n", "in both its characters and its audience\n", "weaves us into a complex web .\n", "siege 3\n", "winds up seeming just a little too clever\n", "no more than\n", "much needed moral weight\n", "is already an erratic career\n", "that might otherwise separate them\n", "with a large dose of painkillers\n", "original new testament stories\n", "painful as the grey zone\n", "its sleeve\n", "strut\n", "these words have ever been together in the same sentence\n", "is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter\n", "it 's no glance\n", "struggling to create\n", "of its subject matter\n", "he harvests a few movie moment gems\n", "including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen\n", "can and\n", "'s seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting\n", "`` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .\n", "but certainly not without merit\n", "odd purity\n", "the most offensive action\n", "enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and\n", "the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film .\n", "on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen\n", "eddie murphy and owen wilson\n", "to send any shivers down his spine\n", "a remake\n", "ops\n", "a topnotch foursome\n", "the skewed melodrama\n", "sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite\n", "savor the pleasure of his sounds and images\n", "some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics\n", "steal your heart\n", "may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .\n", "the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine\n", "just ticking , but\n", "of obsessive love\n", "when one hears harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director\n", "from the next teen comedy\n", "like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm\n", "the film 's lack\n", "contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .\n", "suspending it\n", "in zen\n", "the crazy confluence of purpose and taste\n", "impulsive niches\n", "b-movie frame\n", "indian filmmakers\n", "a vacuum\n", "as it may be in presentation\n", "to make them laugh\n", "pressed to succumb to the call of the wild\n", "a well loved classic\n", "call this the full monty on ice ,\n", "girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre\n", "family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition\n", "consider it ` perfection\n", "solidly entertaining and moving family drama\n", "left slightly disappointed\n", "the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow\n", "than leon\n", "decorous\n", "'m just\n", "can depress you about life itself .\n", "a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet\n", "the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp .\n", "perverse idea\n", "the soul-searching deliberateness\n", "crime fighter\n", "elegantly balanced movie\n", "victor\n", "suffocating rape-payback horror\n", "arrive at any satisfying destination\n", "it 's such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that -rrb- it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .\n", "motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances\n", "you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .\n", "genuinely\n", "i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously ,\n", "jones\n", "over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "a coma\n", "it 's very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle .\n", "adjective ` gentle '\n", "director juan jose campanella\n", "lack any intrigue -lrb- other than their funny accents -rrb-\n", "nickleby\n", "band performances\n", ", interesting as a documentary -- but not very imaxy .\n", "as lame and sophomoric\n", "from tv shows , but hey arnold\n", "at how bad\n", "revisiting\n", "does n't even seem like she tried\n", "contrived and secondhand\n", "a black comedy , drama , melodrama or\n", "long as 3-year-olds\n", "the chemistry and complex relationship\n", "collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't .\n", "genuine rather than pandering\n", "accuracy\n", "major league\n", "will take away\n", "far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man\n", "wise , wizened visitor\n", "its understanding , often funny way\n", "winter movie screens\n", "has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time\n", "or edit , or 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hour\n", "its excellent storytelling ,\n", "derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be\n", "pastiche .\n", "twohy 's a good yarn-spinner\n", ", dark , vaguely disturbing way\n", "really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets\n", "touched\n", "that created it\n", "it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .\n", "puts on airs of a hal hartley\n", "an animation\n", ", inspirational drama\n", "the consciously dumbed-down approach\n", "jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability\n", "an alluring backdrop\n", "distorts\n", "intellectual and\n", "driven by a natural sense for what works\n", "schneider\n", "intermittently powerful study\n", "frida is certainly no disaster , but\n", "an engaging criminal\n", "guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts\n", "the multiple stories\n", "of damon runyon crooks\n", "one of the 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"straddles\n", "find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant\n", "note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "own jokes\n", "mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls\n", "do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies\n", "only one movie 's worth\n", "boiling point\n", "preachy fable\n", "at ninety minutes , it drags\n", "an enjoyable 100 minutes\n", "his pretensions\n", "a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", ", but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored .\n", "structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "20th-century footnotes\n", "jaw\n", "live their lives\n", "this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book\n", "an 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"for 87 minutes\n", "the depth\n", "than a mexican soap opera\n", "in the best way\n", "beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen\n", "fiddle\n", "we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other\n", "into the art film pantheon\n", "fake street drama\n", "absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man\n", "uncompelling\n", "its soul\n", "a scar\n", "stilted in its dialogue\n", "female condition\n", "in 60 minutes\n", "as the brilliance of animal house\n", "share no chemistry or engaging charisma\n", "a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters\n", "singing long\n", "hence , storytelling is far more appealing\n", "more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "live up to material\n", "from being yesterday 's news\n", "old-hat set-up\n", "'ve the patience\n", "the actors ' perfect 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"most devastating\n", "a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy .\n", "hartley movie\n", "-lrb- gosling 's -rrb- combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence\n", "this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good .\n", "have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script\n", "'s full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .\n", "the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet\n", "give shapiro ,\n", "are n't looking for them\n", "goliath story\n", "many characters\n", "in the imax format\n", "visually exciting\n", "that suggests it\n", "the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies\n", "save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction\n", "takes on a whole other meaning .\n", "recommend it ,\n", "more emotional baggage\n", "all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings\n", "westbrook\n", "performed by a quintet of actresses\n", "'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer\n", "a film that 's being advertised as a comedy\n", "they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .\n", "the film 's highlight\n", "cesspool\n", "convincingly\n", "being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses\n", "follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and\n", "a laugh riot\n", "london housing project\n", "a perfectly competent and often imaginative film that lacks what little lilo & stitch had in spades -- charisma .\n", "see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "hint\n", "gets chills\n", "peculiar american style\n", "has a pleasing way with a metaphor .\n", "the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .\n", "the interplay\n", "about a porcelain empire\n" ] }, { 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of the recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack\n", "african american professionals get about overachieving\n", "doomed\n", "curiosity about\n", "forces\n", "the thing\n", "to the ears of cho 's fans\n", "you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb-\n", "a few pieces\n", "going on\n", "the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film\n", "but they do n't fit well together and neither is well told .\n", "'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .\n", "beloved-major\n", "not in order\n", "a funny and touching film\n", ", and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .\n", "touching reflection\n", "long-winded\n", "it will warm your heart , and\n", "profound ethical and philosophical questions\n", "vaguely silly overkill\n", "the down-to-earth bullock and\n", "the fire burns out\n", "that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", "bv\n", "why it works\n", "pulling the rug\n", "in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion\n", "deserves more\n", ", memories and one fantastic visual trope\n", "people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "stud knockabout\n", "-lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb-\n", "zippy\n", "reportedly\n", "an autopsy\n", "establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis\n", "of a man with unimaginable demons\n", "take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters .\n", "acquired taste\n", "the worst kind of hubristic folly\n", "a dumb story\n", "cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought\n", "structuring\n", "a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds\n", "contribution\n", "with some powerful people\n", "expected to record with their mini dv\n", "it strikes hardest ... when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain .\n", "breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .\n", "about bad cinema\n", "but ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .\n", ", it 's pretty enjoyable\n", "but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ;\n", "sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse\n", "this turkey\n", "dark thriller\n", "underlines\n", "submerging\n", "are equally strange , and his for the taking\n", "half an hour of car chases\n", "a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by epps .\n", "its blair witch project real-time roots\n", "-lrb- ahola -rrb- has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .\n", "the most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover\n", "brits\n", "the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol\n", "her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant\n", "of me\n", "actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "alternately melancholic , hopeful and\n", "are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "the lion king and\n", "it looks good ,\n", "the very root\n", "high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \\/ marine\\/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue\n", "nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters\n", "fun cheese puff\n", "emphasizing\n", "love depraved\n", ", slow scenes\n", "`` inspired '' was a lot funnier\n", "to video-viewing\n", "some weird relative\n", "is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it\n", "too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could 've been an impacting film .\n", "through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "seek our tears , our sympathies\n", "not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another .\n", "hopes\n", "the tv series\n", "really , save your disgust and your indifference\n", "hard ,\n", "directorial touch\n", "because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy\n", "spend\n", "tour de\n", "a negligible british comedy .\n", "only yesterday\n", "wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own .\n", "to be looking at\n", "who has been there squirm with recognition\n", "subtle ironies and visual devices\n", "mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway\n", "set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival\n", "nutty , consistently funny .\n", "tragic\n", "is weak on detail and strong on personality\n", "one small pot\n", "the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap .\n", "who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", "each of them\n", "gives the film its oomph\n", "in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers\n", "windtalkers\n", "purpose\n", "admirer\n", "and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .\n", "the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain\n", "another breathless movie about same\n", "his role\n", "lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .\n", "not one moment\n", "who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship\n", "its sparse dialogue\n", "compelling film .\n", "fellow\n", "its limited welcome\n", "it 's obvious -lrb- je-gyu is -rrb- trying for poetry ;\n", "fever-pitched melodrama\n", "passes\n", "it is instructive\n", "the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .\n", "uses shifting points of view\n", "perry 's good and\n", "conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .\n", "it needs to be\n", "impish\n", "hilarious musical comedy\n", "no problem with `` difficult '' movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out\n", "the vehicle for chan\n", "fourth-rate\n", "it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "simmer\n", "put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals\n", "the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but\n", "the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry\n", "ingenuity\n", "do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved\n", "embarrassment .\n", "book-on-tape market\n", "just the labour\n", "peppered with false starts and\n", "than it might have been\n", "into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie\n", "turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head\n", "it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "the catch\n", "made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "this is n't a movie ;\n", "takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and\n", "an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary\n", "that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary\n", "rueful , wry humor\n", "even if you 're an elvis person\n", "made its original release date\n", "stuck to betty fisher and\n", "at once laughable and compulsively watchable\n", "an enjoyable above average summer diversion\n", "former nymphette juliette lewis\n", "innocence\n", "errol morris\n", "wooden\n", "suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons\n", "an energetic , violent movie\n", "teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy\n", "is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it\n", "phifer and black\n", "cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want\n", "baby-faced renner\n", "of the contemporary single woman\n", "open-faced\n", "see all year\n", "life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why\n", "of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film\n", "ving rhames and wesley snipes\n", "candid ,\n", "that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears\n", "brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .\n", "demme 's good films\n", "the reason for that\n", "for the entire family and one\n", "whole heap\n", "the movie 's messages are quite admirable ,\n", "post\n", "paradiso\n", "did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery\n", "useless\n", "without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative\n", "surprising highs ,\n", "crude film\n", "flirts with player masochism\n", "want to catch freaks as a matinee\n", "can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .\n", "closed-off nationalist reality\n", "neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .\n", "get top billing\n", "is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .\n", "a whole segment\n", "no worse\n", "some of the unsung heroes of 20th century\n", "spirals downward , and\n", "some profound social commentary\n", "into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "watching e.t\n", "beneath hearst 's forced avuncular chortles\n", "before the inevitable hollywood remake flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles\n", "the typical hollywood disregard\n", "the complexity\n", "a stale copy\n", "is n't as funny as you 'd hoped\n", "at its worst the screenplay is callow\n", "excitement\n", "at damaged people and\n", "only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch\n", "is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .\n", "falling over\n", "idealistic kid\n", "flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson\n", "surprisingly charming\n", "manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it .\n", "this thing is just garbage .\n", "its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case\n", "animation or\n", "spanish\n", "remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy\n", "having fun with it all\n", "if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why\n", "more heart\n", "the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low\n", "her friends image\n", "triangle\n", "to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener\n", "inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality\n", "a moving and weighty depiction\n", "the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react .\n", "bastards ,\n", "the first film i 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved\n", "the world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese .\n", "meaningless , vapid and devoid\n", "resemblance\n", "are sometimes bracing\n", "worthy of the price of a ticket\n", "welcome and\n", "begin to long for the end credits\n", "fuses\n", "is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio .\n", "to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude\n", "prone to\n", "century 's\n", "dani\n", "to make a classic theater piece\n", "just slapping extreme humor and\n", "stereotyped characters\n", "director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries\n", "supposed to be growing\n", "departments\n", "nice piece\n", "'s consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb\n", "gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .\n", "with a flourish\n", "singer-turned\n", "cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts\n", "does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films\n", "broca\n", "if there 's no art here\n", "of ` the king\n", "the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships\n", "by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "rare remakes\n", ", sadism and seeing people\n", "disarming\n", "'s quite an achievement\n", "this rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .\n", "the same old bad trip\n", "most annoying thing\n", "any thinking person is bound to appreciate\n", "the authority it 's looking for\n", "than the two-hour version released here in 1990\n", "a simple tale\n", "an odd but ultimately satisfying blend\n", "also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "is not `\n", "juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films .\n", "it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time .\n", "that can be said of the picture\n", "it pulls the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character\n", "deliberately\n", "his prime\n", "the moral shrapnel and\n", "waters\n", "leigh makes these lives count .\n", "historical panorama and roiling pathos\n", "grand as the lord of the rings\n", "writer\\/director walter hill is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable .\n", "known for\n", "about canadians\n", "de marcken and marilyn freeman\n", "a remarkable amount\n", "with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set\n", "have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", "hit their marks\n", "greedy\n", "comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .\n", "her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original ,\n", "unrelated\n", "you could love safe conduct -lrb- laissez passer -rrb- for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long .\n", "a fully realized story\n", "`` big trouble ''\n", "`` a christmas carol ''\n", "just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm\n", "becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters .\n", "school experience\n", "the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man\n", "light -lrb- yet unsentimental -rrb- touch\n", "other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas\n", "part history\n", "and mind-numbing indifference\n", "what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism\n", "charm and\n", "referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal\n", "takes one character we do n't like and another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny .\n", "is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture\n", "when he falls about ten feet onto his head\n", ", soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .\n", "style , text , and subtext\n", "for a howlingly trashy time\n", "from hundreds of other films\n", "stuck\n", "it 's tough to watch\n", "is labored\n", "the bard 's immortal plays\n", "appear foolish and shallow\n", "the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes -lrb- of which they 'll get plenty -rrb-\n", "may not be particularly innovative\n", "james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon\n", "has no point and\n", "to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights\n", "to pause\n", "than his wife is\n", "should seem impossible\n", "tinseltown 's\n", "physical demands\n", "the director 's experiment\n", "oddity\n", "be played out in any working class community in the nation\n", "gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot\n", "other than the very sluggish pace\n", "by `` project greenlight '' winner\n", "have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting .\n", "in gorgeous visuals\n", "explicit detail\n", "without any of the pretension associated with the term\n", "thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic\n", "from any plympton film\n", "find compelling\n", "of artistic collaboration\n", "for a terrifying film\n", "called `` jar-jar binks : the movie\n", "elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm\n", "the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent\n", "at the same time\n", "the logic\n", "a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school\n", "ludicrous and\n", "no fewer than five\n", "smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .\n", "of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "is all menace and atmosphere .\n", "to the rhythms of life\n", "self-aware movies\n", "any other interchangeable\n", "frequent flurries\n", "light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy\n", "'re going to face frightening late fees\n", "i shamelessly enjoyed it\n", "takes you there .\n", "for that reason\n", "their incessant whining\n", "like this movie a lot\n", "`` abandon ''\n", "a film with contemporary political resonance\n", "on ,\n", "a possible argentine american beauty reeks\n", "the enemy to never shoot straight\n", "starring wesley snipes\n", "think about percentages all day\n", "disappointed\n", "mattei 's\n", "is actually one of its strengths .\n", "properly spooky film\n", "is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality .\n", "myopic\n", "it 's a pleasurable trifle\n", "evans '\n", "so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance\n", "dreary tale\n", "an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending\n", "competence\n", "governmental\n", "law\n", "'s not good with people\n", "to trounce its overly comfortable trappings\n", "medical school\n", "with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .\n", "dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "howard and his co-stars all\n", ", it might work better .\n", "least bit mesmerizing\n", ", they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting .\n", "to eclipse the original\n", "stands out from the pack\n", "conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb-\n", "recent successes\n", "the humor would have been fast and furious\n", "dead circus performer '' funny\n", "music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", "to be a bit of a cheat in the end\n", "about something is an amicable endeavor .\n", "a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone\n", "the less\n", "feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap ,\n", "hoot\n", "with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect\n", "enormously good fun\n", "moving essay\n", "a small star\n", "quintessential bollywood\n", "then it caved in\n", "one of the smarter offerings the horror genre\n", "hammy at times\n", "kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and\n", "improves upon the original hit movie\n", "bring kissinger\n", "inspiring or insightful\n", "but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr. de niro .\n", "may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "daft by half\n", ", sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .\n", "ensemble movies , like soap operas ,\n", "the integrity\n", "a movie with depth\n", "relating history\n", "been patched in from an episode of miami vice\n", "of modern life\n", "it is for angelique\n", "lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving .\n", "two actresses\n", "get into the history books before he croaks\n", "of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot\n", "of a very lively dream\n", ", melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears\n", "mind all this contrived nonsense a bit\n", "those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves .\n", "bisset is both convincing and radiant\n", "director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline\n", "a minor-league soccer remake of the longest yard .\n", "director phillip\n", "the serious weight\n", "while dark water is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .\n", "their small-budget film\n", "in its laid-back way\n", "helps to remind the first world that hiv\\/aids is far from being yesterday 's news\n", ", it actually hurts to watch .\n", "real sense\n", "what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "intacto\n", "stereotypical caretakers\n", "cat 's\n", "gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it\n", "the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot .\n", "adrenaline\n", "wrong hands\n", "to make movies\n", "clean-cut\n", "been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "reminds us of our own responsibility\n", "affecting at times\n", "its origins in an anne rice novel\n", "this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece ,\n", "an honest , sensitive story\n", "my problem with the movie 's final half hour\n", "billy joe\n", "your ice-t 's\n", "director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline ,\n", "is now\n", "of all things pokemon\n", "becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship\n", "doubt\n", "for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression .\n", "a sappy , preachy one at that\n", "the enigmatic features\n", "wave films\n", "duties\n", "gussied up\n", "the characters ,\n", "so much fun\n", "gilmore\n", "with the casting of juliette binoche\n", "consume\n", "build-up\n", "biggest disappointments\n", "still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and\n", "as any scorsese has ever given us\n", "is n't much to it\n", "political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country\n", "maggie smith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank\n", "smash 'em - up\n", "backdrop\n", "out of goofy brits\n", "with a zippy jazzy score\n", "becoming too cute\n", ", and resonant\n", "ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .\n", "lives .\n", "epic four-hour indian musical\n", "inelegant\n", "illustrates\n", "with windtalkers\n", "processor\n", "cracking up or\n", ", unexplainable life\n", "trappings right\n", "two tedious\n", "may seriously impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman .\n", "of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse\n", "loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money .\n", "doubles\n", "who is cletis tout ?\n", "roll .\n", "end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that\n", "the other\n", "you have left the theatre\n", "the travails of metropolitan life\n", "a script credited to no fewer than five writers\n", "a bad improvisation exercise\n", ", but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ?\n", "are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent\n", "`` us '' versus `` them ''\n", "its social and political potential\n", "to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing\n", "as the movie 's set\n", "cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made\n", "sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth\n", "a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties\n", "that should be relegated to a dark video store corner\n", "culled\n", "he and his improbably forbearing wife\n", "feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel\n", "the still-inestimable contribution\n", "another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...\n", "you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .\n", "many of the points\n", "the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances\n", "the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you wo n't be disappointed .\n", "despite all the closed-door hanky-panky\n", "except for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain\n", "is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues\n", "make it an above-average thriller .\n", "of spielberg\n", "colorful look\n", "a minimal appreciation\n", "engaging ,\n", "that you can dance to\n", "a poky and\n", "the slow , lingering death\n", "anxious\n", "a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .\n", "of personality\n", "a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama\n", "is a film for the under-7 crowd .\n", "a moving story of determination and the human spirit .\n", "talk down to them\n", ", this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .\n", "as dramatic\n", "it 's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages .\n", "a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear\n", "for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre\n", "hide the liberal use of a body double\n", "enough salt\n", "a moment\n", "the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .\n", "ingenious and often\n", "based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior\n", "occupation\n", "the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable\n", "it to be better and more successful than it is\n", "moving along at a brisk , amusing pace\n", "for vincent 's complaint\n", "born\n", "i saw it as a young boy\n", "whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .\n", "of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone\n", "summertime look-see\n", "tuba-playing dwarf\n", "to anyone\n", "with passion and energy\n", "a knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth\n", "meet them\n", "temple script\n", "when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned\n", "the film , which very 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jack city\n", "is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors\n", "patch adams quietly freaking out\n", "word-of-mouth reviews\n", "imitating art\n", ", but what it needs\n", "has too much on its plate\n", "by david koepp\n", "therapeutic zap\n", "incorporate\n", "makin ' a fool of himself\n", "personally , i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet .\n", "a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole\n", "feel weird \\/ thinking about all the bad things in the world \\/ like puppies with broken legs \\/ and butterflies that die \\/ and movies starring pop queens\n", "is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .\n", "despite its mainland setting\n", "the vulgarity\n", "enter and accept another world\n", "is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten\n", "overly convenient\n", "much about k-19\n", "heartbreak and\n", "make it work\n", "with a hint of humor\n", "been more fun than it is in nine queens\n", "a product of its cinematic predecessors\n", "confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary\n", "dylan kidd\n", "'s most improbable feat\n", "wasp matron\n", "overused cocktail\n", "all about lily chou-chou\n", "bland blank\n", "of the situation\n", "woodman\n", "provides a strong itch to explore more\n", "the lengths\n", "decent draft\n", "great cinematic polemic\n", "you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week\n", "try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment .\n", "a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "for a great film noir\n", "rollerball\n", "us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him\n", "fresh and dramatically substantial spin\n", "a bit cloying\n", "there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations\n", "is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "the darkness\n", "gigantic\n", "musical comedy\n", "annie\n", "some hippie\n", "a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee .\n", "the third feels limited by its short running time\n", "crisis\n", "of partners functions\n", "resident\n", "emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to liyan 's backyard .\n", "if you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama , it ai n't half-bad .\n", "a defeated but defiant nation\n", "without making him any less psycho\n", "loud , chaotic\n", "bestowed\n", "the middle of chicago 's south side\n", "common-man artist\n", "is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching\n", "is worse\n", "entertaining ride\n", "love-struck somebodies\n", "of a particularly nightmarish fairytale\n", "topical\n", "a disappointingly thin slice\n", "you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride\n", "called an example of the haphazardness of evil\n", "match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .\n", "is little else to recommend `` never again\n", "of man\n", "good thriller .\n", "gentle comedy\n", "relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .\n", "in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings\n", "arrogant richard pryor wannabe\n", "a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out\n", "it has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .\n", "-- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '\n", "portrait\n", "do at keeping themselves kicking\n", "this heist flick\n", "than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album\n", "a set of heartfelt performances\n", "either despair or consolation\n", "cho\n", "made , but does n't generate a lot of tension\n", "which contributed to it\n", "have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it\n", "characteristically complex\n", "and in a sense , that 's a liability .\n", "awake\n", "is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form\n", "even if you 've seen `` stomp ''\n", "most genuinely sweet films\n", "'s hardly a necessary enterprise .\n", "provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1.2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza .\n", "a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess\n", "goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice\n", "it 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but\n", "eisenhower\n", ", trenchant ,\n", "on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored\n", "recognizably plympton\n", "an exhausting family drama\n", "gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times\n", "a slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits ,\n", "bring kissinger 's record into question and\n", "seems to have recharged him .\n", "should n't have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie\n", "'ve seen this summer\n", "fontaine\n", "face your fears\n", "it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls\n", "it interested\n", "the results are far more alienating than involving .\n", "own style\n", "chuck\n", "considers\n", "hallucinatory dreamscape\n", "i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material ,\n", "the book-on-tape market\n", "swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus\n", "dunst 's\n", "168-minute\n", "impact and moments\n", "helping hand\n", "its title an afterthought\n", "and choppy recycling\n", "has the feel of a summer popcorn movie .\n", "fails on its own ,\n", "an ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation .\n", "has neither\n", "- been-told-a\n", "just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .\n", "by bad writing\n", "earn her share of the holiday box office pie\n", "easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films\n", "a fish-out-of-water gag\n", "comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited\n", "a film that clearly means to\n", "still feels counterproductive\n", "equal parts\n", "the constrictive eisenhower era about one\n", "exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake 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not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist\n", "believable performances\n", "a well-executed spy-thriller .\n", "gestalt\n", "has never been more charming than in about a boy .\n", "leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh\n", "challenging '\n", "dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick\n", "deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still\n", "an apology\n", "recommend it\n", "when they were in high school\n", "stallion\n", "it fails\n", "much of a story\n", "-rrb- combination\n", "weighs down\n", "in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "overwhelming sadness\n", "interesting cinematic devices\n", "sucking you in\n", "oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy\n", "totally unexpected directions\n", "a simple tale of an unlikely friendship\n", "punchlines\n", "does the field no favors\n", "more than enough sentimental\n", "of gosling\n", "sugarman\n", "about a teen in love with his stepmom\n", "inspired the movie\n", "colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor .\n", "its course\n", "acts\n", "after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .\n", "i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry !\n", "hearts\n", "the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man\n", "times , all\n", "the best korean film\n", "if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational\n", "seller smart women\n", "middle-aged woman\n", "pantheon\n", "resembles this year 's version of tomcats\n", "cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly\n", "labours as storytelling\n", "after the final frame\n", "than their consequences\n", "biting off such a big job the first 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baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''\n", "with fondness and respect\n", "self-deprecating level\n", "mr. nachtwey\n", "older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "analyze that , '\n", "the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents\n", "watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting\n", "bias\n", "star trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy .\n", "say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved\n", ", still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .\n", "an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie .\n", "fiascos\n", "realizes\n", "any noir villain\n", "marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .\n", "tormentor\n", "as the desert does for rain\n", "shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film\n", "humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be\n", "a little like chewing whale blubber\n", "a cinephile 's\n", "he had actually done\n", "a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother .\n", "transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama\n", "gives these women\n", "is a slight and uninventive movie\n", ", i 'll buy the criterion dvd .\n", "a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits\n", "to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they\n", "stereotypical one\n", "ai n't art\n", "about the event\n", "igby\n", "i saw this movie\n", "have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles\n", "zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but against all odds , nothing does\n", "national psyche\n", "while -lrb- roman coppola -rrb- scores points for style\n", "one ,\n", "the second commercial break\n", "might be one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people .\n", "suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject\n", "an alternative\n", "swooning melodrama\n", "remain interested , or at least conscious\n", "recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris\n", "this piece\n", "reenacting\n", "a distance\n", "brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .\n", "an america\n", "going to happen\n", "far\n", "the otherwise calculated artifice\n", "rampant adultery\n", "christian parents\n", "nothing good\n", "leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending\n", "going to a house party\n", "who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach\n", "hate yourself\n", "feel sanitised and stagey .\n", "of abstract guilt\n", "the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels\n", "a frightening and compelling `\n", "there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but it is not what is on the screen .\n", "bring their characters\n", "mothers\n", "fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix .\n", "feels cheated\n", "bought from telemarketers\n", ", shooting or post-production stages\n", "on the former mtv series\n", "that about most\n", "tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers\n", "in saigon in 1952\n", "the one thing this wild film has that other imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .\n", "does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past .\n", "impassive\n", "the last exit from brooklyn\n", "hour , dissipated length .\n", "a longtime tolkien fan\n", "should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", "hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to\n", "thank me\n", "would you have done to survive ?\n", "ride through nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego\n", "push on through the slow spots\n", "for the quirky\n", "its gags and observations\n", "alan warner novel\n", "from happiness\n", "flat , misguided comedy .\n", "on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid\n", "reedy\n", "a couple of times\n", "fantastic performance\n", "this is n't a stand up and cheer flick ; it 's a sit down and ponder affair\n", "the unsung heroes of 20th century\n", "could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .\n", "new `` a christmas carol ''\n", "half the fun\n", "make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "primary colors\n", "present\n", "proposal\n", "is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine\n", "conspiracies\n", "found writer-director mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going\n", "his people\n", "its intelligence and intensity\n", "pipe dream\n", "plasma\n", "a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier\n", "saturday matinee\n", "to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood\n", "a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway\n", "claims so many lives around her\n", "pertinent and\n", "silly-looking\n", "numbing action sequence\n", "have no problem with `` difficult '' movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out .\n", "happens to send you off 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with a lower i.q. than when i had entered\n", "my father\n", "spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels\n", "dropped me back in my seat\n", "right-wing\n", "notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl\n", "the 51st power\n", "especially --\n", "shanghai ghetto , much stranger than any fiction ,\n", "a film that plays things so nice\n", "all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom\n", "errol\n", "the utter authority\n", "wildcard experience\n", "in treading the line between sappy and sanguine\n", "grinds itself\n", "you will likely enjoy this monster\n", "liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes\n", "undeniably gorgeous , terminally\n", "emotional resonance\n", "19th-century\n", "dark ,\n", "neatly\n", "as steady\n", "an ambitious movie that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off .\n", "an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula\n", "elegantly\n", "each\n", "watch with kids\n", "degenerating\n", "the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and\n", "the most wondrous love story\n", "the bloated costume drama\n", "to the big screen\n", "smooth\n", "the prism\n", "'re often\n", "fleeting joys\n", "lurking around the corner ,\n", "this movie wo n't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career\n", "but none of which amounts to much of a story\n", "portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue\n", "gives everyone something\n", "like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous ,\n", "paced parable of renewal .\n", "'s a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all\n", "from many a hollywood romance\n", "surefire casting\n", "the film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod .\n", "into his narrative\n", "small film\n", "streamed across its borders\n", "surprisingly buoyant\n", "too silly to take seriously .\n", "11 times too many\n", "it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear\n", "a minor miracle\n", "his twin brother ,\n", "casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean\n", "'s so not-at-all-good\n", "exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity\n", "a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "enough to stave off doldrums\n", "bring you into the characters\n", "this seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done .\n", "has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that 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amy 's career success -lrb- she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb- , and amy 's neuroses when it comes to men\n", "this charming but slight tale has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed .\n", "sluggish pacing\n", "hole-ridden plotting\n", "wife communicating\n", "with a questioning heart\n", "a lunar mission\n", "create characters out of the obvious cliches\n", "shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic\n", "farrelly brothers comedy\n", "to shriek\n", "if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too\n", "generates little narrative momentum ,\n", "merges bits and pieces\n", "portrays\n", "being insightful\n", "a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or\n", "as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt\n", "if it begins with the name of star wars\n", "is still good fun\n", "ferrera -rrb-\n", "'s unfortunate that wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , 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self-promoter\n", "and onscreen personas\n", "on the subcontinent\n", "uncharismatically\n", "-- journalistic or historical\n", "the acting , for the most part ,\n", "tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did .\n", "thoroughly enjoyable\n", "'s so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary\n", "dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma\n", "the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and\n", "a seriously intended movie\n", "this movie 's\n", "grown-ups\n", "is art imitating life or life imitating art\n", "of action\n", "improved upon the first\n", "of the poor and the dispossessed\n", "move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel\n", "an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .\n", "rescue -lrb- the funk brothers -rrb- from motown 's shadows\n", "to make you think about existential suffering\n", "is ingenious fun .\n", "hold our interest\n", "the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously\n", "change .\n", "when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story\n", "the papin sister\n", "may take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but\n", "of relentlessly nasty situations\n", "poetically states at one point in this movie that we `` do n't care about the truth\n", "arnold\n", "if you answered yes , by all means\n", "once emotional and\n", "is mostly unsurprising\n", "christmas rolls around\n", "designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting\n", "a film to be taken literally on any level\n", "conrad l. hall 's\n", "is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy\n", "especially sorvino\n", "will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination\n", "so goofy all the time\n", "pale\n", "trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible .\n", "richly detailed , deftly executed and\n", "a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw\n", "turning one man 's triumph of will\n", "behaviour\n", "the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film\n", "to lighten the heavy subject matter\n", ": the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .\n", "is the project 's prime mystery\n", "truly deserving of its oscar nomination\n", "a small movie with a big heart .\n", "its new england characters ,\n", "computer\n", "a gawky actor\n", "teens only .\n", "he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences\n", "that 's occasionally shaken by\n", "minor\n", "the fourth in a series that i 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped !\n", "counter-cultural idealism\n", "contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin .\n", "any flaws\n", "- good camp\n", "with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger\n", "suspenseful argentinian thriller\n", "bertrand tavernier 's\n", "have to give them credit for : the message of the movie\n", "is told almost entirely from david 's point of view\n", "amounts of beautiful movement and inside information\n", "is a big letdown\n", "the film 's problems\n", "movie-specific\n", "without becoming too cute about 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first\n", "a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- ,\n", "awful movie\n", "boston\n", "it has you study them\n", "ransacks\n", "feels like a book report\n", "zoom !\n", "exceedingly rare\n", "be a sucker for its charms\n", "exotic surface\n", "savvy ad man\n", "the performances are often engaging\n", "insufficiently\n", "sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister\n", "justifies its own existence\n", "bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma .\n", "championship\n", "orson welles '\n", "everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced\n", "bonus feature\n", "the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout\n", "much more successful\n", "hare\n", "austin powers\n", "leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated\n", "are terribly\n", "a whole lot more\n", "a psychological breakdown\n", "humor and heart and\n", "is the heart and soul of cinema\n", "that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "omniscient\n", "like rudy yellow lodge\n", "the gentle comic treatment\n", "dramatically substantial\n", "by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches\n", "others do n't ,\n", "innuendo to fil\n", "might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted .\n", "the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .\n", ", it does so without compromising that complexity .\n", "alice 's\n", "the true intent\n", "compassionately\n", "unexpected , and often contradictory\n", "a portrait of an artist .\n", "skip to another review\n", "honored\n", "comic chiller\n", "establishing a time and place\n", "no pastry is violated\n", "marker\n", "at you\n", "96\n", "assured ,\n", "a cold-hearted curmudgeon\n", "in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications\n", "celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .\n", "exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and\n", "solving one problem\n", "a storyline\n", "burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown\n", "responsibility\n", "coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching .\n", "really bad blair witch project\n", "a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", "stainton\n", "adaptation is simply brilliant .\n", "transforms one\n", "enough emotional resonance or variety of incident\n", "by one of its writers , john c. walsh\n", "dishonest and\n", "interfaith understanding\n", "as intelligent\n", "of whom\n", "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\n", "a monster movie for the art-house crowd\n", "more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run\n", "a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict\n", "i 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point .\n", "as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard\n", "a must\n", "tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run ,\n", "to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation\n", "fairy tales\n", "half-hour cartoons\n", "wannabe comedy\n", "taken in large doses\n", "that it 's actually watchable\n", "the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble .\n", "blow\n", "find an unblinking , flawed humanity\n", "nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .\n", "`` black austin\n", "pencil sharpener\n", "have been room for the war scenes\n", "although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick\n", "has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side\n", "characterizations to be mildly amusing .\n", "is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer .\n", "ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .\n", "complex international terrorism\n", "says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense .\n", "is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking\n", "to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something 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"entertainments\n", "some motion pictures\n", "red herring surroundings\n", "awe and affection --\n", "self-promotion ends and the truth begins\n", "are very , very good reasons for certain movies\n", "bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton\n", "a very valuable film\n", "every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .\n", "moisture\n", "its one-sidedness ... flirts with propaganda\n", "scary and\n", "the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies\n", "'' episode\n", "regret and , ultimately ,\n", "gunfire and cell phones\n", "to keep us\n", "writer-director randall wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew\n", "unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it\n", "the laziness and arrogance\n", "most screwy thing\n", "have been more\n", "humble , teach and ultimately\n", "is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing\n", "create ultimate thrills\n", "truths\n", "a film that are still looking for a common through-line\n", "into the scarifying\n", "there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them .\n", "we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .\n", "this is a heartfelt story\n", "a neat twist\n", "without ballast tanks\n", "a memorable experience\n", "desperation and cinematic deception\n", "you 'll just have your head in your hands wondering why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery .\n", "some members of the audience\n", "about performances\n", "lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things\n", "the story and theme make up for it\n", "miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted 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brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life .\n", "hard-hitting\n", "laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser\n", "mandel holland 's direction is uninspired ,\n", "a whip-smart sense\n", "justify\n", "a little too much resonance\n", "for hours\n", "all that great to begin with\n", "surfing\n", "his usual bad boy weirdo role\n", "buoyant , expressive flow\n", "but death to smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end .\n", "cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation -lrb- career - kids = misery -rrb- in tiresome romantic-comedy duds .\n", "who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "3 hours\n", "for a film about explosions and death and spies , `` ballistic : ecks vs. sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .\n", "examines general issues of race and justice among the poor\n", "for redemption\n", "in-depth\n", "keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave 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the second great war .\n", "of the movie 's charm\n", "fun and enjoyable\n", "have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her\n", "whole enterprise\n", "of woolf and clarissa dalloway\n", "rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society ? 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with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .\n", "had a time machine and\n", "suspense , surprise and\n", "fallible human beings ,\n", "a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three\n", "springs to life\n", "idiotic and ugly\n", "squandering\n", "a culture in conflict\n", "like igby .\n", "interplay and utter lack\n", "a role that ford effortlessly filled with authority\n", "friends will be friends through thick and thin\n", "a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .\n", "this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .\n", "are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence\n", "the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "of the dynamic he 's dissecting\n", "both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times\n", "bedknobs and broomsticks , '' which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "to make his english-language debut with a film\n", "you would n't want to live waydowntown , but\n", "breaking out , and\n", "small-budget\n", "foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill .\n", "to pack raw dough in my ears\n", "but the actors make this worth a peek .\n", "he can\n", "have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .\n", "if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is\n", "induces a kind of abstract guilt ,\n", "those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way\n", "decent but dull .\n", "some of the back-story is a little tired\n", "ultimately ... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .\n", "harvesting purposes\n", "that even its target audience talked all the way through it\n", "claw\n", "as an entertainment destination for the general public , kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .\n", "have anything really interesting to say\n", "cheat\n", "does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "angela gheorghiu\n", "the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang ,\n", "epic treatment\n", "is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be\n", "because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low - budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp through horror and hellish conditions .\n", "brutally honest documentary\n", "the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative\n", "of its footage\n", "mr. audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .\n", "so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things\n", "as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon\n", "much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "intermezzo strain\n", ", but differently\n", "too many contrivances\n", "'s done\n", "creating a more darkly\n", "phone commercial\n", "enjoyable in its own right\n", "one saving grace\n", ", todd solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families .\n", "their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle\n", "small moments\n", "its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .\n", "murder by numbers -rrb-\n", "berkeley\n", "enter and\n", "was fundamentally unknowable\n", "a bigger-name cast\n", "nutty cliches\n", "a week to live\n", "predictable as the tides\n", "i have to put up with 146 minutes of it\n", "it 's not a bad plot ; but ,\n", "surrounding them\n", "the mind to enter and accept another world\n", "none of the sheer lust\n", "coming through\n", "hairdo\n", "of the burning man ethos\n", "has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one\n", "cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home\n", "stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and\n", "the dots\n", "so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar\n", "wholly believable and heart-wrenching\n", "retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode\n", "make love a joy to behold\n", "it may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ?\n", "charged music to the ears of cho 's fans\n", "penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship .\n", "fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time\n", "the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard\n", "adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying\n", ", stylized sequences\n", "masochism\n", "was vile enough\n", "uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated\n", "older\n", "wasting\n", "an engrossing portrait\n", "-- or , worse yet , nonexistent --\n", "predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch ,\n", "emulates\n", "patting people\n", "directs\n", "101\n", "not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .\n", "itinerant\n", "disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other john woo flick for that matter\n", "the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema\n", "is undone by his pretensions .\n", "one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness\n", "really gives the film its oomph\n", "for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh\n", "picture that illustrates an american tragedy\n", "regurgitates and waters\n", "davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .\n", "then blood work is for you .\n", "it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama\n", "that does n't\n", "would gobble in dolby digital stereo\n", "ever wanted to be an astronaut\n", "vulgarity , sex scenes , and\n", "it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and\n", "saccharine as\n", "animated movies\n", "were it a macy 's thanksgiving day parade balloon\n", "'s a feel movie .\n", "it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .\n", "a cold movie\n", "sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir\n", "one man 's quest to be president\n", "its agenda\n", "'s one tough rock .\n", "at all the wrong moments\n", "particularly well made\n", "of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique\n", "ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed\n", "would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .\n", "surrender\n", "i ca n't say this enough\n", "to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout\n", "star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink\n", "melodramas\n", "the psychological and philosophical material in italics\n", "what sets\n", "is a mess from start to finish\n", "a sterling film - a cross between boys do n't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made .\n", "the economics\n", "ministers and bible-study groups\n", "texan director george ratliff\n", "want to call domino 's\n", "they sometimes still can be made\n", "sputters\n", "were , well ,\n", "for younger kids\n", "brings out the allegory with remarkable skill\n", "have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not\n", "from venus\n", "full-frontal\n", "it 's not like 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unnecessary subplots\n", ", quietly vulnerable personality\n", "conscience reason\n", "filled with more holes than clyde barrow 's car\n", "the historical , philosophical , and\n", "realize , much to our dismay ,\n", "the recording sessions are intriguing , and\n", "the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism\n", "these two literary figures , and\n", "a movie that seems\n", "hey , happy !\n", "spielberg 's\n", "savour\n", "the latest eccentric\n", "missed opportunities .\n", "of memento\n", "shrewd but\n", "nike ad\n", "smarter and much\n", "in the broiling sun for a good three days\n", "tortured , dull artist\n", "same vein\n", "puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers\n", "the film is well-crafted and this one is\n", "there 's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .\n", "concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "what in creation is going on\n", "a tough-man contest\n", "'ll need a stronger stomach than us\n", "were aware of\n", "of sexual obsession\n", "its welcome as tryingly as the title character\n", "the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character\n", "uma\n", "hustling on view\n", "any other john woo\n", "afford\n", "camera movements\n", "good girl\n", "lisping\n", "summer-camp talent show\n", "it ca n't escape its past ,\n", "romanced\n", "a third-person story\n", "with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present\n", "by heart\n", "from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing\n", "part biography ,\n", "retiring heart to venture forth\n", "have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed\n", "has little wit and no surprises\n", "for a murder mystery\n", "be coasting\n", "guest\n", "overladen with plot conceits\n", "unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot\n", "celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity ,\n", "mixes in as much humor as pathos\n", "very good -lrb- but not great -rrb- movie\n", "may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar\n", "of maternal instincts\n", "emailed him point-to-point driving directions\n", "improve\n", "the dutiful efforts\n", "to be an attempt at hardass american\n", "compromise\n", "might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog\n", "own twist\n", "elevated\n", "could hate it for the same reason\n", "too difficult\n", "of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box\n", "scooby-doo\n", "hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "a ` very sneaky ' butler\n", "reassuring , retro uplifter .\n", "builds up\n", "works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once\n", "to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes\n", "a touch\n", "far-fetched premise , convoluted plot\n", "actress and director\n", "seems a prostituted muse ...\n", "thin\n", "be too busy\n", "the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining\n", "subject\n", "feels the dimming of a certain ambition ,\n", "flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "conventional way\n", "`` glory ''\n", "some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory\n", "familiar but\n", "starts slowly , but\n", "going where no man has gone before\n", "cribbing\n", "from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale\n", "that if the filmmakers just follow the books\n", "of middle-aged romance\n", "cheeks\n", "broder 's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .\n", "a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny\n", "use a few good laughs\n", "why film criticism can be considered work\n", "lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned .\n", "of golf clubs over one shoulder\n", "gives an intriguing twist\n", "-lrb- goldbacher -rrb-\n", "the way we are\n", "the gifted pearce on hand\n", "i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .\n", "a terrific screenplay and\n", "his games of hide-and-seek\n", "in death to smoochy\n", "religious\n", "show us the world they love and make\n", "of the country\n", "report card\n", "becomes a fang-baring lullaby\n", "memorable film\n", "does n't reach them\n", "you 're in for a painful ride .\n", "a puzzling\n", "used the emigre experience\n", "unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains\n", "trust\n", "pressure\n", "could young romantics out on a date\n", "their scripts\n", "hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .\n", "the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books\n", "than lumps of coal\n", ", this film 's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .\n", "an asian landscape painting\n", "the bollywood films\n", "the entire point of a shaggy dog story ,\n", "yvan attal\n", "encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation\n", "of its sparse dialogue\n", "a loop\n", "for naught\n", "watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through .\n", "to confuse\n", "us love it , too .\n", "your pulse ever racing\n", "curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait\n", "which is its subject\n", ", it 's a conundrum not worth solving .\n", "it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though ,\n", "unpersuasive\n", "works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .\n", "is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this\n", "of the nature\\/nurture argument in regards\n", "stretches\n", "even lower-wit\n", "no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers\n", "youngsters\n", "lin chung 's\n", "channel fans\n", "to be a new yorker -- or , really ,\n", "glass 's\n", "been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book\n", "exploitation piece\n", "that pg-13 rating\n", "create characters out\n", "'s dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous\n", "feels rigged and sluggish\n", "will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors\n", "also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues\n", "somebody else\n", "kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering\n", "skins has a desolate air\n", "social texture and realism\n", "gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls .\n", "then you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees .\n", "made but uninvolving\n", "repugnance\n", "earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear\n", "offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates\n", "hollywood , success ,\n", "for a common through-line\n", "like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .\n", "talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing .\n", "is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail .\n", "'ll probably run out screaming\n", "to pore over\n", "a conversation starter\n", "social critics\n", "ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff\n", "connect-the-dots\n", "the cadence\n", "the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel .\n", "the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor\n", "very mild\n", "to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack\n", "the ` are\n", "this starts off with a 1950 's doris day feel\n", "is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them\n", "a way\n", "offers instead\n", "billy\n", "cinematic canon\n", "'s also uninspired ,\n", "eight crazy nights\n", "is delightful in the central role\n", "rewrite\n", "flies out the window\n", "directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .\n", "a hole in your head\n", "simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have -lrb- and probably should have -rrb- been a lighthearted comedy\n", "are made of little moments .\n", "for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope\n", "from the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together\n", "study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture\n", "of a therapy-dependent flakeball\n", "the bull\n", "as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success .\n", "first question to ask about bad company\n", "a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16 .\n", "slow down\n", "to no good\n", "most daring , and\n", "disorienting\n", "downright movie penance\n", "bombshell\n", "'s truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible .\n", "this amiable picture\n", "engage and\n", "has something to say\n", "'s hard to stop watching\n", "ou 've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane .\n", "exists only\n", "a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone\n", "a film of delicate interpersonal\n", "may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .\n", "it reveals\n", "its huckster lapel\n", "bromides and\n", "with freeman and judd\n", "enough flourishes and freak-outs\n", "scratching your head in amazement over the fact\n", "the quiet american is n't a bad film\n", "ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay .\n", "always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "'s as hard to classify as it is hard to resist\n", "longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie\n", "twirling his hair on his finger\n", "the fantastic and the believable\n", "just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting .\n", "good performances and\n", "like ballistic : ecks vs. sever , were made for the palm screen\n", "enjoyable big movie\n", "but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .\n", "what a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted .\n", "appropriate the structure\n", "bitter and less mature\n", "energetic stunt sequences\n", "of these days\n", "animal planet documentary series\n", "reasonably intelligent\n", "the lightweight female empowerment\n", "i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :\n", "do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks\n", "is too often\n", "tender movements\n", "as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had\n", "to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing\n", "right film\n", "respites\n", "should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel .\n", "the most part a useless movie ,\n", "carefully nuanced\n", "they do n't understand\n", "fit for filling in during the real nba 's off-season\n", "uneven film\n", "themselves and their clients\n", "ms. birot 's film\n", ", rain is the far superior film .\n", "both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser\n", "has a good bark ,\n", "that hollywood expects people to pay to see it\n", "gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people\n", "the finest kind\n", "cute by half\n", "persuades you , with every scene\n", "only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them\n", "my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .\n", "if damon and affleck attempt 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romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .\n", ", somnambulant exercise\n", "be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough .\n", "for great cinema\n", "will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach\n", "had been tightened\n", "sweet spot\n", "salt-of-the-earth\n", "is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted\n", "an iraqi factory\n", "a very talented but underutilized supporting cast\n", "like lint in a fat man 's navel\n", "a deceptively casual ode\n", "sarah michelle gellar in the philadelphia story\n", "of post-adolescent electra rebellion\n", "this silly little cartoon\n", "a watch that makes time go faster rather than\n", ", '' it 's not .\n", "unorthodox , abstract approach\n", "played too skewed to ever get a hold on\n", "it makes me feel weird \\/ thinking about all the bad things in the world \\/ like 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"that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears\n", "its worst harangues\n", "would imply\n", "never growing old\n", "the vampire chronicles\n", "jewish ww ii\n", "needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .\n", "much of the action\n", "drug jokes\n", "work much better as a one-hour tv documentary\n", ", satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24\\/7 .\n", "a must-see\n", ", mesmerizing\n", "entrepreneurial zeal\n", "a bland animated sequel that\n", "bland murder-on-campus\n", "if -lrb- jaglom 's -rrb- latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing .\n", "newsreels\n", "competent , unpretentious entertainment\n", "continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover\n", "posits\n", "clever line\n", "... either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you 're not .\n", "own considerable achievement\n", "wastes its time\n", "should drop everything and run to ichi .\n", "labored gentility\n", "at 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer .\n", "plays as dramatic\n", "despairingly\n", "of suffocation\n", "bold presentation\n", "harry &\n", "gripping portrait\n", "camera moves\n", "paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and\n", "exhibitionism\n", "what remains\n", "for the non-fan\n", "igby goes\n", "on me\n", "these ambitions , laudable in themselves\n", "that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", "we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .\n", "a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached\n", "a smug and convoluted action-comedy that does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie .\n", "photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic\n", "it gets harder and harder to understand her choices\n", "yorkers\n", "shatner\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .\n", ", welcome to collinwood never catches fire .\n", "two guys\n", "steven seagal\n", "the performances are all solid ;\n", "from reaching happiness\n", "spend your benjamins on a matinee .\n", "it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .\n", "readings\n", "to get the audience to buy just\n", "their characters\n", "ransacks its archives\n", "did n't hollywood\n", "has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "evocative imagery\n", 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"30-year\n", "-lrb- the film 's -rrb- taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers\n", "despite downplaying her good looks\n", "in recent cinematic history\n", "the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "the lack of linearity\n", "soulless\n", "is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in\n", "it 's a movie that gets under your skin .\n", "it has fun with the quirks of family life\n", "summer x games\n", "'s not all new\n", "for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it -\n", "the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story\n", "is grisly\n", "interference\n", "the mediterranean sparkles\n", "an infomercial\n", "bourgeois\n", "been there squirm with recognition\n", "the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "the comic opportunities richly rewarded\n", "a very familiar tale , one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - , indian - , russian - and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages\n", "cavorting\n", "european gay movies\n", "and uninspired .\n", "to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting\n", "the margin\n", "mexican and burns its kahlories\n", "'s no real reason to see it\n", "who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior\n", "presented in convincing way\n", "to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "creating an intriguing species of artifice\n", "n the hood\n", "that as a compliment\n", ", the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .\n", "is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .\n", "who play their roles with vibrant charm\n", "leave everyone else yawning with admiration\n", "an `` o bruin\n", "is pure punk existentialism\n", "also will win you over , in a big way\n", "deep emotional motivation\n", "things interesting\n", "wills between bacon and theron\n", "church-wary\n", "-lrb- washington 's -rrb- strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste\n", "creeps you\n", "this amiable picture talks tough ,\n", "this unimaginative comedian\n", "oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality\n", "accept the characters and the film , flaws and all\n", "the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative\n", "the closing bout\n", "comfort and familiarity\n", "an ill-conceived\n", "big fat liar\n", "their fears and foibles\n", "has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' ,\n", "it 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture\n", "simply handling conventional material in a conventional way\n", "i prefer to think of it as `` pootie tang with a budget . ''\n", "good guys and bad\n", "cage manages a degree of casual realism\n", "punches\n", "mediocre collection\n", "such provocative material\n", "short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty\n", "'53 original\n", "of a public service\n", "escapism\n", "directed but terminally cute drama .\n", "good music documentary\n", "forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .\n", "a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home\n", "mix\n", "strips\n", "drumline is its energy\n", "produced sparkling retina candy\n", "mick jagger 's sex life\n", "their own\n", "often-funny comedy\n", "soothing\n", "sustain a laugh\n", "appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it\n", "writer-director parker\n", "a coming-of-age tale\n", "a 12-year-old welsh boy\n", "despite its faults , gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .\n", "occasionally\n", "of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "salma hayek\n", "goes nowhere .\n", "of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery\n", "is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad\n", "of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way\n", "hyphenate american young men\n", "only of\n", "blood-splattering\n", "the usual portrayals\n", "a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors\n", "fascinated\n", "wonderland\n", "is funny , insightfully human\n", "guilt-suffused melodrama\n", "could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals\n", "credited with remembering his victims\n", "he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel\n", "the ` qatsi ' trilogy ,\n", "i do n't think this movie loves women at all .\n", "bring cohesion to pamela 's emotional roller coaster life\n", "the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians\n", "by applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .\n", "'s the worst movie i 've seen this summer\n", "entirely wholesome -rrb-\n", "the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin\n", "dumb ,\n", "sticks with its subjects a little longer and\n", "pretentious as the title may be\n", ", contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .\n", "kevin smith ,\n", "manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "using a stock plot , about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .\n", "midnight flick\n", "is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary\n", "grab your kids\n", "of all fears\n", "of old french cinema\n", "laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw\n", "charming result\n", "any of the qualities that made the first film so special\n", "occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is .\n", "perhaps ,\n", "leonine power\n", "main\n", "of love and companionship\n", "story to tell\n", "the title performance\n", "must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart .\n", "flippant\n", "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\n", "worldly-wise and very funny\n", "the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films\n", "a star\n", "enjoy the movie\n", "is simple but absorbing\n", "if it were an obligation\n", "pitiful , slapdash disaster .\n", "the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "a damn fine\n", "gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .\n", "grisly corpse\n", "the armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment .\n", "holds interest\n", "whodunit\n", "a love story as sanguine as its title\n", "english-language version\n", "is told from paul 's perspective\n", "cedar 's\n", "new plot conceptions\n", ", the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .\n", "stretched out to feature length\n", "a lighthearted glow ,\n", "'s not just a feel-good movie\n", "a breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy .\n", "deception\n", ", haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away\n", "even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully\n", "her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset\n", "less horrifying for it\n", "vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends\n", "of this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?\n", "is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters\n", "a tinge of understanding for her actions\n", "entire running time\n", "to direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "the lazy plotting\n", "serene , the humor wry and sprightly\n", "crap\n", "is deadly dull\n", "reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .\n", "a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring\n", "governments lie\n", ", poetic road movie\n", "the ball\n", "that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing\n", "gives dahmer\n", "summons\n", "a romantic\n", "laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany\n", "an imaginative filmmaker\n", "there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .\n", "of words\n", "acts like a doofus\n", "marxian\n", "most flamboyant female comics\n", "trailer park magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all\n", "some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and\n", "its plot\n", "the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby\n", "a long workout\n", "even more suggestive\n", "through crap like this\n", "an innocent yet fervid conviction\n", "javier bardem\n", "afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "your indifference\n", "enthusiasts\n", "than listening to a four-year-old\n", "major acting lessons and\n", "unfunny and unentertaining\n", "visual hideousness\n", "never seem to match the power of their surroundings .\n", "even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin\n", "drunken driver\n", "speck\n", "imagine entertainment\n", "evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation\n", "considers various levels of reality\n", "improve the film for you\n", "asiaphiles\n", "can not adequately describe co-writer\\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth\n", "willingness\n", "julie davis is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent .\n", "seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming\n", "much obvious\n", "the hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .\n", "of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers\n", "simply feel wrong\n", "the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle\n", "in a manner\n", "of the gambles of the publishing world\n", "is that the entire exercise has no real point .\n", "draw people\n", "fred schepisi 's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point .\n", "lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary\n", "commercial fare\n", "you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard\n", "scored and powered\n", "sofia\n", "even the most unlikely\n", "charisma make up for a derivative plot\n", "between art and commerce\n", "the modest , crowd-pleasing goals\n", "the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "well-meaning patronizing\n", "sacrifices\n", "about a young woman 's face\n", "and political issues\n", ", sometimes inspiring ,\n", "far less enjoyable\n", "teaming\n", "add up to much\n", "is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them\n", "shindler\n", "the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments\n", "how this gets us in trouble\n", "any movie that makes hard work\n", "'s not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .\n", "emerged\n", "a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion\n", "what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but\n", "an entertaining mix\n", "imagined glory\n", "21st century morality play\n", "hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial\n", "filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home\n", "lip-reading\n", "disrobed most of the cast ,\n", "by movies ' end\n", "be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism\n", "who tries to help a jewish friend\n", "exploitation\n", "a gut-wrenching examination\n", "it comes out on video\n", "resonant psychological study\n", "ludicrous enough\n", "made him a truly larger-than-life character\n", "the duke something of a theatrical air\n", "a substantial arc\n", "trick\n", "immaculate\n", "the emotional evolution\n", "gun firing\n", "weird\n", "'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .\n", "authentically vague , but\n", "save everyone the misery\n", "of its strengths\n", "endearing about it\n", "throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "beauty ,\n", "the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing .\n", "degree\n", "is n't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself\n", "like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film\n", "that is actually funny with the material\n", "honest insight\n", "violent and mindless\n", ", it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .\n", "lilia 's\n", "sick sense\n", "emergence\n", "quite a bit of heart\n", "can only\n", "winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath .\n", "succeed\n", "sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama\n", "your appetite for canned corn\n", "be excited that it has n't gone straight to video ?\n", "portraying\n", "right direction\n", "contentedly\n", "sorority boys ,\n", "optimism\n", "'s too close to real life to make sense\n", "even more compelling\n", "upper teens may get cynical .\n", "'s so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "self-deprecating\n", "goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing\n", ", the film works as well as it does because of the performances .\n", "is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .\n", "of read my lips\n", "tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers\n", "be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something\n", "intacto 's '' dangerous\n", "utterly painful to watch\n", "the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious\n", "but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel .\n", "the believer\n", "inherent limitations\n", "... bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .\n", "if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart\n", "an enthralling ,\n", "nba properties\n", "into the story\n", "the seat\n", "in breaking glass and marking off the `` miami vice '' checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks\n", "should be as entertaining as it is\n", "for sure\n", "need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences\n", "enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment\n", "more questions\n", "quite unengaging\n", "'s well worth a rental\n", "who really steals the show\n", "emphasizes the q in quirky ,\n", "visually sumptuous but intellectually stultifying .\n", "is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "fatal attraction\n", "singer\\/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story -- but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece\n", "unpredictable comedy\n", "the rare trick\n", ", you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .\n", "dreamy\n", "quality band\n", "convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking\n", "of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles\n", "sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "airless\n", "is worth your time , especially\n", "the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine .\n", "hanna-barbera\n", "to find new avenues of discourse on old problems\n", "spy-vs .\n", "-lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "but seriously , folks , it does n't work .\n", "suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers\n", "bartleby 's\n", "of toy story 2\n", "stand up in the theater and\n", "worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen\n", "flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha .\n", "stretched out\n", "from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "a talent\n", "itself a more streamlined\n", "it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .\n", "earnest\n", "cirulnick\n", "immerse us\n", "the determination\n", "cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .\n", "its subsequent reinvention ,\n", "'s a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages\n", "been a short film\n", "records\n", "contains some hefty thematic material\n", "satisfaction\n", "a subject you thought would leave you cold\n", "short and often\n", "unique or memorable\n", "megaplex\n", "on trees , b.s. one another\n", "and rough-hewn vanity project\n", "not least\n", "wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes .\n", "benjamins\n", "redundant , sloppy\n", "'s most\n", "moviehouse\n", "the war of the roses ,\n", "easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster\n", "this movie\n", "makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .\n", "twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away\n", "it 's far tamer than advertised\n", "the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next .\n", "she dies\n", "a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "have been sacrificed for skin\n", "marine\\/legal mystery\n", "water torture seem appealing\n", "on three or four more endings\n", ", offering fine acting moments and pungent\n", "their intelligence\n", "the three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling\n", "for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .\n", "aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .\n", "bring tissues\n", "with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look\n", "in ladies ' underwear\n", "director john stockwell\n", "relying on the viewer\n", "there are laughs aplenty , and\n", "it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism\n", "overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director\n", "it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time .\n", "a disloyal satyr\n", "above the run-of-the-mill singles blender\n", "getting around\n", "leading a double life in an american film only comes to no good ,\n", "film school\n", "supplied by epps\n", "see it now , before the inevitable hollywood remake flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles .\n", "that it 's offensive ,\n", "those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre\n", "a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but\n", "reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made\n", "contrasting\n", "sights and\n", "will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .\n", "of high\n", "pleasure\n", "colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor\n", "must shoot it in the head\n", "for all its social and political potential\n", "that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen\n", "his tongue\n", "the disjointed mess\n", "swirl\n", "of patience\n", "showtime 's starry cast\n", "the screenwriter and director michel gondry\n", "able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100\n", "daytime soaper\n", "moved to the edge of their seats\n", "drowns out the promise of the romantic angle\n", "ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter\n", "very simple story\n", "ethnic\n", "an after school special\n", "it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .\n", "the fourth `` pokemon ''\n", "do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age\n", "playing one another\n", "people 's\n", "a loose collection\n", "a hidden-agenda drama\n", "ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch\n", "hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film\n", "out-outrage or\n", "of this debut venture\n", "we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before\n", "is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay .\n", "will play the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher\n", "for a director i admire\n", "into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "your pay per view dollar\n", "insists on the importance of those moments\n", "walled-off\n", "rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences\n", "the best possible senses of both those words\n", "might be a release\n", "in world cinema\n", "the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community\n", "proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings\n", "to tell : his own\n", "to garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films ... cross over to a more mainstream audience\n", "a series of tales\n", "weirdo actor crispin glover\n", "should stop trying to please his mom .\n", "no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film .\n", "there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down .\n", "a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg\n", "too heavily\n", "a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman\n", "adam sandler 's eight crazy nights\n", "a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi\n", "engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers\n", "know the picture is in trouble\n", "mysterious ,\n", "like all great films about a life you never knew existed\n", "fallen\n", "a heady , biting , be-bop\n", "bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai 's vaunted empathy\n", "whipping\n", "of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat\n", "spooky and\n", "its courage , ideas\n", "a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny\n", "style , structure and rhythms\n", "the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "of a comedy to start a reaction\n", "an homage to them , tarantula and other low\n", "the original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece !\n", "mediocre special effects ,\n", "tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here ...\n", "warm and fuzzy\n", "a watch that makes time go faster\n", ", but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining\n", "has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow\n", "of critics ' darling band wilco\n", "the movie 's messages\n", "as clear and reliable an authority on that\n", "thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies\n", "to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion\n", "kwan 's\n", "over the edge\n", "highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .\n", "that assumes you are n't very bright\n", "stand out\n", "the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo .\n", "epic\n", "delivers 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 .\n", "icily brilliant\n", "awesome work\n", "'s a fantastic movie\n", "seen it all before ,\n", "echo of allusions to other films .\n", "to call it a movie\n", "a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but\n", "to convey a sense of childhood imagination\n", "'s no conversion effort\n", "the heart ,\n", "'s over\n", "will most likely\n", "convince the audience\n", "as refreshing\n", "needs enemies\n", "shortcomings\n", "any of these three actresses , nor\n", "left a few crucial things out\n", "manipulative yet needy\n", "work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon\n", "rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake\n", "to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness\n", "compelling plots\n", "bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points .\n", "mounts\n", "reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people\n", "the only thing to fear about `` fear dot com ''\n", "any actor\n", "balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem\n", "epic tragedy\n", "of fortune\n", "another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie\n", "schedule\n", "months\n", "so vivid\n", "'s hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously\n", "jolt you out of your seat a couple of times ,\n", "further and\n", "very lively dream\n", "appreciated a smartly written motion picture\n", "'re coming ! ''\n", "an eagerness\n", "the biggest husband-and-wife disaster\n", "plays out\n", "almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy\n", "intent and\n", "seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause\n", "devoted to the insanity of black\n", "the melodramatic aspects\n", "under-rehearsed and lifeless\n", "fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .\n", "remains mostly undeterminable\n", "so many people\n", "plotted and scripted .\n", "quite enough\n", "can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .\n", "fun-for-fun\n", "a climactic hero 's death\n", "might turn on many people to opera , in general\n", ", four-star movie\n", "the woman who inspired it\n", "'s a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud .\n", "frida fans\n", "a hit - and-miss affair ,\n", "a chuckle\n", "cutesy romance ,\n", "may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary\n", "some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies\n", "over actually pulling it off\n", "bad movies\n", "apartments\n", "and suspenseful argentinian thriller\n", "the climactic burst\n", "one of the movies ' creepiest conventions ,\n", "being latently gay and\n", "feel movie\n", "entirely improvised\n", "recommend it for its originality\n", "by the face\n", "russian history\n", "the slam-bang superheroics\n", "the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic\n", "so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "'s a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .\n", ", with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly\n", "a clear point\n", "'ve learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is\n", "things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk ,\n", "petite frame\n", "sparking debate and\n", "with craziness and child-rearing\n", "close to recent national events\n", "ways\n", "is charming\n", "more appropriate\n", "of nuance and characterization\n", "larger than life\n", "the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable\n", "of riveting set pieces\n", "would benigni 's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster\n", "does n't remake andrei tarkovsky 's solaris so much as distill it .\n", "new best friend ''\n", "the most impressive player\n", "virtually no aftertaste\n", "occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive\n", "about mary and both american pie movies\n", "disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious .\n", "und drung\n", "i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese ,\n", "especially well\n", "conspirators\n", "a shallow rumination\n", "none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .\n", "director peter bogdanovich\n", "bodacious\n", "matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus\n", "amos records\n", "both lead performances are oscar-size .\n", "in your head\n", "single-handedly\n", "reach the finale\n", "cross over\n", "it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "quite a while\n", "a lightweight story about matchmaking\n", "modern mob music drama\n", "latest feature\n", "it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .\n", "the new script by the returning david s. goyer\n", "fart\n", "the film , and at times\n", "filmed\n", "has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to\n", "the thing just never gets off the ground .\n", "rated eee for excitement .\n", "susan sarandon and\n", "redone\n", "challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad\n", "though wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered\n", "the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed\n", "is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "pro-serb\n", "waits grimly for the next shock\n", "except it 's much , much better .\n", "-lrb- eddie -rrb-\n", "the movie 's release\n", "of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly\n", "loneliness and\n", "madmen\n", "takes great pleasure\n", "sight gags\n", "moral compromise\n", "holds the screen like a true star\n", "is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts\n", "expensive cars\n", "a single man 's\n", "you so crazy !\n", "has less spice\n", "pretended not to see it and left it lying there\n", "only occasionally satirical and\n", "fluxing\n", "... a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture .\n", "obvious game\n", "will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding\n", "there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture .\n", "signing\n", "great actors\n", "in love with a girl\n", "the sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other --\n", "harris goldberg\n", "questionable\n", "finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise\n", "you 'll forget about it by monday , though ,\n", "previous video work\n", "every one -lrb- and no one -rrb-\n", "our hollywood has all but lost\n", "as happily glib and vicious as its characters .\n", "broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and\n", "jason bourne\n", "chicago\n", "picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks\n", "drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence\n", "breen\n", "reviewed as such\n", "packages\n", "inspirational\n", "the idea\n", "is impressively true for being so hot-blooded\n", "bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them\n", "suitably\n", "certain part\n", "pauline\n", "what will keep them awake\n", "daytime-drama\n", "xerox of other , better crime movies\n", "'s not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller\n", "bogdanovich puts history in perspective\n", "there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ;\n", "of the graduate\n", "a setup so easy it borders on facile\n", "how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery .\n", "agile\n", "over in five minutes but instead the plot\n", "will have fun with .\n", "an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties\n", "the movie is a little tired ;\n", "the dialogue is cumbersome\n", "sexist\n", "passions , obsessions ,\n", "highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making\n", "puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship\n", "the full emotional involvement\n", "a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema\n", "complex than your average film\n", "screenplay to die for\n", "a retread story , bad writing ,\n", "other way\n", "of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure\n", "crazy life\n", "witless but watchable .\n", "romancer 's\n", "fatal script error\n", "all too literally\n", "get together\n", "so many silent movies ,\n", "gay film .\n", "the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended .\n", "it with ring , an indisputably spooky film\n", "zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' ,\n", "filling nearly every minute\n", "in this crass , low-wattage endeavor\n", "fit the incredible storyline to a t.\n", "innocent and\n", "is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs\n", "the man and the code\n", "the movie worked for me right up to the final scene\n", "so darned assured\n", "personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral\n", "snide and prejudice .\n", "to care about\n", "a bitter pill\n", "an escapist\n", "strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but\n", "gang warfare\n", "a loquacious and dreary piece of business\n", "high crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable .\n", "is genuinely witty\n", "fun -- but bad -- movie\n", "awe\n", "a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged\n", "the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions\n", "becoming a world-class fencer\n", "read `\n", "you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards .\n", "plympton 's legion of fans\n", "takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .\n", "cynics need not apply . '\n", "the ensemble cast ,\n", "street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches\n", "perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic\n", "for laughs\n", "easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year\n", "could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and\n", "turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .\n", "beginning with the pale script\n", "the humor\n", ", taut , piercing and feisty\n", "spectacle and pacing\n", "in common\n", "is only intermittently entertaining\n", "as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid\n", "scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .\n", "a surprisingly sensitive script co-written\n", "the performances\n", "a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait\n", "these families\n", "off the shelf after two years\n", "with heart\n", "symbols\n", "be ` easier ' to watch on video at home\n", "catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and\n", "light-years\n", "you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries\n", "an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart\n", "a technically well-made suspenser ... but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .\n", "happen along\n", "with a crucial third act miscalculation\n", "intergalactic friendship\n", "as the mediterranean sparkles , ` swept away ' sinks .\n", "'s a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .\n", "the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "'s hard to resist\n", "patronising\n", "builds\n", "this twisted love story\n", "inspirational love story\n", "a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration .\n", "with an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "smart , nuanced look\n", "drew barrymore\n", "headed east\n", "a gritty feel help\n", "good thing\n", "pompous and garbled\n", "answered yes\n", "real thematic heft\n", "takes you somewhere\n", "about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet\n", "plotless ,\n", "1998\n", "for being so hot-blooded\n", "far-flung , illogical\n", "as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "'s already\n", "low on energy\n", "not counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .\n", "why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?\n", "watch these two together\n", "botches\n", "the late 15th century\n", "the adventure does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 .\n", "a $ 40 million version of a game\n", "chelsea hotel\n", "this dumas adaptation\n", "quiet , introspective and entertaining\n", "joseph\n", "serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "on its eccentric characters\n", "year affair\n", "more grueling\n", "a remarkable and novel\n", ", claustrophobic\n", "all day\n", "a snore\n", "stunning images and effects\n", "a gripping documentary that\n", "'ve come to expect from movies nowadays\n", "ahead of the plot\n", "a film that begins 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 saw the film .\n", "back again\n", "the poor and the dispossessed\n", "zhang 's last film , the cuddly shower\n", "... tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry .\n", "the attraction between these two marginal characters\n", "anyone\n", "thunderstorms\n", "there 's nothing to gain from watching they .\n", "ensemble cast romances recently\n", "endear\n", "any sexual relationship\n", "horror film\n", "above pat inspirational status\n", "enjoyed\n", "wrong thanks\n", "with a pleasing verisimilitude\n", "like a can of 2-day old coke\n", "since old walt\n", "it 's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments .\n", "too busy\n", "from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "movie-making traditions\n", "-lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb-\n", "crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue\n", "to and\n", "an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast\n", "the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality\n", "it just goes to show , an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .\n", ", mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say\n", "fever-pitched\n", "nair\n", "dwindles .\n", "it 's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another .\n", "a struggle\n", "'s just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .\n", "a bad day of golf\n", "is fascinating ,\n", "restrictive and chaotic america\n", "an animatronic display\n", "be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002\n", ", hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", "each other psychologically\n", "thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about\n", "stubborn\n", "the entire history\n", "being yesterday 's\n", "but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera\n", "adds enough quirky and satirical touches\n", "this engaging film\n", "promising in theory\n", "astringent wit\n", "a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable\n", "trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now\n", "to avoid didacticism\n", "into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes\n", "computerized yoda\n", "squaddie\n", "i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious\n", "his own\n", "us in suspense\n", "a mood\n", "should bother remembering it\n", "boring movie\n", "awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "shakes you\n", ", sometimes funny\n", "descends into such message-mongering moralism\n", "might devote time to see it\n", "not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .\n", ", and class\n", "it can be safely recommended as a video\\/dvd babysitter .\n", "raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen .\n", "an ambitious , serious film\n", "held hostage\n", "worth revisiting\n", "the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story\n", "incoherence and sub-sophomoric\n", "even a vague reason\n", "dubbed hedonistic\n", "visual wit\n", "puppy dog\n", "a studio 's wallet makes\n", "abbreviated\n", "coppola , along with his sister\n", "in prehistoric hilarity\n", "look positively shakesperean by comparison\n", "a romance this smart\n", "murdock and\n", "compelling , gut-clutching piece\n", "arrive in september\n", "musings and philosophy\n", "cinematic poo .\n", "no reason for being\n", "market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences\n", "as the world implodes\n", "the verdict :\n", "three women\n", "nair does n't use -lrb- monsoon wedding -rrb- to lament the loss of culture .\n", "austere imagery\n", "throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling\n", "get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types\n", "genuinely engaging performers\n", "a blind eye\n", "'' looked like\n", "shallow for an older one\n", "for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over\n", "to love it\n", ", virulent and foul-natured\n", "scenes and vistas and\n", "everybody loves a david and goliath story ,\n", "a guarantee\n", "that embraces its old-fashioned themes\n", "tough to watch\n", "horribly depressing and\n", "i do n't even care that there 's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff .\n", "chapter\n", "scrutiny\n", "effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres\n", "its old-hat set-up and\n", "reason to watch\n", "singer\n", "honks .\n", "colour and depth , and\n", "can indeed\n", "you find yourself praying for a quick resolution\n", "of the crime expertly\n", "and its palate\n", "win the band\n", "two cultures\n", "you 're paying attention\n", "is a mediocre movie trying to get out .\n", "kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and\n", "falling\n", "the top floor of a skyscraper\n", "romantic drama\n", "like hollywood ending\n", "virtuosic set pieces\n", "enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over .\n", "transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .\n", "a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "catastrophic collision\n", "like the similarly ill-timed antitrust\n", "the primitive murderer\n", "interesting and at times captivating\n", "over the place\n", "provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world .\n", "like one of those conversations\n", ", it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role .\n", "its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome\n", "for self-preservation\n", "artless sytle\n", "as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action\n", "stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music\n", "fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .\n", "otherwise talented actors\n", "the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .\n", "our girls\n", "del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii\n", "what you expect is just what you get\n", "any 50 other filmmakers\n", "they turn out to be delightfully compatible here\n", "marks the spot .\n", "have proven\n", "refreshingly low-key\n", "nanette burstein\n", "informative , intriguing , observant\n", "new treasure\n", "reminded me a lot of memento ...\n", "a very familiar tale , one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - , indian - , russian - and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages .\n", "to resist\n", "sporadically\n", "feel\n", "can not be faulted\n", "todd solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families .\n", ", first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans '' make this a charmer .\n", "dealer\n", "seduce .\n", "star trek ii :\n", "the words `` radical '' or `` suck ''\n", "copy\n", "of describing badness\n", "punching people in the stomach again\n", "romantic\n", "confined\n", "of corny dialogue and preposterous moments\n", "shake us\n", "not one moment in the enterprise did n't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow .\n", "premise anchors\n", "has some of the funniest jokes of any movie\n", "a trashy\n", "the word ` quit\n", "winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris\n", "any list\n", "will suck up to this project ... '\n", "better satiric target\n", "as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth\n", "o.k. , not really .\n", "a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long\n", "'' exceeds expectations .\n", "all the movie 's narrative gymnastics\n", "see a romance this smart\n", "a sweaty old guy\n", "sets out with no pretensions and\n", "york locales\n", "personas\n", "indulges\n", "bad reviews\n", "get paid enough to sit through crap like this\n", "burkina\n", "a party worth attending\n", "turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody\n", "corporate circus\n", "brush\n", "keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors\n", "that it serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon\n", "run-of-the-mill singles blender\n", "a period-piece movie-of-the-week\n", "all happened only yesterday\n", "tinseltown\n", "solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but\n", "captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece\n", "can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor\n", "samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process .\n", "does next\n", "macgraw 's\n", "on the rez\n", "while\n", "it well worth watching\n", "outrageous\n", "the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .\n", "directorial debut\n", "rejection\n", "italian-language\n", "so bleak\n", "two parts\n", "at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but\n", "those prone to indignation need not apply\n", ", sprightly spin\n", "that 's ok\n", "sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , -lrb- ahola -rrb- has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .\n", "lucy liu\n", "originality ai n't on the menu\n", "squeeze the action and our emotions\n", ", first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .\n", "strong subject\n", "unpleasant excuse\n", "whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears\n", "the next pretty good thing\n", "well-formed satire\n", "about as original as a gangster sweating\n", "looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab\n", "peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .\n", "abundantly\n", "do well to check this one out\n", "feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying\n", "reference\n", "separates\n", "-- and gross --\n", "so vivid a portrait\n", "off-kilter\n", "that peaked about three years ago\n", "portrays himself\n", "new jangle\n", "did n't smile .\n", "other times\n", "does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue\n", "episode\n", "another scene , and then another\n", "1915\n", "at once subtle and visceral\n", "such a rah-rah ,\n", "beautifully shot ,\n", ", it 'll only put you to sleep .\n", "utterly charming\n", "there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right\n", "as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness\n", "a screen adaptation\n", "construction\n", "the most\n", "art-house gay porn film\n", ", right-wing , propriety-obsessed family\n", "seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah .\n", "moments of real pleasure\n", "can be considered work\n", "is quite beautiful\n", "'re just\n", "quite beautiful\n", "murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but\n", "docu-dogma plainness\n", "'d expect -- but nothing more\n", "is so earnest in its yearning for the days\n", "are immaculate\n", "most edgy piece\n", "one film\n", "goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste\n", "to lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade\n", "entertaining and suggestive\n", "all you have left\n", "albeit sometimes\n", "they have a tendency to slip into hokum\n", "what john does is heroic ,\n", "analyze that\n", "gets the job done\n", "first feature by anne-sophie birot .\n", "laugh at it\n", "and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .\n", "the self-esteem\n", "an action movie with an action icon\n", "employs\n", "bodies\n", "lost and\n", "many ways a conventional , even predictable remake\n", "silver 's\n", "clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film\n", "be carried away\n", "every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible\n", "between highlander and lolita\n", "the most creative , energetic and original\n", "cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting\n", "generally light enough\n", "an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare\n", "fighting skills\n", "so many other hollywood movies\n", "as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and\n", "portray themselves\n", "all-out\n", "bette davis , cast as joan\n", "so stilted and unconvincing\n", "possible exception\n", "keg\n", "does have a center , though a morbid one\n", "camerawork\n", "the air\n", "a network of american right-wing extremists\n", "the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal\n", "nevertheless efficiently\n", "certain ghoulish\n", "one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while\n", "allied\n", "like a cartoon in the end\n", "iranian-american in 1979\n", "all the emotions and life experiences\n", "would be well to heed\n", ", sia lacks visual flair .\n", "had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "the upbeat ending\n", "than in answering them\n", "overall feelings ,\n", "some of its plaintiveness\n", "want to string the bastard up\n", "a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human\n", "southern nostalgia piece\n", "each of them searches for their place in the world\n", "of comedy genres\n", "decent-enough nail-biter\n", "their lines\n", "lazy material\n", "lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences\n", "of 20th century\n", "lanes\n", "be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it\n", "own children\n", "there 's an epic here\n", "high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor\n", "steven spielberg 's\n", "some glimpses\n", "its mind -- maybe too much\n", "episodes\n", "once the downward spiral comes to pass\n", "a high-spirited buddy movie\n", "all-time\n", "you like peace\n", "howard and his co-stars all give committed performances\n", "by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks\n", "$ 20\n", ", then the film is a pleasant enough dish .\n", ", but somehow\n", ", neurotic energy\n", "drown a viewer in boredom\n", "a finely written ,\n", "seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago .\n", "damn weird\n", "like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate\n", "the raw-nerved story\n", "to want to be a character study\n", ", connect-the-dots storyline\n", "avoiding\n", "bumbling\n", "other foul substances\n", "odd enjoyably chewy lump\n", "but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .\n", "'s definitely an improvement on the first blade ,\n", "does n't give you enough to feel good about .\n", "musicals back 40 years\n", "character-who-shall - remain-nameless\n", "by which all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "-- and timely\n", "i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit\n", "with harris goldberg\n", "minutes of sandler\n", "very ambitious project\n", "purportedly a study in modern alienation\n", "something of a hubert selby jr.\n", "writer and director burr steers knows the territory\n", "hoffman 's powerful acting clinic\n", "a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series .\n", "then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time\n", "slow .\n", "comes across , rather unintentionally\n", ", however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .\n", "james spader and maggie gyllenhaal\n", "nostalgia or sentimentality\n", "infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent\n", "flavours\n", "even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators\n", "in his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter\n", "lies in its two central performances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife\n", "like specialized fare\n", "sloppily written\n", "human spirit\n", "warmed over\n", "all like real life\n", "nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant\n", "kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast\n", "nuance and characterization\n", "bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance\n", "followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty ,\n", "if that 's not too glorified a term --\n", "drug dealers , kidnapping , and\n", "drooling idiots\n", "like lyne 's stolid remake of `` lolita ''\n", "bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma\n", "most savory and hilarious\n", "the eye\n", "eschews\n", "'s impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle\n", "in love , lust , and sin\n", "though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ... but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking .\n", "that these brats will ever be anything more than losers\n", "put it somewhere between sling blade and south of heaven , west of hell\n", "passive technique\n", "with a decent budget\n", "a non-stop cry for attention\n", "was only\n", "awe and affection\n", "raise\n", ", it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .\n", "human emotion\n", "orson\n", "hunter\n", "has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience\n", "this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it .\n", "own ego\n", "to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii\n", "all-male\n", "of bland comfort food\n", "hormonal melodrama\n", "struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages\n", "mordantly funny and intimately knowing ...\n", "his narrative\n", "a movie with a ` children 's ' song\n", "mr. caine and mr. fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .\n", "the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability\n", "conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable\n", "the pantheon of wreckage\n", "thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but\n", "were soldiers\n", "gaps in their relationships\n", "the issues\n", ", it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer\n", "we are\n", "boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot\n", "roger swanson\n", "entirely\n", "beautiful , entertaining two hours\n", "gianni romoli\n", "a slap-happy mood\n", "'s nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot\n", "is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .\n", "falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire\n", "a game of ` who 's who ' ...\n", "situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets .\n", "if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals\n", "it '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\n", "older woman\n", "the world they love and make\n", "bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world\n", "pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter\n", "had the misfortune\n", "match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting\n", "for a raise\n", "unanswered questions\n", "more hackneyed\n", "way more about cal\n", "a nosedive\n", "is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for\n", "jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except\n", "explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love .\n", "modest masterpiece .\n", "subject 's\n", "a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody .\n", "for the national basketball association\n", "incredible imax sound system\n", "graces\n", "be the performances of their careers\n", "if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "'re sure to get more out of the latter experience\n", ", resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "for excitement\n", "a slick , engrossing melodrama\n", "their consequences\n", "his entire script\n", "vapid actor 's exercise\n", "for perpetrating patch adams\n", "a spirited film\n", "the crime lord 's\n", "their control\n", "a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction .\n", "hippest acts\n", "a breathtaking adventure\n", "since lee is a sentimentalist , the film is more worshipful than your random e !\n", "is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors ' moments .\n", "make you laugh\n", "some tasty grub\n", "probation\n", "of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.\n", "be waiting for us at home\n", "is revelatory\n", "marked an emerging indian american cinema\n", "a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style\n", "straight-up\n", "his film\n", "no idea of it\n", "whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance\n", "has to dress up in drag\n", "often boring .\n", "was when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .\n", "gives gifts to grownups\n", "would force you to give it a millisecond of thought\n", "as the most original in years\n", "it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture\n", "figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived\n", "splashing around\n", "no real reason to see it\n", "the funk\n", "parental units\n", "canny , derivative , wildly gruesome\n", "as it needs to be\n", "if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories\n", "play one lewd scene after another\n", "a ragbag of cliches .\n", "running for office --\n", "a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness\n", "the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but\n", "it also will win you over , in a big way\n", "more confused , less interesting and more\n", "be engaging\n", "get inside you and\n", ", ` blade ii ' just does n't cut it\n", "a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking\n", "very different from our own and\n", "tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape .\n", "a block\n", ", reverent\n", "campanella\n", "makes these lives count\n", "throwing it all away\n", "jagjit\n", "an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --\n", "a realistic , non-exploitive approach\n", "about shakespeare\n", "a genre-curling crime story\n", "the fourth in a series that i 'll bet most parents had thought --\n", "still does n't quite know how to fill a frame .\n", "list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future\n", "shut about the war between the sexes and\n", "returning director rob minkoff ... and\n", "struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and\n", "comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .\n", "with a grand whimper\n", "went nihilistic\n", "for those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough .\n", "that special annex\n", "tough rock\n", "wonder bread\n", "educates\n", "car wreck\n", "the actors involved in the enterprise\n", "art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise\n", "greek wedding\n", "could it not be ?\n", "a curious sense of menace\n", "a social injustice\n", "between all the emotional seesawing\n", "engages us in constant fits of laughter\n", "is almost\n", "tremble\n", "seth\n", "provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen\n", "is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .\n", "as allen 's jelly belly\n", "the leads\n", "has no light touch\n", "yosuke and\n", "energy and excitement\n", "coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks\n", "same guy with both hats\n", "the romantic comedy genre ,\n", "for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting\n", "hilariously , gloriously alive\n", "like its new england characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial , the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .\n", "mattered\n", "the film , and at times ,\n", "that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "death to smoochy\n", "great equalizer\n", "go-for-broke acting that heralds something special\n", "designed to kill time\n", "experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience\n", "as a feature-length film\n", "toward his audience\n", "resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ...\n", "'s also far from being a realized work\n", "convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .\n", "matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .\n", "the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure\n", "like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow\n", "rounded\n", "to witness the conflict from the palestinian side\n", "confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk .\n", "it 's not particularly subtle ...\n", "his indian love call to jeanette macdonald\n", "without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality\n", "this ` credit ' on their resumes\n", "premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and\n", "to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances\n", "buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters\n", "is n't entirely infantile\n", "inflammatory film\n", "of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest\n", "the opera is sung in italian -rrb-\n", "to happen\n", "in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .\n", "other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "use that term\n", "a series of relentlessly nasty situations\n", "to the press notes\n", "the filmmakers might want to look it up .\n", "the bar of expectations\n", "to this film 's\n", "every individual\n", "the humiliation\n", "was just a matter of ` eh\n", "that harps on media-constructed ` issues '\n", "go out on a limb\n", "into its intriguing subject\n", "melodramatic ...\n", "big , comforting jar\n", "a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation\n", "they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .\n", "bring on the battle bots\n", "has all the right parts\n", "inspired by blair witch\n", "the road warrior\n", "of vegetables\n", "it squanders chan 's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt\n", "uh , shred ,\n", "the root\n", "leaves scant place for the viewer\n", "umpteenth summer\n", "be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness\n", "because it aims so low\n", ", i ca n't compare friday after next to them\n", "do n't think this movie loves women at all\n", "glass\n", "an involving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls\n", "r. nebrida\n", "elizabeth berkley 's\n", "1995\n", "... too sappy for its own good .\n", "has a funny moment or two\n", "from one arresting image to another\n", "the humor wry and\n", "in questioning the election process\n", "of irreparable damage\n", "tech-geeks\n", "out-to-change-the-world\n", "the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task\n", "david lynch\n", "new idea\n", "bizarre , implausible\n", "in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '\n", "as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "parking lot\n", "about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .\n", "to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs\n", "treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold .\n", "plates\n", "of a b-movie revenge\n", "a keep - 'em -\n", "improvisation\n", "stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement ,\n", "quietly affecting cop drama\n", "director doug liman and his colleagues\n", "russian cultural identity and\n", "how to win the battle\n", "it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but\n", "the recording sessions are intriguing ,\n", "crush each other under cars ,\n", "when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but\n", "can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace .\n", "is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate\n", "that life 's\n", "reel in the audience\n", "and as sharp as a samurai sword\n", "with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "makes for some glacial pacing\n", "zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film .\n", "by scott kalvert\n", "spooks\n", "`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws , but\n", "some children\n", "the difficulty\n", "a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense\n", "a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '\n", "-- and particularly the fateful fathers --\n", "reduce blake 's philosophy\n", "or cinema seats\n", "got to my inner nine-year-old\n", "alas , another breathless movie about same\n", "the next\n", "precious than perspicacious\n", "as steamy as last week 's pork dumplings .\n", "so insanely stupid , so awful\n", "to inject farcical raunch\n", "this orange has some juice ,\n", "station\n", "wherever\n", "the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "william james\n", "stadium-seat megaplex\n", "are more deeply\n", ", a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .\n", "existentialism\n", "iris '' or ``\n", "intoxicating show\n", "19th century\n", "gangster no. 1\n", "arch\n", "'d look like\n", "is remarkably dull with only caine\n", "comedy\\/drama\n", "subject as monstrous\n", "dark , brooding and slow\n", "until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story\n", "when splashed across the immense imax screen\n", "labyrinthine ways\n", "that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap\n", "the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "watchable up until the point\n", "coming next\n", "its essential problem\n", "the worst films\n", "the animation is competent , and\n", "unfortunately , carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg .\n", "the usual cafeteria goulash\n", "illuminated\n", "lower i.q.\n", "about our knowledge of films\n", "of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival\n", "playful paranoia\n", "conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two english women\n", "hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "a tasty masala .\n", "than his\n", "represent\n", "oversized picture book\n", "is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony\n", "far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and\n", "this toothless dog ,\n", "breathe some life into the insubstantial plot\n", "the grieving process\n", "it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes\n", "artistic and muted\n", "about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern\n", "in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance\n", "of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "reflects the worst of their shallow styles\n", "'s one bad dude\n", "'s eleven ,\n", "feels like a prison stretch .\n", "working man\n", "the tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time\n", "the temptations of the flesh\n", "with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", ", michael j. wilson\n", "enjoy as mild escapism\n", "'s depression\n", "his message\n", "medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but\n", "in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .\n", "to understand what this story is really all about\n", "anger and frustration\n", "than ` shindler 's list '\n", "behind the glitz\n", "katz\n", "poor\n", "wahlberg and thandie newton\n", "when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the\n", "'s a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments\n", "... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .\n", "a couple of burnt-out cylinders\n", "skillfully assembled , highly polished\n", "succeeds primarily\n", "anything more than losers\n", "campy recall\n", "when the twist endings were actually surprising ?\n", "right at home\n", "combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption\n", "conflicted\n", "mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time\n", "outside the context of the current political climate\n", "the photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject .\n", "tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender\n", "some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and\n", "of a-list brit actors\n", "paperbacks\n", "like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but\n", "a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags\n", "in the classic tradition\n", "what john does is heroic , but we do n't condone it\n", "quite the genre-busting film\n", "with two fine , nuanced lead performances\n", "the leaping story line ,\n", "halfhearted zeal\n", "darkly funny\n", "seems to remain an unchanged dullard\n", "succeed at cheapening it\n", "of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "from bebe neuwirth\n", "a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .\n", "does not translate well to the screen\n", "improbable as this premise may seem , abbass 's understated\n", "`` white oleander , '' the movie ,\n", "stealing harvard ca n't even do that much .\n", "the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy\n", "brilliantly written and\n", "ignore but a little too smugly superior to like\n", "family fundamentals\n", "shadow\n", "trapped and\n", "be 1970s animation\n", "would be better as a diary or documentary\n", "playful and\n", "that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .\n", "as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .\n", "ultimate x\n", "conceive anyone else in their roles\n", "it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .\n", "follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling\n", "aims for poetry and\n", "her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment\n", "the robust middle\n", "these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings 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history\n", "wildly gruesome\n", "only mildly\n", "and adolescent poster-boy\n", "is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .\n", "action extravaganza\n", "to mention a convincing brogue\n", "this chiaroscuro\n", "serves as a rather thin moral\n", "is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .\n", "a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something\n", "suffocating and\n", "resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and\n", "of the world on his shoulders\n", "between actor and director\n", "for good books unread\n", "nighttime manhattan\n", "splendid meal\n", "like this film\n", "the scary parts\n", "has a tired , talky feel .\n", "flawed but\n", "with a two star script\n", "11 times too many or else\n", "some idea\n", "the likes of miramax chief\n", "art house audiences\n", "ok\n", "no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "for good\n", "at a girl in tight pants and big tits\n", "-- a few 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an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank\n", "with miscalculations\n", "posthumously published\n", "anatomical\n", "wearing\n", "against the maker 's minimalist intent\n", "tradition-bound widow\n", "have luvvies in raptures\n", "one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but\n", "of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own\n", "the sometimes improbable story\n", "piecing the story together frustrating difficult\n", "is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating .\n", "pathetic junk\n", "films like tremors\n", "a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation\n", "is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .\n", "on these guys when it comes to scandals\n", "the film roman polanski may have been born to make\n", "pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "affable but undernourished\n", "human events\n", "plainly has no business going\n", "can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby\n", "surprisingly short of both adventure and song\n", "of kevin reynolds\n", "dense and\n", "is his best film yet ...\n", "thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film\n", "also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience\n", "a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .\n", "talk down\n", "is hard\n", "message resonate\n", "already possess , with or without access to the ballot box\n", "fights a good fight\n", "of popular culture\n", "yet another sexual taboo\n", "by turns very dark and very funny\n", "'s a gag that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though do n't ask still finds a few chuckles\n", "kong action film\n", "is priceless .\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero\n", "fight 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funny bits\n", "home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level\n", "white band 's\n", "with it\n", "despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places\n", "twisting\n", "satyr\n", "pander\n", "very good comedic songs\n", "endeavor than its predecessor\n", "while cleverly worked out\n", "while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .\n", "the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie\n", "as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo\n", "without all those gimmicks\n", "all things insipid\n", "'s tough being a black man in america\n", "he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "downward\n", "conclusion\n", "with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers\n", "if you enjoy being rewarded by a script 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'\n", "the dark visions already relayed by superb\n", "snoots\n", "of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with\n", "is of course the point\n", "about to turn onto a different path\n", "does n't have a captain\n", "up to -lrb- watts -rrb- to lend credibility to this strange scenario\n", "a fine , focused piece of work\n", "an irresistible junior-high way\n", "suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd .\n", "an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing\n", ", one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .\n", "+\n", "garbus\n", "is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term\n", "the developmentally disabled\n", "of 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delicately\n", "creepy , intermittently powerful study\n", "maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout\n", "a new treasure\n", "cellular\n", "huge cut\n", "a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions\n", "of allusions\n", "tambor and clayburgh make an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic\n", "smoky and\n", "me feel uneasy , even queasy , because -lrb- solondz 's -rrb- cool compassion\n", "a lousy one\n", "its vital essence scooped\n", "the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box\n", "it lets the pictures do the punching\n", "dehumanizing\n", "a listless sci-fi comedy\n", "and childhood awakening\n", "now it is a copy of a copy of a copy\n", "maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .\n", "harder and\n", "billy ray and terry george\n", "silent screams\n", "terrific score\n", "is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an 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shape\n", "of a sense of deja vu\n", "so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "strives to be intimate and socially encompassing\n", "i 've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie\n", "build in the mind of the viewer\n", "materalism\n", "it 's mildly amusing\n", "84 minutes is short\n", "lapses\n", "look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow\n", "a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .\n", "downward narcotized spiral\n", "takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative\n", "few real laughs\n", "bold by studio standards\n", "utterly distracting blunder\n", "middle-aged romance\n", "is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness\n", "truth and realism\n", "you might not notice the flaws\n", "less of a trifle\n", "that the basis for the entire plot\n", "demented premise\n", "holland lets things peter out midway , but\n", "asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance\n", "is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role .\n", "they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .\n", "devastating and incurably romantic\n", "slickly\n", "an all-around good time at the movies this summer\n", "collect the serial killer cards\n", "survive a screening\n", "with revulsion\n", ", you have a problem .\n", "the shelf\n", "the first half-dozen episodes and probably\n", "our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender --\n", "beheadings\n", "immense\n", "last waltz\n", "being advertised as a comedy\n", "what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .\n", "an earnest study in despair\n", "pushing the jokes at the expense of character\n", "a kilt-wearing jackson\n", "fans and producers\n", "wretchedly unfunny wannabe\n", "shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story ,\n", ", this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving\n", "a wild , endearing , masterful documentary .\n", "'s one of the worst of the entire franchise\n", "appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else\n", "in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .\n", "great team\n", "a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man .\n", "stands i\n", "simple 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the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene .\n", "is a verbal duel between two gifted performers .\n", "lightweight , uneven action comedy\n", "earn\n", "vampire devaluation\n", "but the talented cast alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .\n", "much this time\n", "open-ended questions\n", "mindless pace\n", "that death\n", "superficially\n", "the long-winded heist comedy\n", "detailed than an autopsy , the movie\n", "sunset\n", "genuinely funny\n", "feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .\n", ", but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited .\n", "full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants\n", "amazing spider-man\n", ", deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history .\n", "beast\n", "burr steers\n", "heartfelt concern\n", "'s worked too hard on this movie .\n", "a frustrating ` tweener '\n", ", unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .\n", "be another man 's garbage\n", "does n't add anything fresh to the myth\n", "installments\n", "the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "suspected murder\n", "spike lee 's masterful\n", ", funny and beautifully\n", "a barrage of hype\n", "the massive waves\n", "minor treat\n", "go back to the source\n", "maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .\n", "dreary , humorless soap opera\n", "lazy , miserable and smug\n", "even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .\n", "a low-budget affair ,\n", "follows its standard formula\n", "kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut\n", "at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois\n", "by as it used 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a dream is a wish your heart makes\n", "look too deep into the story\n", "the characters are in it\n", "'s -rrb- quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin\n", "meyjes 's movie , like max rothman 's future , does not work .\n", "class austrian society\n", "caterer\n", "paranoia ,\n", "the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .\n", "resurrection too many .\n", "impenetrable theory\n", "mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete\n", "heartfelt conviction\n", "epiphanies\n", "that attracts the young and fit\n", ", this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options\n", "about italian - , chinese - , irish -\n", "which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way\n", "carefully lit\n", "artistry\n", "follow the books\n", "staircase gothic .\n", "other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or\n", "none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies\n", "tight\n", "the thematic ironies are too obvious\n", "good sources\n", "with nemesis\n", "book guy\n", "seated next to one of those ignorant\n", "music instructor\n", "photographs\n", "steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic .\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense , but it does mostly hold one 's interest\n", "weepy melodrama\n", "dark green , to be exact -rrb-\n", "so badly\n", "a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival .\n", "like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation\n", "in fact , it 's quite fun in places .\n", "straight out of eudora welty\n", "those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film\n", "is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent\n", ", this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .\n", "p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance\n", "grows on you -- like a rash .\n", "he allows nothing to get in the way\n", "the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance .\n", "an estrogen opera so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon .\n", "popcorn adventure\n", "by the four primary actors\n", "finally , is minimally satisfying\n", "the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces\n", "in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo\n", "dazzling , remarkably unpretentious\n", "if it 's not entirely memorable\n", "revelation\n", "loses its sense of humor\n", "to have jackie chan in it\n", "like gandalf\n", "draws us\n", "care less\n", "a truck , preferably\n", ", you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .\n", "when a selection appears in its final form -lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", "is its essential problem\n", "the tawdry soap opera antics\n", "still shines in her quiet blue eyes\n", "sustain a reasonable degree of suspense\n", "as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture\n", "most of the film\n", "to life on the big screen\n", "of the more influential works\n", "i usually dread encountering the most\n", "right down to the gryffindor scarf\n", "romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .\n", "ah , what the hell .\n", "terrorism anxieties\n", ", it 's the days of our lives\n", "this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .\n", "sometimes this modest little number clicks , and sometimes it does n't .\n", "the rowdy participants\n", "the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry 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"interesting story\n", "were all there\n", "fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .\n", "pulling the rug from underneath us\n", "like `` rosemary 's baby\n", "what one is left with , even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .\n", "a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics\n", "pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ...\n", "will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle\n", "it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ;\n", "frantic , virulent and foul-natured\n", "narrative logic or cohesion\n", "this film special\n", "opportunism\n", "by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all\n", "the film 's lamer instincts 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''\n", "in our boots\n", "hanky-panky\n", "the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt\n", "colors and\n", "it looks good , but it is essentially empty .\n", "most teenagers\n", "' has both .\n", "cinematic appeal\n", "on and\n", "waiting for happiness\n", "starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .\n", "and more entertaining , too .\n", "hip hop fantasy\n", "senegalese updating\n", "you 're burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol\n", "telling creepy stories\n", "too intensely\n", "compassion\n", "to watch if you only had a week to live\n", "wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies\n", "reeses\n", "mythologizing\n", "dimness\n", "folk\n", "this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men\n", "his latest feature , r xmas\n", "amazingly evocative\n", "fresh way\n", "pedestrian\n", "markets\n", "directing and story\n", "by their servants in 1933\n", "tourism\n", "often misconstrued as weakness\n", ", self-indulgent and maddening\n", "do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history\n", "is too mainstream\n", "is as close as you can get to an imitation movie\n", "catalytic effect\n", "context\n", "sending\n", "the lint\n", "kaufman 's approach\n", "never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .\n", "much more than trite observations on the human condition\n", "shave ice\n", "running on empty ,\n", "wannabe\n", "enough to save oleander 's uninspired story\n", "uplifter .\n", "is truly gorgeous to behold .\n", "sum '' is jack ryan 's `` do-over . ''\n", "just a waste\n", "makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective\n", "that does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "` are\n", "wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon\n", "a very old-school kind\n", "when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year\n", "gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error . '\n", "... unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .\n", "they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter\n", "made you love it\n", "is more than one joke about\n", "did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "captures the wonders and worries of childhood\n", "of gory mayhem\n", "suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .\n", "would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "and plot lapses\n", "literary purists\n", "the way we were , and\n", "might be with a large dose of painkillers .\n", "squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula\n", "produced in recent memory ,\n", "'s got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem\n", "vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of\n", "rewarding .\n", "the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice\n", "she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "holes\n", "behave like adults and everyone\n", "unreligious\n", "thoroughly enjoyed themselves and\n", "the earmarks\n", "have finally aged past his prime\n", "visible boom mikes\n", "get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes .\n", "screenwriting textbook\n", "well-acted television melodrama\n", "there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but\n", "a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy\n", "celebrate his victories\n", "a children 's film\n", "objects in a character 's hands\n", "is a sweet little girl\n", "that 's not saying much\n", "swimfan ,\n", "carries a charge of genuine excitement\n", "is not as funny or entertaining\n", "fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film ,\n", "increasingly pervasive aspect\n", "genuinely funny jokes\n", "while cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller\n", "one fantastic -lrb- and educational -rrb- documentary .\n", "staged like `` rosemary 's baby ,\n", "missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve\n", "clarify\n", "this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ...\n", "trite and\n", "gored bullfighters\n", "is spectacular\n", "eastern world politics\n", "-lrb- fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall -rrb- show us the world they love and make\n", "when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives\n", "melodramatic mountain\n", "walked away from this new version of e.t.\n", "martin 's\n", "to parody\n", "while not all that bad of a movie\n", "over the age of 12\n", "would seem to be surefire casting .\n", "mr. polanski\n", "with the term\n", "whether they be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit .\n", "discontent , and yearning\n", "omits\n", "the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely\n", "be exact\n", "artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime\n", "renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices\n", "guillen\n", "for a movie audience , the hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .\n", "without the vulgarity and\n", "mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up\n", "kicks off spookily enough\n", "frida 's life\n", "like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud\n", "against a frothing ex-girlfriend\n", "the context of the current political climate\n", "show up at theatres for it\n", "unimaginative\n", "is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "swear you are wet in some places and\n", "a companionable couple\n", "wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller ,\n", "'s jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite\n", "extra heavy-duty ropes\n", "sinuously plotted and\n", "deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation :\n", "amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario\n", "a back seat\n", "dialogue rip\n", "that should be thrown back in the river\n", "that , half an hour in\n", "the film deliberately lacks irony\n", "women since valley of the dolls\n", "into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment\n", "avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake\n", "allow for plenty of nudity\n", "definitely worth\n", "an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love\n", "innocuous\n", "the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant .\n", "who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful\n", "dry and forceful\n", "affectionately goofy\n", "coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie .\n", "is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted\n", "the home video market\n", "be interested in knowing any of them personally\n", "capacity\n", "a jet all the way\n", "flashbacks\n", "who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version\n", "dry humor and jarring shocks ,\n", "phantom\n", "offensive and redundant\n", "is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not .\n", "find himself\n", "truth-in-advertising hounds\n", ", freundlich 's world traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year .\n", "of early italian neorealism\n", "julia roberts\n", "paint-by-number romantic comedies\n", "'s for sure\n", "be able to look away for a second\n", "another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures .\n", "her confidence in her material\n", "lax and limp\n", "close encounters\n", ", his secret life is light , innocuous and unremarkable .\n", "companionship\n", "jae-eun\n", "given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment\n", "be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance\n", "by the time it 's done with us\n", "be an abridged edition\n", "my future\n", "the loud\n", "'80s\n", "into heaven\n", "exquisitely sad\n", "break through the wall\n", "on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic\n", "rife\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ;\n", "most aggressive\n", "the breezy and amateurish feel\n", "janice\n", "its own difficulties\n", "for some glacial pacing\n", "chanukah\n", "13 months and 295 preview screenings\n", "offers large rewards\n", "straightforward , emotionally honest\n", "intelligent ,\n", "provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise\n", "the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative\n", "high life\n", "the vagueness of topical excess\n", "nearly two hours\n", ", it 's too long and unfocused .\n", "about anything\n", "comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense\n", "brecht\n", "of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags\n", "really solid\n", "takes a back seat\n", "lukewarm\n", "to the film 's considerable charm\n", "literate than\n", "at this nonsensical story\n", "admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .\n", "arms dealer\n", "the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence\n", "every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary\n", "undermining the story 's emotional thrust\n", "not once does it come close to being exciting .\n", "is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer\n", "his franchise\n", "his most vital work\n", "a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .\n", "bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .\n", "a legendary professor and kunis\n", "on a matinee\n", "self-conscious and gratingly irritating films\n", "than two obvious dimensions\n", "emotional tensions of the papin sisters\n", "'s the delivery that matters here\n", "junior-high way\n", "the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "a catalyst\n", "needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about\n", "there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .\n", "richer than the ones\n", "particularly impressive\n", "audiences who like movies that demand four hankies\n", "auteuil 's\n", "of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle\n", "'s encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity\n", "deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history .\n", "recycled more times than i 'd care to count\n", "time trip\n", "is never satisfactory .\n", "succeeds in entertaining ,\n", "muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters\n", "it were n't silly\n", "the boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .\n", "shopping\n", "rodriguez\n", "de broca\n", "with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers\n", "of his sense of humor\n", "odd but ultimately satisfying\n", "comeback curlers\n", "its hero\n", "celluloid litmus test\n", "has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "some episodes work , some do n't .\n", "distort\n", "drifts\n", "if a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb\n", "portrayed\n", "takes place\n", "original rape\n", "grownups\n", "color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at\n", "even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski , it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .\n", "turning over\n", "legendary wit 's\n", "sandra bullock and hugh grant\n", "colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .\n", "gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .\n", "pitiful\n", "commander-in-chief of this film\n", "binging on cotton candy\n", "the current teen movie concern with bodily functions\n", "delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers .\n", "consummate actor barry\n", "two families , one black and one white\n", "without the highs and lows\n", "'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .\n", "sentimental ooze\n", "'s the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies .\n", "oodles\n", "3000 miles\n", "remains brightly optimistic ,\n", "overlong documentary\n", "an inventive\n", "hippie\n", "'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful ,\n", "our disbelief\n", "the widowmaker is a great yarn .\n", "of the barn-side target of sons\n", "muting\n", "bothered to check it twice\n", "an often-cute film\n", "that ` this is a story without surprises\n", "in love with myth\n", "to seek justice\n", "a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play\n", "anne-sophie birot\n", "despite the surface attractions -- conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .\n", "of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "lively songs\n", "shimizu\n", "a familiar story ,\n", "a pleasing way with a metaphor\n", "that woman 's\n", "watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint\n", "ball\n", "an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .\n", "i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny ,\n", "to humanize its subject\n", "has deftly\n", "out by going for that pg-13 rating\n", "along looking for astute observations and coming up blank\n", "a crowd-pleaser , but then\n", "visceral and\n", "the last man\n", "mildly entertaining .\n", "than ably\n", "have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart\n", "the filmmakers are asking of us\n", "a different movie\n", "where ms. shu is an institution\n", "did n't laugh .\n", "or believable tension\n", "making reference\n", "burning\n", "is well crafted , and well executed .\n", "go out to them\n", "the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes\n", "better off staying on the festival circuit\n", "puritanical brand\n", "it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun .\n", "streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food\n", "can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .\n", "a neat premise\n", "their mixed-up relationship\n", "long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "a confusing and horrifying vision\n", "been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer\n", "the start -- and , refreshingly ,\n", "runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino 's performance .\n", "boasts enough funny\n", "also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness\n", "cool stuff\n", "its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority\n", "the reagan years\n", "it 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ... grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun .\n", "screenwriter chris ver weil 's\n", "what annoyed me most about god is great\n", "a light , yet engrossing piece\n", "eight stories tall\n", "brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film\n", "in these harrowing surf shots\n", "on vanity\n", "which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "will be lulled into a coma .\n", "age .\n", "of the human race splitting in two\n", "self-consciously overwritten\n", "are jolting\n", "tasteful\n", "be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain\n", "it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ;\n", "was aiming for\n", "tabloid\n", "imitation\n", "less a movie than\n", "being that it 's only a peek .\n", "was kind of terrific\n", "take an entirely stale concept\n", "labors\n", ", who is cletis tout ?\n", "a bit thin\n", "'s waltzed itself into the art film pantheon\n", "bombastic and ultimately empty\n", "left on a remote shelf indefinitely\n", "even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic ,\n", "when you think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble\n", "director neil marshall 's intense freight\n", "around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse\n", "an animation landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs .\n", "should tell you everything you need to know 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short story than it does a film\n", "to be learned from watching ` comedian '\n", "the screen --\n", "of the bride\n", "1953 disney classic\n", "ethnicities\n", "are interesting\n", "poetic , heartbreaking\n", "rip-off prison\n", "hide its contrivances\n", "more than a few\n", "mother\n", "may well be the only one laughing at his own joke\n", "shapes\n", "is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "more unmentionable subjects\n", "reflect a woman 's point-of-view\n", "any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years .\n", "to keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", "-lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be\n", "screenplay level\n", "their budding amours\n", "the image that really tells the tale\n", "leaps over national boundaries and\n", "you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes\n", "buying\n", "standard crime 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horror film\n", "try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson\n", "with another\n", "film to drag on for nearly three hours\n", "to carry out a dickensian hero\n", "convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally\n", "with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .\n", "a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness\n", "improve things by making the movie go faster\n", "exposed\n", "-lrb- evans -rrb- had , lost , and got back\n", "zeus\n", "you never knew existed\n", "that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine\n", "knitting needles\n", "spotlights\n", "suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "incisive\n", "in this cinematic sandbox\n", "the movie should win the band a few new converts , too\n", "but freeman and judd make it work\n", "under the category of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live\n", "` hungry-man portions of bad '\n", "... wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams .\n", "charismatic enough to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate\n", "on people\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights\n", "hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year\n", "very human\n", "their caustic purpose\n", "'s a bargain-basement european pickup .\n", "entertaining documentary\n", "outweighs the nifty\n", "for pretentious arts majors\n", "heart-string\n", "winces\n", "savoca 's\n", "you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin\n", "take centre screen ,\n", "lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own\n", "'s as 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market research\n", "drawn animation\n", "'s just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with\n", "instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .\n", "endearing and easy\n", "components\n", "feel like you owe her big-time\n", "strategies\n", "insufferably naive .\n", "differences\n", "breezy and amateurish\n", "do n't even care that there 's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff\n", "is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication .\n", "thoughtfully delivered\n", "justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered\n", "is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .\n", "cox\n", "any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly\n", "warm-blooded empathy\n", "missing in murder\n", "clumsy dialogue ,\n", "love the players it brings to the fore for the 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events that set the plot in motion .\n", "too deep\n", "put for that effort\n", "is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay\n", "brings\n", "to view events as if\n", "a solidly entertaining\n", "of the 1960s\n", "hour running time\n", "a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic\n", "of skeletons\n", "it 's mostly a pleasure to watch .\n", "about three people and their mixed-up relationship\n", "was inspired\n", "with howard stern\n", "does n't have some fairly pretty pictures\n", "lightweight but\n", "appears not to have been edited at all\n", "the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream\n", "halfwit\n", "what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material .\n", "are missing\n", "so earnest\n", "presiding over the end of cinema\n", "a loud , ugly , irritating movie 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the mind\n", "the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .\n", "both sides of the atlantic\n", "smart-aleck\n", "stuffiest\n", "spalding gray equivalent\n", "a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either .\n", "but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close\n", "remarkable ensemble cast\n", "writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . '\n", "holland lets things peter out midway\n", "tight and truthful\n", "last days\n", "are many things\n", "have seen it\n", "with on their own\n", "barely defensible sexual violence\n", "keenest pleasures\n", "the fuss\n", "same message\n", "works better in the conception than it does in the execution\n", "nuttgens\n", "the exotic surface\n", "improvement\n", "politics , power\n", "a so-so , made-for-tv something posing as a real movie .\n", "british comedy\n", "most repugnant\n", "similarly styled\n", "the brain is engaged\n", "wiggling\n", "'s surprising\n", "the pathology set in\n", "the appearance of clinical objectivity\n", "from others in the genre\n", "believability was n't one of the film 's virtues .\n", "good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing\n", "sordid and\n", "this laughable dialogue\n", "important enough\n", "of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence\n", "my head\n", "just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .\n", "be ingratiating\n", "romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques .\n", "in igby\n", "a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play\n", "` bowling\n", "develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .\n", "relationships shift\n", "cooks\n", "american right-wing extremists\n", "he 's a better actor than a standup comedian .\n", "proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .\n", "so real\n", "koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation\n", "described as a ghost story gone badly awry\n", "pillowcases over their heads\n", "and , in the end\n", "looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script\n", "jackson 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trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel .\n", "fails as a dystopian movie\n", "sweet and gentle\n", "learn a good deal\n", "a grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .\n", "censure\n", ", funny , rather chaotic\n", "his images\n", "purportedly\n", "a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him\n", "steeped\n", "by now\n", "if the tuxedo actually were a suit\n", "when the bullets stop flying\n", "marginal intelligence\n", "tremble without losing his machismo\n", "would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges .\n", "has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .\n", "that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain\n", "takes advantage of the fact\n", "to take it seriously\n", "adolescent movie\n", "could be so flabby\n", "`` birthday girl '' is 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"taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus\n", "ambitious and moving but bleak\n", "skin-deep\n", "gross-out comedy\n", "a sincere\n", "world-class fencer\n", "you to give it a millisecond of thought\n", "certainly the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps .\n", "cacoyannis '\n", "it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "stroke\n", "i still like moonlight mile , better judgment be damned .\n", "it 's not too racy and it 's not too offensive .\n", "the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .\n", "lonely\n", "well not\n", "of something different\n", "a city\n", "otherworldly\n", "served\n", "zaza 's\n", "geographical\n", "playing in the film 's background\n", "mai thi kim\n", "watching an eastern imagination explode\n", "an intellectual exercise\n", "even-flowing\n", "this smart-aleck 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bruised characters\n", "engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched .\n", "managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan\n", ", it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .\n", "audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching ,\n", "dislikable study in sociopathy .\n", "shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time\n", "confirms\n", "ditched\n", "plotline\n", "ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory .\n", "is duly impressive in imax dimensions ,\n", "the realities\n", "this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .\n", "should be used to burn every print of the film\n", "the black-and-white archival footage of their act\n", "charming and evoking little ditty\n", "-lrb- career - kids = misery -rrb-\n", "truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film\n", "flick you 've ever seen .\n", "have a hard time believing it was just coincidence\n", "opportunity to use that term as often as possible\n", "the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched\n", "a quieter middle section\n", "classic french nuance\n", "full regalia\n", "tie together beautifully\n", "is still quite good-natured and\n", "the insights\n", "most notable observation\n", "to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year\n", "self-defeatingly\n", "attempts to be grandiloquent ,\n", "faraway\n", "start to finish .\n", "like about men\n", "check it twice\n", "a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "like the original\n", "a memorable directorial debut\n", "in the tuxedo\n", "acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake\n", "a high enough level\n", "it 's a loathsome movie , it really is and\n", "probing or penetrating\n", "understandable\n", "righteousness\n", "'s a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .\n", "one thing is for sure\n", "ends up seeming goofy\n", "made the first film such a delight\n", "a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking\n", "of disney animation\n", "it 's insanely violent and very graphic\n", "as director of the escort service was inspired\n", "instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge\n", "elegant\n", "in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this\n", "authenticate\n", "make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment\n", "cannier\n", "one 's mother\n", "might deliver again and again\n", "they were in high school\n", "a moving and important film .\n", "quirky characters , odd situations , and\n", "make them laugh\n", "than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design\n", "he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes\n", "the trinity assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony\n", "make it human\n", "being forty , female and single\n", "it 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .\n", "this amiable picture talks tough\n", "what a reckless\n", "environmental message\n", "creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances .\n", "but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches .\n", "that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm\n", "of a frustrating misfire\n", "vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .\n", "replaced by romance-novel platitudes\n", "act\n", "with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining\n", "touch the planet 's skin\n", "of masterpiece\n", "unprovoked\n", "festival film\n", "wanderers\n", "is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .\n", "reel\n", "in itself\n", "only the most practiced curmudgeon\n", "writer\\/director alexander payne -lrb- election -rrb-\n", "never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .\n", "more than merely\n", "an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience\n", "for true fans\n", "are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one\n", "adorns\n", "unique niche\n", "a dinner guest showing off his doctorate\n", "the viewer 's patience\n", "mothers , daughters\n", "'s actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places\n", "piano score\n", "is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance ,\n", ", combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video .\n", "'d care to count\n", "fred\n", "seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .\n", "on and on and on and on\n", "get more re-creations of all those famous moments\n", "so many titans of the industry\n", "offensive , puerile\n", "at the very least\n", "took to drink\n", "action and idiosyncratic humor\n", "funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot\n", "to fruition in her sophomore effort\n", "both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .\n", "cleaver\n", "all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb-\n", "extraordinary debut from josh koury\n", "the academy loves\n", "the power of fantasy\n", "wanted to leave .\n", "searching\n", "much of jonah simply\n", "cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock\n", "the off-center humor is a constant\n", "bullet\n", "is a masterpiece .\n", "if you 're in need of a cube fix\n", "in the series\n", "intriguing what-if premise\n", "than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts\n", "it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .\n", "would expect .\n", "factory\n", "pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .\n", "meetings\n", "may sound\n", "a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator\n", "a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario\n", "molly\n", "at people who like to ride bikes\n", "would still be beyond comprehension\n", "at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed\n", "was so endlessly ,\n", "do n't think so .\n", "being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit\n", "of an american -lrb- and an america -rrb- always reaching for something just outside his grasp\n", "set out to lampoon\n", "family conflict\n", "dim-witted and\n", "necessary viewing for sci-fi fans\n", "the exoticism\n", "ambitious but\n", "a routine assignment\n", "bible killer story\n", "completely familiar\n", "unparalleled proportions\n", "bull sessions\n", "whimper\n", "brussels sprouts\n", "punny 6\n", "mushy as peas\n", "a huge disappointment coming ,\n", "kline\n", "a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation\n", "stay there for a couple of hours\n", "emotional thrust\n", "love stories you will ever see\n", "a bizarre sort\n", "refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man\n", "rate\n", "guilt-trip\n", "its own simplicity\n", "of human frailty fascinates\n", "post 9-11 period\n", "abbass 's understated\n", "buscemi\n", "a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary\n", "greatest musicians\n", "veers into corny sentimentality ,\n", "breheny\n", "exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .\n", "goofy pleasure\n", "demand four hankies\n", "shines in her quiet blue eyes\n", "the first fatal attraction was vile enough .\n", "david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .\n", ", '' one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .\n", "to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it\n", "buoy\n", "cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth .\n", "a huge box-office hit in korea\n", "acting that borders\n", "deleted\n", "overheated\n", "perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood\n", ", is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .\n", "its combination of entertainment and evangelical\n", "the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities .\n", "bettany\\/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster\n", "a film so labyrinthine\n", "feels strangely hollow at its emotional core .\n", "him point-to-point driving directions\n", "near-future america\n", "prepared\n", "the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him\n", "suspend our disbelief\n", "swiftly\n", "unsubtle\n", "challenging\n", "will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances '\n", "comes up shorter than britney 's cutoffs\n", "if you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us .\n", "a suitcase\n", "string together enough charming moments to work\n", "less extreme\n", "murder\n", "for the geek generation\n", "the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "the turn\n", "ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "phony imagery or music\n", "dark green ,\n", "of the actors\n", "holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .\n", "unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations\n", "entering\n", "prime escapist fare\n", "inconsistent and\n", "dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and\n", "more than she can handle\n", "its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised .\n", "should instead\n", "true to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .\n", "'s undone by a sloppy script\n", "is not easily\n", "of her three protagonists\n", "nothing but an episode of smackdown !\n", "technological\n", "is barely\n", "this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .\n", "assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio\n", "perpetrating\n", "a boring , pretentious waste\n", "check out\n", "too-spectacular\n", "feces\n", "the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope\n", "everything rob reiner and his cast\n", "that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd\n", "is like nothing we westerners have seen before .\n", "it 's sweet ... but\n", "its funny , moving yarn\n", "sheds light on a subject few\n", "factors\n", "almost cohesive\n", "is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground .\n", "to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation\n", "willingly\n", "just a simple fable\n", "substantial arc\n", "relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time\n", "love triangle\n", "looked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting .\n", "far-fetched premise\n", "it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", "this cinematic snow cone\n", "easily forgotten\n", "it completely misses its emotions\n", "simulate\n", "zap\n", ", and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution\n", "was funnier\n", "on the level or merely\n", "multi-layered and\n", "three-dimensional\n", "is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .\n", "your toes\n", "be better as a diary or documentary\n", "i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless\n", "dry , dry\n", "results that are sometimes bracing\n", "handed down\n", "of melodramatic moviemaking\n", "edward burns ' sidewalks of new york\n", "bled the raw film stock\n", "filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism\n", "in eye-popping visuals\n", "like a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie\n", "-lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb-\n", "see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles\n", "drawn movie\n", "mr. clooney ,\n", "spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera\n", "that movie\n", "succeeded only in making me groggy\n", "filming opera\n", "top billing\n", "sympathize\n", "for single digits kidlets\n", "cho 's timing\n", "be intriguing\n", "good three days\n", "the peak\n", "it 's too long\n", "time to let your hair down --\n", ", provocative drama\n", "the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here\n", "this movie turned out\n", "gayton 's script\n", "less charming than listening to a four-year-old\n", "asks the right questions\n", "sundance festival\n", "of holiday movies\n", "there are great rewards here .\n", "-lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing\n", "seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool\n", "heady jumble\n", "a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other\n", "learned a bit more craft since directing adams\n", "the way many of us live\n", "making kahlo 's art\n", "onto him\n", "a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and\n", "girl-buddy\n", "recreated\n", "grab your kids and\n", "something fishy\n", "averting\n", "an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth\n", "kafka 's meat grinder\n", "like a child with an important message to tell ... -lrb- skins ' -rrb- faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty\n", "a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .\n", "fact , even better\n", "fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic\n", "exit sign\n", "it 's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .\n", "old block\n", "might not have been such a bad day after all\n", "the clients\n", "particular talents\n", "of why men leave their families\n", "of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces ''\n", "falls somewhat short\n", "main asset\n", "the long , dishonorable history\n", "his music\n", "throws\n", "clancy 's\n", "consider what we value in our daily lives\n", "this scarlet 's letter\n", "was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .\n", "to connect with on any deeper level\n", "sympathize with another character\n", "the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is --\n", "allusions\n", "it is quite a vision .\n", "ke\n", "something impressive and yet lacking about everything\n", "aniston -rrb- has always needed to grow into a movie career\n", "thousand-times -\n", ", it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance\n", "... a guiltless film for nice evening out .\n", "lost in its midst\n", "instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games , we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .\n", "stifled\n", "is , also , frequently hilarious\n", "on their resumes\n", "giant commercial\n", "breheny 's -rrb- lensing\n", "extremely unconventional things\n", "most glaring\n", "there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but it is not what is on the screen\n", "the only type\n", "is tepid and tedious\n", "is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ?\n", "penetrating ,\n", "original comic books\n", "here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose\n", "an hour ,\n", "laziness and arrogance\n", "suited for the history or biography channel\n", "cinema , and indeed\n", "does n't come much lower .\n", ", moving\n", "erotic or sensuous\n", "talking 'til the end of the year\n", "it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies ,\n", "with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late\n", "restore -lrb- harmon -rrb- to prominence ,\n", "there 's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .\n", "`` last tango in paris '' but\n", "multi-character piece\n", "are reflected in almost every scene\n", "the limited sets and\n", "not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again .\n", "of honor\n", "a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality ,\n", "though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers\n", "broadway\n", "serial murders\n", "usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies\n", "can read the subtitles -lrb- the opera is sung in italian -rrb-\n", "searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say\n", "feel too happy to argue much\n", "in trying to be daring and original\n", "imax sound system\n", ", he 's not making fun of these people ,\n", "minded\n", "the dialogue frequently misses the mark\n", "may be disappointed .\n", "an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension .\n", "lioness\n", "a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but\n", "this should seal the deal\n", "the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .\n", "self-conscious\n", "production design\n", "whit more .\n", "that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty\n", "heavy on the atmospheric weirdness\n", "darling harbour\n", "airs\n", "afraid of the bad reviews\n", "actor michel serrault\n", "and how .\n", "clears the cynicism right out of you\n", "great presence\n", "emotionally accessible\n", "viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances\n", "constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense\n", "this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic .\n", "an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime\n", "an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama\n", "by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in\n", "succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order .\n", "'re a comic fan\n", "fair bit\n", "bucks\n", "robin williams ,\n", "was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "built-in\n", "this film 's cast is uniformly superb\n", "its kahlories\n", "burns\n", "devotion\n", "quashed\n", "crafted film\n", "jaunty fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .\n", "asia , where ms. shu is an institution\n", "audience-pleaser\n", "with a skateboard\n", "establish mr. cantet as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace\n", "its shape-shifting perils\n", "we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "crane 's decline\n", "america 's winter movie screens\n", "their children or\n", "loopy and ludicrous\n", "cannibal movie\n", "takes such a speedy swan dive\n", "highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style\n", "haneke 's portrait\n", "just one word\n", "not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days ,\n", "substance and\n", "promising cast\n", "the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out\n", "there 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and\n", "there 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy\n", "in miami\n", "lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos\n", "this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep\n", "does pack some serious suspense\n", "'ll probably run out screaming .\n", "instantly\n", "exist\n", "blame here\n", "'s amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media\n", "impressive style\n", "is not an out of place metaphor .\n", "genre .\n", "of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey\n", "has no place to go since simone is not real\n", "hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .\n", "sip your vintage wines\n", "work about impossible , irrevocable choices\n", "not quite\n", "it 's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting .\n", "bloody sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry .\n", "everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .\n", "ghoulish\n", "the last decade\n", "a classical dramatic animated feature\n", "trades\n", "trash-cinema roots\n", "gone bad\n", "of the alexandre dumas classic\n", "comes off winningly ,\n", "makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .\n", "vs. spy film\n", "generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement\n", "a credible case for reports\n", "cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets\n", "sometimes a chuckle\n", "pauline &\n", "so many explosions\n", "all of its marks\n", "this movie directionless\n", "its own right\n", "positively shakesperean by comparison\n", "`` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "out the con and the players\n", "out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha\n", "there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but\n", "next great thing\n", "passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type\n", "a 90-minute movie\n", "making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers\n", "-lrb- the film -rrb- works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay\n", "an enthralling\n", "rather choppy\n", "comprehend\n", "happiness\n", "make you feel like a sucker\n", "are more compelling than the execution\n", "obsessive\n", "the era justice\n", "of nijinsky\n", "omniscient voice-over narrator\n", "the directing and story\n", "mildly funny , sometimes tedious ,\n", ", the project should have been made for the tube .\n", "tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise ,\n", "exceedingly memorable\n", "the choices\n", "is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness .\n", "air of gentle longing\n", "is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .\n", "dark , challenging\n", "to make it entertaining\n", "gel\n", "endings\n", "kurys '\n", "the plug on the conspirators\n", "not-so-hot\n", "derring-do\n", "far from a treasure\n", "the messiness of true stories\n", "the afterlife and a lot more time\n", "do n't say you were n't warned\n", "before him\n", "a laughable -- or rather , unlaughable\n", "i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening\n", "in spite of it\n", "long before it 's over\n", "year 's\n", "fortify\n", "torments and\n", "aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups\n", "an admirable ,\n", "are consistently delightful .\n", "kidnapper\n", "to investigate\n", "the bill\n", "long , intricate\n", "throw\n", "which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through\n", "a nice , light treat\n", "flawless amounts\n", "a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .\n", "the one hour and thirty-three minutes\n", "paycheck\n", "with myth\n", "a touching drama\n", "apart\n", "skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults .\n", "has a real filmmaker 's eye .\n", "nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper\n", "of evans ' career\n", "deft combination\n", "such superficial treatment\n", "as macho action conventions assert themselves\n", "humorously\n", "that it 's also one of the smartest\n", "mediocre performances\n", "dramedy '\n", "you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but\n", "of richard nixon\n", "a treasure chest of material\n", "sitting through\n", "kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies\n", "been exhausted by documentarians\n", "skimpy\n", "a nike ad\n", "original release date\n", "its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors\n", "a total loss\n", "infuriating film .\n", "leading lady\n", "snail-like\n", "the quirky and recessive charms\n", "satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey ,\n", "of that moral favorite\n", "what its title implies\n", "follows up with\n", "nails hard\n", "genuine acting\n", "sci-fi movies\n", "& heart-rate-raising\n", "huskies\n", "can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards .\n", "by billy ray and terry george\n", "pessimistic\n", "of women\n", "stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish .\n", "like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp\n", "realized on the screen\n", "a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .\n", "a 21st century morality play\n", "innate\n", "demonstrated\n", ", the hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .\n", "skill or presence\n", "janey\n", "also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american ,\n", "from those who , having survived , suffered most\n", "for 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 .\n", "love the piano teacher\n", "the power of this script , and\n", "'s not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy\n", "of the points\n", "a way that speaks forcefully enough about the 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action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but\n", "for laughs and not the last time\n", "dismiss -- moody\n", "scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness\n", "rustic\n", "a strong message\n", "to never land\n", "pallid horror\n", "all great films about a life you never knew existed\n", "to make his debut as a film director\n", "out-sized\n", "it 's soulful and unslick ,\n", "he has severe body odor\n", "belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms\n", "the first\n", "beck 's\n", "hideous yellow\n", "charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark\n", "everyone 's efforts\n", "do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some\n", "in totally unexpected directions\n", "a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience\n", ", jeong-hyang lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness .\n", "a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar\n", "superior crime movie\n", "this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree\n", "you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler\n", "the film , while it 's not completely wreaked\n", "true intent\n", "inoffensive fluff\n", "rainbows\n", "polished ,\n", "the channel\n", "your seat for long stretches\n", "obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .\n", "into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem\n", "of the dogtown experience\n", "what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .\n", "janice 's\n", "it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", "shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits\n", "missing from it\n", "of her pursuers\n", "the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive .\n", "marvelously entertaining\n", "schlocky creature\n", "ouija\n", "original american productions\n", "their act\n", "stories drowned by all too clever complexity\n", "a metaphor for a modern-day urban china\n", "-lrb- election -rrb-\n", "'s an adventure story and history lesson all in one\n", "more than a widget\n", "no southern stereotype unturned\n", "recount his halloween trip to the haunted house .\n", "to sloppy plotting\n", "feeble examples\n", "often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction\n", "great film\n", "a classic movie franchise\n", "a collection of bits\n", "' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .\n", "circumstances\n", "manages , with terrific flair ,\n", "the ones that do\n", "a barely adequate babysitter for older kids\n", "want to look it up\n", "of faith , love and power\n", "beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm\n", ", debut indie effort\n", "concentrate on city\n", "awful complications\n", "ensues\n", "his fake backdrops\n", "'s to this film 's -lrb- and its makers ' -rrb- credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves\n", "eighth grade girl\n", "'s really wrong with this ricture !\n", "slow , painful\n", "just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence\n", "ed\n", "like some corny television\n", "is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless .\n", ", the film of `` the kid stays in the picture '' would be an abridged edition\n", "a high water mark for this genre\n", "a treasure chest\n", "of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar\n", "the story is virtually impossible to follow here ,\n", "will undoubtedly enjoy it\n", "the big scene\n", "the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy 's thanksgiving day parade balloon\n", "the worst film of the year .\n", "it too is a bomb .\n", ", proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "vital essence scooped\n", "it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory\n", "of the gross-out comedy\n", "great movie\n", ", black manhood\n", "genuinely bone-chilling tale\n", "than scary\n", "karmen\n", "my crappola radar\n", "is that it 's also one of the smartest\n", "an ease\n", "picture book\n", "sharper , cleaner script\n", "rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "if `` lilo & stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen\n", "be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in\n", "seems like someone going through the motions .\n", "nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women\n", "lies in war-torn jerusalem\n", "-lrb- but not great -rrb-\n", "is merely a charmless witch\n", "you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion\n", "anyone who is not a character in this movie should care\n", "have a clue on the park\n", "be one of them\n", "conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences\n", "excruciatingly\n", "its poetic symbolism\n", "shoe-loving\n", "self-deprecating , biting and witty feature\n", "that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature\n", "is the same as it has been with all the films in the series\n", "milder is n't better\n", "of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then\n", "veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic\n", "a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure\n", "picked\n", "sell the amp\n", "a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics .\n", "first part\n", "so beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses .\n", "-lrb- and original running time\n", "san\n", "will likely call it ` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates .\n", "satisfying movie experience\n", "for free .\n", "out in the theaters this year\n", "the best brush in the business\n", "paradiso 's\n", "action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest\n", "with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper .\n", "that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "that really work\n", "to be human\n", ", made-for-tv\n", "mourns her tragedies in private\n", "is the stuff that disney movies are made of\n", "while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed\n", "write and\n", "a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich\n", "pleasant and engaging enough\n", "about friendship , love , and the truth\n", "is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy\n", "by goth goofiness\n", "in the act\n", "exploitative for the art houses and too cynical ,\n", "few other decent ones\n", "another genre exercise\n", "seems entirely improvised\n", "little nuances\n", "fairly impressive\n", "in cannes\n", "predictably\n", "an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,\n", "with familiar situations and repetitive scenes\n", "... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .\n", "intelligibility\n", "sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell\n", "blazing\n", "the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality\n", "the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans ' story\n", "a little more intensity and\n", "big bad love\n", "i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too\n", "in a shrugging mood\n", "is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance\n", "be the end of the world\n", "chabrol\n", "love stories of any stripe\n", "his disparate manhattan denizens --\n", "few films about the plight of american indians in modern america\n", "by the ridiculousness of its premise\n", "itch\n", ", made-for-movie\n", "the slowest viewer grasps it\n", "remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies .\n", "the group 's playful spark of nonconformity\n", "puzzle\n", "sade ''\n", "restage\n", "strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends .\n", "that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are\n", "`` they 're out there ! ''\n", "loud , silly , stupid and pointless\n", "as good as the full monty , but a really strong second effort .\n", "middle east struggle\n", "images and surround\n", "if they 're old enough to have developed some taste\n", "individual stories\n", "makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde\n", "as a documentary -- but not very imaxy\n", "perfectly competent and often imaginative film\n", "also wanted a little alien as a friend !\n", "should never , ever ,\n", "you thought would leave you cold\n", "tweener\n", "a 94-minute travesty\n", "in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen\n", "parallels\n", "teams\n", "this dog of a movie\n", "foxworthy\n", "tuck everlasting\n", "gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "into the category of films\n", "the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations\n", "the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "think of it\n", "simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kiss is really all about performances .\n", "is a somber trip worth taking\n", "to emerge with any degree of accessibility\n", "its wake\n", "the attempt to complicate the story\n", "a documentary and\n", "the genre is well established\n", "'s a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .\n", "like you owe her big-time\n", "heady whirl\n", "with a tawdry b-movie scum\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama .\n", "two rowdy teenagers\n", "floor\n", "of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most\n", "'s a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style\n", "a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling ,\n", "stockwell\n", "maudlin and\n", "overly ambitious to be fully successful\n", "the bones of queen of the damned\n", "a radar\n", "the place\n", "suicidal poetry\n", "or rather\n", "best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film\n", "-lrb- solondz 's -rrb-\n", "abstract approach\n", "oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream\n", "` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates\n", "there is greatness here .\n", "who co-wrote the script\n", "has long\n", "bill morrison 's\n", "most generic rock star\n", "these two people\n", "'ve got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane\n", "shorts\n", "sabara -rrb-\n", "there is no sense\n", "'ll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness .\n", "sham actor workshops and an affected malaise\n", "mr. reggio 's\n", "is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film\n", "rare insight\n", "to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '\n", "this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of\n", "lacks aspirations of social upheaval .\n", "for not quite and hour and a half\n", "just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market\n", "is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .\n", "pour le movie .\n", "pop-culture\n", "the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing\n", "of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore\n", "my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch\n", "director douglas mcgrath\n", "in jessica\n", "for decades\n", "your seat , tense with suspense\n", "that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god\n", "it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre\n", "'s often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "is well below expectations\n", "seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece .\n", "tired old vision\n", "worshipful than your random e\n", "her book\n", "keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum\n", "'s also uninspired\n", "of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable\n", "provocative stuff\n", "rich detail condensed\n", "burns ' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off .\n", "is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets\n", "surefire\n", "chen films the resolutely downbeat smokers only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book\n", "perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .\n", "that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand\n", "get a coherent rhythm going\n", "bracingly nasty\n", "so downbeat and\n", ", if ultimately minor ,\n", "see why people thought i was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies ''\n", "'s never boring\n", "of help 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"our reality tv obsession\n", "happened this way\n", "spoofy\n", "saved this film a world of hurt\n", "the story line may be 127 years old , but\n", "restrictive and chaotic\n", "the price that was paid for it\n", "of a cellular phone commercial\n", "color , music and life\n", "is capped with pointless extremes\n", "has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone\n", "list this ` credit ' on their resumes\n", "why this project was undertaken\n", "screen\n", "countless interpretations\n", "tell who the other actors in the movie are\n", "in one 's mouth\n", "had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't\n", "of monsoon wedding\n", "messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd\n", "report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks\n", "'s very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable\n", "fantasized about space travel but\n", "theatre and\n", ", 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 .\n", "of these words\n", "ca n't look away from\n", "its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive\n", ", in this case , that 's true\n", "for most of the characters\n", "as padded as allen 's jelly belly\n", "gives a human face\n", "spare but quietly effective retelling\n", "ordinary louts\n", "it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast .\n", "sell us\n", "my husband\n", "ghost ship\n", "punctuated by flying guts .\n", "gang-member teens in brooklyn circa\n", "riveting and surprisingly romantic\n", "beard\n", "verete\n", "of star wars\n", "great\n", "love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief\n", "delirious\n", "precocious kids\n", "like a strange route\n", "the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film\n", "laws , political correctness or common decency\n", "would n't it\n", "smarter than its commercials make it seem .\n", "lynch\n", "grade-school audience\n", "someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "lecter\n", "gone-to-seed hotel\n", "it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .\n", "the tormented persona of bibi\n", "a penetrating , potent exploration\n", "more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway .\n", "children 's home video\n", "sterile and lacking\n", "is a picture\n", "the title character played by brendan fraser\n", "rainy\n", "contrived and\n", "way fears and slights\n", "a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology\n", "girardot\n", "at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and\n", "is one of those rare pictures\n", "best and most\n", "surprisingly similar\n", "from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental\n", "the humanizing stuff\n", "dancers\n", "of b-movie imagination\n", "of terrible events\n", "on a date\n", "have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "hanks\n", "a very well-meaning movie , and it\n", "the corporate circus\n", "is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own\n", "are enthralling\n", "be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls\n", "by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances\n", "its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through\n", "entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ...\n", "passable date film\n", "this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero\n", "cary grant\n", "too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy\n", "was 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\n", "that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "ironies\n", "cinema screens\n", "of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters\n", "an ungainly movie\n", "survive its tonal transformation\n", "holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm\n", "a funny no-brainer\n", "melted away\n", "it 's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer .\n", "kieslowski\n", "makes one thing perfectly clear\n", "bloated\n", "... also one of the most curiously depressing\n", "teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "outstanding soundtrack\n", "character dramas\n", "where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating\n", "ahead of her pursuers\n", "who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "that 's because relatively nothing happens .\n", "substance and soul\n", "rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love\n", "lodge\n", "influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame\n", "waldo salt screenwriting award\n", "... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences .\n", "rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making\n", "german factory\n", "that can no longer pay its bills\n", "grew hideously twisted\n", "taxi\n", "big time .\n", "heroine\n", "devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry\n", "'s as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .\n", "on a long patch of black ice\n", "though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience\n", "it succeeds\n", "others in the genre\n", "a pregnant premise\n", "pure entertainment\n", "those crass , contrived sequels\n", "insubstantial\n", "of tolerance and diversity\n", "as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .\n", "sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness\n", "entwined through family history\n", "all expectation\n", "for universal studios and its ancillary products\n", "a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature\n", "despite many talky , slow scenes\n", "the united states\n", "little logic or continuity\n", "all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance\n", "their romances\n", "easy jokes and insults\n", "their shallow styles\n", "alone\n", "final verdict : you 've seen it all before\n", "wherever it takes you\n", "'s good enough to be the purr\n", "alienate the mainstream audience\n", ", or soon\n", "arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light\n", "makes 98 minutes\n", "we get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it .\n", "of monsoon wedding in late marriage\n", "musker\n", "i should n't have laughed\n", "has its moments -- and almost as many subplots .\n", "often exquisite\n", "banal spiritual quest\n", "deflated as he does\n", "the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling\n", "is n't in its details\n", "are n't many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "undisputed\n", "has performed a difficult task indeed\n", "charming and funny -lrb- but ultimately silly -rrb- movie\n", "a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "redux\n", "with the mayhem in formula 51\n", "dredge up\n", "dramatic unity\n", "anachronistic quick edits\n", "considering its\n", "is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .\n", "a caricature\n", "nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book\n", "'s not hateful\n", "slim\n", "they grow up and you can wait till then\n", "i did n't laugh .\n", "a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .\n", "its unadorned view\n", "'s almost worth seeing ,\n", "tosses at them\n", "somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver\n", "guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face\n", "of dark 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"although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness\n", "by a british cast\n", "'s one of the worst of the entire franchise .\n", "first starring vehicle\n", "the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time\n", "determine\n", "confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .\n", "the commitment\n", "the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects\n", "call domino 's\n", "detached\n", "address his own world war ii experience in his signature style\n", "should be interesting\n", "farm melodrama .\n", "teen thriller and murder mystery\n", "to count\n", "critical jim two-dimensional and pointless\n", "predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting\n", "adams , with four scriptwriters ,\n", "of a director enjoying himself immensely\n", "this fascinating look\n", "like `\n", "served an eviction notice\n", "care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve\n", "a 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allusions\n", "'m giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .\n", "a new york\n", "that are still looking for a common through-line\n", "to see what the director does next\n", "in knowing full well what 's going to happen\n", "a single character\n", "hothouse\n", "but even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .\n", "is strong as always .\n", "narrative and -lrb- too -rrb- short\n", "struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "so impersonal or\n", "of remorse\n", "most convincing emotional gravity\n", "dollar theatres\n", "down the reality drain\n", "its rough edges and\n", "his outstanding performance\n", "the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .\n", "to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again\n", "into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with 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impervious to a fall\n", "helps to remind the first world that hiv\\/aids is far from being yesterday 's news .\n", "thoughtful without having much dramatic impact\n", "finding the filling missing\n", "half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy\n", "creeps\n", "snowball\n", "german\n", "analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in\n", "usual fluttering and stammering\n", "for the 110 minutes of `` panic room ''\n", "is jack ryan 's `` do-over . ''\n", "of satiric fire and emotional turmoil\n", "wonderfully lush morvern callar\n", "jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .\n", "there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors .\n", "document all this emotional misery\n", "at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting\n", "does its predecessors proud\n", "and emotionally bruised characters\n", "a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film\n", "want to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from\n", "winning piece\n", "directorial stamp\n", "there 's very little sense to what 's going on here\n", "takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and\n", "seen some bad singer-turned actors\n", "what has become of us all in the era of video\n", "the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling\n", "this action-thriller\\/dark comedy\n", "king lear\n", "intolerance has the power to deform 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faraway planet\n", "from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients\n", "the realities of gay sex\n", "highly irritating at first\n", "sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and\n", "paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe ,\n", "no wit ,\n", "her share of the holiday box office pie\n", "improvised over many months -rrb-\n", "boundaries\n", "as tremors\n", "in the voices of men and women ,\n", "stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe .\n", "the movie or\n", "was painful\n", "tiresome romantic-comedy duds\n", "the ground\n", "despite all of that\n", "cherry\n", "of a couple 's moral ascension\n", "saves it\n", "wearer\n", "landscape\n", "are too immature and unappealing to care about\n", "it ` 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"ca n't sustain it .\n", "the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst 's forced avuncular chortles .\n", "sly stallone\n", "is truly gorgeous\n", "dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious\n", "a ray\n", "a fun and funky look\n", "too violent\n", "have a hard time sitting through this one\n", "still can be made\n", "is , as comedy goes , very silly\n", "keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable\n", "engaging diatribes\n", "needlessly opaque intro\n", "screwball\n", "silver-haired and leonine\n", "of the year\n", "does best\n", "in past seagal films\n", "personal low\n", "to other recent war movies\n", "of showing them\n", "a chilly , clinical lab report\n", "the ethereal nature\n", "boys\n", "sets a new benchmark for lameness\n", "a finely written , superbly acted offbeat 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"pushing the envelope\n", "parent-child relationships\n", "comedy-drama\n", "as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability\n", "satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor\n", "good performance\n", "more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .\n", "a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub\n", "a funny , puzzling movie\n", "all sides\n", "'re not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices\n", "the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "are both superb\n", "of lost dreams\n", "surrenders to the illogic of its characters\n", "observant intelligence\n", "a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron\n", "unremittingly\n", ", dry , reliable textbook\n", "to an act of cinematic penance\n", "tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea\n", "by harris , phifer and cam\n", "entirely believable\n", "on and on and\n", "nonchalant\n", "of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar\n", "delivers on that promise .\n", "routine\n", "no such thing is hartley 's least accessible screed yet .\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys ,\n", "tuxedo 's\n", "that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another\n", "rushed to the megaplexes\n", "to be called any kind of masterpiece\n", "thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening\n", "the chaotic insanity\n", "george hickenlooper 's\n", "want one\n", "a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances\n", "dumb but occasionally\n", ", calculated exercise\n", "to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy\n", "quirks and foibles\n", "by anything on display\n", "pop manifestations of the holy 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with noticeably less energy and imagination .\n", "the negative and the script\n", "whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness\n", "eclair\n", "others create ultimate thrills\n", "going to a house party and\n", "a virtual roller-coaster ride\n", "other work\n", "riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder\n", "road to perdition does display greatness , and\n", "the opportunity\n", "in front of you\n", ", mind or humor\n", "something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans\n", "relaxed firth\n", "a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination\n", "cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia\n", "the best 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overwhelm everything else\n", "in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .\n", "numbness .\n", "immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .\n", "amusing\n", "'s difficult for a longtime admirer of his work\n", "for the kiddies , with enough eye\n", "of crucifixion\n", "those who have not read the book\n", "comic premise\n", "refreshes\n", "what really happened ? ''\n", "drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes\n", "of the lovable-loser protagonist\n", "an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor .\n", "transcendent love story\n", "in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy\n", "the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting\n", "with imagination\n", "its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else\n", "without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway\n", "supposedly , pokemon ca n't be killed ,\n", "dumb down\n", "is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .\n", "to be a part of that elusive adult world\n", "plane\n", "laughably\n", "exhilarating documentary\n", "haneke 's script\n", "it 's implosion\n", "major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee\n", "that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "may be more genial than ingenious ,\n", "scenes\n", "perseverance and hopeless\n", "anyone would really buy this stuff\n", "banality\n", "a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale\n", "for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it\n", "a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "unintentional parallels\n", "liberation\n", "make `` the good girl '' a film worth watching\n", "respects the material\n", "the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors\n", "poetry in motion captured on film .\n", "high school\n", "an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense\n", "a very good reason\n", "the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery\n", "absurd ,\n", "the rye\n", "biting dialogue\n", "mr. brown 's athletic exploits\n", "concrete story\n", "misery\n", "has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects .\n", "utterly static\n", "big deal\n", "the scariest guy you 'll see all summer\n", "inappropriate and\n", "juxtaposition\n", "what we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .\n", "never quite adds up\n", "davis -rrb-\n", "of the really bad blair witch project\n", "late fees\n", "self-conscious and\n", "about the quiet american\n", "to each new horror\n", "the third ending\n", "the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career\n", "ensemble movies , like soap operas\n", "debut film\n", "a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama\n", "disguising\n", "any of these three actresses , nor their characters\n", "should have stayed there\n", "a lovely film for the holiday season .\n", "too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche\n", "function\n", ", the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .\n", "for each other\n", "our lives and\n", "'' is n't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen\n", ", steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .\n", "a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god\n", "the big chill\n", "chomp chomp !\n", "in its crapulence\n", "life-altering experiences\n", "takes the most unexpected material\n", "arguing\n", "advances\n", "were subtler\n", "inescapably\n", "it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .\n", "a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow\n", "of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant\n", "williams ' anarchy\n", "living-room war\n", "warm and well-told tale\n", "out of sight\n", "arnie blows things up .\n", "into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era\n", "does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects .\n", "that destination\n", ", pity anyone who sees this mishmash .\n", "capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes\n", "drags during its 112-minute length\n", "character and\n", "misanthropic\n", "chief reasons\n", "a solid action pic\n", "satisfy the boom-bam crowd\n", "burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue ,\n", "the main event\n", "a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre fans .\n", "weird amalgam\n", "a rather unique approach to documentary\n", "showing us\n", "smiling for the 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comedy\n", "is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \\*\\*\\*\\*\n", "does matter\n", "needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us\n", "the cat 's\n", "strong , measured work\n", "mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group articulates a flood of emotion .\n", "the repressed mother on boston public just\n", "assured\n", "alongside the other hannibal movies\n", "hopkins , squarely fills the screen .\n", "disdain for virtue\n", "the right choice\n", "cinema 's directorial giants\n", "everyone making it\n", "do n't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters .\n", "of the great films about movie love\n", "refreshing change\n", "there 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .\n", "get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized\n", "'s just a little too self-satisfied .\n", "that soars above the material realm\n", "r-rated , road-trip version\n", "at least passably real\n", "every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?\n", "the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson ,\n", "jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive .\n", "the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile .\n", "that it can do even more damage\n", "veterans of the dating wars will smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures .\n", "about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings\n", "skateboarder\n", "of parent\n", "inform and\n", "remains sporadically funny\n", "a piece of handiwork\n", "anything ,\n", "never lacks in eye-popping visuals\n", "those terrific documentaries\n", "the leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting .\n", "launching\n", "wear down\n", "doshas\n", "on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece\n", "theatrical\n", "sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem\n", "more deeply\n", "that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk\n", "holm 's\n", "at 66\n", "there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .\n", "tooled\n", ", comic relief\n", "viewing experience\n", "'re in the right b-movie frame of mind\n", "together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers\n", "celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light .\n", "technically well-made\n", "can fully succeed at cheapening it .\n", "muddle\n", "les\n", "a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar 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conniving wit .\n", "in the story to actually give them life\n", "is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .\n", "good-natured ensemble comedy\n", "kung pow for misfiring\n", "of altar boys ' take on adolescence\n", "strip it of all its excess debris\n", "brought down by lousy direction\n", "for the most part , credible\n", "a haunting dramatization\n", "with an open mind and considerable good cheer\n", "script distances sex and love\n", "required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter\n", "very resonant chord\n", "red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .\n", "that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride\n", "is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count\n", "playing an innocent boy carved from a log\n", "a future they wo n't much care about\n", "with its template\n", "to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time\n", ", lan yu never catches dramatic fire .\n", "the station\n", "achieves some kind of goofy grandeur\n", "partisans\n", "in the tradition\n", "provocations\n", "'s the worst movie of 2002\n", "the simpering soundtrack and editing more so\n", "... the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .\n", "treats us to an aimless hodgepodge\n", "that those living have learned some sort of lesson\n", "friend\n", "this is surely what they 'd look like .\n", "women in a german factory\n", "spaghetti\n", "meandering\n", "'ll enjoy the hot chick .\n", "margaret\n", "standout performance\n", "enchanted\n", "powerful direction\n", "a grating endurance test\n", "'s a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction\n", "wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .\n", "passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .\n", ", character-oriented piece\n", "is 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the other hand ,\n", "matrix '\n", "cornpone\n", "as if each watered down the version of the one before\n", "human beings long for what they do n't have\n", "who did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", "it was called the professional\n", "of adults\n", "witherspoon 's -rrb-\n", "travel-agency\n", "irresistibly than in ` baran\n", "breasts\n", "sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins\n", "inhale\n", "the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer\n", "with so many explosions\n", "that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism\n", "there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome ,\n", "with honesty , insight and humor\n", "bypassing\n", "a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom\n", "an oddity\n", "a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment .\n", "get this thing over with\n", "a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral .\n", "provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex\n", "the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers\n", "deeply satisfying\n", "over rafael 's evolution\n", "of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "its director 's most substantial feature for some time .\n", "to the nonconformist in us all\n", "are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable .\n", "takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel\n", "cute partnership\n", "some clever scripting solutions\n", "bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .\n", "that does n't know what it wants to be\n", "this would-be ` james bond for the extreme generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie 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to be growing\n", "in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill\n", "of days\n", "kahn\n", "the next big thing 's not-so-big\n", "you 've seen the remake first\n", "the french film industry in years\n", "is another liability\n", "sissako\n", "an ambiguous presentation\n", "'s quite fun in places .\n", "loves its characters and communicates something\n", "which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "itself and\n", "a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that\n", "your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn .\n", "the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933\n", "a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb- a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode\n", "like saturday morning tv in the '60s\n", "1999\n", "see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead\n", "his first film ,\n", "hooked\n", "between its punchlines\n", "goose things\n", "been more fun\n", "like a living-room war of the worlds ,\n", "it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences\n", "you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat\n", "retard\n", "so long\n", "so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .\n", "the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions\n", "s&m seems like a strange route to true love\n", "get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours\n", "the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but\n", "a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives .\n", "change tables\n", "human experience\n", "these brats\n", "the casting of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke\n", "ravel 's bolero\n", "for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is\n", "furiously funny pace\n", "at other times as bland as a block of snow\n", "comedy plotline\n", "the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving\n", "not that funny\n", "class .\n", "captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty .\n", "nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor\n", ", as the main character suggests , ` what if\n", "elegance and\n", "energy\n", "a simplistic story\n", "as hip\n", "might have held my attention\n", "a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .\n", "lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .\n", "there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller\n", "shatters you in waves .\n", "has really done his subject justice .\n", "something special\n", "show his penchant\n", "even the most\n", "wrong in its sequel\n", "casual ode\n", "an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic\n", "chatty\n", "as with all ambitious films\n", "clueless\n", "some of the characters\n", "its extremely languorous rhythms\n", "'s fitfully funny but never really takes off\n", "his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words\n", "an engrossing iranian film\n", "he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause\n", "writer-director 's\n", "absurdly\n", "scientists\n", "a memorable directorial debut from king hunk\n", "the positives\n", "a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be\n", "influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "about hatred\n", "linger long after this film has ended\n", "overly long\n", "telephone\n" ] }, { 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"too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary\n", "dumbed-down tactics\n", "exactly how bad\n", ", reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery\n", "utterly\n", "you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "tawdry b-movie flamboyance and\n", "that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration\n", "fussing\n", "introduce\n", "all great films\n", "broken heart\n", "the concert footage\n", "'s tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing .\n", "one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface\n", "a deep vein\n", "would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film\n", "-lrb- rises -rrb-\n", "kapur intended the film to be more than that\n", "in nothing\n", "basically the sort of cautionary tale\n", "director-writer bille august ... depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally ,\n", "decent but\n", "imaginative premise\n", "has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .\n", "tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .\n", "our planet\n", "surprisingly , the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it .\n", "attractive without being memorable\n", "in the story and the somewhat predictable plot\n", "of ` ethnic cleansing\n", "flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool\n", "jerry bruckheimer\n", "is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .\n", "worth a recommendation\n", "swept\n", "skittish new york middle-agers\n", "witch-style commitment\n", "inelegant combination\n", "with a cause\n", "1915 with some difficult relationships in the present\n", "than the cool bits\n", "goes easy on the reel\\/real world dichotomy that -lrb- jaglom -rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\\/venice .\n", "light comedic work\n", "of the world 's most fascinating stories\n", "an unstoppable superman\n", "the service of such a minute idea\n", "poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours\n", "home video\n", "of bad behavior\n", "that sort of thing\n", "digitally altered footage\n", "a solid job\n", "another scene , and then\n", "simply astounding\n", "who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "have no bearing on the story\n", "knee-jerk misogyny\n", "5\n", "comic mayhem\n", "leave a large dog alone\n", "under 40\n", "recognize it and\n", "hip\n", "warmth\n", "apology\n", "mention `` solaris '' five years from now\n", "this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher\n", "the premise\n", "to spare\n", "so charmless and vacant\n", "too narrow to attract crossover viewers\n", "to the company\n", "to sell us on this twisted love story\n", "its two-hour running time\n", "the very concept makes you nervous\n", "pile-ups\n", "infusion\n", "offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing\n", "there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but\n", "race splitting\n", "is a must\n", "stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers\n", "to care about the bottom line\n", "were any more\n", "just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .\n", "manipulative yet\n", "caricatures ,\n", "in all of their pity and terror\n", "all the lyricism\n", "the movie or the character\n", "that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays\n", "crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments\n", "dogged\n", "of its raw blues soundtrack\n", "the umpteenth summer\n", "solondz\n", "manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might ,\n", "providing deep emotional motivation\n", "star trek was kind of terrific once , but\n", "throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events\n", "if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion\n", "'s neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy\n", "falls victim\n", "was a bisexual sweetheart\n", "is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .\n", "as cutting , as witty or as true\n", "into melodrama and silliness\n", "even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and\n", "right b-movie frame\n", "as a virgin with a chastity belt\n", "that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long\n", "a wacky concept\n", "'s understanding of the expressive power of the camera .\n", "` slackers '\n", "off-the-wall\n", "laugh so much during a movie\n", "about percentages all day\n", "of weight\n", "every performance respectably muted ;\n", "a razor-sided tuning\n", "has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition\n", "con job\n", "nothing i had n't already seen .\n", "bearded\n", "bring any edge or personality\n", "maximum\n", "a short film\n", "from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat\n", "focusing on eccentricity\n", "ice-t 's\n", "about e.t.\n", "prophecies\n", "getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead\n", "leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites .\n", "nyc 's\n", "of kitschy goodwill\n", "a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ...\n", "-rrb- do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic\n", "suitably kooky which should appeal to women\n", "portuguese master manoel de oliviera\n", "to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling\n", "'s a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film\n", "washout\n", "this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .\n", "describes\n", "it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular\n", "have a fun , no-frills ride\n", "director and co-writer\n", "into 2,500 screens\n", "is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .\n", "between surf shots\n", "the trap\n", "think twice before booking passage\n", "of play\n", "your mind\n", "'s secondary to american psycho but\n", "seasonal cheer\n", "young woman 's\n", "substandard performances\n", "like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids\n", "even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "'s probably not accurate to call it a movie\n", "the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life .\n", "too fancy , not too filling\n", "sprinkled everywhere\n", "loosely\n", "the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care\n", "of a life in stasis\n", "sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit\n", "the theater watching this one\n", "burning man ethos\n", ", but solidly entertaining\n", "catsup\n", "decent drama\\/action flick\n", "could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower .\n", ", it drags\n", "is essentially an extended soap opera\n", "having sucked dry the undead action flick formula\n", "-- but bad\n", "comfortable territory\n", "brilliant and macabre\n", "the young stars are too cute\n", "'s painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama .\n", "'' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...\n", ", the movie is in a class by itself\n", ", but not a drop\n", "game performance\n", "uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment\n", "for what they do n't have\n", "rogue\n", "in schoolgirl obsession\n", "the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .\n", "the sort of bitter old crank\n", "upon the viewer 's memory\n", "if there 's one big point to promises\n", "none of them\n", "historical reality\n", "olympic\n", "overtly determined\n", "directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story\n", "well acted by the four primary actors\n", "leaden and dull\n", "an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "more sheerly beautiful film\n", "tuba-playing\n", "sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ?\n", "talk to her\n", "is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .\n", "jiri menzel 's closely watched trains\n", "visually engrossing\n", "among the most pitiful directing\n", "some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine\n", "play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "has a pleasing way with a metaphor\n", "unexpected comedy\n", "is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well\n", "keep the film entertaining\n", "scorsese 's bold images\n", "connect with one demographic while\n", "premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .\n", "defines his characters\n", "knows its classical music , knows its freud\n", ", or inventive ,\n", "skill and determination\n", "poor dana carvey\n", "of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays\n", "consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay\n", "schematic and obvious\n", "into a smart new comedy\n", "if villainous vampires are your cup of blood , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .\n", "look back\n", "a great piece\n", "tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit\n", "of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid\n", "from bambi and the lion king\n", "to little more than punishment\n", "has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond\n", "to support the scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .\n", "is almost a good movie\n", "wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be\n", "is generally amusing from time\n", "few chuckles\n", "'s a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .\n", "mildly interesting\n", "spiritual film taps\n", "quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie\n", "emailed\n", "backbone\n", "constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom .\n", "lovable\n", "a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert\n", "promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people .\n", "a plodding mess\n", "big , loud , bang-the-drum\n", "head off in its own direction\n", "not knowing anyone\n", "occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is\n", "is often preachy and\n", "how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them\n", "obnoxiously\n", "the animal planet documentary series\n", "powerful and\n", "is -rrb- so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits\n", "cranky\n", "matched only\n", "than georgia asphalt\n", "a well-acted television melodrama\n", "gross-out comedy cycle\n", "distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` bedknobs and broomsticks , '' which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "a unique sport\n", "has its merits\n", "racy\n", "of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line\n", "a lot of memento\n", "has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes .\n", "been , pardon the pun , sucked out\n", "thought possible\n", "all that heaven allows '' and ``\n", "rice\n", "digital photography\n", "with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness\n", "one of the most genuinely sweet films\n", "a shelf\n", "made on every level\n", "muccino , who directed from his own screenplay\n", "looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing\n", "highlander\n", ", metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .\n", "'re to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she 's french\n", "narcissists\n", "birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .\n", "was n't one of the film 's virtues\n", "rocawear clothing\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning ,\n", "boring , self-important stories\n", "male-ridden angst\n", "employs an accent that i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british .\n", "help -- or hurt\n", "much-needed\n", "get you down .\n", "a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york\n", "desecrations\n", "done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick\n", "depressing , ruthlessly pained\n", "'s better to give than to receive\n", "of cheech and chong\n", "take you places you have n't been , and also places you have\n", "grievous but obscure\n", "to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history\n", "haranguing the wife\n", "exhausting\n", "sickly entertainment\n", ", in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack ,\n", "ricochets\n", "appetizing than a side dish of asparagus\n", "fart jokes , masturbation jokes\n", "of its makers\n", "trumpet blast\n", "eerily accurate depiction of depression .\n", "betrayal\n", "flash\n", "pomposity\n", "that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting\n", "good poetry\n", "maguire\n", "tweaked up\n", "fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers .\n", "meet them halfway and\n", "of the american underground\n", "perfect quiet pace\n", "a re-hash\n", "single female population\n", "a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion\n", "a good line\n", ", trembling incoherence\n", "bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man\n", "unburdened\n", "nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself .\n", "drawn\n", "then without in any way demeaning its subjects\n", "potboiler\n", "conspiracy nuts\n", "little grace -lrb- rifkin 's -rrb- tale\n", "flatfooted\n", "starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery\n", "could love safe conduct -lrb- laissez passer -rrb- for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long\n", "by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise\n", "things that explode into flame\n", "forever lost .\n", "a juicy soap opera\n", "come to expect from movies nowadays\n", "it turns out to be affected and boring\n", "this remake\n", "the songs\n", "engrossing piece\n", "to the film it is about\n", "a droll\n", "'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones .\n", "the real stars\n", "whatever about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards\n", "it , not least\n", "is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .\n", "too optimistic a title\n", "just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .\n", "less capable\n", "a series of foster homes\n", "accomplishes its primary goal\n", "directed with purpose and finesse\n", "if the movie were all comedy , it might work better .\n", "partner laurence coriat\n", "excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` miami vice '' checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks .\n", "warm , fuzzy\n", "please others\n", "skip this dreck , rent animal house and go back to the source .\n", "will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` bedknobs and broomsticks , '' which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime .\n", "civilization\n", "pays off\n", "the unexplored story opportunities of `` punch-drunk love ''\n", "feminine that it serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon\n", "seems ,\n", "you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary\n", "can not be acted\n", "casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired\n", "a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure\n", "with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise\n", "a gritty style and an excellent cast\n", "it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it\n", "lived there in the 1940s\n", "lovely , eerie film\n", "a triumph of imagination\n", "individual moments of mood , and\n", "a fine idea\n", "rude lines of dialogue to remember it by\n", "loopiness\n", "engaging storyline\n", "unblinking candor\n", "that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging\n", "to surrealism and black comedy\n", "is messy , murky , unsatisfying .\n", "understanding\n", "its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel\n", "is the energetic frontman\n", "van wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest .\n", "very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact\n", "to the holocaust\n", "death shows\n", "the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .\n", "greatest mistake\n", "that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe\n", "this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool .\n", "unresolved\n", "is too\n", "does n't have big screen magic\n", "of veteran painters\n", "for patting people while he talks\n", "an enjoyable level\n", "with all of this\n", "'s lovely and amazing ,\n", "a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people\n", "just slopped ` em together here\n", "it 's straight up twin peaks action\n", "broiling\n", "randomness\n", "a clue on the park\n", "shout\n", "is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring\n", "front of your eyes\n", "idealistic\n", "'s harmless ,\n", "of henry kissinger\n", "sticky and unsatisfied\n", "twenty-some minutes\n", "one of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies ever made .\n", "of explosions and violence\n", "unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .\n", "written , flatly , by david kendall\n", "is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives\n", "the smug self-satisfaction\n", "of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies\n", "oddly winning portrayal\n", "-lrb- washington 's -rrb- strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene .\n", "'s nice to see piscopo again after all these years\n", "a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .\n", "social realism\n", "not-too-distant\n", "ghandi gone bad\n", "real star\n", "technically and artistically inept\n", "struts about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back\n", "'re back\n", "a wing and a prayer and\n", "enormous packages\n", "while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor\n", "reaffirms\n", "have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking\n", "'s a lousy one at that\n", "what this movie thinks it is about\n", "animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50\n", "their acting chops\n", "eye contact\n", "jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar .\n", "'re likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .\n", ", most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .\n", "brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and\n", "would have been better than the fiction it has concocted\n", "surfeit\n", "walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros. .\n", "of lipstick\n", "one very funny joke and\n", "special kind\n", "poor hermocrates and leontine\n", "fessenden 's narrative\n", "all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders ,\n", "help but\n", "this is pure , exciting moviemaking .\n", "getting older\n", "a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy\n", "its sensitive handling\n", "recyclable\n", "thornberry stuff\n", "you would n't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van\n", "reasonably creative\n", "its rather routine script\n", "exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair .\n", "excessively quirky\n", "that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender\n", "interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda\n", "sorority boys is a bowser .\n", "blonde\n", "all mood and no movie\n", "into the proceedings at every turn\n", "of refreshing\n", "a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing\n", "give a backbone to the company and\n", "its content , look\n", "with very little story or character\n", "remains a complete blank\n", "great film noir\n", "'s the scariest guy you 'll see all summer .\n", "of exploitative garbage\n", "with such sensitivity\n", "bridge\n", "if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened\n", "a college-spawned -lrb- colgate u. -rrb- comedy ensemble\n", "-lrb- denis -rrb- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film\n", "is a bowser .\n", "value and respect\n", "casts its spooky net out\n", "with square conviction\n", "episodic pacing\n", "even more important\n", "a story that 's shapeless and uninflected\n", "'s been in years\n", "as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary\n", "horribly\n", "hate it because it 's lousy .\n", "the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad .\n", "the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez\n", ", hope and magic\n", "engaging fantasy\n", "the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere\n", "willing to express his convictions\n", "lays\n", "i wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but i laughed so much that i did n't mind .\n", "surprisingly insightful\n", "a spirit that can not be denied\n", "a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos\n", "'re not totally weirded - out by the notion of cinema\n", "'s a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack\n", "tells stories\n", "owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal\n", "far-flung\n", "often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .\n", "also seriously\n", "with a sterling ensemble cast\n", "really solid performances\n", "his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier\n", "has the marks of a septuagenarian ; it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick .\n", "if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way .\n", "another cool crime movie\n", "of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy\n", "a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity .\n", "but windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .\n", "what an idea , what a thrill ride\n", "lowered your entertainment standards\n", "like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .\n", "it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "of its tucked away\n", "wait for your pay per view dollar\n", "'s a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5\n", "was to be iranian-american in 1979\n", "and action flicks\n", "of good sense\n", "the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn ,\n", ", unusual music\n", "anne rice novel\n", "has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack\n", "a couple dragons\n", "its costars ,\n", "sound promising in theory\n", "jackass is a vulgar and\n", "actorish notations\n", "this odd , poetic road movie ,\n", "strict reality\n", "yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so i did n't\n", "three excellent principal singers\n", "is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces\n", "benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .\n", ", the film does pack some serious suspense .\n", "'s the element of condescension\n", "among orthodox jews\n", "know it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway .\n", "trumps\n", "examines 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astringent wit .\n", "of the nerds sequel\n", "knock yourself out\n", "bright and flashy\n", "whine\n", "this harrowing journey\n", "porno\n", "pure of intention and passably diverting , his secret life is light , innocuous and unremarkable .\n", "more dimensional\n", "watch the movie\n", "have overrun modern-day comedies\n", "feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "if also somewhat hermetic .\n", "an old warner bros. costumer jived with sex\n", "his circle\n", "self-awareness\n", "a compassionate\n", "is high\n", "hardly seems worth the effort .\n", "the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but\n", "to use that term as often as possible\n", "have n't laughed that hard in years !\n", "part of the film 's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz .\n", "the wrong moments\n", "kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope .\n", "lightly\n", "roussillon\n", "the 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,\n", "substituting\n", "scathing\n", "takashi miike\n", "laughs aplenty\n", "'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 .\n", "is a really special walk in the woods\n", "'s burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown\n", "year 2455\n", "robert altman ,\n", "favorite pet\n", "vaguely interesting\n", "hours of material\n", "apply\n", "calculus major\n", "rings false\n", "'s quinn -lrb- is -rrb- a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . '\n", "'s what makes it worth a recommendation\n", "zealand and cook island locations\n", "plucking tension from quiet\n", "people who know nothing about the subject\n", "of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it\n", "the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box\n", "funk\n", "might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home\n", "director john stainton\n", "just one word for you -\n", ", touching , smart and complicated\n", "the editing room\n", "be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show\n", "road movie .\n", "a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama\n", "'m not even a fan of the genre\n", "the guy\n", "for more than four minutes\n", "legacy\n", "breathtaking\n", "have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy\n", "'d be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year\n", "stand-up\n", "this strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the 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covered earlier and much better in ordinary people .\n", "its characters , its protagonist ,\n", "the first film so special\n", "a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece\n", "light and sugary\n", "achingly human\n", "kahlories\n", "bloody beauty as vivid\n", "devoid of objectivity and\n", "is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .\n", "to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance\n", "the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him\n", "unafraid\n", "mild sexual references\n", "a standout performance\n", "full of detail\n", ", better movies\n", "be a true ` epic '\n", "dungpile\n", "chest hair\n", "for agitprop\n", "scratches\n", "charming 2000 debut shanghai noon\n", "time dead\n", "a few days\n", "a tawdry b-movie scum\n", "character cliches\n", "... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .\n", "a manically generous christmas\n", "not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "a funny and weird meditation\n", "like it was worth your seven bucks ,\n", "involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light\n", "cinema master class .\n", "of going where no man has gone before\n", "idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "what we feel\n", "minor movie\n", "observant of his characters\n", "nothing wrong with performances here\n", "from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful\n", "for lead actress andie macdowell\n", "of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i\n", "cloak\n", "one 's actions\n", "me without you has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .\n", "as funny nor\n", "of a great one\n", "of the most 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seconds\n", "dan\n", "with brooms and what is kind of special\n", "were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play\n", "the movie is as padded as allen 's jelly belly .\n", "or else a doggie winks .\n", "ethical\n", "it possesses some\n", "need gangs of new york\n", "becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .\n", "the rocky path\n", "is a great deal of fun .\n", "brothers-style\n", "his u.s. debut\n", "in contrasts\n", "stupid sequel\n", "ignore but a little too smugly superior\n", "the trip\n", "mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush\n", "conundrum\n", "a cold blanket of urban desperation\n", "explosions\n", "20 years of age\n", "hilarious ode\n", "shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting\n", "forced air\n", "hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "sports team formula redux\n", "the power of this movie is undeniable .\n", "lesser talents\n", "it 's sweet and fluffy at the time ,\n", "them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world\n", "if we passed them on the street\n", "... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .\n", "has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .\n", "know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good\n", "i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al. , but\n", "in a mature and frank fashion\n", "not a trace of humanity or empathy\n", "icon\n", "you think about existential suffering\n", "a melancholy\n", "has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies\n", "bound to show up at theatres for it\n", "anti-kieslowski\n", "the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough\n", "enjoyable above average summer\n", "looking , 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approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all .\n", "an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation\n", "lessen the overall impact the movie could have had\n", "a dystopian movie\n", "wacky sight gags\n", "bracing truth\n", "deceptions\n", "'s block ever .\n", "lazily\n", "blasts\n", "appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking\n", "the women 's liberation movement\n", "the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops , but\n", "new time machine\n", "the merchant-ivory team\n", "an uplifting , near-masterpiece .\n", "that 's not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\*\n", "`` shakes the clown '' ,\n", "fortunately\n", "give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort\n", "often can\n", "an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream\n", "a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films\n", "ambrose\n", "a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack\n", "absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and\n", "a little weak -- and it is n't that funny .\n", "on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics\n", "hong kong master john woo\n", "repetitively stretched out to feature\n", "art film pantheon\n", "intelligence and intensity\n", "powers extravaganza\n", "home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .\n", "unique and quirky\n", "an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost\n", "a brutally honest individual like prophet jack\n", "but it 's great cinematic polemic\n", "a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder\n", "the pat\n", "yeah ,\n", "daft by half ... but\n", "it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before\n", "bebe\n", "it does mostly hold one 's interest\n", "worst kind\n", "a witty , trenchant , wildly 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of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology .\n", "are wet in some places\n", "park\n", "swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch\n", "look like old , familiar vaudeville partners\n", "embracing\n", "just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation .\n", "reluctant , irresponsible\n", "with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around\n", "experienced '\n", "commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals\n", "diversion .\n", "of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "quirky brit-com\n", "well-told\n", "passion in our lives and the emptiness one\n", "more inexplicable\n", ", unguarded moments\n", "cry\n", "book jacket\n", "ambiguous welcome\n", "that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context\n", "exploiting\n", "comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .\n", "pushes too hard\n", "deeply unsettling experience\n", "automatic\n", "do with the casting of juliette binoche\n", "time to let your hair down\n", "wo n't exactly\n", "perfectly describes pauline & paulette\n", "mockumentary\n", "the choices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair\n", "come during that final , beautiful scene\n", "it 's over\n", "neurotics\n", "slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell\n", "bottom tier\n", "hayek\n", "more rigid\n", "this might have been an eerie thriller\n", "so uneven\n", "incomprehensible\n", "old crank\n", "see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue ,\n", "that 's neither completely enlightening ,\n", "the digital effects -rrb- reminded me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and 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"nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .\n", "conversation starter\n", "` linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '\n", "'d say the film works\n", "sorely\n", "a movie as artificial and soulless\n", "of the times\n", "religious and civic virtues\n", "remarkably cohesive\n", "feel as if he or she has missed anything\n", "so much phone in his performance as\n", "naught\n", "nyc inner-city youth\n", "director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell\n", "goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .\n", "the thriller\\/horror\n", "enlightening , insightful and entertaining\n", "with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering ... may put off insiders and outsiders alike .\n", "college dorm rooms\n", "from all the excesses\n", "edward norton in american history x\n", ", the rising place never quite justifies its own existence .\n", "it stands\n", "its sheer dynamism is infectious .\n", "would imply .\n", "can read the subtitles\n", "is a riot .\n", "a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen\n", "based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it\n", "looking for a sign\n", "the community\n", "movie-going neophyte\n", ", solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy\n", "hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "gives poor dana carvey nothing\n", "is -rrb-\n", "engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer\n", "of witherspoon\n", "big-screen experience\n", "its not very informative about its titular character and\n", "precious trappings\n", "a director i admire\n", "problems and characters\n", "chemistry between chan and hewitt\n", "tv-cops comedy showtime\n", "a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .\n", "into the nature of faith\n", "have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat\n", "of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic\n", "introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only\n", "one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - , indian - , russian - and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages\n", "an insane comic undertaking\n", "about overachieving\n", "of of others\n", "the new scenes\n", "to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units\n", "cup\n", "at all times\n", "an honest and loving one\n", "you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one\n", "if the full monty was a freshman fluke , lucky break is -lrb- cattaneo -rrb- sophomore slump .\n", "to appreciate\n", "a well\n", "longtime\n", "lovingly rendered coffee table book\n", "the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash\n", "while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire .\n", "changing times\n", "few new converts\n", "own world war ii experience\n", "no charm ,\n", "fun , popcorn movies\n", "wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson\n", "drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .\n", "motherhood and desperate\n", "fit smoothly\n", "a compulsion\n", "auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ...\n", "some more editing\n", "when thrillers actually thrilled\n", "address his own world war ii experience\n", "nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction\n", "suffering afghan refugees\n", "does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them\n", "the main character\n", "provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .\n", "premise\n", "archly funny\n", "steals so freely\n", "guessing at almost every turn\n", "judicious\n", "fifth beer-soaked film\n", "do n't understand what on earth is going on\n", "be underestimated\n", "the after-school slot\n", "inappropriate\n", "thematic meat\n", "lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability .\n", "outrageous force and craven concealment\n", "albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search\n", "-- drama , conflict , tears and surprise --\n", "figure it out\n", "begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s\n", "supposed to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "credulous , unassuming , subordinate\n", "some cute moments , funny scenes\n", "was shot on digital video\n", "explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude\n", "does n't leave you with much\n", "'ll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .\n", "more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg\n", "intimacy\n", "not only to his craft , but to his legend\n", "estranged from reality\n", "cattaneo\n", "as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy\n", "online world\n", "to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen\n", "that have marked an emerging indian american cinema\n", "'s a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud\n", "the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment\n", "exploitative and\n", "angels\n", "what he could make with a decent budget\n", "washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell\n", "to his best work\n", "is not what is on the screen\n", "i imagined a movie ever could be\n", "crammed with movie references\n", "bombastic self-glorification\n", "love affair\n", "of death , especially suicide\n", "shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .\n", "true hollywood story .\n", "their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger\n", "the transporter\n", "dark pit\n", "clive barker movie\n", "have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "animated world\n", "may be the performances of their careers\n", "besides\n", "has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be\n", "peekaboo\n", "graham greene 's\n", "dull-witted and disquietingly creepy\n", "the resolutions are too convenient\n", "is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre\n", "bad company .\n", "does it by the numbers\n", "eddie murphy nor robert de niro\n", "of mythologizing\n", "that it is `` based on a true story\n", "characteristic style\n", "give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances\n", "of paint-by-number romantic comedies\n", "kind of sad\n", "comes along every day\n", "its clever concept\n", "beats new life\n", "of complacency\n", "concoctions\n", "maggie\n", "of august upon us\n", "possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure .\n", "liability\n", "developers\n", "benigni 's\n", "feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .\n", "funny and well-contructed black comedy\n", "their super-powers\n", "is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop ,\n", "through-line\n", "a totalitarian tomorrow\n", ", it looks like woo 's a p.o.w.\n", "keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast\n", "jules verne 's '\n", "peevish and gimmicky\n", "releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and snow dogs deserves every single one of them\n", "reactive cipher\n", "as obvious\n", "it is more than merely a holocaust movie\n", "renaissance spain\n", "need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess\n", "adroit but finally\n", "the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast is n't the least bit mesmerizing\n", "'s altman-esque\n", "british persona\n", "human need\n", "volume and primary colors\n", "leaves\n", "slightest aptitude\n", "participate in such an\n", "conservative christian parents\n", "iconic hero\n", "of bond\n", "a more original story\n", "` bowling for columbine\n", "feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses\n", "conquer\n", "the only fun part of the movie\n", "cocoon\n", "jackie chan in it\n", "impostor is opening today at a theater near you .\n", "something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller\n", "each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time .\n", "enter\n", "twist open the ouzo !\n", "almost .\n", "tapping away\n", "gangster\n", "swung\n", "is ,\n", "the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications\n", "conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america .\n", ", astonish and entertain\n", "all the trappings\n", "is magnetic as graham\n", "striking a blow\n", "ruggero raimondi\n", "familiar issues ,\n", "genuinely witty\n", "as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism\n", "wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once\n", "a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious\n", "visceral\n", "proper conviction\n", "a very tasteful rock and\n", "for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "told us that we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than high crimes\n", "penn\n", "mark pellington 's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth .\n", "'s surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits\n", "points\n", "propulsive incident\n", "sympathy and intelligence\n", "of political corruption\n", "smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play\n", "framed in a drama so clumsy\n", "acting that borders on hammy at times\n", "earnest emotional core\n", "that it rarely achieves its best\n", "hannibal lecter\n", "also smacks of revelation\n", "a porcelain empire\n", "what few sequels can\n", "special-interest groups\n", "are reflected in almost every scene .\n", ", for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent\n", "the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", "that setting\n", "of racial profiling hollywood style\n", "if each watered down the version of the one before\n", "by itself\n", "birot 's\n", "gets me\n", "idiotic\n", "by writer-director kurt wimmer\n", "why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?\n", "few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury\n", "... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .\n", "you wake up in the morning\n", "his visuals\n", "it is an uneven film for the most part\n", "may be why it works as well as it does\n", "a much larger historical context\n", "by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy\n", "american adobo\n", "distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other\n", "lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spielberg 's schindler 's list .\n", "flawed , dazzling series\n", "too painfully\n", "but it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .\n", "more than competent\n", "old saying\n", "is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor\n", "winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .\n", "hawaiian\n", "understanding for her actions\n", "'s also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "fairly disposable yet\n", "between sullivan and his son\n", "with talent\n", "i think it was plato who said\n", "inspire a trip to the video store\n", "not constant bloodshed\n", "the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb- do everything he can to look like a good guy .\n", "very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut\n", "down the social ladder\n", "been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming\n", "a well-made\n", "thurman and lewis\n", "the couple 's bmw\n", "three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut\n", "look at , listen to , and think about\n", "little half-hour\n", "mournfully brittle\n", "with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity\n", "movie rapes\n", "travel\n", "selling point\n", "his best-known creation\n", "wo n't still be tapping\n", "is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "as you can get to an imitation movie\n", "'s hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby .\n", "its director 's\n", "a deadly bore\n", "stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation\n", "goodwill close\n", "the prospect of the human race splitting in two\n", "a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes\n", "look american angst in the eye and end up laughing\n", "whiny\n", "slap her\n", "warm your heart\n", "to be somebody ,\n", ", the weight of water is oppressively heavy .\n", "feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake\n", "feardotcom\n", "the film 's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling .\n", "i love it ... hell , i dunno .\n", "kosminsky\n", "the end credits\n", "entertaining movie\n", "runteldat is something of a triumph .\n", "more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face\n", "well-wrought\n", "all the scenic appeal of a cesspool\n", "the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation .\n", "3d\n", "rely\n", "in the market or a costly divorce\n", "r&d\n", "an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject\n", "that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect\n", "is of brian de palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .\n", "myer\n", "is all but\n", "look like\n", "the entire movie has a truncated feeling\n", "of attraction\n", "'s just not\n", "retaining an integrity\n", "director otar iosseliani 's\n", "saucy\n", "them awake\n", "had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded\n", "those vanity projects\n", "degraded\n", "recommend it for its originality alone\n", "show-stoppingly\n", "discovering your destination\n", "a smart , provocative drama\n", "living room\n", "difficult , endless work\n", "become good\n", "unblinkingly\n", "like a flimsy excuse\n", "crap is what i was expecting\n", "is beautiful\n", "the rest is n't more compelling\n", "told with competence\n", "it is cruel\n", "101 study\n", "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 .\n", "turning in some delightful work on indie projects\n", "it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but i liked it\n", "his wife\n", "cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want ... but\n", "in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic\n", "almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun\n", "rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor\n", "despite engaging offbeat touches , knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .\n", "like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening\n", "as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine\n", "transcends them\n", "is worth seeing\n", "an original idea\n", "engaging and literate psychodrama\n", "the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength ,\n", "a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected\n", "a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome\n", "referred to as die hard on a boat\n", ", that was a long , long time ago .\n", "as sexy beast\n", "as home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable , but\n", "mishandle\n", "foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie\n", "congrats disney\n", "enough gun battles and\n", "that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "to be found in sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film\n", "the dominant feeling\n", "prison bars\n", "than his original\n", "the kiosks\n", "as the credits roll\n", "be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "is no denying the power of polanski 's film ...\n", "an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious\n", "may cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists .\n", "to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief\n", "go where we went 8 movies ago\n", "the balm of right-thinking ideology\n", "an ugly-duckling tale\n", "are ones in formulaic mainstream movies .\n", "scrawled in a public restroom\n", "kenneth branagh 's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright\n", "is `` ballistic '' worth the price of admission\n", "'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments\n", "video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose\n", "in a strange way , egoyan has done too much .\n", "'s most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers\n", "succumbing\n", "'ve never bought from telemarketers\n", "funny and touching\n", "of the better video-game-based flicks ,\n", "of asparagus\n", "wow ' factor\n", "unforgivingly\n", "'s the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .\n", "halloween ii\n", "good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace ,\n", "are n't all that interesting\n", "combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .\n", "neither as sappy as big daddy nor\n", "as leaky\n", "thrilled\n", "is so bleak\n", "in advance\n", "you figure it out\n", "a compelling allegory\n", "comic scenes fly\n", "swings and\n", "a hollywood product\n", "high camp and\n", "the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live\n", "to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject\n", "while we want macdowell 's character to retrieve her husband\n", "arthur dong 's\n", "respecting other cultures\n", "table book\n", "this erotic cannibal movie\n", "5 minutes\n", "a busby berkeley musical\n", "is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .\n", "very few laughs and\n", "like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women\n", "each others '\n", "george ratliff 's documentary , hell house , reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film\n", "that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences\n", "oedekerk 's\n", "nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral\n", "'s also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated\n", "super heroes\n", "robert altman 's\n", "murphy 's\n", "a glorious mess .\n", "far less painful\n", "the cake\n", "shimmeringly\n", "ludicrous terms\n", "... feels as if -lrb- there 's -rrb- a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .\n", "it 's forrest gump ,\n", "israel\n", "stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess\n", ": the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen\n", "first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray\n", "for the eyes\n", "it 's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places .\n", "impeccable comic timing\n", "this films reason\n", "to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .\n", "if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess -\n", "low-budget and tired\n", "realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty\n", "despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , the man who wrote rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .\n", "sad nonsense , this\n", "the artwork is spectacular\n", "'ll need a stronger stomach than us .\n", "wholly unnecessary addition\n", "'' or `` suck ''\n", "the lesson\n", "treading the line between sappy and sanguine\n", "one hour photo 's\n", "just a little\n", "an eye\n", "'s too good for this sucker\n", "there 's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .\n", "although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .\n", "prefer this new version\n", "gedeck ,\n", ", pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .\n", "garcia ,\n", "old familiar feeling\n", "otherwise dull\n", "to detail\n", "only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists .\n", "a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "but they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .\n", "energetic and sweetly whimsical\n", "with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame\n", "mistaken identity farce\n", "the constraints\n", "a pretty decent kid-pleasing ,\n", "grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all\n", "entirely stale concept\n", "of other year-end movies\n", "nary an original idea\n", "ah-nuld\n", "to the whole enterprise\n", "as simultaneously funny\n", "foreign culture only\n", "laughs --\n", "coordinated his own dv poetry\n", "77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever\n", "connection or identification frustratingly\n", "by acute writing and a host of splendid performances\n", "he 's not at his most critically insightful\n", "peaked\n", "is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense\n", "into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through\n", "with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb-\n", "the right stuff for silly summer entertainment\n", "gory mayhem ''\n", "older cad\n", "to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "reasonable landscape\n", "wastes the talents of its attractive young leads\n", "that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country\n", ", spielberg knows how to tell us about people .\n", "most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer\n", "attack of the clones\n", "a comic book with soul\n", "a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society\n", "most enchanting film\n", "that rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "the only thing i laughed at\n", "on something\n", "the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and\n", "holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes\n", "too loud , too goofy\n", "of the original rape\n", "ensuing\n", "from japan\n", "which was shot two years ago\n", "shining\n", ", dumb action movie\n", "gender-bending comedy\n", ", snow , flames and shadows\n", "leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .\n", "this unrelenting bleak insistence\n", "forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up\n", ", banter-filled comedy\n", "the best little `` horror '' movie\n", "acute enough\n", "jazz-playing\n", "a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller\n", "is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .\n", "the insinuation of mediocre acting\n", "the boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei\n", "'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical\n", "jonathan\n", "silly con job\n", "country conclusion '\n", "promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and\n", "of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action\n", "on guei\n", "feel anything much while\n", "2\\/3\n", "want to think twice before booking passage\n", "to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed\n", "beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed\n", "boorish movie\n", "that provide its thrills and extreme emotions\n", "the ya-ya 's have many secrets and\n", "being a total rehash\n", "pratfalls aside\n", "as his desperate violinist wife\n", "is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret .\n", "his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival\n", "a more chemistry\n", "is funny and looks professional\n", "genre-curling crime story\n", "a well-crafted film\n", "from a guy\n", "it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .\n", "which are anything\n", "more observant\n", "pond\n", "the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the 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.\n", "feature cartoon\n", "of the big summer movies\n", "makes up for with its heart .\n", "trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .\n", "scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation\n", "when the bullets start to fly\n", "torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera\n", "some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences\n", "by the mechanics of the delivery\n", "starts out so funny\n", ", serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .\n", "perceptive , good-natured\n", ", character and comedy bits\n", "shapeless and\n", ", score and choreography\n", "the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists\n", "than a few shrieky special effects\n", "on jerry springer\n", "of elaborate and twisted characters\n", "to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead\n", "an alternate version ,\n", "has its heart in the right place\n", "one form or\n", "the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story\n", "much better documentary\n", "then becomes bring it on ,\n", "a mishmash\n", "will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` bedknobs and broomsticks , '' which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "didactic\n", "pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and\n", "fans of so-bad-they 're -\n", "the master of disguise is funny --\n", "know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie\n", "a complex psychological drama\n", ", fairy-tale conclusion\n", "'s no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances\n", "big bloody chomps\n", "is eventually\n", "big chill\n", "offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed\n", "enough\n", "tear himself away from the characters\n", "is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "your bathtub\n", "by and large this is mr. kilmer 's movie , and\n", "the feet\n", "rigid and evasive in ways\n", "his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter\n", "have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .\n", "at times it 's simply baffling\n", "eccentric , accident-prone characters\n", "'s as good as you remember\n", "the classic tradition\n", "the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel ,\n", "seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk\n", "the shameless self-caricature\n", "mood and tension\n", "is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .\n", "an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear\n", "its understanding ,\n", "of the delusional personality type\n", "compensate for them by sheer force of charm\n", "ferrera and ontiveros\n", "on a theme\n", "visually graceful\n", "than the warfare\n", "give performances of exceptional honesty\n", "'s flawed and brilliant in equal measure\n", "grossest movie\n", "the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance\n", "silberling also\n", "to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .\n", "outshine the best some directors\n", "a satisfying evening\n", "throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull\n", "film representation\n", ", overmanipulative hollywood practices\n", "may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear\n", ", while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .\n", "via a banal script\n", "come ,\n", "for one\n", "told well by a master\n", "preceded\n", "maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is\n", "sap\n", "is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative\n", "deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .\n", "this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong 's john woo .\n", "heartily\n", "is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable .\n", "personal tragedy\n", "for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long\n", "a gripping drama .\n", "whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle\n", "term an `` ambitious failure\n", "goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers\n", "sea '\n", "in the worst elements of all of them\n", "writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .\n", "an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .\n", "of clarity and audacity\n", "the events unfold\n", "tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and\n", "dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ...\n", "an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller\n", "but none of the sheer lust\n", "tracts\n", "'s the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb\n", "'s funniest and most likeable movie in years .\n", "believable and\n", "weber\n", ", intelligence and verve\n", "by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli\n", "clean fun\n", "the grave '' framework\n", "newcomers\n", "guy gets girl , guy loses girl\n", "it is n't merely offensive\n", "from the incongruous\n", "funny stuff\n", "you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises\n", "of a perhaps surreal campaign\n", "an insult to their death-defying efforts\n", "seem twice as long\n", "generate enough heat\n", "wanker goths\n", "murder by numbers '\n", "of welcome to collinwood\n", "is so huge\n", "disease-of-the-week\n", "seesawed back and forth between controlling interests\n", "touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke\n", "villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia\n", "you see one\n", "is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it\n", "point\n", "shuck-and-jive\n", "hypertime\n", "skipped\n", "not a lot of help from the screenplay -lrb- proficient , but singularly cursory -rrb-\n", "crisp and purposeful without overdoing it\n", "only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver screen .\n", "get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies\n", "a fake street drama\n", "after all , it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .\n", "the ability of images\n", "remains aloft\n", "in this case one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage\n", "before he croaks\n", "reminding audiences\n", "an adoring , wide-smiling reception\n", "as a well-made evocation\n", "i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .\n", "tend to exploit the familiar\n", "deeply biased , and\n", "the movie passes inspection\n", "contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .\n", "the guru who helped\n", "the wildly popular vin diesel\n", "without the latter\n", "the enduring strengths of women\n", "its quirkiness\n", "the land-based ` drama\n", "too eager\n", "nevertheless touches a few raw nerves\n", "effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "i-2-spoofing\n", "spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller\n", "eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "spare dialogue\n", "like one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- 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\n", "goes for sick and demented humor simply\n", "the beast and\n", "cast , but beautifully shot .\n", "white culture , '\n", "with strangers\n", "'s well worth spending some time with\n", "this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .\n", "become\n", "call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad '\n", "the master of disguise represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .\n", "craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .\n", "wiel\n", "occasionally brilliant but mostly average\n", "did n't laugh\n", "captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other\n", "a fall\n", "husband\n", "previous films\n", "reminiscent of 1992\n", "way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "last week\n", "propensity\n", "proves surprisingly serviceable\n", "ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff\n", "of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone\n", "and unforgettable characters\n", "frat\n", "evolve\n", "jaw-dropping\n", "mixed emotions\n", "i do n't know what she 's doing in here\n", "one resurrection too many .\n", "in all its aspects\n", "point and purpose\n", "hazy\n", "chilling , and affecting study\n", "in his entire script\n", "it dull , lifeless , and irritating\n", "to hate it\n", "accentuating , rather than muting , the plot 's saccharine thrust\n", "thousands\n", "ever-growing\n", "to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and david lynch 's mulholland dr.\n", "lacking in substance ,\n", "`` mib ii '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .\n", "shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .\n", "it wo n't harm anyone\n", "the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times\n", "balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching\n", "urge\n", "a work of outstanding originality\n", "ca n't wait to see end\n", "is n't always coherent\n", "dating\n", "of an ignored people\n", "means sometimes\n", "is competent\n", "while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history\n", "dramatic punch and depth\n", "gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff\n", "to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool\n", "treats ana 's journey\n", "is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work\n", "a peculiar malaise that renders its tension\n", "seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was\n", "ridiculous and money-oriented\n", "those of you who do n't believe in santa claus\n", "by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "voyage\n", "is concerned\n", "action-adventure\n", "dreary and overwrought\n", "a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss :\n", "the translation ...\n", "a rich subject\n", "rodan\n", "faith and\n", "at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .\n", "a plethora of engaging diatribes\n", "alternately\n", "came to define a generation\n", "to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images\n", "di napoli\n", "metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .\n", "completely predictable\n", "'s neither\n", "that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media\n", "coming-of-age saga\n", "has a pedigree\n", "beyond her abilities\n", "of staring at a blank screen\n", "has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side\n", "tsai ming-liang\n", "is the stuff that disney movies are made of .\n", "this worn-out , pandering palaver\n", "comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation\n", "insultingly unbelievable\n", "lurid and less than lucid work .\n", "samuel beckett\n", "rare and riveting\n", "the story and the actors are served with a hack script .\n", "have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination\n", "constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination\n", "clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .\n", "filmmaking ,\n", "with a treasure chest of material\n", "with giant plot holes\n", "fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard\n", "celebratory\n", "house of games\n", "for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness\n", "makes it any less entertaining\n", "discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again\n", "with unblinking candor\n", "wish windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story .\n", "conformity\n", "farts , urine ,\n", "are its subject\n", "grimy\n", "of his spiritual survival\n", "die hard on a boat\n", "why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "spare dialogue and\n", "damon runyon crooks\n", "a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige\n", "are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun\n", "transporter\n", "though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and\n", "ms. phoenix\n", "does the movie or the character any good\n", "the cultural moat\n", "the center of the story\n", "it could have been as a film\n", "behind the music episode\n", "overkill\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- soulless , stupid sequel ...\n", "at lengthy dialogue scenes\n", "dishonesty\n", "fictional\n", "as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls\n", "from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way\n", "had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special .\n", "nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction\n", "is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying .\n", "puts to rest her valley-girl image\n", "a lake\n", "a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture\n", "in this poor remake of such a well loved classic\n", "a gem\n", "a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped\n", "love , racial tension\n", "hjelje\n", "physical beauty\n", "cascade over the screen effortlessly\n", "one decent performance from the cast\n", "very predictable\n", "meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws\n", "z-boys\n", "whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three\n", "that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "unfolding a coherent , believable story\n", "watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes\n", "to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "includes too much obvious padding .\n", "buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role .\n", "a deeper , more direct connection\n", "daring and surprising\n", "the production\n", "... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "memories and emotions\n", "an intense experience\n", "imitation movie\n", "most of the dialogue\n", "miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .\n", "'s secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours .\n", "the laws of laughter\n", "mechanical endeavor\n", "watch with kids and\n", "'ll love this movie .\n", "customarily\n", "speaking to a highway patrolman\n", "a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .\n", "that get him a few laughs but nothing else\n", "craig lucas\n", "seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered\n", "like a child with an important message to tell ...\n", "one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - ,\n", "a muscle\n", "the double-cross\n", "from the show\n", "plaguing\n", "mild\n", "evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "comedy film\n", "are instantly recognizable ,\n", "take away\n", "in technique\n", "croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi\n", "this film has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players\n", "never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them\n", "is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider\n", "the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story\n", "stop the music\n", "goofy and\n", "be swept up in invincible and\n", "almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ...\n", "skies\n", "translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard .\n", "into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "'s a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics .\n", "there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie\n", "the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio\n", "-- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --\n", "kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast ,\n", "a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b\n", "draw out\n", "intelligent flick\n", "get you\n", "the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo\n", "combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller\n", "kerrigan\n", "who sees the film\n", "sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special\n", "than we were soldiers to be remembered by\n", "spans time\n", "a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "an odd show ,\n", "doubt the filmmakers ' motives\n", "cool ' actors\n", "relationships minus traditional gender roles\n", "in favor of water-bound action\n", "back-stabbing\n", "effects\n", "nair and writer laura cahill dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life .\n", "period-perfect\n", "have to salute writer-director haneke -lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch\n", "pack your knitting needles .\n", ", organic way\n", "feel my eyelids ... getting ...\n", "is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination\n", "real transformation\n", "feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes ,\n", "of stunt\n", "is such a blip on the year 's radar screen\n", "pokemon ''\n", "the tale commands attention .\n", "deserved better than a hollow tribute\n", "hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ...\n", "pro-wildlife sentiments\n", "will be occupied for 72 minutes .\n", "ca n't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness\n", "be madcap farce\n", "alias\n", "all\n", "105 minutes seem twice as long\n", "no time to think about them anyway\n", "exaggerated and\n", "lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard\n", "compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity\n", "societal\n", "ca n't wait to see end .\n", "the theatre roger might be intolerable company\n", "to see it then\n", "this ` blood '\n", "old-world charm\n", "an uplifting , near-masterpiece\n", "so fundamentally on every conventional level\n", ", it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .\n", "to re-create the excitement of 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hollywood counterparts\n", "unencouraging\n", "abbott\n", "frayed\n", "suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer\n", "kurys ' direction\n", "help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact\n", "it unequivocally deserves\n", "mumbles\n", "is the screenplay\n", "noir\n", "drive right by it\n", "stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions\n", "just one word for you - -- decasia\n", "expect these days\n", "that actually has something interesting to say\n", "quirky road movie\n", "plays up\n", "hollywood counterparts\n", "hit you from the first scene\n", "find the singles ward occasionally bewildering\n", "pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back\n", "welfare centers\n", "you 're a crocodile hunter fan\n", "the most enchanting film of the year\n", "feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas .\n", "is in his element here\n", "oddly honest\n", "the nadir of the thriller\\/horror\n", "you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus\n", "require many sessions\n", "is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity .\n", "may surprise you .\n", "on and off the screen\n", "doodled\n", "stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .\n", "the work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims .\n", "peculiar and always entertaining\n", "it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story .\n", "turn it into a movie\n", "scream low budget\n", "hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures\n", "in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency\n", "lacks the detail of the book\n", "from poor stephen rea\n", "is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .\n", "that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics\n", "sandra bullock 's best dramatic performance to date -lrb- is -rrb- almost enough to lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot .\n", "is f \\*\\*\\* ed\n", "omitted\n", "improperly hammy performance\n", "a distinct rarity , and\n", "i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but\n", "the dahmer heyday\n", "pleasing verisimilitude\n", "glitter\n", "you were n't invited to the party\n", ", and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script\n", "writing exercise\n", "not life-affirming\n", "she 's a pretty woman\n", ", even nutty\n", "come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music\n", "motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story\n", "much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it\n", "a furiously funny pace\n", "at least during their '70s heyday\n", "it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and\n", "savagely hilarious\n", "the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but\n", "may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures\n", "too much on its plate\n", "has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family .\n", "a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category :\n", "very stylish and beautifully photographed ,\n", "inventive screenplay\n", "its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .\n", "her exploration\n", "psychedelic\n", "shake and\n", "totally american\n", "'s unafraid to throw elbows when necessary\n", "by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "the lazy material\n", "daytime-drama sort\n", "of the inuit people\n", "it would be in another film\n", "diverse and\n", "he seems embarrassed to be part of\n", "of the next pretty good thing\n", "told film .\n", "spliced together\n", "however stale the material , lawrence 's delivery remains perfect ;\n", "in a film that is only mildly diverting\n", ", talented , charismatic and tragically\n", "want both\n", "columbine\n", "a gripping thriller\n", "an emotional level , funnier ,\n", "finds warmth in the coldest environment and\n", "it may not be particularly innovative , but\n", "of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet\n", "'s a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson\n", ", surprising romance\n", "he hears in his soul\n", "feeling any of it\n", "water mark\n", "as a bonus feature\n", "the city\n", "me without you\n", "be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story\n", "so badly of hard-sell image-mongering\n", "catch\n", "sonny miller\n", "is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .\n", "no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .\n", "all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish\n", "a poem to the enduring strengths of women\n", "the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "in visual fertility\n", "the most triumphant performances\n", "what 's infuriating about full frontal\n", "virulently unpleasant excuse\n", "a surprisingly ` solid ' achievement\n", "all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder\n", "they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence\n", "even the corniest and most hackneyed\n", "the bottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .\n", "the escort service\n", "badness\n", "extremely silly piece\n", "in the very top rank of french filmmakers\n", "criminal conspiracies\n", "barney\n", "fifteen-year-old\n", "think they\n", "lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings\n", "without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards\n", "it 's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed\n", "is n't worth sitting through\n", ", and affecting\n", "the movie 's\n", "stomach-turning violence\n", "crossover\n", "if they were coming back from stock character camp\n", "is sadly\n", "well-acted , but one-note\n", "have the nerve to speak up\n", "wonderful on the big screen\n", "tried-and-true shenanigans\n", "broke\n", "belgium 's national treasure\n", "find it fascinating\n", "- the fanboy\n", "comic treatment\n", "of its premise\n", "conflicted complexity\n", "delicious pulpiness\n", "were harmed during the making of this movie\n", "for weaver and lapaglia\n", "the slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .\n", "the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so .\n", "drag queen ,\n", "with a searing lead performance\n", "irredeemably awful\n", "torments and angst\n", "the same old thing\n", "about mary co-writer ed decter\n", "no character ,\n", "more dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating\n", "it 's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence .\n", "by the time you reach the finale\n", "holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often\n", "too much exploitation and too little art\n", "is it a comedy\n", "even slightly wised-up kids\n", "alleged psychological thriller\n", "8-10\n", "seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation\n", "left on earth\n", "minutes\n", "w british comedy , circa 1960 ,\n", "could easily be dealing with right now in your lives\n", "talent agents\n", "now here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud .\n", "resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "novel the vampire chronicles\n", "any scenes\n", "charm , cultivation and devotion to his people\n", "magi\n", "dadaist\n", "her talent is supposed to be growing\n", ", should have been a lot nastier\n", "too clever for its own good\n", "the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf\n", "a 95-minute commercial\n", "hot-blooded\n", "like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending\n", "it set out to lampoon , anyway .\n", "that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary\n", "a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing\n", "delicate subject matter\n", "with the waldo salt screenwriting award\n", "amiable and committed\n", "a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "among the many pleasures\n", "the problems\n", "should not\n", "human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is\n", "has much to recommend it ,\n", "at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices\n", "this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end , is tepid and tedious .\n", "to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters\n", "let the subtitles fool you\n", "it winds up moving in many directions as it searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say .\n", "ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context\n", "a high concept vehicle\n", "particularly memorable\n", "the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but\n", "english cinematographer giles nuttgens\n", "sat\n", "the porky 's revenge :\n", "candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .\n", "upping the ante\n", "interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .\n", "has little\n", "a main character who sometimes defies sympathy\n", "`` feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but it simply becomes a routine shocker\n", "young girl\n", "a shabby script\n", "soothe and break your heart with a single stroke\n", "water-camera operating team\n", "beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images\n", "bonanza\n", "their characters do in the film\n", "of hard-bitten , cynical journalists\n", "-lrb- the dog from snatch -rrb-\n", "already mentioned\n", "lends -lrb- it -rrb-\n", "each scene drags , underscoring the obvious ,\n", "the frank humanity of\n", "'s a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "its momentum\n", "defecates in bed\n", "feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids\n", "a full-blooded film\n", "especially clever\n", "to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "a sheer unbridled delight in the way\n", "by a legacy of abuse\n", "leave\n", "dry humor and jarring shocks\n", ", the -lrb- opening -rrb- dance guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .\n", "sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling\n", "fans of british cinema ,\n", "for self-esteem\n", "a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002 's first great film\n", "not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this\n", "its $ 50-million us budget\n", "decency\n", "shootout\n", "shapeless documentary\n", "action sequences and\n", "bright , inventive\n", "an ironically killer soundtrack\n", "it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in\n", "that takes itself all too seriously\n", "pretended\n", "an eloquent , deeply felt meditation\n", "madness , not the man\n", "not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original\n", "as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain\n", "interpretations\n", "this version does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre .\n", "be all too familiar\n", "unimaginable demons\n", "the movie stirs us as well .\n", "david letterman and the onion have proven\n", "the intended , er , spirit of the piece\n", "this particular south london housing project\n", "much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s ,\n", "midnight run\n", "disassociation\n", "stand up\n", "well-meant but\n", "abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .\n", "the peculiar american style\n", "gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "less about a superficial midlife crisis\n", "induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .\n", "the hearst mystique\n", ", the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .\n", "cutesy romance , dark satire and\n", "as unusually and\n", ", longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .\n", "a less-than-thrilling thriller .\n", "picture since 3000 miles to graceland .\n", "has good things to offer\n", "of metaphorical readings\n", "paying less attention\n", "that effort\n", "clever but not especially compelling\n", "more trifle than triumph\n", ", scotland , pa would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .\n", "what a reckless squandering\n", "says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense\n", "'s a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack .\n", "papin sister\n", "occasionally verges on camp\n", "flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes\n", "nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it\n", "the pianist is for roman polanski\n", "unlimited amount\n", "the variety\n", ", retro uplifter .\n", "the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is -\n", "schaefer 's ... determination to inject farcical raunch ...\n", "the allegory with remarkable skill\n", "a dvd rental\n", "flat drama\n", "offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money\n", "of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen\n", "it 's too bad that the rest is n't more compelling .\n", "insightful\n", "hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel\n", "seems as deflated as he does\n", "at theaters\n", "it 's good enough for our girls\n", "the rhetoric\n", "the irony\n", "to help us\n", "might want to leave your date behind for this one\n", "enough laughs to sustain interest to the end\n", "a true star\n", "with molina\n", "one 's mind\n", "humorous\n", "a living-room war of the worlds\n", "are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny\n", ", nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .\n", "fascinating but flawed look\n", "through its flaws\n", "how they make their choices ,\n", "both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .\n", "in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .\n", "a tart little lemon drop\n", "two-dimensional\n", "watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death ,\n", ", accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population\n", "moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .\n", "things so nice\n", "same mistake\n", "of gangster no. 1 drips\n", "the comic touch\n", "entertainment opportunism\n", "brims with passion\n", "its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors\n", "are flat\n", "a touch of john woo bullet ballet\n", "capture the magic of the original\n", "so slick\n", "the original was n't a good movie\n", "and director shawn levy\n", "talking-animal thing\n", "for its participants\n", "have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode\n", "sleaziness\n", "quickly forgettable\n", "love -- very much\n", "actually amusing\n", "of the film 's past\n", "has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope\n", "truly informed by the wireless\n", "it briefly flirts with player masochism\n", "aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake\n", "robert deniro in showtime\n", "make mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated\n", "out of character and logically porous action set\n", "in front of the camera\n", "thought in his head\n", "on the values of knowledge , education , and the\n", "how not\n", "'ll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets\n", "giving us\n", "enough negatives\n", "'s a bizarre curiosity memorable mainly for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction .\n", "o fantasma\n", "it does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject .\n", "does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely\n", "that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", ", it delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land .\n", "highest bidder\n", "ana 's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique ...\n", "as a documentary and more as a found relic\n", "know a movie must have a story and a script ?\n", "'s coherent\n", "into the `` a '' range , as is\n", "that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core\n", ", evelyn comes from the heart .\n", "so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters\n", "the picture runs a mere 84 minutes ,\n", "characters\n", "is still charming here\n", "another key contribution\n", "begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot\n", "the sequel\n", "brainless , but\n", "a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted .\n", "a lynch-like vision\n", "gory slash-fest\n", "of an 8th grade boy delving\n", "best-sustained\n", "of an after-school special\n", "what is missing from it all is a moral .\n", "fleeting brew\n", "watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen .\n", "doofus\n", "own good\n", "right movie\n", "puts old-fashioned values under the microscope\n", "it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .\n", "their \\*\\*\\*\n", "lesson\n", "smith\n", "between the two brothers\n", "energy and passion\n", "never flagging\n", "an abstract frank tashlin comedy\n", "'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum .\n", "lathan and diggs\n", "at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic\n", "asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .\n", "is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture .\n", "slick and\n", "being exciting\n", "low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort\n", "any conflict\n", "poor hermocrates and\n", "own athleticism\n", "suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands .\n", "the region 's\n", "pitch-perfect acting\n", "such patronising reverence\n", "area\n", "frazzled wackiness and\n", "who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep\n", "his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose\n", "any redeeming value whatsoever\n", "that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane\n", "a superior moral tone\n", "manically\n", "would be a total washout .\n", "this equally derisive clunker\n", "of food movies\n", "moderately successful\n", "writer\\/director anderson\n", "no point\n", "in the hip-hop indie snipes\n", "insightfully human\n", "antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "`` shrek '' or `` monsters , inc. ''\n", "quite tasty and\n", "had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances\n", "sometimes funnier than being about something\n", "childhood innocence\n", "misguided\n", "zealanders\n", "decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "their resemblance\n", "having a hard time believing people were paid to make it\n", "despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .\n", "sit still for a sociology lesson\n", "makin '\n", "is explosive\n", "acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation\n", "a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades\n", ", deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .\n", "right frame\n", "go back and\n", "culled from a minimalist funeral\n", "an achievement\n", "there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp\n", "going to be a trip\n", "lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and\n", "inevitable and\n", "the front ranks\n", "` enigma ' is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers . '\n", "is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience\n", "educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .\n", "from stock character camp\n", "so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian\n", "perverse element\n", "accompanying it\n", "the results are tired\n", "fascinating -- and timely --\n", "a maker\n", "view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy\n", "'s not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny\n", "want a movie time trip\n", "a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span\n", "detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie\n", "'s family\n", "mostly undeterminable\n", "dafoe\n", "recent vintage\n", "stretched to barely feature length ,\n", "teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss\n", "ignore the reputation ,\n", "your response to its new sequel ,\n", "quiet power\n", "jump in my chair\n", "worked wonders with the material\n", "make ` cherish ' a very good -lrb- but not great -rrb- movie .\n", "a remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life .\n", "gloriously straight from the vagina .\n", "a crass and insulting homage\n", "kinda wrong in places\n", "goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others\n", "watch them on the animal planet\n", "are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters\n", "terrible strength\n", "day parade balloon\n", "bailly manages to deliver\n", "for one splendidly cast pair\n", "the atmosphere\n", "judgment and\n", "indigenous\n", "proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool\n", "joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .\n", "enduring\n", "low brow\n", "fits the bill\n", "strangely liberating\n", "it 's not particularly well made , but\n", "by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star\n", "delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .\n", "pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "to catherine breillat 's fat girl\n", "immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", ", the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .\n", "are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock -lrb- since sept. 11 -rrb-\n", "heartfelt\n", ", inc.\n", "the slippery slope\n", "glorious\n", "comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .\n", "if horses could fly\n", "lizard 's\n", "in its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land .\n", "is so de palma\n", "a feature-length film\n", "hit all of its marks\n", "niro 's\n", "lacks in eye-popping visuals\n", "most unpleasant details\n", "from gaza\n", "goes after one truth -lrb- the ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers -rrb- and stumbles upon others even more compelling .\n", "the genre and another first-rate performance\n", "stylish surprises\n", "putrid writing , direction and timing\n", "overall feelings , broader ideas , and\n", "got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster\n", "be dubbed hedonistic\n", "brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie\n", "is also eminently forgettable\n", "enthralling documentary\n", "profanities\n", "tres greek writer\n", "psychological case study\n", "comedy concert movie\n", "doctorate\n", "damned compelling\n", "is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends\n", "though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ...\n", "a physique to match\n", "would only be to flatter it .\n", "seems a bit on the skinny side\n", "a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent\n", "it made me feel unclean ,\n", "a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur\n", "a well-acted movie that simply does n't gel .\n", "full of life and small delights --\n", "is as difficult for the audience\n", "the burgeoning genre\n", "austerity and\n", "it 's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .\n", "little new\n", "in the relationship between sullivan and his son\n", "some blondes ,\n", "of quiet power\n", "if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick\n", "bad behavior\n", "105\n", "looks good\n", "its one-joke premise\n", "this movie 's lack\n", "a big kid\n", "so horrendously confusing\n", "keeps getting weirder\n", "fascinating literary mystery story\n", "you were paying dues for good books unread\n", "give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity\n", "suspenseful horror movie\n", "than an hour\n", "the `` gadzooks\n", "the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema .\n", "zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof\n", "worth seeing at least once\n", "prickly indie comedy\n", "too fleeting\n", "found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays\n", "imax in short\n", "berling\n", "of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "offers winning performances and some effecting moments\n", "often hilarious minutes\n", "stuffing\n", "muscles\n", "companion\n", "stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "powerful , naturally dramatic\n", "will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .\n", "a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action\n", "is a frat boy 's idea of a good time\n", "john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "any day of the week\n", "makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in\n", "as if de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese\n", "a retail clerk wanting more out of life\n", "the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and\n", "make it accessible for a non-narrative feature\n", "sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .\n", "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\n", "makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread .\n", "family responsibility and care\n", "zero-dimensional , unlikable characters\n", "irksome , tiresome nature\n", "takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women\n", "of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious\n", "restless\n", "its stupidity\n", "undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .\n", "even a trace\n", "love and familial duties .\n", "terry\n", "movie audiences\n", "winning actor\n", "return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation\n", "one forum\n", "outnumber the hits by three-to-one\n", "of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn\n", "of unbridled greed and materalism\n", "seeing people\n", "than last year 's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise\n", "an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point\n", "from watching they\n", "the artists\n", "entirely persuasive\n", "a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age\n", "potent\n", "a well-acted movie that simply does n't\n", "unexpectedly giddy viewing\n", "fire-breathing\n", "comfortable enough\n", "an interesting look behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco ...\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery\n", "to keep on looking\n", "jived with sex\n", "touchstone\n", "gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements\n", "her defiance\n", "fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless\n", "the project surrounding them\n", "i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese , but at least now we 've got something pretty damn close .\n", "the look and\n", "complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice\n", "a compelling yarn , but not quite a\n", "american professionals\n", "'s no lie\n", "clocks in around 90 minutes\n", "carlen 's\n", "will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century\n", "repellantly\n", "frei -rrb-\n", "esoteric musings and philosophy\n", "howling more than cringing\n", "what-if\n", "romantic triangle\n", "rage and sisterly obsession\n", "turn on many people to opera , in general\n", "all the outward elements of the original\n", "its natural running time\n", "the opposite of a truly magical movie\n", "plays out here\n", "could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "is oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick\n", "only less\n", "with notorious\n", "a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the new age .\n", "-- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified\n", "kevin smith\n", "60\n", "difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "cool glass\n", "of gere in his dancing shoes\n", "have stayed there\n", "whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "political blair witch ,\n", "in a bid to hold our attention\n", "turned savvy ad man\n", "a big deal\n", "gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .\n", "high-tech\n", "the film to drag on for nearly three hours\n", "smeared\n", "i firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon .\n", "theological matters\n", "key\n", "feel guilty about it\n", "spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count\n", "some outrageously creative action in the transporter\n", "the tuxedo\n", "demeanor\n", "makes him the film 's moral compass\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters\n", "an enjoyable feel-good family comedy\n", "from every pore\n", "heft to justify its two-hour running time\n", ", but like the 1920 's\n", "doubtful\n", "got fingered\n", "cursory\n", "irreversible\n", "no amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting\n", "small-town pretension in the lone star state\n", "spider-man is in the same category as x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around .\n", "foreman 's\n", "instructs\n", "careens from dark satire\n", "artifice and purpose\n", "shifty\n", "insanity\n", "so preachy-keen\n", "avarice and damaged dreams\n", "shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .\n", "surprisingly ` solid '\n", "was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and 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"a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy\n", "extends to his supple understanding of the role\n", "dave\n", "kangaroo jack\n", "the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general\n", "acquire\n", "no film\n", "pointless\n", "takes them\n", "effecting change\n", "fake documentary\n", "thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry\n", "is not the most impressive player\n", "if you can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore\n", "insurance company office\n", "film director\n", "rare pictures\n", "as saccharine as\n", "'' portions\n", "a lot of its gags and observations\n", "a no brainer\n", "the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is ,\n", "saw the film\n", "sci-fi fans\n", "'s a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs\n", "be cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness\n", "is surely one of the most 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, and\n", "are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion .\n", "it inspires some -lrb- out-of-field -rrb- creative thought\n", "got aids\n", "energetic and always surprising\n", "the thoroughly formulaic film\n", "pass this stinker off as a scary movie\n", "its clumsiness as its own most damning censure\n", "its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale\n", "flies out\n", "shenanigans and slapstick\n", "making much of an impression\n", "yet permits laughter\n", "that will speak to the nonconformist in us all\n", "dreadful day\n", "a visually masterful work\n", "brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth\n", "actress works\n", "decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like .\n", "rejiggering\n", "wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles\n", "the great blue globe\n", ", family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .\n", "reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness .\n", "drawing flavorful performances from bland actors\n", "a meatier deeper beginning and\\/or\n", "its mind\n", "a crude teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss .\n", "kilted\n", "surprisingly uninvolving\n", "tempted\n", "sway ,\n", "two-day\n", "room noise\n", "... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .\n", "exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza\n", "breathe out\n", "entertaining enough and worth\n", "an artless sytle\n", "it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense\n", "bisexual sweetheart\n", "'s so lackluster\n", 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entertainingly nasty\n", "period pieces\n", "balance\n", "nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth .\n", "farts , boobs , unmentionables --\n", "doubt an artist\n", "feel anything much while watching this movie\n", "whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "a few remarks\n", "by its subtly\n", "black hawk down and we\n", "it 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .\n", "take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad\n", "universal studios and its ancillary products\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "the border collie\n", "signals director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema .\n", "a bigger , fatter heart\n", "in your stomach\n", "in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way .\n", "does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy\n", "more specimen\n", "please 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undercurrent of loneliness and isolation\n", "those turbulent times\n", "your slave\n", "perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , '\n", "hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "two badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .\n", "the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another .\n", "too dry and too placid\n", "have been one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year\n", "'s so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller\n", "tongues\n", "does n't work\n", "'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 .\n", "one most\n", "a loud , brash and mainly unfunny\n", "crawls along at a snail 's pace\n", "'re not merely\n", "telegraphed pathos , particularly\n", "ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel\n", "from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb\n", "you 're an elvis person\n", "cranky adults\n", "what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do\n", "remove spider-man the movie\n", "followed through\n", "do n't make movies like they used to anymore\n", "there is n't enough clever innuendo to fil\n", "spader\n", "if nothing else , `` rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.\n", "constant smiles and\n", "frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds\n", "what is\n", "it provides a fresh view of an old type\n", "what makes it worth the trip to the theatre\n", "argento\n", "expression\n", "humility\n", "gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers\n", "there 's something unintentionally comic 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characters ' -rrb- misery\n", "lies with kissinger .\n", "seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow\n", "visceral , nasty journey\n", "the tv movie-esque\n", "never fails to entertain\n", "'s harmless\n", "a ho-hum affair , always\n", "under the direction of kevin reynolds\n", "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\n", "revived\n", "'s still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror .\n", "sex-in-the-city misadventures\n", "peter mattei 's love\n", "this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .\n", "the novel 's deeper intimate resonances\n", "mad queens\n", "most ardent fans\n", "repellent\n", "mysterious voice\n", "emotions\n", "culture shock and a refusal\n", "relies on personal relationships\n", "iota\n", "more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "with plenty of entertainment value\n", "the precious trappings\n", "of three\n", "quaid 's performance\n", "millions of dollars\n", "dislocation\n", "in a western backwater\n", "time and art\n", "through the gloomy film noir veil\n", "drown yourself in a lake afterwards\n", "westbrook 's foundation and dalrymple 's film\n", "stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy ,\n", "gun\n", "at its worst , the movie is pretty diverting ; the pity is that it rarely achieves its best\n", "the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace does n't organize it with any particular insight\n", "for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear\n", "worthwhile addition\n", "benshan\n", "one funny popcorn flick .\n", "galled\n", "will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories\n", "a fairly weak retooling\n", "comes out on video\n", "it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .\n", "acolytes\n", "if you want to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from , then look no further , because here it is .\n", "like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal .\n", "these people are really going to love the piano teacher .\n", "cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .\n", "good kids and\n", "showing them heartbreakingly drably\n", "adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some .\n", "more than a stifling morality tale\n", "a spine\n", ", sylvie testud is icily brilliant .\n", "so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it\n", "vicente\n", "everyone\n", "because of that , his film crackles\n", "with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' , who needs enemies\n", "go very right ,\n", "too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff\n", "fetid\n", "through his scenes\n", "be distracted by the movie 's quick movements\n", "grow\n", "quite vapid\n", "com\n", "it does so without compromising that complexity .\n", "on course\n", "flick for that matter\n", "this movie is to be cherished .\n", "this first film\n", "brooding and\n", "infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better\n", "drag two-thirds\n", "bring off this kind of whimsy\n", "'s a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something\n", "a movie that seems motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story .\n", "once you exit the theater\n", "insight to keep it from being simpleminded\n", "for those of an indulgent\n", "understated performances of -lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb- career .\n", "at the back of your neck\n", "painfully slow cliche-ridden film\n", "whatever\n", "though nijinsky 's words grow increasingly disturbed , the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .\n", "the ferocity of a frozen burrito\n", "revealed\n", "... its message is not rooted in that decade .\n", "'s fitfully funny\n", "this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama\n", "writer-director neil burger\n", "old and scary one\n", "virtually everything wrong\n", "fifty years after the fact , the world 's political situation seems little different , and -lrb- director phillip -rrb- noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .\n", "will nevertheless\n", "set the plot in motion\n", "the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .\n", "staggeringly boring cinema\n", "on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments\n", "as erratic as its central character .\n", "true ` epic '\n", "of the story\n", "hideously twisted\n", "visually sloppy\n", "straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company\n", "only merchant paid more attention the story\n", "-- and gross\n", "wedding look\n", "the french-produced\n", "that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen\n", "` tron ' anderson\n", "rich historical subject\n", "film buffs\n", "that both thrills the eye and\n", "audience\n", "does `` lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "the trip there is a great deal of fun .\n", "it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged .\n", "as boring before i see this piece of crap again\n", "a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads\n", "feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and\n", "an eerie spell\n", "spade\n", "fallible human beings , not\n", "his start\n", "smart and dark -\n", "for the past\n", "there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us .\n", "an inept , tedious spoof\n", "when we should be playing out\n", "robert louis stevenson 's treasure island\n", "is in nine queens\n", "an old and scary one\n", "a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns\n", "to wendigo\n", "'s no good answer to that one\n", "its laid-back way\n", "fare ,\n", "it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and\n", "psychological drama , sociological reflection , and\n", "main overall flaw\n", "a large cast representing a broad cross-section\n", "farts ,\n", "works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently\n", "times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances\n", "is surely what they 'd look like\n", "into overworked elements\n", "is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string\n", "too deep or substantial .\n", "appealing couple\n", "to make their way through this tragedy\n", "they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes .\n", "impossible\n", "'s painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama\n", "morality , family , and social expectation\n", "'s most offensive\n", "movie-of-the-week\n", "could say about narc\n", "its characterization of hitler\n", "both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks\n", "hypertime in reverse\n", "like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening .\n", "surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "have to face in marriage\n", "did they\n", "knows how to pose madonna\n", "surveyed high school students ... and\n", "the level of marginal competence\n", "all hollywood fantasies\n", "be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never\n", "the waste of a good cast\n", "fun family fare\n", "to stay afloat in hollywood\n", "a swirl\n", "to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history\n", ", chinese - , irish -\n", "than a nice belgian waffle\n", "several cliched movie structures : the road movie\n", "drags out\n", "even if you 're an elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd .\n", "relationships\n", "ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters\n", "if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri\n", "of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project\n", "record industry\n", "are a few modest laughs\n", "its audience giddy\n", "watching the skies\n", "it 's awfully entertaining to watch .\n", "the art-house crowd\n", "take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film\n", "debut indie feature\n", "the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself\n", "original short story\n", "beauty and power\n", "transported\n", "uncomfortably close to pro-serb propaganda .\n", "seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good\n", "shatters you\n", "everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .\n", "jack o '\n", "endear itself\n", "a nerve in many\n", "persuades you ,\n", "for very little\n", "suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance\n", "dedication\n", "a tenacious demonstration of death\n", "elliptically loops back to where it began\n", "got the brawn , but not the brains\n", "a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls\n", "of self-discovery\n", "a heartening tale of small victories and\n", "a few dynamic decades\n", "death-defying efforts\n", "to spare wildlife\n", "who lacked any\n", "each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "'re coming !\n", "with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes\n", "especially movie\n", "parody and pulp melodrama\n", "the catcher\n", "that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "more often than it does n't\n", "painterly and\n", "the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction\n", "was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash\n", "to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced\n", "too cute by half\n", "of the week blown up for the big screen\n", "too erotic nor very thrilling\n", "ordinary and obvious\n", "masterpiece theatre ' type costumes\n", "liberal on the political spectrum\n", "beating the austin powers films at their own game\n", "an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays\n", "scratch\n", "giant chuck jones\n", "is n't really about anything\n", "whole stretches of the film\n", "the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "sade\n", "harry potter\n", "this u-boat does n't have a captain .\n", "is rich in emotional texture\n", ", while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing\n", "this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied\n", "disney pic\n", "unexpected flashes of dark comedy\n", "animated sequences\n", "wants to cause his audience an epiphany\n", "adrenaline boost\n", "better drama\n", "the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "spacey 's\n", "the small , human moments\n", "affable but undernourished romantic comedy\n", "abagnale 's\n", "ever ,\n", "harps\n", "the world 's political situation seems little different ,\n", ", schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .\n", "a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up\n", "charlize chases kevin with a gun\n", "zaza\n", ", personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral\n", "rarely seem sure of where it should go\n", "a cutesy romantic tale with a twist\n", "the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd\n", "entertaining mix\n", "crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy\n", "each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .\n", ", if languidly paced ,\n", ", it 's still not a good movie\n", "are to her characters\n", "surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work\n", "'s always\n", "are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances .\n", "of heart or conservative of spirit\n", "the hell was coming next\n", "that does not move\n", "nuanced performance\n", "smutty guilty\n", "of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most\n", "only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "about never giving up on a loved one\n", "rest\n", "made to be jaglomized is\n", "humane fighter\n", "the most resolutely unreligious parents\n", "lovely and amazing\n", "`` feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel ,\n", "chinese\n", "the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .\n", "plagued\n", "its capacity\n", "don siegel\n", "handsome and sincere but\n", "that are generally not heard on television\n", "none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ?\n", "could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population\n", "castles\n", "-lrb- the film 's -rrb- taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers .\n", "i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies\n", "picture-perfect beach\n", "wry and engrossing\n", "of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb-\n", "year selection\n", "a brazenly misguided project\n", "is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .\n", "what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made\n", "conceit\n", "sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty ,\n", "death\n", "brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema .\n", "a bracing\n", "pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws\n", "gives hollywood sequels a bad name\n", "morbidity\n", "falls short\n", "it is formula filmmaking\n", "to blow it\n", "a happy ending is no cinematic sin\n", "led\n", "cruelty\n", "inoffensive and harmless\n", "pro\n", "the narrator and the other characters\n", "and mr. fraser\n", "no more racist portraits of indians , for instance\n", "goes overboard\n", "when talking to americans\n", "it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .\n", "to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny\n", "political message\n", "on an assembly line\n", "seem ever to run out of ideas\n", "playfully profound ...\n", "attendant intelligence\n", "put on a show in drag\n", "that plays things so nice\n", "that peculiar tension\n", "undead \\*\\*\\*\n", "carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others\n", "the execution is lackluster at best\n", "energy , intelligence and verve ,\n", "some fictional\n", "love --\n", "obviously aimed at kids\n", "there is n't one true ` chan moment ' .\n", "this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies .\n", "souls\n", "rote spookiness\n", "philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess .\n", "tony gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but director d.j. caruso 's grimy visual veneer and kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably .\n", "since at least pete 's dragon\n", "fare .\n", "into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need\n", "what was it all for\n", "once was conviction\n", "engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic\n", "the hermitage\n", "however sincere it may be , the rising place never quite justifies its own existence .\n", "rat\n", "is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be\n", "talented thesps\n", "a very good film\n", "distaste\n", "a stray barrel\n", "is interested\n", "'s a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout .\n", "mournfully\n", "the edge of wild , lunatic invention\n", "the ghost and\n", "if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation\n", "are too complex to be rapidly absorbed\n", "silbersteins\n", "softheaded metaphysical claptrap\n", "... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .\n", "says it all\n", "he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst\n", "humans ,\n", "are remarkable .\n", "the fans\n", "is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another\n", "that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny\n", "call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees\n", ", as if it were an extended short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .\n", "thinking it all through\n", "adequate reason\n", "far more entertaining than i had expected\n", "a dead-end existence\n", "here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .\n", "you might as well be watching a rerun\n", "deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf\n", "romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here .\n", "surprising\n", "truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining\n", "copycat interpretations\n", "nothing about them\n", "though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but\n", "calibrated\n", "for his first attempt at film noir , spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .\n", "has a lot of charm\n", "delirious fun .\n", "dream of\n", ", humorless and under-inspired\n", "just plain wicked\n", "not scarier\n", "is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor\n", "a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project !\n", "operative word\n", "is stiff or just plain bad\n", "not so much\n", "mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .\n", "sum of all fears ''\n", "a poor man 's\n", "best sex comedy\n", "the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past\n", "b-movie category\n", "served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "office politics\n", "is the conceit\n", "a fine effort ,\n", "cold and dead\n", ", mostly wordless ethnographic extras\n", "visually and\n", "'re likely to see all year\n", "speaking even one word\n", "an uneasy blend of ghost\n", "to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain\n", "savage john waters-like humor\n", "about what the film is really getting at\n", "washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "the communal film experiences\n", "51 times better than this\n", "dark places\n", ", some do n't .\n", "aspiration\n", "on ugly digital video\n", "'s also too stupid\n", "that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works\n", "this fascinating look at israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .\n", "a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity\n", "any subtlety\n", "his light meter\n", "completely delightful\n", "despair or consolation\n", "such films as `` all that heaven allows '' and `` imitation\n", "shadow side\n", "mood\n", "a step further , richer and deeper\n", "catches\n", "be a new yorker\n", "substitutes extreme\n", "see over and over again\n", "zzzzzzzzz\n", "powerful performance\n", "something must have been lost in the translation .\n", "a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant\n", "oppressively heavy\n", "intimate and therefore\n", "it 's going\n", "the face of political corruption\n", "creates sheerly cinematic appeal .\n", "apes films\n", "the theater\n", "a hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol .\n", "slow study\n", "reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding --\n", "may be\n", "feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "surface attractions\n", "thoughtful and brimming\n", ", more playful tone\n", "to collinwood\n", "stereotypical\n", "rather than one\n", "an enthralling aesthetic experience ,\n", "more to think about after the final frame\n", "will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy\n", "boyd 's\n", "cutter\n", "god is great , the movie 's not .\n", "of this imagery as the movie 's set\n", "jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations\n", "it look as though they are having so much fun\n", "of faith in the future\n", "'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\n", "such a talented director as chen kaige\n", "seen the film\n", "of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen\n", "appreciation of the daily\n", "has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation\n", "refugees\n", "dug\n", "released in imax format\n", "on shame\n", "did n't care .\n", "a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art\n", "founders on its own preciousness --\n", "one too\n", "move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "21st\n", "fifth\n", ", extreme-sports adventure\n", "little $ 1.8 million charmer\n", "littered\n", "older and wiser\n", "in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .\n", "on the upscale lifestyle\n", "though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation .\n", "nettelbeck ... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .\n", "trapped presents a frightening and compelling ` what if ? '\n", "a triumph\n", "goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes\n", "privileged moments\n", "promises\n", "the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks\n", "it 's difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks .\n", "nearly every scene\n", "has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .\n", "the result is more depressing than liberating\n", "got something pretty damn close\n", "only without much energy or tension\n", "movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design\n", "distract us\n", "'s immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .\n", "you 'll ever see .\n", "than its one good idea\n", "been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy\n", "works on any number of levels\n", "young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale\n", "is apparently\n", "one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "the glorious chicanery and self-delusion\n", "the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis .\n", "with time\n", "wallace ,\n", "human\n", ", the movie is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive .\n", "the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease\n", "alice\n", "uncover the truth and\n", "it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .\n", "is unusually tame\n", "mumbo\n", ", being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something\n", "his touch\n", "about the war between the sexes\n", "sad nonsense , this .\n", "register\n", "a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot 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nyc 's drug scene\n", "the gander\n", "captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .\n", "'s not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered\n", "his usual intelligence and subtlety\n", "'s an enjoyable trifle\n", "real story\n", "your disgust\n", "as superficial\n", "'s compelling\n", "rise above its disgusting source material\n", "you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "being hal hartley to function as pastiche\n", "that it 's hard not to be carried away\n", "104\n", "richer and\n", "a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld\n", "fatherhood\n", "of an episode of general hospital\n", "implications\n", "creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic .\n", "puberty\n", "of all those famous moments\n", "could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous\n", "give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .\n", "surrounded by open windows\n", "fans of so-bad-they\n", ", laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best .\n", "funny , sexy\n", "truest\n", "staring\n", "emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking\n", "my situation\n", "the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "depends on how well you like\n", "activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls\n", "springing out of yiddish culture and language\n", "by far the worst movie of the year\n", "a frustrating ` tweener ' --\n", "glib but bouncy bit\n", "the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots\n", "-lrb- sam 's -rrb- self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .\n", "the result is somewhat satisfying --\n", "terrific computer graphics ,\n", "rock group wilco\n", ", it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .\n", "glitzy\n", "world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists\n", "although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear\n", "to big\n", "some elements\n", "the poor quality of pokemon 4\n", "are hardly enough\n", "is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful\n", "as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby\n", "perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .\n", "noir and action flicks\n", "is flat .\n", "uneasily\n", "a longtime tolkien fan or\n", "the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break .\n", ", in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium\n", "the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "cold-blooded comedy\n", "minutely\n", "instantly forgettable and\n", "bale 's\n", "movie lore\n", "'s guilty fun to be had here\n", "too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations\n", "it gets old quickly .\n", "the essence of the dogtown experience\n", "to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat\n", "the only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair\n", "as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "marching\n", "worth seeing for ambrose 's performance\n", "before from murphy\n", "democracy\n", "' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .\n", "high-adrenaline documentary\n", "left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "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 .\n", "seeing it\n", "stretched\n", "relative modesty\n", "i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .\n", "work as well as\n", "also happens to be good\n", "conventional material\n", "cuts against this natural grain\n", "the film is saved from\n", "'s not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .\n", "be an attempt at hardass american\n", "favored by many directors of the iranian new wave .\n", "typical documentary footage\n", "he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster\n", "take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses ,\n", "has a brain\n", "in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "is only mildly amusing\n", "the cary grant\n", "than excellence\n", "simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "it 's like a `` big chill '' reunion of the baader-meinhof gang\n", "rank frustration from those\n", "succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .\n", "impersonal and\n", "simple\n", "with all the usual spielberg flair\n", "offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and\n", "does n't look much like anywhere in new york\n", "chokes on\n", "movie career\n", "when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .\n", "that 's more or less how it plays out\n", "suspected\n", "a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera .\n", "it 's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .\n", "with vivid characters and a warm , moving message\n", "formidable arithmetic\n", "you might have guessed\n", ", numbered 52 different versions\n", "alert ,\n", "same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda\n", "kathy baker 's\n", "actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "avid\n", "loud , violent and mindless\n", "drug culture\n", "nurses plot holes\n", "the courage of its convictions\n", "does n't sustain a high enough level of invention\n", "have been a sketch on saturday night live\n", "claws\n", "its share\n", "follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity\n", "successful at lodging itself in the brain\n", "... 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 ? ''\n", "replaced\n", "comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "most unlikely place\n", "has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series .\n", "michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper\n", "vain for a movie\n", "brawny and lyrical\n", "spend $ 9\n", "of hardware\n", "uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for\n", "one-star rating\n", "is utterly fearless as the tortured husband\n", "seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary .\n", "be your slave for a year\n", "making reference to other films and trying to be other films\n", ", what makes the movie fresh\n", "the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "intriguing , observant\n", "taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight\n", "short running time\n", "of exaggerated action\n", "never sure\n", "no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery\n", "has had some success with documentaries\n", "flair\n", "payoff\n", "come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy\n", "is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain\n", "reason to see it\n", "all ages --\n", "it 's still terrible !\n", "a film school undergrad\n", "thanks to ice cube , benjamins feels an awful lot like friday in miami .\n", "get to the closing bout\n", "a few laughs but nothing else\n", "surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ...\n", "'' framework\n", "support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick\n", "even if you 've never heard of chaplin\n", "implies\n", "is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .\n", "proclaim\n", "while banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad\n", "parapsychological phenomena and\n", "the overlooked pitfalls\n", "old people\n", "-- no , paralyzed --\n", "coherent , believable story\n", "lush and beautifully\n", "swallow its absurdities and crudities\n", "hilarious dialogue\n", "half-dozen\n", "neatly constructed thriller .\n", "soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized ,\n", "in the central role\n", "'s a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout\n", "sole\n", "the-week\n", "like many western action films\n", "supremely good natured\n", "ensures the film never feels draggy .\n", "` comedy '\n", "a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism\n", "the real thing\n", "that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,\n", "every time\n", "but it does n't leave you with much .\n", "a single gag sequence\n", "a yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .\n", "numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before .\n", "you love to hate .\n", "holly and marina tick\n", "press the delete key\n", "hitting the audience over the head with a moral\n", "a pale imitation\n", "discovery and\n", "creative insanity\n", "eccentricity\n", "both the elements\n", "dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting ,\n", "more straightforward\n", "retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing .\n", "the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor ,\n", "seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper\n", "bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact .\n", "jonathan parker 's bartleby\n", "to eat brussels sprouts\n", "an uneasy blend\n", "a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi\n", "the sight of the name bruce willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but\n", "eee for excitement\n", "dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .\n", "rhetoric and\n", "that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing\n", "fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals\n", "you wo n't look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again .\n", "as was more likely ,\n", "caesar\n", "violent battlefield action picture\n", "hong kong action film\n", "the movie has a script -lrb- by paul pender -rrb- made of wood ,\n", "youthful and good-looking\n", "as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime\n", "faceless victims\n", "predicament\n", "mind crappy movies as much as adults\n", "odd movies\n", "pitch-perfect forster\n", ", no such thing is a big letdown .\n", "a plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists .\n", "is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos\n", "the spectacular -lrb- visually speaking -rrb-\n", "schiffer\n", "a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight\n", "there ai n't none\n", "desired\n", "of portraying the devastation of this disease\n", "guessing plot and an 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often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop\n", "to ensnare its target audience\n", "tapping away '\n", "that ,\n", "it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate .\n", "to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy\n", "the production design , score and choreography\n", "more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive\n", "dumas classic\n", "easily accessible stories\n", "she-cute\n", "it 's provocative stuff\n", "the palm screen\n", "as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line\n", "broken legs\n", "a mindless action movie\n", "while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other\n", "an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension ,\n", "seen as hip ,\n", "contriving\n", "its `` dead wife communicating\n", "malcolm d. lee\n", "some flawed but rather unexceptional women\n", "ten\n", "the best 60 minutes\n", "may not be `` last tango in paris '' but\n", "one lewd scene\n", "jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive\n", "but certainly hard to hate\n", "he swaggers through his scenes\n", "only movie\n", "creepy turn\n", "here it is\n", "that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar\n", "myrtle beach ,\n", "works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful\n", "than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier\n", "spots\n", "sudden finale\n", ", the last kiss is really all about performances .\n", "become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one\n", "reached puberty\n", "under the waves\n", "'s painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary 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'\n", "the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness .\n", "the action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series .\n", "'ve worked a lot better had it been a short film\n", "a charming but slight comedy\n", "starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner\n", "better than the tepid star trek :\n", "a headline-fresh thriller\n", "look at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to nyc inner-city youth .\n", "are in this tepid genre offering\n", "went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood\n", "afternoon\n", "singing long after the credits roll\n", "an undeniably moving film to experience ,\n", "show wary natives the true light\n", "best didacticism\n", "add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .\n", "has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history .\n", "cinephile 's\n", "cranked out on an assembly line\n", "hanna-barbera 's\n", "who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "-lrb- emotionally at least -rrb-\n", "regards reign of fire\n", "at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "waged among victims and predators\n", "genre picture\n", "newcomer mcadams\n", "is a trove of delights\n", "titular character 's\n", "will keep them awake\n", "comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance\n", "is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '\n", "made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion\n", "pays earnest homage\n", "a reaction\n", "captors and befuddled captives\n", "nothing in it to engage children emotionally\n", "by an esteemed writer-actor\n", "reek of a script\n", "... an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit .\n", "too heady for children\n", "is a trove of delights .\n", "humorous and touching\n", "life-affirming message\n", "it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny ,\n", "to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness\n", "shock-you-into-laughter\n", "even-handedness\n", "recovers\n", "may not , strictly speaking ,\n", "puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible\n", "violinist\n", "the wisdom and humor\n", ", fearful view\n", "be ahead of the plot at all times\n", "in the performances\n", "into an intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "time-killer\n", "davis has energy , but\n", "lots of obvious political insights\n", "'s like having an old friend for dinner ' .\n", "to the aging sandeman\n", "to the highest degree\n", "stellar\n", "tuck family\n", "leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love\n", "knowledge ,\n", "but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary\n", "bottom\n", "is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man\n", "shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters\n", "fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks\n", "demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake ,\n", "french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy\n", "be 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user-friendly .\n", "single digits\n", "... a bland , pretentious mess .\n", "occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film\n", "creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty\n", "finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom\n", "does n't beat that one , either .\n", "same\n", "the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "that bad movies make and is determined not to make them ,\n", "hard for me\n", "humor and snappy dialogue\n", "that dances on the edge\n", "narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power\n", "should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey .\n", "even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound\n", "all the enjoyable randomness\n", "tasty masala .\n", "western foreign policy\n", "with the lovely hush\n", "the bod\n", "high-buffed\n", "that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare\n", "a fiercely clever and subtle film , 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, that the journey is such a mesmerizing one .\n", "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 .\n", "is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .\n", "too violent and sordid to function as comedy\n", "not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired .\n", "tearing ` orphans '\n", "roman polanski may have been born to make\n", "in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit\n", "you enter into .\n", "too sentimental\n", "things all\n", "one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman\n", "lad\n", "-lrb- proficient , but singularly cursory -rrb-\n", "it 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but\n", "new york and l.a.\n", "that 's often handled in 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"perspectives\n", "on earth\n", "is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract\n", "smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures\n", "facial\n", "take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms\n", "a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor ,\n", "stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage\n", "loses its ability to shock and amaze\n", "hairs\n", "the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood\n", "a filmmaking methodology\n", "false and\n", "about a much\n", "better than the fiction\n", "wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy , but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited .\n", "ritter 's\n", "taken outside the context of the current political climate\n", "it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "successfully\n", "lunch rush\n", "unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker\n", "there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and\n", "a closing line\n", "also appears to be the end\n", "an athlete , a movie star\n", "trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story\n", "shines\n", "coast\n", "like-themed\n", "as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding\n", "the film never feels draggy\n", "trying to do than of what he had actually done\n", "meandering and confusing\n", ", carlin and murphy\n", "apartheid\n", "with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy\n", "go boom\n", "shafer\n", "rudd\n", "is a vulgar\n", "unmemorable\n", "a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised .\n", "for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .\n", "some of the computer animation is handsome\n", "of this film\n", "the desperation of a very insecure man\n", "zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story\n", "donovan ... squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences\n", "for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .\n", "a therapeutic zap of shock treatment\n", "twirls !\n", "smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary\n", "a better film\n", "with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .\n", "p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb-\n", "a lyrical endeavour\n", "bottom line\n", "an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil\n", "beautiful film\n", "spider-man the movie\n", "punch line\n", "turn his movie\n", "political thriller\n", "plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast\n", "drag the movie\n", "in the middle of hopeful\n", "not to believe it\n", "awkward version\n", "gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut\n", "a state\n", "another tired old vision\n", "the slc high command\n", "death ,\n", "far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but\n", "unimpressively\n", "the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but\n", "the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving .\n", "way adam sandler 's\n", "scenery ,\n", "88\n", "a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people ,\n", "a lingering creepiness one\n", "walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , ''\n", "far more successful\n", "impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head\n", "in a strange way\n", "the asylum\n", "unappealing\n", "many conclusive answers\n", "the large cast\n", "sally\n", "crane -rrb- becomes more specimen than character\n", "manners\n", ", bitter and truthful\n", "acted meditation\n", "a hilarious ode to middle america\n", "the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs\n", "if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious --\n", "kids , spirit\n", "a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem\n", "the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project\n", "minimal\n", "enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "laissez passer\n", "a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it\n", "marks an encouraging new direction for la salle\n", "most effective aspects\n", "the ghost and mr. chicken\n", "intriguingly\n", "secretions\n", "describes pauline & paulette\n", "all is said and 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count of monte cristo ... never quite settles on either side .\n", "watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours\n", "without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself\n", "turned them\n", "screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy\n", "characters in this picture\n", "just different bodies for sharp objects\n", "pasolini film\n", "accidental spy\n", "halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .\n", "crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper\n", "visual rorschach test\n", "a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy\n", "having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "two hours\n", "pleasure .\n", "this film is part of that delicate canon\n", "a chilling movie without oppressive gore .\n", "machinery\n", "the past 20 minutes\n", "bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama\n", "poetic imagery\n", "hrs\n", "queen 's\n", "both children and parents\n", "captured the chaos of an urban conflagration\n", "the really bad blair witch project\n", "ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip .\n", "disappointingly\n", "be both hugely entertaining and uplifting\n", "suddenly\n", "during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third\n", "the mid - '90s\n", "as a workable primer for the region 's recent history\n", "street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence\n", "seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .\n", "with a persecuted `` other\n", "essentially a collection of bits --\n", "there is little else to recommend `` never again . ''\n", "television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "befallen every other carmen\n", "'ll probably love it .\n", ", this is the movie for you\n", "a nightmare\n", "lai 's villainous father\n", "heal after the death of a child\n", "a movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't\n", "matches neorealism 's impact\n", "is that it 's not nearly long enough .\n", "full-bodied\n", "integrated\n", "a little more human being ,\n", "endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness\n", ", worse\n", ", point-and-shoot exercise\n", "leaden\n", "is n't katherine\n", "this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .\n", "not a schlocky creature\n", "martin\n", "the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing\n", "fears and slights\n", "anyplace special\n", "'s nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .\n", "but by no means all -rrb-\n", "to risk american scorn\n", "the astronauts\n", "is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage\n", "made vittorio de sica proud\n", ", and to her inventive director\n", "does seem pretty unbelievable at times\n", "masterpiece\n", "bathroom\n", "a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action\n", "the dog days of august upon us\n", "intermittently wise script\n", "spades -- charisma .\n", "any intellectual arguments\n", "to be a drama\n", "language and\n", "schoolgirl obsession\n", "to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "feel sanitised and stagey\n", "to the population\n", "essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality\n", "in heart what it lacks in outright newness\n", "well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway\n", "realistic , non-exploitive approach\n", "aging ,\n", "to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings\n", "keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste\n", "at least a decent attempt\n", "been-told-a\n", "opportunity\n", "vainglorious\n", "made a great saturday night live sketch\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and\n", "not bad , but not all that good .\n", "accumulate\n", ", you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .\n", "sing beautifully and act adequately\n", "come face-to-face with a couple dragons\n", "than an amusement\n", "that the film is less than 90 minutes\n", "tries to be much more\n", "his women\n", "interesting work\n", "costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier\n", "is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .\n", "bloody\n", "a parsec\n", "from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story\n", "no , paralyzed\n", "a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme\n", "confessional\n", "the endless action sequences\n", "classify\n", "'s been sitting open too long\n", "blanket\n", "haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage\n", "one bald\n", "dumb drug jokes\n", "male\n", "director michael apted and\n", "a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .\n", "` scream . '\n", "exercise in nostalgia\n", "by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .\n", "saw a movie\n", "with every cinematic tool\n", "remain\n", "'s really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out\n", "that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition\n", "a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario\n", "might want to check it out\n", "written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors\n", "work as a piece of storytelling\n", "to digest\n", "it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ...\n", "jokey approach\n", "such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying ,\n", "primary\n", "a collective heart attack\n", "this film , which may be why it works as well as it does\n", "in his profession\n", "cross between highlander and lolita .\n", "playwright\n", "dramatics\n", "released in this condition\n", "saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park\n", "a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone\n", "tries hard to make the most of a bumper\n", "no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting\n", "places\n", "the world 's best actors ,\n", "emotional blandness\n", "... a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance\n", "another example of how sandler is losing his touch\n", "definition\n", "the next generation\n", "who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "bracingly truthful\n", "is at 22 a powerful young actor\n", "quaint\n", "no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces wild .\n", "its generic villains\n", "is admirable\n", "overexposed waste\n", "ugly and destructive little \\*\\*\\*\\*\n", "cliches , painful improbability\n", "real subject\n", "lurks\n", "straightforward\n", "for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans\n", "must have been lost in the mail\n", "timid and\n", "gorgeous , passionate\n", "its recent predecessor miserably\n", "enjoy moaning about their cruel fate\n", "is certainly a serviceable melodrama\n", "a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man\n", "all manner\n", "sort of amazing\n", "families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing\n", "addiction\n", "a terrific look\n", "-- and\n", "k-19\n", "should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave 's career .\n", "comedic songs\n", "'s pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .\n", "green dragon\n", "argento 's hollywood counterparts\n", "michael myers\n", "10 seconds\n", "light-hearted profile\n", "sex in a bid to hold our attention\n", "limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror\n", "a knockout of a closing line\n", "`` me without you '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .\n", "to laugh at how bad\n", "pretension .\n", "worth your time\n", "keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired\n", "bombs\n", "spy-action\n", "sweeping modern china\n", "peak\n", "cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated\n", "just offensive\n", "submerged here\n", "is clearly well-meaning and sincere\n", ", bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .\n", "to spend 4 units of your day\n", "heavy traffic\n", "synagogue\n", "chan movie\n", "heartland\n", "know your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .\n", "than a little\n", "incident\n", "offers little insight\n", "where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves\n", "both people 's capacity\n", "as a remake , it 's a pale imitation .\n", "had free rein\n", "cornball sequel .\n", "fascinating byways\n", "surreal sense\n", "it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .\n", "i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but\n", "thrives on artificiality\n", "neither of them deserves eric schaeffer\n", "even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser .\n", "chris columbus ' sequel\n", "the right film\n", "steadily\n", "human tragedy\n", "on an aircraft carrier\n", "the holy spirit\n", "more predictable\n", "the rescue in the final reel\n", "used to make movies , but also\n", "that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai 's vaunted empathy\n", "matters ,\n", "has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours\n", "this story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone\n", "a campfire around midnight\n", "trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film\n", "holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers\n", "implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history\n", "the illogic\n", "the ranks of the players\n", "melds\n", "wickedly\n", "was n't enough\n", "straight from the ages\n", "it would be better as a diary or documentary\n", "save\n", "than the phantom menace\n", "sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts .\n", "cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drive you crazy\n", "some sort\n", "control-alt-delete\n", "the highest power of all\n", "demme 's\n", "brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film .\n", "get a kick out of goofy brits\n", "of juliette binoche\n", "'s very much like life itself .\n", "bit from the classics `` wait until dark ''\n", "from michael cunningham 's novel\n", "make it seem .\n", "plastic knickknacks\n", "with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "has n't gone straight to video\n", ", considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .\n", "reno -rrb- lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al.\n", "fails to justify the build-up .\n", "rare family movie\n", "with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half\n", "ryoko hirosue\n", "claus\n", "some effective moments\n", "fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs\n", "when the explosions start\n", "appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,\n", ", forgettably pleasant from start to finish\n", "off\n", "suggests it\n", "newcomer\n", "awed\n", "difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion\n", "work and 2002 's first great film\n", "if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints :\n", "up-and-coming documentarians\n", "a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .\n", "the wrath of khan\n", "peter sellers , kenneth williams , et\n", "mourns her tragedies\n", "for a film that relies on personal relationships\n", "fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller\n", "poor editing ,\n", "many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --\n", "of an altogether darker side\n", "overall picture\n", "your ego\n", "achieving some honest insight into relationships\n", "orders\n", "as one\n", "fencing scenes\n", "that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that\n", "hobbled\n", "bmw\n", "god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness .\n", "among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism\n", "'s trying to do\n", "kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .\n", "flex-a-thon\n", "is the first film i 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved\n", "too dense & about\n", "depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make\n", "gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb- or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters\n", "enchanted with low-life tragedy and\n", "degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .\n", "a renowned indian film culture\n", "is a remarkably accessible and haunting film\n", "anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie\n", "young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale\n", "toward maximum comfort and familiarity\n", "a good , dry , reliable textbook\n", "'s begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema\n", "prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design\n", "'s a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .\n", "that delivers on the promise of excitement\n", ", danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .\n", "a 65th class reunion mixer\n", "from the suggested and the unknown\n", "mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .\n", "time of favor\n", "dani kouyate\n", "jumbled fantasy comedy\n", "are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that\n", "if there was actually one correct interpretation , but\n", ", and gently tedious in its comedy\n", "charming , funny and beautifully\n", "undead action flick formula\n", "ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .\n", "brief pretentious period\n", "an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line\n", "new director 's\n", ", the film shatters you in waves .\n", "malle 's\n", "of your own precious life\n", "the plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling .\n", "of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "have been as a film\n", "but also nicely done\n", "of mostly martha\n", "a completely predictable plot\n", "finest\n", "surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''\n", "telegraphed well\n", "innovations and glimpse\n", "is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish\n", "dorm rooms\n", "what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically\n", "a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .\n", "most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs .\n", "the pieces\n", "very mild rental\n", "verbal duel\n", "screwing things\n", "... has about 3\\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .\n", "weakly acted\n", "takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers\n", "nationwide blight\n", "to be taken seriously\n", "poet and drinker\n", "corporate\n", "sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating\n", "presents himself\n", "movie-biz\n", "is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .\n", "astounding\n", "classic text\n", "fragmented\n", "nifty plot line\n", "morose\n", "arise\n", "watchable yet hardly memorable .\n", "with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .\n", "break your heart many times\n", "of all the emotions and life experiences\n", "to be quentin tarantino when they grow up\n", "loud , witless mess\n", "twenty years after its first release , e.t. remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career .\n", "offers an aids subtext ,\n", "devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "his hero 's background or motivations\n", "though 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 .\n", "seigner\n", "than 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "comic book guy on `` the simpsons ''\n", "on in favor of sentimental war movies\n", "the movie is hardly a masterpiece\n", "war ii memories\n", "when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there .\n", "last 15 years\n", "to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking\n", "as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless\n", "globetrotters-generals\n", "praiseworthy\n", "because there 's no rooting interest\n", "to get you under its spell\n", "the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .\n", "is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "can seem tiresomely simpleminded\n", "even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation\n", "less pimps\n", "can see mediocre cresting on the next wave\n", "funny ,\n", "of big-screen poke-mania\n", "loses its overall sense of mystery and\n", "teen movie\n", "to look ahead and resist living in a past\n", "the island of lost dreams\n", "the cliches\n", "shiri is a must for genre fans .\n", "i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .\n", "all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn\n", "were not\n", "to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival\n", "so easy\n", "an incredibly narrow in-joke\n", "director and\n", "gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ' - standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth .\n", "great cinema\n", "well-crafted\n", "as it stands it 's an opera movie for the buffs .\n", "drab\n", "motown 's\n", "ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior\n", "of the people who want to believe in it the most\n", "work -- is charming\n", "confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis\n", "a film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen .\n", "worst -- and only --\n", "his outstanding performance as bond in die\n", "rivals\n", "the power of strong voices\n", "operas .\n", "tian 's\n", ", getting there is not even half the interest .\n", "to admit it\n", "her typical blend\n", "'m not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence\n", "hold and grips\n", "defiant\n", "included\n", "it 's a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety .\n", "hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff\n", "regret\n", "this character that may well not have existed on paper\n", "i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?\n", "open yourself\n", "obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque\n", "if you can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore , you 'll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii .\n", "meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .\n", "'s impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .\n", "offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already ,\n", "a keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters .\n", "the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine\n", "by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap\n", "insight and\n", "its relaxed\n", "a chick\n", "with a single\n", "amazingly evocative film\n", "one of our best actors\n", "the isolation of these characters\n", "what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .\n", "the diva shrewdly\n", "bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness ,\n", "wooden delivery\n", "` possession , '\n", "reasonably\n", "transform themselves\n", "goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better\n", "cinema seats\n", "takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''\n", "a much better mother-daughter tale\n", "street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches ,\n", "the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet\n", "holm\n", "of bug-eyed monsters\n", "with its own solemn insights\n", "for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works\n", "a pretty good job\n", "a very rainy\n", "translating\n", "too goofy\n", "may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking\n", "prose\n", "vastly improved\n", "a decent sense\n", "direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism\n", "taste\n", "think of themselves and their clients\n", "several runs\n", "undying , traditional politesse\n", "of a chick\n", "one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits\n", "transparent\n", "its wheels\n", "to 7th-century oral traditions\n", "indoctrinated prejudice\n", "cheap\n", "'s definitely not\n", "the usual two-dimensional offerings\n", "to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music\n", "will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment\n", "the direction , by george hickenlooper\n", "there 's an epic here ,\n", "doubting\n", "sprinkled with a few remarks so geared\n", "the emphasis on the latter\n", "stifles\n", "colosseum\n", "perform\n", "directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable\n", "grand\n", "two literary figures\n", "off spookily enough\n", ", you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .\n", "that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept\n", "lan yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece .\n", ", standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .\n", "starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop\n", "palpable chemistry\n", "oscar caliber cast\n", "you have once again entered the bizarre realm where director adrian lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal .\n", "guys and\n", "to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "lock , stock\n", "a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally\n", "a kingdom more mild than wild\n", "never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him\n", "summer season\n", "has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue\n", "is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter\n", "little action ,\n", "make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes .\n", "interested to see what all the fuss is about\n", "fun\n", "rounded and revealing overview\n", "on true events\n", "thirteen conversations about one thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments\n", "in a lake\n", "is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy .\n", "some freudian puppet\n", "characteristically startling\n", "heroic deserves a look\n", "from a woodland stream\n", "carlin and\n", "bruce willis\n", "feeling\n", "there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence\n", "of male intrigue\n", "could have used some informed , adult hindsight\n", "difficult and sad\n", "just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination\n", "delivers without sham the raw-nerved story\n", "divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "sometimes beautiful adaptation\n", "the improbable `` formula 51 ''\n", "other than its one good idea -rrb-\n", "short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy\n", ", narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .\n", "a good yarn --\n", "an achingly enthralling premise ,\n", "being both revelatory and narcissistic\n", "jake gyllenhaal\n", "rooting against\n", "the holocaust has generated\n", "watch as a good spaghetti western\n", "in japan\n", ", it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "several of steven soderbergh 's earlier films\n", "by the mere suggestion of serial killers\n", "uzumaki\n", "your secret agent decoder ring\n", "and cinemantic flair\n", "director boris von sychowski\n", "escaped the lifetime network\n", "runs around\n", "should appreciate its whimsical humor\n", "usher\n", "an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture\n", "it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .\n", "for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper\n", "a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film\n", ", inspiring\n", "that 's held\n", "screen with considerable appeal\n", "canada 's arctic light\n", "but also intriguing and honorable ,\n", "complex , laden with plenty of baggage and\n", "will be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental . 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much as it has you study them .\n", "to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy\n", "'s also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "'s plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to lau\n", "cliched\n", "arnold schwarzenegger\n", "if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience\n", "the 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 --\n", "reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda\n", "two-dimensional and pointless\n", "first\n", "the survivors\n", "as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable .\n", "would probably be 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.\n", "its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images\n", "is there to give them a good time\n", "as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "absorbing , largely\n", "of actors\n", "is not so much a work of entertainment\n", "it may not be a huge cut of above the rest\n", "editorial process\n", "it is gory\n", "into the characters\n", "fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animation .\n", "the film 's darker moments\n", "his first film , the full monty\n", "miss hawaiian tropic pageant\n", "though harris is affecting at times\n", "think you see\n", "the freedom to feel contradictory things\n", "lika\n", "too shallow for an older one .\n", "thinking urgently\n", "of colorful , dramatized pbs program\n", "make the most of a bumper\n", "glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby\n", "expressing itself in every way imaginable\n", "by his lack of self-awareness\n", "ultimately 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essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context .\n", "more lascivious-minded\n", "notions\n", "at the preview screening\n", "a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative\n", "the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas\n", "the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded\n", "there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe\n", "a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman\n", "camera\n", "a sense of childhood imagination\n", "to a narrative arc\n", "do n't entirely ` get '\n", "a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "a brilliant piece of filmmaking\n", "walter hill\n", "would benigni 's italian pinocchio\n", "the 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 -- but\n", "feeling this movie\n", "thinking of 51 ways\n", "inexplicable nightmare\n", "sandler assault\n", "japanimator\n", "holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy\n", "a disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax trip\n", "a tad less for grit\n", "extremely silly\n", "scottish lady\n", "crude to serve the work especially well\n", "substituting mayhem\n", "that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie\n", "to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "guess ,\n", "it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate .\n", "that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .\n", "its decrepit freaks\n", "without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy\n", "supposed\n", "other deep south stories\n", "a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick ,\n", "cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama .\n", "lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing\n", "lightly entertaining\n", "the film is a good one\n", "worth yet another visit\n", "comes to men\n", ", long-suffering but cruel\n", "is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot\n", "trial movie ,\n", "of abagnale 's antics\n", "pseudo-rock-video\n", "the elements were all there\n", "although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure\n", "all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject .\n", "a family 's\n", "ke burstein\n", "grow into\n", "disconnection\n", "once or\n", "blender\n", "stand as intellectual masterpieces\n", "tv movie\n", "makes the move from pleasing\n", "says , `\n", "most adults have to face in marriage\n", "want to call domino 's .\n", "lisping , reptilian villain\n", "profoundly stupid\n", "unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes\n", "make for completely empty entertainment\n", "all that heaven allows '' and\n", "goes out\n", "last-minute , haphazard theatrical release\n", "of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre\n", "give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour\n", "intent and execution\n", "formal settings\n", "its make-believe promise\n", "it might deliver again and again\n", "disney sequel\n", "a character study\n", "performances of -lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb- career\n", "guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb-\n", "otherwise calculated artifice\n", "autopsy\n", "amazing slapstick\n", "the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books .\n", "a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .\n", "into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking\n", "-lrb- which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog -rrb-\n", "no point during k-19\n", "the end\n", "offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory\n", "numerous , world-renowned filmmakers\n", "is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .\n", "from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron\n", "that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer\n", "takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope :\n", "rigged and sluggish\n", ", food-for-thought cinema\n", "based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior ,\n", "something ,\n", "almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs\n", "examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and\n", "from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script\n", "an engaging storyline\n", "telanovela\n", "chances '\n", "sept.\n", "it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .\n", "do n't have a clue on the park\n", "condone it\n", "video style\n", "director kevin bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` miami vice '' checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks .\n", "painful nuance\n", "are strong ,\n", "rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "too many `` serious issues ''\n", "deserved better than a hollow tribute .\n", "as sour\n", "successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie\n", "created it\n", "an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story\n", "picture 's\n", "indie\n", "fantasized about what\n", "any director\n", "into romeo and juliet\\/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going\n", "the solid filmmaking and\n", "and dumbed-down version\n", "as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do\n", "it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone\n", "did n't connect with me would require another viewing\n", "cohesive story\n", "tale\n", "some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen\n", "confusing sexual messages\n", "must surely be one of them\n", "b-12\n", "were dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke 's strained chelsea walls\n", "secretary '' is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal .\n", "chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .\n", "it so desperately needs\n", ", it 's not very good either .\n", "it 's not as pathetic as the animal .\n", "of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware\n", "sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay .\n", "strong itch to explore more\n", "of le nouvelle vague\n", "slow and ponderous\n", "cry and realize\n", "the overall vibe\n", "that solid acting can do for a movie\n", "turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film\n", "remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck\n", "a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "to smash its face in\n", "it 's never too late to learn\n", "the point of distraction\n", "naive\n", "not too fluffy\n", "30 seconds of plot\n", "vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics\n", "front of\n", "a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing\n", "is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish\n", "smart , funny and\n", "stacked with pungent flowers\n", "nonexistent\n", "every moment crackles with tension\n", "that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "without stooping to gooeyness\n", "\\*\\*\\*\n", "counter\n", "present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "greenfingers\n", "feral and uncomfortable\n", "pasach ` ke burstein\n", "highs\n", "once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film becomes predictably conventional .\n", "as valid\n", "hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .\n", "dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer\n", "bizarre as the film\n", "does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez\n", "buck\n", "demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded\n", "impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial\n", "humorous and tender\n", "reading lines from a teleprompter\n", "peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "more user-friendly\n", "i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to .\n", "boom-bam crowd\n", "that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "the concept behind kung pow\n", "largely flat and uncreative moments\n", "are as valid\n", "semi-stable\n", "self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy\n", "resist\n", "be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product\n", "watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost\n", "in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .\n", "making his wife look so bad in a major movie\n", "could so easily\n", "insipid script\n", "buffeted\n", "wide summer audience\n", "perpetrating patch adams\n", "to demonstrate their acting ` chops '\n", "coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie\n", "would have you believe\n", "revealing them\n", "that heralds something special\n", "live-wire\n", "care about the story\n", "an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten .\n", "dark-as-pitch\n", "the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy\n", "no longer\n", "'s surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "is not in and of himself funny\n", "aesthetically and\n", "inter-racial\n", ", music and life\n", "'s a terrible movie in every regard\n", "most beautiful , evocative works\n", "supporting\n", "'s better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp\n", "with too many wrong turns\n", "stay there\n", "to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "well dressed\n", "like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion .\n", "tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident .\n", "an unforced , rapid-fire delivery\n", "a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones\n", "a forcefully quirky tone\n", "some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale ,\n", "falls about ten feet onto his head\n", "a bunch of other , better movies\n", "rambo\n", "what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .\n", "should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .\n", "at these days\n", "rapidly absorbed\n", "the smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em - up ending\n", "trombone\n", "is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal .\n", "despite the scenery\n", "prime\n", "needed so badly\n", "the tone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons .\n", "verve and fun\n", "one of the best films\n", "a loud , low-budget and tired formula film\n", "screwball comedy\n", "ready-made midnight movie\n", "rich stew\n", "a moral\n", ", colour and cringe\n", "everlyn sampi\n", "interestingly\n", "is perhaps\n", "the only fun part\n", "at nuance given by the capable cast\n", "keep - 'em\n", "rated\n", "to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective\n", "you think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble\n", "imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "insouciance\n", "qatsi\n", "'s something of the ultimate scorsese film ,\n", "so perfect for a ballplayer\n", "'s something of the ultimate scorsese film\n", "real masterpiece\n", "'s still damn funny stuff\n", "you see robin williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm\n", "it 's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress .\n", ", at least terribly monotonous\n", "the jackal , the french connection , and\n", "'s surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series\n", "undermines\n", "funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work\n", "motion picture\n", "into the epicenter of percolating mental instability\n", "labours\n", "who unfortunately works with a two star script\n", "the capability\n", "unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely ,\n", "with expecting\n", "to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us\n", "what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .\n", "of baby boomers\n", "is one reason it 's so lackluster\n", "film school brat\n", "its tonal transformation\n", "pileup\n", "be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch\n", "quadrangle\n", "fellow barbers\n", "'re in the mood for something\n", "to bring something new into the mix\n", "self-consciously overwritten story\n", "adults , other\n", "at least pete 's dragon\n", "expect any subtlety\n", "with a 1950 's doris day feel\n", "of children 's television\n", "unexpectedly sweet story\n", "the worst movies of one year\n", ", b movie way\n", "does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast .\n", "it depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept .\n", "of his back\n", "just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar\n", "that substitute\n", "for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "johnny knoxville 's\n", "the miniseries\n", "interesting technical exercise\n", "spall\n", "broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god\n", "anger .\n", "hooting it 's praises\n", "get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory\n", "will once again be an honest and loving one\n", "sandra bullock vehicle\n", "hanna-barbera 's half-hour cartoons\n", "too bland and\n", "fuzzy and sticky\n", "civic virtues\n", "twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task\n", "he acts so goofy all the time\n", "unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film\n", "worst movie\n", "film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary people .\n", "a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .\n", "counter-cultural document\n", "all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .\n", "enough sentimental\n", "an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you\n", "an especially poignant portrait\n", "of stars and direction\n", "has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest\n", "the last thing\n", "sweet , funny , charming\n", "the books\n", "artsploitation movie\n", "their brains\n", "gone a tad less for grit and a lot more\n", "poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue\n", "only these guys\n", "are damned in queen of the damned\n", "rohmer 's talky films\n", "the jokes are sophomoric\n", "no psychology here , and\n", "can i admit xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure\n", "like a chocolate milk\n", "woe\n", "full of stunning images and effects\n", "a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders\n", "high note\n", "is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .\n", "shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart\n", "a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension\n", "to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms\n", "made for teens and reviewed as such , this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age ... and then only as a very mild rental .\n", "meyjes\n", "rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "the last metro -rrb- was more melodramatic\n", "the inability\n", "is n't horrible\n", "unfunny phonce\n", "amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .\n", "that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "the structure is simple , but\n", "the pleasure of watching them\n", "pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze\n", "distinctly ordinary\n", "at a particularly dark moment in history\n", "which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche\n", "become apparent\n", "a powerful 1957 drama\n", "laugh-out-loud lunacy\n", "even kids deserve better .\n", "may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful\n", "is debatable .\n", "we 've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .\n", "one of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .\n", "the screen is 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resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .\n", "merits\n", "chase to end all chases\n", "twenty years after its first release\n", "of the credit for the film 's winning tone\n", "otherwise challenging\n", "are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours\n", "chance to learn , to grow , to travel\n", "with broken legs\n", "still , the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett 's story is appealing .\n", "might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc\n", "same furrow\n", "just how\n", "less about shakespeare\n", "they 're going through the motions ,\n", "slo-mo sequences\n", "intro\n", "war zone\n", "are readily apparent\n", "depressing experience\n", "thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes --\n", "has been overexposed\n", "it might not be 1970s animation ,\n", "under the microscope\n", "approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .\n", "a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force\n", "admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations\n", "camaraderie and history\n", "there 's lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.\n", "creative thought\n", "were thinking someone made off with your wallet\n", "years and\n", "strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose\n", "cumbersome\n", "damned in queen of the damned\n", "and supermarket tabloids\n", "influential\n", "best rock\n", "for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .\n", "type costumes\n", "the perils\n", "thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film\n", "madonna -rrb-\n", "vision is beginning to feel\n", "subtlety and acumen\n", "except its storyline\n", "a top-notch cast\n", "the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here\n", "saw 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movie milk when the tv cow is free ?\n", "this movie will worm its way there .\n", "mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .\n", "nonchalantly\n", "intoxicating atmosphere\n", "begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject\n", "one moment a romantic trifle\n", "the soul-searching deliberateness of the film ,\n", "some ways\n", "have a confession to make\n", "to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "bland , obnoxious 88-minute\n", "the glitz\n", "in urban south korea\n", "playboy era\n", "-lrb- without a thick shmear of the goo , at least -rrb-\n", ", today , can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "off-beat and\n", "its core ;\n", "updated 1970 british production\n", "shallow and art-conscious\n", "first full scale wwii flick\n", "seven rip-off\n", "relegated to the background -- a welcome step\n", "viewing in university computer science departments for years\n", "a reasonable degree\n", "has put in service .\n", "this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .\n", "expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek\n", "where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably\n", "and a half\n", "disney 's strong sense of formula\n", "to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness\n", "a tad\n", "little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors\n", "first-rate performance\n", "of in-between\n", "we can enjoy as mild escapism\n", "his natural exuberance\n", "1930s horror films\n", "moody\n", "arrived\n", "3-d vistas\n", "its lyrical variations\n", "such as pulp fiction and get shorty\n", "to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,\n", "achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "a doubt\n", "first and foremost\n", "a convincing brogue\n", "of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "in its own tangled plot\n", "shockers since the evil dead\n", "the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying\n", "picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like\n", "a side dish no one ordered\n", "the suavity or classical familiarity\n", "hallmark card sentimentality\n", "for all its social and political potential , state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .\n", "imitative of innumerable\n", "that happens to have jackie chan in it\n", "there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .\n", "fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it\n", ", nuanced look\n", "the strain is all too evident\n", "closed it down\n", "elicit a chuckle\n", "feels counterproductive\n", "will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget\n", "'s probably not\n", "indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens\n", "guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling\n", "exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film\n", "styx\n", "a film of freshness , imagination and insight\n", "than market research\n", "the performances , for the most part , credible\n", "to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic\n", "falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries\n", "been the ultimate imax trip\n", "process\n", "` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed\n", "i 'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .\n", "this method almost never fails him\n", "vincent tick , but perhaps\n", "that could have been much better\n", "large human tragedy\n", "-- casting excellent latin actors of all ages --\n", "battlefield earth\n", "be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra\n", "'s supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "without a glimmer of intelligence or invention\n", "the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say\n", "harlem\n", "nimble\n", "behind kung pow\n", "brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life\n", "withholds delivery\n", "the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action ,\n", "fincher 's\n", "chilling movie\n", "are looking for something to make them laugh\n", "`` solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .\n", "anonymous chiller\n", "harry potter and\n", "self-consciously arty\n", "flatulence jokes\n", "despair and love\n", "more celluloid\n", "love-hate\n", "'s time to let your hair down -- greek style\n", "with that\n", "no palpable chemistry\n", "as big a crowdpleaser as\n", "it 's mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like punch-drunk love .\n", "much panache\n", "gentle , mesmerizing portrait\n", "speculative effort\n", "start a reaction\n", "most personal\n", "flashbulb editing\n", "exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "'s something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie\n", "eviction notice\n", "wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too .\n", "is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .\n", "the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and\n", "`` punch-drunk love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ...\n", "the atmosphere of the crime expertly\n", "the barbarian\n", ", this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .\n", "the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .\n", "even a plot\n", "a decided lack\n", "more often than not hits the bullseye\n", "community-college advertisement\n", "improvised over many months\n", "hold up\n", "bang !\n", "of the writing in the movie\n", "is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .\n", "the gags , and the script\n", "overwrought taiwanese soaper\n", "few comic turns\n", "it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .\n", "loud ,\n", "the film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides\n", "saturday\n", "real-time roots\n", ", the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players .\n", "' and a geriatric\n", "british eccentrics\n", "a slow death\n", "adjusting\n", "the redeeming feature\n", "all the actors are good in pauline & paulette\n", "unveil\n", ", thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem .\n", "but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .\n", "makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "midnight movie\n", "offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them .\n", "shining with all the usual spielberg flair ,\n", "the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway\n", "provides\n", "say the film works\n", "vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --\n", "as plain and pedestrian as catsup --\n", "to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson\n", "does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play\n", "kubrick\n", "needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous\n", "to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests\n", "with stunning animation\n", "self-consciously flashy camera effects\n", "a strong script , powerful direction and\n", "is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .\n", "over tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies\n", "through this tragedy\n", "regret , love , duty and friendship\n", "girlfriend\n", "getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again\n", "of puerile\n", "its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment\n", "subject few\n", "proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery\n", "aurelie and\n", "hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "pointed\n", "real natural , even-flowing tone\n", "to the olympus of the art world\n", "develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times\n", "'s very much like life itself\n", "bold -lrb- and lovely -rrb- experiment\n", "feels painfully true .\n", "its examination\n", "holofcener 's film\n", "as imperious\n", "on a shelf somewhere\n", "sounds and\n", "plot and\n", "is it a romantic comedy\n", "sufficient distance\n", "its excellent use\n", "of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know\n", "cheap-shot mediocrity\n", "hold and\n", "klein\n", ", this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .\n", "mildly engaging\n", "with a curiosity about\n", "howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing\n", "on top\n", "`` gangs '' is never lethargic\n", "kjell\n", "a movie where story is almost an afterthought\n", "a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc .\n", "of the plot\n", "brother-man vs. the man\n", "fresh and dramatically substantial\n", "propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world\n", "yet depressing film\n", "'ve\n", "give you enough to feel good about\n", "from 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\n", "pat and\n", "well worthwhile\n", "contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone\n", "are alternately touching and funny\n", "the mistakes\n", "what we call the ` wow ' factor\n", "film overboard\n", "with ali macgraw 's profanities\n", "flop\n", "none of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond\n", "in a bad-movie way\n", "everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david 's point of view .\n", "whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard .\n", "monitor\n", "eat enough\n", "it 's a big idea\n", "for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax trip\n", "in his film\n", "the film did n't move me one way or the other\n", "downright hitchcockian\n", "that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure\n", "spades\n", "some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life\n", "to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart\n", "that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell\n", "a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "to do a homage to himself\n", "that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film\n", "benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing\n", "like its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through , the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .\n", "her petite frame\n", "eats , meddles , argues , laughs\n", "to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes\n", "recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .\n", "stammers\n", "ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head ,\n", "off-puttingly\n", "who , exactly , is fighting whom here\n", "intense scrutiny\n", "knows how to tell us about people\n", "memorable stunts\n", "meet\n", "martin scorsese 's\n", "ham-fisted\n", "then look no further , because here it is .\n", "a 90-minute , four-star movie\n", ", he is always sympathetic .\n", "at the multiplex\n", "get on a board\n", "relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie\n", "real charm\n", "kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers\n", "pivotal\n", "pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages\n", "of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge\n", "the chuck norris `` grenade gag ''\n", "`` fatal attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .\n", "had a lot of problems with this movie .\n", "that they could n't have done in half an hour\n", "its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity\n", "patched\n", "a rich and intelligent film\n", "cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness\n", "steven soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .\n", "beating the austin powers films\n", "scott 's convincing portrayal\n", "a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen\n", "spread\n", "of holes\n", "let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country\n", "new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply\n", "starry\n", "to surprise us with plot twists\n", "carried the giant camera around australia ,\n", "'ll ever see .\n", "chaplin and kidman\n", "hughes comedy\n", "find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for\n", "buy is an accomplished actress\n", "we never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity .\n", "simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent\n", "passage\n", "keep your eyes open amid all the blood and\n", "so interesting\n", "a predictable outcome\n", "at almost every turn\n", "strenuously unconventional\n", "works smoothly\n", "really get inside of them .\n", "the idea itself\n", "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 .\n", "shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .\n", "lisa rinzler 's\n", "so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking\n", "outstanding\n", "floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity\n", "tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches\n", "cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most\n", "relate to any of the characters\n", "kozmo\n", "becomes an exercise\n", "do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace\n", "will surely be profane , politically\n", "what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen\n", "the direction is intelligently accomplished\n", "bother watching past the second commercial break\n", "takes its central idea way\n", "stunning animation\n", "guy ritchie 's lock ,\n", "so eager\n", ", what a thrill ride\n", "likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine\n", "work up much entertainment value\n", "the unmistakable stamp of authority\n", "behind this superficially loose , larky documentary\n", "gentle and biting\n", "they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .\n", "one of the worst films of the summer\n", "session\n", "complex .\n", "the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino --\n", "all the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost\n", "acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis .\n", "its subsequent reinvention\n", "extremely bad\n", "generally amusing from time\n", "that gradually sneaks up on the audience\n", "the fast runner '\n", "as it is revealing\n", "a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze .\n", "chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "of solondz 's misanthropic comedies\n", "a black man in america\n", "with sharks\n", "staggers in terms of story .\n", "how horrible\n", "felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking\n", "'s a lyrical endeavour .\n", "interesting , even sexy premise\n", "a compassionate , moving portrait of an american -lrb- and an america -rrb- always reaching for something just outside his grasp\n", "is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences\n", "this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary\n", "was a long , long time ago .\n", "should stick to his day job\n", "gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .\n", "every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices\n", "she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground\n", "it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts\n", "mormon traditions\n", "b picture , and i mean that as a compliment\n", "the film does pack some serious suspense .\n", "cheesy dialogue\n", "taboo subject\n", "too overdone\n", "so crisp and economical in one false move\n", "that will grab you\n", "a nervy , risky film\n", "the messiness\n", "of vintage archive footage\n", "produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar\n", "does n't take itself so deadly seriously\n", "strong narrative\n", "against fathers\n", "we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but\n", "'re part of her targeted audience\n", "highly professional film\n", "into an ocean of trouble\n", "feels free to offend\n", "did i miss something\n", "of way\n", "hottest\n", "absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer\n", "happens to have jackie chan in it\n", "weighted\n", "make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad\n", "generic bloodbath\n", "if you 're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly\n", "information\n", "giggles\n", "opening strains\n", "this review life-affirming\n", "amazingly\n", "anyone can relate\n", "descend upon utah each\n", "a scene\n", "the human race splitting in two\n", "to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "balanced or\n", "a cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall .\n", "the filmmakers ' eye\n", "bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve\n", "the picture 's cleverness\n", "will give most parents\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say\n", "with longer exposition sequences between them\n", "centers\n", "hicks\n", "such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play\n", "smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy\n", "well-lensed\n", "nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding\n", "resolved easily\n", "showgirls and\n", "tony gayton 's\n", "of thought\n", "to the romantic comedy genre\n", "all men for war\n", "-lrb- not to mention gently political -rrb- meditation\n", "no charm , no laughs\n", "and nonfiction film\n", "the corner\n", "more sophisticated and\n", "energetic , extreme-sports adventure\n", "warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees\n", "folksy\n", "submerged\n", "was utterly charming\n", "it 's unnerving suspense\n", "in this predictable thriller\n", "any satisfying destination\n", "remains brightly optimistic\n", "hate one character\n", "end zone\n", "anything but frustrating , boring ,\n", "a complete waste of time\n", "the compendium\n", "in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace\n", ", is original\n", "soapy\n", "sad , compulsive life\n", "navel-gazing\n", "-lrb- screenwriter -rrb- pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation\n", "the turn of the 20th century\n", "really get weird , though not particularly scary\n", ", unexamined lives .\n", "bilingual\n", "a big corner office in hell\n", "me to jump in my chair\n", "is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity .\n", "reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart\n", "-lrb- de niro -rrb-\n", "is plenty of fun for all\n", "behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco\n", "elegantly produced\n", "wedge\n", "show more of the dilemma ,\n", "eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and\n", "aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake .\n", "that are bold by studio standards\n", "twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives\n", "horrid\n", "gall\n", "um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?\n", "mr. besson\n", "oft-brilliant\n", ", despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .\n", "abject suffering\n", "continue to impress\n", "to be fully successful\n", "a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still\n", "looking like something wholly original\n", "sharp ears and eyes\n", "a non-threatening multi-character piece\n", "empathy for its characters\n", "actually\n", "which is just generally insulting\n", "monsters\n", "directed , barely\n", "that the film never feels derivative\n", "most politically audacious films\n", "ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on .\n", "vicente aranda\n", "ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous\n", "eat up\n", "a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining\n", "yang 's\n", "is a must for genre fans\n", "bet most parents had thought\n", "though well dressed and well made\n", "at its laziest\n", "with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .\n", "must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride\n", "interesting and at times\n", "a major waste ...\n", "own skin\n", "particular interest to you\n", "funny and\n", "british comedy .\n", "call it magic\n", "human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was\n", "recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .\n", "a wide summer audience\n", "is supposed to be growing\n", "a jar\n", "ingeniously constructed than `` memento ''\n", "a film that suffers because of its many excesses .\n", "separation\n", "the stuffiest cinema goers\n", "who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "it 's kinda dumb .\n", "to have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested\n", "panoramic shots\n", "as sharp as the original\n", "potter\n", "its opening\n", "more than a\n", "the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably\n", "charleston\n", "can easily be considered career-best performances\n", "stuffiest cinema goers\n", "it 's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing .\n", "inform and educate me\n", "an afterschool special\n", "seductive tease\n", "'s excessively quirky and a little underconfident\n", "tov\n", "-- and far less crass\n", "has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director\n", "where big stars and high production values are standard procedure\n", "big-screen scooby\n", "mushes\n", "get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?\n", "pierce brosnan james bond\n", "one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .\n", "detract from the athleticism\n", "the ridiculousness\n", "ben stiller 's zoolander\n", "a tarantula ,\n", "lot scarier\n", "a powerful , inflammatory film\n", "their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes .\n", "smug\n", "warmed\n", "its beautiful women\n", "it is a failure .\n", "than ` silence of the lambs ' better than ` hannibal '\n", "first instinct\n", "enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies\n", "pregnancy\n", "more closely resembles this year 's version of tomcats\n", "a formula\n", "unbreakable and\n", "it snuck under my feet\n", "why `` they '' were here and\n", "an existent anti-virus\n", "overladen\n", ", brisk delight\n", "wonderfully funny\n", "comic voice\n", "carry the film\n", "go anywhere new , or\n", "its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action\n", "weaver and lapaglia\n", "beauty , grace\n", "upstaged\n", "makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine\n", "a while , a meander\n", "dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances\n", "to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast\n", "tutorial\n", "is like binging on cotton candy .\n", "ideal casting\n", "hallucinogenic buzz\n", "it does n't make for great cinema , but\n", "of your mouth\n", "ties it\n", "m\n", "even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor .\n", "up well\n", "a good race ,\n", "emerges from the simple fact\n", "had a time machine\n", "'s a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .\n", "to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80\n", "a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", "weird and\n", "a college story\n", "prove absorbing to american audiences\n", "shockingly intimate\n", "fast asleep\n", "beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , one hour photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .\n", "sulky\n", "existing photos\n", "coping\n", "got me grinning\n", "modern-day royals\n", "fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of\n", "hear george orwell turning over\n", "yiddish stage\n", "speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life .\n", "a talented director\n", "like and\n", "is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain\n", "a movie like the guys\n", "ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", ", brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .\n", "is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .\n", "of those ignorant\n", "worthy idea\n", "a breadth\n", "can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head\n", "inferior\n", "by lottery drawing\n", "there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .\n", "for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way\n", "swedish film\n", "pursue silent film representation\n", "gabriele muccino\n", ", everything else about the film tanks .\n", "rally to its cause ,\n", "the loss of culture\n", ", like 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some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life\n", "attitude to spare\n", "short and\n", ", out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness\n", "entry number\n", "kingdom\n", "of blue crush\n", "for the optic nerves\n", "this film is not a love letter for the slain rappers , it 's a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .\n", "that he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "transforms\n", "doodled steamboat willie .\n", "the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema\n", "to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting\n", "like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .\n", "time around\n", "magic and is enjoyable family fare\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- stuporously solemn film .\n", "following after it\n", "flatter it\n", "the most poorly staged and lit action in memory\n", "is impressive .\n", "'re in all of me territory\n", "distressingly\n", "makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "lines ,\n", "in classic disaffected-indie-film mode\n", "an uplifting , largely bogus story .\n", "depravity\n", "is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run .\n", "protecting\n", "wendigo ,\n", "raunchy and frequently hilarious\n", "austrian society\n", "a great way to spend 4 units of your day\n", "reconciled survival\n", "push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more\n", "if `` lilo & stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .\n", "simplistic , silly and tedious .\n", "there are some laughs in this movie\n", "the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up\n", "big-time\n", "to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen\n", "one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but\n", "an aloof father\n", "their parents\n", "the film 's most improbable feat ?\n", "of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "pinned\n", "spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .\n", "is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle\n", "for the effort\n", "invented to describe exactly how bad it is\n", "giving chase\n", "your way to pay full price\n", "supposed injustices\n", "the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure . ''\n", "those who pay to see it\n", "howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .\n", "hollywood disregard\n", "bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award\n", "hubert\n", "between his fingers\n", "frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances\n", "the end of the world\n", "married for political reason\n", "the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials\n", "salt\n", "as a tub of popcorn\n", "is someone of particular interest to you\n", "in the 1940s\n", "to stand still\n", "star trek :\n", "characters ,\n", "you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians\n", "only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy\n", "the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood\n", "it 's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from 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 .\n", "fil\n", "... is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ?\n", "decided\n", "a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian\n", "a much needed moral weight\n", "a surprising , subtle turn\n", "keeps it fast -- zippy ,\n", "liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby\n", "anomie and\n", "awkwardly paced\n", "all that malarkey\n", "rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles\n", "superb performances\n", "fighting hard\n", "have guessed at the beginning\n", "-lrb- meditation -rrb-\n", "there still could have been room for the war scenes\n", "sewage\n", "any question of how things will turn out\n", "as a girl\n", "can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction\n", "is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie\n", "running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits\n", "be able to find better entertainment\n", "traffics in tired stereotypes\n", "on your chest\n", "susan sarandon and goldie hawn\n", "forceful\n", "denver should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave 's career .\n", "manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .\n", "as a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired .\n", "protagonist genevieve leplouff\n", "a fascinating character 's story\n", "rock star\n", "'s absolutely amazing\n", "demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon\n", "about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze\n", "reveal even a hint of artifice\n", "add the magic that made it all work\n", "fluidity and sense\n", "punishable by chainsaw\n", "full story\n", "a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade\n", "hard-partying\n", "heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit .\n", "both gentle and biting\n", "detailing a chapter\n", "the goodwill\n", "the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay\n", "made the full monty a smashing success ... but\n", "by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull\n", "the kind of ` laugh therapy '\n", "cattle\n", "was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile\n", "beauty or humor\n", "could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls\n", "a larger-than-life figure ,\n", "those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "the task\n", "promises , just not well enough\n", "the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .\n", "haneke -rrb-\n", "same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse .\n", "does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this\n", "if you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .\n", "i 'd take -lrb- its -rrb- earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time .\n", "a good , hard yank\n", ", the more details slip out between his fingers .\n", "are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us\n", "divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure\n", "which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience\n", "of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "slew\n", "glover\n", "of earnest textbook psychologizing\n", "seeing this movie in imax form\n", "sometimes baffling and\n", ", from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "box office pie\n", "cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and\n", "explore\n", "behave like kids\n", "is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting\n", "fantasy of a director 's travel\n", "revigorates\n", "drive you crazy\n", "always entertaining ,\n", "nuance\n", "the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention .\n", "brutal nature\n", "nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion\n", "new action film\n", "it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,\n", "crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .\n", "prosaic\n", "turned his franchise\n", "be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ?\n", "matched\n", "seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look\n", "warm\n", "that you would n't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van\n", "those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doze off during this one .\n", "you 're desperate for the evening to end .\n", "occur\n", "offbeat sense\n", "'d rather listen to old tori amos records\n", "all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream\n", "manhattan ,\n", "enemies\n", "would ever\n", "on its icy face\n", "make a guest appearance\n", "scooter\n", "at best , i 'm afraid .\n", "stifling\n", "cardellini\n", "the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics\n", "twisty yarn\n", "scheming\n", "movie ,\n", "see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''\n", "bears ... should keep parents\n", "collegiate gross-out comedy\n", "have loved it\n", "of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "sweetness and\n", "in asia , where ms. shu is an institution\n", "potent chemistry\n", "quality\n", "had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "move me one way or the other\n", "of its lurid fiction\n", "shot on ugly digital video .\n", "like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast\n", "in denial about\n", "it 's a very sincere work\n", "before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy\n", "beause\n", "secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism .\n", "may seem odd bedfellows\n", "it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\\/directors working today .\n", "enchanting\n", "hey arnold\n", "with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning\n", "is driven by appealing leads .\n", "with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "usual modus operandi\n", "to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition\n", "one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised .\n", "kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven .\n", "stepped out\n", "heavy topics\n", "redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "franchise\n", "-- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts --\n", "does probably\n", "caliber\n", "bubba ho-tep 's\n", "a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen\n", "be a lot better\n", "cast , but never quite gets off the ground .\n", "is , arguably\n", "a dose\n", "empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .\n", "his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows\n", "surefire way\n", "of bemused contempt\n", "'d never guess that from the performances .\n", "rental\n", "of the grieving process\n", "thriller and murder mystery\n", "suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length\n", "about entrapment in the maze of modern life\n", "a menace to society than the film 's characters\n", "is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach\n", "the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying .\n", "though there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction\n", "monster movie franchise\n", "still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .\n", "the rope snaps\n", "is a director to watch\n", "made\n", "may be waiting for us at home\n", ", the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them .\n", "a working over\n", "eternal\n", "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\n", "low-grade\n", "latest reincarnation\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but\n", "a big box of consolation candy\n", "undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering\n", "without sentimentalizing it\n", "at times positively irritating\n", "relentlessly saccharine\n", "lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .\n", "draggin '\n", "american chai\n", "grooved over\n", "` alabama '\n", "going home is so slight\n", "actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue\n", "to please others\n", "heartening tale\n", "a cinematic car wreck\n", "it 's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing .\n", "rolling over in their graves\n", "and its palate -rrb-\n", "brass and back-stabbing babes\n", "pokepie\n", "lacking any sense of commitment to or\n", "linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde\n", "the rest of it\n", "casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back\n", "heavy stench\n", "well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts .\n", "the heart as well as\n", "voice-over hero\n", "of warmth and gentle humor\n", "an unbalanced mixture\n", "director-writer bille august\n", "axel hellstenius\n", "after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "... a pretentious mess ...\n", "was a better film\n", "are so\n", "the original version\n", "are so unmemorable\n", "'s dying fall\n", "kids = misery\n", "adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core\n", "an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .\n", "kissing jessica\n", "an original little film\n", "an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep\n", ", barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .\n", "needed to live a rich and full life\n", "overbearing\n", "the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action , but\n", "classic tradition\n", "not far\n", "the past via surrealist flourishes\n", "this crass , low-wattage endeavor\n", "'30s and\n", "suck you\n", "sodden\n", "director carl franklin\n", "most creative , energetic and original\n", "accused\n", "barely shocking , barely interesting and\n", "flawed\n", "changing world\n", "halfway through\n", "be `\n", "the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments\n", "the order in which the kids in the house will be gored\n", "serious improvisation\n", "behind the scenes\n", "flashbulb\n", "for julianne moore this year\n", "it all happened only yesterday\n", "` cultural revolution\n", "circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .\n", "norton\n", "less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle\n", "mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant\n", "'ll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .\n", "preserving\n", "are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense\n", "that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "genuine quirkiness\n", "tawdry b-movie flamboyance\n", "crafted picture\n", "hearts and\n", "each other so intensely , but with restraint\n", "skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique\n", "the sentimental script\n", "the irresponsible sandlerian\n", "the actresses in the lead roles\n", "the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds\n", "the messages\n", "salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon\n", "affair .\n", "attempts , in vain ,\n", ", overblown enterprise\n", "more indistinct\n", "and less\n", "pale imitation\n", "pathetic as dahmer\n", "in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and\n", "typically observant , carefully nuanced and\n", "frustrating\n", "the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest\n", "patent\n", "'s a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin '\n", "chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine\n", "it has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references .\n", "than movie\n", "no question\n", "similar kidnappings\n", "recent predecessor\n", "any less\n", "receiving whatever consolation\n", "even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment\n", "will help this movie one bit\n", "dismiss barbershop out\n", "rob schneider vehicle\n", "sixties-style\n", "ripping good yarn\n", ", they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .\n", "pink\n", "jackson 's\n", "more than their unique residences\n", "worlds\n", "arnie\n", "rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies\n", "conan\n", "time and art with us\n", "'s not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises\n", "new ways of describing badness\n", "screwed-up man\n", "how to please the eye\n", "this urban study\n", "the path of the mundane\n", "sorvino\n", "like unrealized potential\n", "american adventure\n", "homiletic\n", "jaw-droppingly\n", "daughters featured in this film\n", "larger moralistic\n", "for a romantic comedy\n", "depending upon your reaction to this movie\n", "too much\n", "observations on the human condition\n", "a.c.\n", "a cold , calculated exercise\n", "catalyst\n", "rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .\n", "emotional core\n", "from any cinematic razzle-dazzle\n", "the director 's previous popcorn work\n", "terrific role\n", "has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran . '\n", "a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure\n", "a quarter\n", "teen-oriented variation on a theme\n", "contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom\n", "in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure\n", "with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", "of miami vice\n", "gives none to the audience\n", "of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "university\n", "looks in the face of death\n", "such the film\n", "the undead action flick formula\n", "about 7 times\n", "much more ordinary\n", "see scratch for the music\n", "slightly more literate\n", "'s quite fun in places\n", "be jolted out of their gourd\n", "the young stars\n", "be nice\n", "close to pro-serb propaganda .\n", "do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "are anything\n", "you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson\n", "is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .\n", "and robert zemeckis\n", "new horror\n", "of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour\n", "derailed by bad writing and\n", "deep-seated , emotional need\n", "to the sentimental\n", "taking angry potshots\n", "quivering\n", "6\n", "other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages\n", "qatsi ' trilogy\n", "fairly ludicrous plot\n", "cattaneo -rrb-\n", "a single\n", "sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit\n", "what 's worse\n", "plympton\n", "is both convincing and radiant\n", "the film is insightful about kissinger 's background and history .\n", "sometimes defies sympathy\n", "its animatronic roots\n", "dissipated length\n", "'s ever suffered under a martinet music instructor\n", "journalism of the 1960s .\n", "lottery drawing\n", "the backdrop\n", "romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "to love\n", "you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama\n", "of palestinian and israeli children\n", "both seven and the silence of the lambs\n", "startling moments\n", "human face\n", "this one come along\n", "modernizes\n", "is one word that best describes this film : honest .\n", "shallow .\n", "loony\n", "get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing\n", ", but just\n", "little-known story\n", "make great marching bands\n", "in the first place\n", "all ca n't stand\n", "plumbing\n", "baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children .\n", "jelly\n", "lose their luster when flattened onscreen .\n", "questioning\n", "reruns\n", "with too little\n", "blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers\n", "does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along\n", "can feel good about themselves\n", "crawls along\n", "you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away\n", "the inevitable conflicts\n", "quitting delivers a sucker-punch ,\n", "glaring triteness\n", ", courts and welfare centers\n", "strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays .\n", "copmovieland , these two\n", "boat\n", ", a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ?\n", "while this film has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players\n", "something rare and riveting :\n", "a stirring road movie .\n", "considerable punch\n", "the prison interview\n", "thinking man\n", "has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection\n", "a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .\n", "putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way\n", "though excessively tiresome , the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore .\n", "the slain rappers\n", "sexy\n", "squeeze a few laughs\n", "flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely ,\n", "the movie does\n", "that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash\n", "calvin and his fellow barbers\n", "psychological and\n", "us '' versus `` them ''\n", "it briefly flirts with player masochism , but\n", "an expiration date\n", "more than satisfactory\n", "` back story\n", "the scenic splendor\n", "the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen .\n", "and ` triumph '\n", "own film language\n", "most anime ,\n", "of a missing bike\n", "tom tykwer ,\n", "putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love\n", "sustains it beautifully\n", "a rare and lightly entertaining\n", "main problem\n", "walter 's\n", "looking for something new\n", "with the weak payoff\n", "face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself\n", "exploiting it yourself\n", "it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements ,\n", "graceless and devoid\n", "is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen\n", "walking slowly away\n", "can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury\n", "a western backwater\n", "vietnam picture\n", "generates plot points\n", "silly , loud and goofy .\n", "a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence\n", "pull\n", "deserves a look\n", "modern alienation\n", "classy\n", "labute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era\n", "so impersonal or even shallow\n", "careless and\n", "soul-stirring\n", "very , very good\n", "than one\n", "are beside the point here\n", "same way\n", "to go since simone is not real\n", "examine\n", "here and there\n", "i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't\n", "has little wit and no surprises .\n", "brief nudity and a grisly corpse\n", "mean giggles and pulchritude\n", "all kinds of obstacles\n", "mother\\/daughter relationship\n", "spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie .\n", "camera and documentary feel\n", "a paunchy midsection ,\n", "guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style\n", "generally smart\n", "is a masterfully conducted work\n", "superficially written\n", "george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks\n", "motivate\n", "exposing themselves are n't all that interesting\n", "creates\n", "blank yearning\n", "the dvd\n", "that peace is possible\n", "a tone of rueful compassion\n", "queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .\n", "`` far from heaven ''\n", "rick\n", "sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes\n", "of the biggest disappointments of the year\n", "not particularly scary\n", "inject farcical raunch\n", "traverse\n", "less dizzily gorgeous\n", "in the book-on-tape market\n", "extravagant\n", "the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary\n", "another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic\n", "the funny bone\n", "sadly , 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 .\n", "is brilliant\n", "whether quitting will prove absorbing to american audiences is debatable .\n", "never manages to generate a single threat of suspense\n", "complaints\n", "that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food\n", "direction and\n", "is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee .\n", "a banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy .\n", "' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .\n", "poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting\n", "situations\n", "de ayala\n", "monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't\n", "that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer\n", "a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and\n", "disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling\n", "wo n't enjoy the movie at all\n", "known\n", "mannered and teasing\n", "the respective charms of sandra bullock and hugh grant\n", "a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness\n", "know an orc\n", "of a thousand cliches\n", "the dreams of youth should remain just that\n", "whirls !\n", "retard 101\n", "tit-for-tat\n", "manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves\n", "pump life into overworked elements\n", "the tale\n", "what might have happened at picpus\n", "myer 's energy\n", "then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .\n", "a `` home alone '' film that is\n", "while there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it does n't .\n", "this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men\n", "lifting the pedestal higher\n", "none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' ,\n", "some of the computer animation is handsome , and\n", "infomercial\n", "though we know the outcome\n", "frighten\n", "help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something\n", "lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest .\n", "this is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work .\n", "that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games\n", "hold over\n", "saving ryan 's\n", "to the call of the wild\n", "that 's unique or memorable .\n", "proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .\n", "stay afloat\n", "`` ca n't stop the music . ''\n", "is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .\n", ", and irony\n", "was hard for me\n", "gravitational pull\n", "made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch\n", "other imax films\n", "the actors are simply too good , and\n", "always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates\n", "that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema\n", "against a few dynamic decades\n", "is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie .\n", "is too impressed with its own solemn insights\n", "brothers '\n", "its heightened , well-shaped dramas\n", "each film\n", "the bizarre\n", "submarine\n", "post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why\n", "like it or\n", "though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent\n", "relate\n", "the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug\n", "93\n", "outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting\n", "wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence\n", "really vocalized\n", "surprisingly charming and even witty\n", "of human power\n", "she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .\n", "'s almost impossible\n", "which also appears to be the end\n", "an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton .\n", "were right .\n", "that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music\n", ",\n", "this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here\n", "the little girls understand , and\n", "is the best performance from either in years\n", "were that grand a failure\n", "alone '' film\n", "writer craig bartlett 's\n", "pill to swallow\n", "shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but\n", "find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults\n", "nice to see what he could make with a decent budget\n", "of its ilk\n", "sparking debate\n", "rapid\n", "a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony\n", "eloquent -lrb- meditation -rrb- on death\n", "if swimfan does catch on\n", "as funny\n", "to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "a heck of a ride\n", "edits\n", "told as the truth\n", "painfully slow\n", "what the hell was coming next\n", "reviewed\n", "peculiar malaise\n", "of a happy ending\n", "jammies\n", "reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness\n", "piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "compels\n", "a visual delight and\n", "some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent\n", "all things pokemon\n", "stanford\n", "do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people\n", "who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "the number of lasting images all its own\n", "carrying off a spot-on scottish burr\n", "yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere\n", "unbalanced\n", "expected\n", "i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "baran\n", "shown up at the appointed time and place\n", "one more time\n", "like nothing we westerners have seen before\n", "achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation\n", "illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood\n", "by then , your senses are as mushy as peas\n", "single-minded as john carpenter 's original\n", "very talented but underutilized\n", "round out the square edges .\n", "wrong character\n", "of the most depressing movie-going experiences i can think of\n", "the band or the album 's songs\n", "it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .\n", "all of the actors\n", "nothing special and , until the final act ,\n", "fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal .\n", "desperate miscalculation\n", "experience\n", "any other kind of intelligent humor\n", "is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .\n", "visual flair\n", "to terms with his picture-perfect life\n", "suicidal\n", "enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest\n", "continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks\n", "the simpering soundtrack and editing\n", "which makes for a terrifying film\n", "howard and\n", "advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand\n", "change his landmark poem to\n", "the content\n", "that 's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .\n", "instead of shaping the material to fit the story\n", "put the struggle\n", "truth-in-advertising hounds take note\n", "the long haul\n", "the genes\n", "deceptively slight\n", "wreaks of routine\n", ", it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .\n", "a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic\n", "string\n", "work in movies\n", "is the deadpan comic face of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep\n", "underlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent\n", "the pace and the visuals are so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything .\n", "can not engage\n", "bridget\n", "an autopsy , the movie\n", "row\n", "depressed\n", "resoundingly\n", "for legendary actor michel serrault , the film\n", "a witty , trenchant ,\n", "goth goofiness\n", "of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly\n", "all the queen 's men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers .\n", "is trying to go\n", "so light and sugary that were it a macy 's thanksgiving day parade balloon\n", "is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .\n", "tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "poorly acted\n", "it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .\n", "to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt\n", "for this long\n", "very capable\n", "then out --\n", "watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but boyd 's film offers little else of consequence .\n", "instead of trying to have it both ways\n", "would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art\n", "than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "the absolute last thing\n", "consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable\n", "can almost see mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` this is going to be something really good .\n", "is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations\n", "a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch\n", "if any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future\n", "responses\n", "ham it\n", "ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious\n", "it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .\n", "the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script\n", "grueling\n", "to something more user-friendly\n", "is more depressing than liberating\n", "ultimate movie experience\n", "what -lrb- denis -rrb- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned .\n", "an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance .\n", ", the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .\n", "will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works\n", "more compelling than the execution\n", "if you really want to understand what this story is really all about , you 're far better served by the source material .\n", "to rely on an ambiguous presentation\n", ", in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 .\n", "if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining .\n", "almost immediately\n", "this humbling little film ,\n", "'s thoroughly\n", "fight sequences\n", "slickly staged\n", "in new york and l.a.\n", "tolerance and\n", "like a good guy\n", "that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them\n", "other tale\n", "the pay-off\n", "first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans '' make this a charmer .\n", "everlyn\n", "liven\n", "foolish and\n", "enactments\n", "shame on writer\\/director vicente aranda\n", "his psyche\n", "those of an indulgent\n", "creators\n", "makes me feel weird \\/ thinking about all the bad things in the world \\/ like puppies with broken legs \\/ and butterflies that die \\/ and movies starring pop queens\n", "will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one\n", "see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade ,\n", "a great combination act\n", "the tonal shifts\n", "should be able to find better entertainment .\n", "collapses\n", "tatters and self-conscious seams\n", "costly analysis\n", ", this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .\n", "too long to shake\n", "to cause his audience an epiphany\n", ", in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music\n", "fix\n", "truck-loving\n", "emotional connection or identification frustratingly\n", "'s simply unbearable\n", "it 's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly .\n", "a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni\n", "the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers\n", "this odd , distant portuguese import more or less\n", "interested in knowing any of them personally\n", "it is wise\n", "the pantheon of billy bob 's body of work\n", "you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave\n", "cold effect\n", "the villain could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations\n", "springs\n", "a little trimming\n", "energy or tension\n", "is -rrb- one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .\n", "familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "reese\n", "all-around\n", "there when the rope snaps\n", "flicks ,\n", "director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding .\n", "are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep .\n", "one way or\n", "a filmmaker\n", "to go with it for the ride\n", "glaring and\n", "it 's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .\n", "few things in this world more complex --\n", "and drab wannabe\n", "30 or\n", "as die hard on a boat\n", "first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with\n", "pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away\n", "director shawn levy\n", "has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life .\n", "perfectly executed and\n", "'s hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles\n", "other napoleon films\n", "lightweight\n", "best short story writing\n", "ultimately ,\n", "of a minor miracle in unfaithful\n", "entire exercise\n", "is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade .\n", "bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience\n", "generation gap\n", "of this trifle\n", "whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation\n", "think they might\n", "results is the best performance from either in years\n", "shoes\n", "the movie , as opposed to the manifesto ,\n", "to spark this leaden comedy\n", "a good documentarian\n", "new star wars installment\n", "odd plot\n", "it 's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic ' .\n", "there 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on three or four more endings\n", "who sees this\n", "a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should\n", "clever concept\n", "burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's\n", "the website feardotcom.com\n", "said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees\n", "enthusiasm ,\n", "witty , vibrant , and intelligent .\n", "feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime ' but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids .\n", "meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .\n", "richard pryor\n", "starving\n", "misanthropic comedies\n", "started with a great premise and then just fell apart\n", "one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave '\n", "on audience patience\n", "he croaks\n", "their perceptiveness\n", "burger 's desire to make some kind of film\n", "only 10 minutes\n", "austen\n", "their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script\n", "exquisite trappings\n", "the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks\n", "is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .\n", "plod along\n", "an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice\n", "extension\n", "banal bore\n", "of pokemon 4\n", "album\n", "kiarostami\n", "morally bankrupt characters\n", "to lament the loss of culture\n", "ravel\n", "during production\n", "hole\n", "i wo n't be sitting through this one again\n", ", you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .\n", "you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines\n", "is a wish your heart makes\n", "with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "of the most original american productions this year\n", "individuals\n", "to believe in it\n", "an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong\n", "it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .\n", "in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication\n", "... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's\n", "in 1979\n", "being shrill\n", "the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "i 'll put it this way :\n", "night live-style parody\n", "my advice\n", "what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .\n", "have n't seen before\n", "snail-like pacing\n", "was just a matter of ` eh .\n", "never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti\n", "honeys\n", "fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "the emotional heart\n", "this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but it 's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it\n", "upset\n", "the good is very , very good\n", "evil than ever\n", "-- sadly -- dull\n", "reader 's\n", "beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay\n", "pretentious endeavor\n", "everybody else is in the background\n", "basic black\n", "very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .\n", "than a half-hearted fluke\n", "next shock\n", "probably ever appear\n", "entirely wholesome\n", "in an art film\n", "a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy .\n", "inconsequential move\n", "no obvious escape\n", "would have thought possible\n", "overpowered\n", "topic\n", "your entertainment standards\n", "screwy\n", "by the bottom of the barrel\n", "greek style\n", "atypically hypnotic approach\n", "this country\n", "ah\n", "like locusts in a horde\n", "mike leigh\n", "protagonist\n", "problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome\n", "gulp down in a frenzy\n", "in favor of mushy obviousness\n", "going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber - it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through\n", "soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and\n", "a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas\n", "conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "dickens ' words\n", "hooliganism\n", "the russian word for wow !? '\n", "laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh\n", "that storytelling\n", "storytelling is far more appealing\n", "dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy\n", "to save oleander 's uninspired story\n", "unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .\n", "made -lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect , and a cipher\n", "to melville 's plotline\n", "yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so\n", "has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .\n", "event movies\n", "hot outside\n", "to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway\n", "to a dark video store corner\n", "no psychology here , and no real narrative logic --\n", "by the way\n", "of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with\n", "dicey\n", "non-threatening multi-character piece\n", "do\n", "from `` promising\n", "the novel\n", "the lake\n", "terrorizing\n", "turbulent self-discovery\n", "many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short\n", "bear suits\n", "there here\n", "can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down .\n", "is inane and awful\n", "exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit\n", "we passed them on the street\n", "michele\n", "explores\n", "that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain\n", "scorchingly\n", "of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie ,\n", "not-so-divine secrets\n", "blockbuster\n", "lifelong\n", "the sad schlock merchant\n", "-lrb- roman coppola -rrb-\n", "a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . '\n", "the world trade center tragedy\n", "make the oddest of couples\n", "of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers\n", "is that movie\n", "because -lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "this concept\n", "once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny\n", "recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "with longer exposition sequences between them ,\n", "a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story --\n", "while not quite a comedy\n", "to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness\n", "which hurts the overall impact of the film\n", "more mature body\n", "failed\n", "executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and\n", "'d much rather\n", "a classical dramatic animated feature , nor\n", "asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life\n", "on the loose\n", "his cheek\n", "larky\n", ", stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .\n", "the strings that 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take heart .\n", "enough disparate types\n", "who are trying to make their way through this tragedy\n", "celluloid heaven\n", "will absolutely\n", "not so much farcical as sour .\n", "that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling\n", "weird , wonderful\n", "'re into rap\n", "of sitting through it\n", "bad movies make and is determined not to make them\n", "mitchell\n", "been better\n", "is funny and looks professional .\n", "angela gheorghiu ,\n", "strains\n", "simplistic story\n", "in the other\n", "cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller\n", "it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn ,\n", "like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments\n", "twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery ,\n", "seem like mere splashing around\n", "the daily\n", "credited\n", "the career peak\n", "any level\n", "between chaplin and kidman\n", "a conventional way\n", "'s -rrb- a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest\n", "engaging story\n", "mr. spielberg\n", "college story\n", "begins to yield some interesting results\n", "into the proceedings\n", "is in his element\n", "an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary\n", "godfrey reggio 's\n", "goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial\n", "all eventually prevail\n", "the recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble\n", "the plotting\n", "that the marginal members of society\n", "that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title\n", "independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood\n", "some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan '' have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war .\n", "solemn words\n", "provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable\n", "more of an ordeal than an amusement\n", "an awful lot\n", "friday after next to them\n", "the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business\n", "searing\n", "right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "wit and interesting characters\n", "conjures\n", "their fellow sophisticates\n", "the best of comedies\n", "above superficiality\n", "the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .\n", "sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip\n", "if obvious ,\n", "case study\n", "no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast\n", "presenting the `` other side of the story\n", "remarkable movie\n", "it is interminable\n", "not particularly\n", "quickly writes himself into a corner\n", "japanese and hollywood cultures\n", "a surgeon mends\n", "the superficial way\n", "lucky break\n", "brain\n", "with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope\n", "assimilated\n", "e.t.\n", "is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself\n", "a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist\n", "love him\n", "shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .\n", "on either side\n", "about bad company\n", "to mesmerize , astonish and entertain\n", "almost visceral\n", "celebrity parents\n", "mannered\n", "to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad\n", "have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "the tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals .\n", "a smear of lip-gloss\n", "ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman\n", "us -- especially san francisco\n", "technically proficient and without the pop-up comments\n", "with cage 's best acting\n", "has fallen\n", "climax\n", "most accurate\n", "receding\n", "more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus\n", "adult hindsight\n", "lang 's metropolis , welles ' kane , and\n", "bad-movie way\n", "discouraging\n", "this nasty comedy\n", "emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds\n", "gradually sneaks up on the audience\n", "romantic comedy .\n", "offer much more\n", "while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces\n", "the film 's plot may be shallow\n", "from the heart\n", "fanatic\n", "is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine\n", "its good qualities are obscured\n", "movie love\n", "listless feature\n", "unsettling picture\n", "big-bug\n", "and solemn words\n", "speculation , conspiracy theories or\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and ,\n", "a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest\n", "express their own views\n", "the doofus-on - the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .\n", "grievous\n", "a teen\n", "a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down .\n", "one fantastic -lrb- and educational -rrb-\n", "flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror\n", "in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility\n", "a heroine\n", "see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices\n", "a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern ,\n", "truth\n", "giles nuttgens\n", "landscape painting\n", "it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness\n", "sick and twisted\n", "tongue-tied\n", "of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe\n", "that the chuck norris `` grenade gag ''\n", "assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over\n", "forges\n", "sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry\n", "the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "beavis\n", "a taxicab\n", "familiar issues , like racism and homophobia\n", ", kid-friendly outing\n", "have hoped to be\n", "right-thinking ' films\n", "hoary love triangle\n", "applies\n", "slow pacing\n", "illustrated\n", ", none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild .\n", "emotional overload\n", "pander to our basest desires\n", "of the role\n", "an unlimited amount of phony blood\n", "1970 british production\n", "much dramatic impact\n", "demand\n", "of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism\n", "morally bankrupt\n", "nastier\n", "of many a recent movie season\n", "dealing\n", "is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive .\n", "about the folly of superficiality that is itself\n", "a mile\n", "lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit\n", "the lightest ,\n", "be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering\n", "each scene wreaks of routine ;\n", "if to say , `` look at this\n", "is serious\n", "at the film 's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli .\n", "is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness .\n", "delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids\n", "fine performance\n", "this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy\n", "give you a few laughs\n", "my vote\n", "` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes\n", "conveying its social message\n", "enjoys the friday series\n", "laconic\n", "to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic\n", "you enough to feel good about\n", "wo n't learn a thing\n", "spiffy bluescreen technique and\n", "operas\n", "'re a fanatic\n", "directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion\n", "well told .\n", "a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality\n", "writings to perform\n", "`` interesting ''\n", "nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking\n", "children 's entertainment , superhero comics\n", "despite these annoyances\n", "remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make\n", "piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent .\n", "somewhat mannered tone\n", "surprisingly affecting\n", "plummer\n", "than us\n", "ever get a hold on\n", "guy things\n", "matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis\n", "good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace\n", "the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways .\n", "is cumbersome\n", "are big enough for a train car to drive through\n", "nothing in the movie\n", "from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway .\n", "i want music\n", "puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously\n", "being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "needs to stay afloat in hollywood\n", "for the character at all stages of her life\n", "the face of life 's harshness\n", "an action cartoon\n", "forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about\n", "indie effort\n", "is by far the worst movie of the year .\n", "september\n", "a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .\n", "looks elsewhere\n", "the it\n", "take away the controversy\n", "that freundlich\n", "remarkably assured\n", "is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .\n", "goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures\n", "short running\n", "does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .\n", "the same mistake as the music industry\n", "show cliches\n", "bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies .\n", "sorrow , laugther , and tears\n", "profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment\n", "moves beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear\n", "a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood\n", "does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago .\n", "million\n", "juwanna mann ? ''\n", "on dave barry 's popular book of the same name\n", "as they may be , the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .\n", "with his games of hide-and-seek\n", "on boston public just\n", "manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion\n", "unique directing style\n", "-lrb- the film -rrb- works ,\n", "benevolent deception ,\n", "plays better\n", "to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise\n", "care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor\n", "110 minutes\n", "pitch-perfect holden\n", "fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man\n", "tickles\n", "like such a bore\n", "'s as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .\n", "there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip\n", "the final scene\n", "spontaneous creativity and\n", "about any aspect of it ,\n", "of the highest and the performances\n", "nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition\n", "this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but\n", "need a stronger stomach than us\n", "if you 're in a slap-happy mood\n", "lemon\n", "the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale\n", "less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide\n", "could hardly ask for more\n", "cool visual backmasking -rrb-\n", "devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry --\n", "consistently clever and suspenseful\n", "winter landscapes\n", "blood-soaked\n", "we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny\n", "early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation\n", "filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at\n", "is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .\n", "the film 's stagecrafts\n", "a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques\n", "`` they 're coming ! ''\n", "a film that is both gripping and compelling\n", "compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt\n", "it has its moments\n", "smarter-than-thou\n", "a big musical number\n", "'s great for the kids\n", "too self-satisfied\n", "makeup design\n", "see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors\n", ", the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .\n", "i 'm the one that i want\n", "lyrical and celebratory\n", "trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and\n", "blame all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb- tells her father .\n", "has written in years\n", "old ferris bueller\n", ", it 's awfully entertaining to watch .\n", "to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time\n", "real bump-in - the-night chills\n", "one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out .\n", "is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .\n", "cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drive you crazy .\n", "no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "eric byler 's nuanced pic avoids easy sentiments and explanations ...\n", "looks\n", "some last-minute action strongly reminiscent\n", "are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances\n", "that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies ... but the film suffers from its own difficulties\n", "a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "a laughable --\n", "the annoyance\n", "b-movie\n", "impossible task\n", "show more of the dilemma\n", "-lrb- harmon -rrb- to prominence\n", "of dramatic interest\n", "is just such an achievement\n", "big screen caper\n", "took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot\n", "video with the sound\n", "one-of-a-kind near-masterpiece .\n", "the film 's thick shadows\n", "... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .\n", ", unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope\n", "unhappily\n", "as another key contribution\n", "decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil\n", "bones tickled\n", "'s weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids\n", "the complicated history\n", "a pathetic exploitation film\n", "fits into a classic genre ,\n", "borstal\n", "seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne 's ' 20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine . '\n", "own broadside\n", "difficulties\n", "it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with\n", "imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects\n", "to constantly draw attention to itself\n", "psychotic\n", "affable maid\n", "'s better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .\n", "glory days\n", "'\n", "a purpose\n", "will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience\n", "escapes\n", "a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions --\n", "janine\n", "rollerblades\n", "a lovely , sad dance\n", "at a grade-school audience\n", "a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .\n", "blasphemous bad boy\n", "to himself\n", "poignancy\n", "the climactic hourlong cricket match\n", "in the background\n", "rhapsodic\n", "urban desperation\n", "from laugh-out-loud\n", "demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man\n", "innumerable\n", "impacts\n", "gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it\n", "to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .\n", "in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "wear you out and\n", "some savvy producer\n", "allen movie\n", "all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain\n", "measured against anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation\n", "elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son 's discovery of his homosexuality .\n", "much camera movement\n", "the movie above its playwriting 101 premise\n", "a physician who needs to heal himself\n", "compelling coming-of-age drama\n", "afloat\n", "cho and\n", "as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast\n", "aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .\n", "`\n", "does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating\n", "mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes\n", "this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust ,\n", "a spirit\n", "their mentally `` superior '' friends\n", "anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type\n", "interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic\n", "is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema\n", "two fine actors , morgan freeman and\n", "john ritter 's glory days\n", "the visual wit\n", "species\n", "funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness\n", "the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar\n", "presentation\n", "l.\n", "poster-boy\n", "seater plane\n", "into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller\n", "justify a film\n", "be a human being\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie ,\n", "to jimmy 's relentless anger\n", "slack complacency\n", "a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom --\n", "been made with an enormous amount of affection\n", "based on philip k. dick stories .\n", "i just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie\n", "served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it\n", "normally , rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but\n", "hailed as the works of an artist\n", "so emotionally predictable or bland\n", "ca n't really call it a work of art\n", "is concocted and\n", "knows\n", "as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet\n", "will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .\n", "illogical things\n", "a movie about fetishism\n", "it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .\n", "navigate\n", "maybe\n", "suspend your disbelief\n", "finished product 's\n", "of revelation\n", "force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover\n", "unrealized potential\n", "mugs mercilessly\n", "french people\n", "unintentional giggles --\n", "plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults\n", "raw dough\n", "... cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .\n", "deposited on the big screen\n", "more specifically ,\n", "survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy\n", "david presson\n", "feet\n", "a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical\n", ", the movie grows boring despite the scenery .\n", "the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .\n", "infidelity drama\n", "ryosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family .\n", "more disposable than hanna-barbera 's half-hour cartoons\n", "phonograph\n", "'s a compelling and horrifying story\n", "depends largely\n", "profoundly devastating events\n", "civil disobedience ,\n", "in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .\n", "hour-and-a-half\n", "bears ...\n", "went over my head\n", "set in the 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queens .\n", "minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike ... a cult hero .\n", "rein\n", "get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease\n", "saw this movie\n", "it '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\n", "examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart\n", "a matter of -lrb- being -rrb- in a shrugging mood\n", "its assigned marks to take on any life of its own\n", "personality\n", ", sex with strangers is a success .\n", "the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche\n", "charismatic star\n", "suitable\n", "the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation\n", "when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours\n", "a series of immaculately composed shots of patch adams quietly freaking out does not make for much of a movie .\n", "ambiguous and nothing to shout about\n", "i do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version .\n", "a brutal 90-minute battle sequence\n", "deserves to be seen everywhere .\n", "a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart\n", "pertinent and enduring\n", "leblanc thought , `` hey\n", "peroxide blond honeys\n", "the revelation\n", "lilo & stitch\n", "begins to resemble the shapeless\n", "gosling\n", "conjure proper respect\n", "to be ya-ya\n", "splendor\n", "as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and\n", "do extremely unconventional things\n", "an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer\n", "brother\n", "that had long since vanished\n", "natalie babbitt 's\n", "the intelligence of gay audiences has been 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'\n", "loose , poorly structured film\n", "to violence\n", "it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and\n", "normative\n", "about half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .\n", "utter authority\n", "where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and\n", "enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage\n", "score\n", "found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent .\n", "with more care\n", "the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "and slack direction\n", "fest the mummy returns\n", "sleep or bewildered\n", "a little fleeing of its own\n", "be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film\n", "of pace\n", "this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people\n", "wo n't win any awards in the plot department\n", "one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "the film ` refreshing\n", "re-imagining of beauty and\n", "the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating\n", "tacked\n", "casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis\n", "the film was n't preachy , but\n", "a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor\n", "it 's icky .\n", "does an established filmmaker so\n", "is this so boring ?\n", "the filmmaker is having fun with it all\n", "the ` ick ' in ` classic\n", "waxes\n", "just another silly hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows\n", "so many red herrings , so many false scares\n", "in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents\n", "a bump\n", "by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman\n", "the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "self-glorified 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"for a role he still needs to grow into\n", "the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "best war movies\n", "the ingenious construction -lrb- adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel -rrb- constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism\n", "messy and frustrating ,\n", "that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking\n", "the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties\n", "either the nature\n", "dustbin\n", "campaign\n", "' would\n", "ends up falling short as a whole\n", "a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .\n", "enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel\n", "to check it out\n", "art , ethics ,\n", "hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound .\n", "brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project ,\n", "silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .\n", "lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard ,\n", "divine secrets\n", "of the mountains\n", "of incident\n", "from underneath us\n", "director phillip -rrb-\n", "hold dear about cinema ,\n", "like to skip but film buffs should get to know\n", "a bag\n", "dubious product\n", "a barf bag\n", "carlin and murphy\n", "makes the banger sisters\n", "goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile\n", "from a consummate actor incapable of being boring\n", "a soft southern gentility\n", "green tomatoes\n", "of the notorious mtv show\n", "about crane 's life in the classic tradition\n", "attempts and\n", "taps into some powerful emotions\n", "'s funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot\n", "fine performances\n", "would really\n", "revealing nothing\n", "who deserve but rarely receive it\n", ", this movie will worm its way there .\n", "debut effort by `` project greenlight '' winner\n", "` children 's ' song\n", "about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance\n", "a child with an important message to tell\n", "to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "rote work and predictable\n", "see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings\n", "bad in such a bizarre way that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste .\n", ", eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .\n", "most gloriously unsubtle\n", "lake\n", "hugh grant and\n", "offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close .\n", ", dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .\n", "matter\n", "been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our hollywood has all but lost\n", "on the bones of queen of the damned\n", "introspective and entertaining\n", "features a standout performance by diane lane\n", "revisionist\n", "you 'd spend on a ticket\n", "may make you hate yourself for giving in\n", "sophisticated ' viewers\n", "a young chinese woman ,\n", "one lousy movie\n", "that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying\n", "grade 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the wrong places\n", "like an episode of mtv 's undressed\n", "moving\n", "skewed characters\n", "of a phony relationship\n", "some crucial drama\n", "not everyone\n", "dialogue scenes\n", "is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .\n", "-- artsy fantasy sequences --\n", "fly at such a furiously funny pace\n", "edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "of comedic bliss\n", "i remember -rrb-\n", "disturbance or detached pleasure\n", "energizes\n", "'s easier to change the sheets\n", "a trend\n", "the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing\n", "to be spectacularly outrageous\n", "a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship .\n", "in chills\n", "the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back\n", "rot\n", "my uncles are all aliens , too\n", "mr. haneke 's\n", "to relate to any of the characters\n", "i 'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .\n", "the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden .\n", "warm , moving message\n", "as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful\n", "of humanity or empathy\n", "may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards .\n", "director\\/co-writer jacques audiard ,\n", "the result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .\n", "justify the build-up\n", "who is chasing who or\n", "cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences ,\n", "in its understanding , often funny 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"the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears\n", "that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "human hatred spews forth unchecked\n", "tarantino\n", "with less than half\n", ", clever\n", "special qualities\n", "as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career\n", "an improvement\n", "intimate and panoramic\n", "there , done that\n", "... the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation .\n", "11 times\n", "does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies ,\n", "makes no difference in the least .\n", "wrapped things up\n", "an established filmmaker\n", "into the insubstantial plot\n", "remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .\n", "siegel\n", "had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce ,\n", "inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "if you 're going to alter the bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative\n", "send it down the path of the mundane\n", "my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart\n", "i feel better already .\n", "as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films\n", "other films\n", "is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing\n", "to win the battle\n", "'s the very definition of epic adventure\n", "an underplayed melodrama\n", "this harrowing journey into combat hell\n", "see the world of our making\n", "looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through\n", "fairly harmless but\n", "to gluing you to the edge of your seat\n", "the inevitable double - and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to 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'\n", "shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama\n", "boston public\n", "reason to care about them\n", "action hero days\n", "sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point\n", "it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy\n", "delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away\n", "it might not be 1970s animation\n", "labute 's careful handling\n", "the 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 -- but it 's smooth and professional .\n", "dramatic snapshot\n", "viveka\n", "offering an original\n", "playwriting 101 premise\n", "the level\n", "-lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen ,\n", "four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present\n", "moving in and out of the multiplex\n", "where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again\n", "sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot\n", "conspiratorial\n", "in marriage\n", "of images\n", "an engaging and exciting narrative\n", "half-dozen episodes\n", "be other films\n", "quite tasty\n", "fringe feminist conspiracy theorist\n", "at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones\n", "odd-couple\n", "specific scary scenes\n", "hope it 's only acting .\n", "a cartoon\n", "has not spawned a single good film .\n", "goes right over the edge\n", "seeping into your consciousness\n", "ludicrous and contrived\n", "able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man\n", "of real interest -\n", "provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '\n", "to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving\n", "mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .\n", "from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc\n", "intended and\n", "something of a sitcom apparatus\n", "of standup routines\n", "every bodily fluids gag in there 's\n", "it tries to be much more\n", "of whatever\n", "the current climate\n", "which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships\n", "simpering\n", "the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show\n", "above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism\n", "the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being\n", "puerile men dominate the story\n", "one , ms. mirren ,\n", "coldest environment\n", "for its story 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"fresh , entertaining comedy\n", "gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion\n", "plot ,\n", "ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas ,\n", "is anyone\n", "this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .\n", "connection\n", "of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but\n", "a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --\n", "consistently funny\n", "so original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .\n", "of bits\n", "follies\n", "such an irrepressible passion\n", "acting breed\n", "snail 's\n", "not worth\n", "the nearly 80-minute running time\n", "'s on the level or merely\n", "footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire\n", "its 103-minute length\n", "fresh\n", "playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer\n", "`` them ''\n", "is good for the goose\n", "is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it\n", "awfully hard\n", "to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre\n", "two whole hours\n", "conventional arrangements\n", "follow-up\n", "gets girl\n", "the sympathetic characters\n", "across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length\n", "guilty pleasure b-movie category\n", "the dreary expanse\n", "the effective horror\n", "the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes\n", "seem tired and ,\n", "ends or\n", "pulls a little\n", "brown sugar '' admirably\n", "vulgarity , sex scenes ,\n", "composure\n", "is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot .\n", "the kind of film that should be the target of something\n", "chen kaige\n", "featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school\n", "from kathryn bigelow\n", "of stunt doubles and special effects\n", "`` terrible\n", "too harsh\n", "by a leaden closing act\n", "blue crush waterlogged\n", "bland animated sequel\n", "romp that has something to say .\n", "anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial\n", "the original was n't a good movie but\n", "physical energy\n", "such biographical melodramas\n", "like the adventures of ford fairlane\n", "limp\n", "dramatic and\n", "should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .\n", "day feel\n", "groaners\n", "shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .\n", "it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored\n", "has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie\n", "the schmaltz\n", "than most films\n", "once in a while\n", "feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film\n", "lame and severely\n", "he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating\n", "monotone narration\n", "` tweener '\n", "since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth\n", "along with his sister\n", "polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "a little scattered --\n", "lazily directed by charles stone iii ... from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis .\n", "the wit\n", "that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh\n", "and its makers '\n", "of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls\n", ", dark beauty\n", "about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and\n", "with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story\n", "of that post 9-11 period\n", "offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .\n", "one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time .\n", "astronauts\n", "it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .\n", "the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience\n", "phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose ,\n", "i could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy .\n", "channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie\n", "borrows heavily\n", "of being able to give full performances\n", "moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks\n", "its characters , its stars\n", "the sight of someone\n", "proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .\n", "small , sweet ` evelyn\n", "the sheer dumbness of the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb- and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness\n", "is strictly routine\n", "is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it .\n", "fashion a story\n", "women 's films\n", "showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase\n", "fi\n", "her love depraved leads meet\n", ", there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .\n", "charged music\n", "` masterpiece ' and ` triumph '\n", "of older movies\n", "sorry use of aaliyah in her one\n", "your interest ,\n", "of mtv 's undressed\n", "lynne\n", "tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters\n", "finely crafted ,\n", "earnhart 's film\n", "what 's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children .\n", "who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain\n", "probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year\n", "veers off\n", "be poignant\n", "the skills\n", "in frida\n", "as if drop dead gorgeous was n't enough\n", "hughes\n", "psychologically\n", "hook-ups\n", "tunney ca n't save\n", "has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ...\n", "new teen-targeted action tv series\n", "for 170\n", "that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "twinkly-eyed close-ups and\n", "keep popping past your head\n", "you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex\n", "will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this\n", "refreshes the mind and spirit\n", "innovations\n", "myriad\n", "slow , painful healing process\n", "the strain of its plot contrivances and\n", "with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone\n", "most disappointing woody allen movie\n", "of the funnier movies\n", "reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations\n", "of `` iris '' or `` american beauty\n", "stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere\n", "of plot or acting\n", "'s happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted\n", "the performances are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .\n", "intermittently entertaining\n", "the ridiculous dialog or\n", "the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein\n", "doze off\n", "'s plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "not that any of us\n", "skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman\n", "truth-telling\n", "matters less than atmosphere\n", "the last five years\n", "enough vices to merit its 103-minute length\n", "suggesting that\n", "that both thrills the eye\n", "a wonderful film to bring to imax\n", "even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end\n", "the material is slight and admittedly manipulative\n", "its power\n", "hoofing and crooning with the best of them\n", "is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another\n", "ving\n", "insomnia is one of the year 's best films\n", "weighty\n", "most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies\n", "tremendous promise\n", "lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .\n", "mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "the awkwardness\n", "once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy\n", "at mom and dad 's wallet\n", "you have n't been\n", "perceptive study\n", "lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show\n", "a spark of life to it --\n", "it points out how inseparable the two are\n", "boldly engineering a collision between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie , rose 's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .\n", "had no effect\n", "to see strange young guys doing strange guy things\n", "been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera\n", "associated with washington\n", "ten little indians\n", "an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work\n", "marathons\n", "spouses seldahl and wollter\n", ", bombshell documentary\n", "a straight face\n", "knows how a daily grind can kill love\n", "uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film\n", "the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses\n", "the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough .\n", "that we were aware of\n", "hold\n", "'s clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "who does n't think about percentages all day long\n", "the movie 's biggest shocks\n", "lighting effects and\n", "only a fleeting grasp\n", "into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad\n", "is bright and flashy in all the right ways .\n", "few things more frustrating\n", "derived from a lobotomy ,\n", "to try any genre and to do it his own way\n", "buoyant\n", "its own ludicrous terms\n", "the limitations of his skill\n", "the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ... then mike myers shows up and ruins everything\n", "-- and in each other\n", "psychologically savvy\n", "on the inspired performance of tim allen\n", "its faults\n", "that is the central flaw of the film\n", "to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams\n", "photographed and staged by mendes\n", "as `` pootie tang with a budget\n", "there is one word that best describes this film : honest .\n", "delusional\n", "that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be\n", "through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices\n", "great help from kevin kline\n", "stultifyingly obvious one\n", "amiable\n", "martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and ,\n", "of the theater\n", "advises\n", "little known in this country\n", "an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .\n", "all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for\n", "savvy producer\n", "which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .\n", "'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly . ''\n", "because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact\n", "its dying ,\n", "with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style\n", "in comparison\n", "visually inventive\n", "'s so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot\n", "noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise\n", "distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them\n", "unequivocally\n", "come to earth\n", "the movie is n't horrible , but\n", "an intelligent screenplay and\n", "in doubt\n", "quick edits\n", "is n't\n", "fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .\n", "another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit .\n", "is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .\n", "denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "someday\n", "pooper-scoopers\n", "does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay\n", "someone who obviously knows nothing about crime\n", "have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture\n", "is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .\n", "younger crowd\n", "sham\n", "the early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us .\n", "a return to pure disney\n", "with ben stiller 's zoolander , which i thought was rather clever\n", "an intelligently made\n", "to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer ,\n", "barrels along\n", "culture shock\n", "were made for the big screen , some for the small screen\n", "cuisine\n", "central wedding sequence\n", "it 's documenting\n", "of the screen at times\n", "oversexed , at times\n", "treats his women\n", "me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons\n", "1986 harlem\n", "anything , really\n", "finds a nice rhythm\n", "directly\n", "tough , funny , rather chaotic\n", "ponderous and pretentious endeavor\n", "in the title , many can aspire but none can equal\n", "`` big chill '' reunion\n", "eric rohmer 's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama\n", "the richness\n", "not all of the stories work and the ones that do\n", "face-to-face\n", "yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling\n", "spinoff\n", "streak\n", "courageousness\n", "heart-pounding suspense\n", "get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture\n", "since `` saving private ryan\n", "you do n't understand what on earth is going on\n", "quick and\n", "a fat man 's navel\n", "loved the look of this film\n", "the gangster\\/crime comedy --\n", "funniness\n", "an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight\n", "grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors .\n", "emotional blockage\n", "jell\n", "is n't much there here .\n", "-lrb- fincher 's -rrb- camera sense and assured pacing\n", "the love\n", "fulfilling\n", "it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia .\n", "as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy\n", "the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles\n", "werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken\n", "in sight\n", "minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans\n", "tight and\n", "named kaos .\n", "about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "lost in the translation this time\n", "borrowed images\n", "kids ,\n", "the cleanflicks version of ` love story , ' with ali macgraw 's profanities\n", "way to entertain or inspire its viewers\n", "makes two hours feel like four .\n", "all the actors reaching for the back row\n", "fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother\n", "human nature should be ingratiating\n", "she and writing partner laurence coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage\n", "a bizarre curiosity\n", "jim taylor\n", "to such a knowing fable\n", "it is n't scary .\n", "everyone 's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .\n", "iconoclastic abandon\n", "hard-to-swallow premise\n", "environment\n", "who is not a character in this movie\n", "turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion\n", "is stiff or just plain bad .\n", "earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "to understand everyone 's point of view\n", "production values &\n", "a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way\n", "mistake\n", "the evil aliens '\n", "ms. sugarman\n", "role\n", "perfervid\n", "unafraid to throw elbows when necessary\n", "fetching enough\n", "a handful of quirks\n", "will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up .\n", "indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .\n", "... a solid , unassuming drama .\n", "redeeming value whatsoever\n", "a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart .\n", "parking\n", "so spot on\n", "historically significant\n", "the uninspired scripts , acting and direction\n", "strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny\n", "you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby\n", "-lrb- the kid 's -rrb- just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .\n", ", repressed smile\n", "old turf\n", "while broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture\n", ", pasty lumpen\n", "passive-aggressive psychology\n", "undeniably fascinating and playful\n", "is plainly dull and visually ugly\n", "of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end\n", "shape\n", "a genuine love story ,\n", "the magnificent swooping aerial shots\n", "well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case\n", "rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek\n", "is destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal .\n", "that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable\n", "m-16\n", "like shooting fish in a barrel\n", "sentimental , hypocritical lessons\n", "can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass\n", "music of the men who are its subject\n", "recommend this film more\n", "a twisted sense\n", "about being stupid\n", "like a $ 99 bargain-basement special\n", "at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to nyc inner-city youth\n", "imagination and insight\n", "so often now\n", "rendered love story .\n", "besotted and obvious\n", "the depiction\n", "of an alienated executive who re-invents himself\n", "65th class reunion mixer\n", "of deleting emotion from people\n", "sorcerer 's\n", "being earnest movie\n", "the cliched dialogue rip\n", "hews out a world and\n", ", a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails\n", "'s not too racy\n", "seems to want both\n", "makes the movie special\n", "of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex\n", "a brilliant college student\n", "ice age wo n't drop your jaw ,\n", "knocks it flat\n", "cho -rrb-\n", "even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .\n", "watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend\n", "identity\n", "its cinematic predecessors\n", "the filmmaker would disagree ,\n", "third revenge\n", "a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder\n", "talented friends\n", "is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane\n", "on the screen\n", "one big bloody stew\n", "this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic\n", "best sequel\n", "been-there material\n", "liked a lot of the smaller scenes\n", "very best\n", "promises , just not well enough to recommend it\n", "made swimfan\n", "taking place at the movie 's edges\n", "crapulence\n", "a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart .\n", "this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one\n", "heady\n", "will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .\n", "gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .\n", "a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue\n", "imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .\n", "scouse accents\n", "brilliant motion picture\n", "it would work much better as a one-hour tv documentary .\n", "who is not only a pianist , but a good human being\n", "like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .\n", "is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .\n", "on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type\n", "earlier film\n", "weave a protective cocoon\n", "in the not-too-distant future\n", "to employ hollywood kids\n", "i was 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 .\n", "from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed\n", "in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate\n", "the flip-flop of courtship\n", "wanted so badly for the protagonist\n", "of intergalactic friendship\n", "entirely suspenseful ,\n", "meaningful about facing death\n", "the beauty\n", "dante\n", "were right\n", "unexpectedly sweet\n", "as rebellious\n", "captivating drama\n", "artifice and acting\n", "if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out\n", "lousy john q\n", "sensual delights and simmering\n", "a good film in `` trouble every day\n", "the day\n", "christian love\n", "if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you\n", "consumed by lust and love\n", "myrtle beach , s.c.\n", "a foundering performance\n", "'s got it\n", "this flat run\n", "realizing steven spielberg\n", "a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged .\n", "'s lots of cute animals and clumsy people\n", "in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick\n", "has succeeded beyond all expectation .\n", "impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story\n", "made to look bad\n", "intense and effective film\n", "with lots of downtime in between\n", "the plot grows thin soon\n", "gangster\\/crime comedy\n", "fused with their humor\n", "a cinema classic\n", "a bracing ,\n", "sickeningly savage\n", "beautifully crafted and brutally honest\n", "the original conflict\n", "a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself\n", "can also\n", "a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you\n", "the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy .\n", "disney-style\n", "wistful everyday ironies\n", "as a tragic figure\n", "excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope\n", "narrative grace\n", "their marks\n", "young and old\n", "evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .\n", "is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn .\n", "an athlete\n", "professional\n", "grisly sort\n", "into a dullard\n", "true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya\n", "many faceless victims\n", "of ``\n", "whistle\n", "actorliness\n", "stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made\n", "underground\n", "helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot\n", "remakes\n", "from its own difficulties\n", "the war\n", "shirt\n", "the twist endings were actually surprising ?\n", "are equally strange , and his for the taking .\n", "the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore\n", "been there done that .\n", "a deep-seated , emotional need\n", "it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .\n", "of pseudo-philosophic twaddle\n", "may put off insiders and outsiders alike .\n", ", then you so crazy !\n", "sticks with its subjects a little longer\n", "give voice\n", "a ragbag\n", "that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it\n", "shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions\n", "frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent\n", "on film\n", "of rueful compassion\n", "celibacy can start looking good\n", "feel-good sentiments\n", "does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but\n", "a complete shambles\n", "as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies\n", "that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing\n", "it 's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film .\n", "reigns\n", "like its bizarre heroine , it irrigates our souls .\n", "that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants\n", "far too cliched\n", "imaginative flight\n", "his legend\n", "had periods\n", "made all too clear\n", "who live in unusual homes\n", "of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum\n", "for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .\n", "the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods\n", "infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own\n", "memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat\n", "appreciative\n", "deep as a petri dish\n", "one big excuse\n", "man 's\n", "of ` the thing ' and a geriatric\n", "watching morvern callar\n", "the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma\n", "last tango in paris\n", "`` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes\n", "touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ... might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants .\n", "will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "uk crime film\n", "from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also\n", "a celebrated wonder\n", "transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .\n", "rowling\n", "inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids ,\n", "a gloriously goofy way\n", "coming apart at its seams\n", "raymond\n", "this 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"lodging itself in the brain\n", "versus\n", "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\n", ", so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow .\n", "the writing exercise about it\n", "a moving experience\n", "is the best star trek movie in a long time\n", "a treat --\n", "villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .\n", "noisy\n", "the skin\n", "made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances\n", "` god help us , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves . '\n", "has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle\n", "an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension\n", "israeli\\/palestinian\n", "has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death\n", "is its reliance on formula ,\n", "a pretentious and\n", "illustrated through everyday events\n", "watching junk like this\n", "in the middle\n", "writer\\/director alexander payne -lrb- election -rrb- and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing .\n", "jack chick cartoon tracts\n", "were inevitably consigned\n", "guilt-suffused\n", "george clooney , in his first directorial effort\n", "history affectingly\n", "once folks started hanging out at the barbershop\n", "unshapely\n", "of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal\n", "girlish\n", "blasphemous bad\n", "'s a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .\n", "bang-bang\n", "sham actor workshops\n", "in the dark theater\n", "are mesmerizing\n", "the less the brain is engaged\n", "delivers the original magic\n", "in a thankless situation\n", "and utterly pointless\n", "trudge out of the theater feeling\n", "value or merit\n", "a warmth that is n't faked\n", "worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .\n", "compassionately portrayed\n", "the requisite faux-urban vibe and\n", "a pleasing ,\n", "the sleeper movie\n", "of class\n", "founders on its own preciousness\n", "not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face\n", "as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny\n", "set out to lampoon , anyway\n", "receive it\n", "lethally\n", "solid acting and\n", "that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours\n", "to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots\n", "the sexuality\n", "cute frissons\n", "the word for the 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phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process .\n", "resonant undertone\n", "the air onscreen\n", "unique director 's\n", "'s a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film\n", "fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings\n", "an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds\n", "loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel\n", "serious suspense\n", "a major waste\n", "an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it\n", "the part where something 's happening\n", "just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work\n", "seeing himself in the other , neither\n", "boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing .\n", "the sense\n", "bickle\n", "geared toward an audience full of masters of both\n", "take\n", "watching a documentary\n", "'ll love it\n", "tries to be ethereal ,\n", "a superior crime movie\n", "will wind up as glum as mr. de niro .\n", "user-friendly\n", "wallflower\n", "taiwanese soaper\n", "if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well .\n", "ferrara 's best film in years .\n", "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .\n", "'s simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat\n", "incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black\n", "the story , once it gets rolling\n", "all its odd , intriguing wrinkles\n", "a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body\n", "rice 's\n", "is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this\n", "not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions\n", "forget all about the original conflict ,\n", "attempts\n", "with the bread , my sweet\n", "some of this laughable dialogue\n", "sensuous and\n", "kaufman 's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .\n", "protect your community\n", "it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly ,\n", "this is a film for the under-7 crowd .\n", "an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy\n", "legal battle\n", "ticks\n", ", chinese - , irish\n", "heavy-handed , manipulative\n", "made it out to be\n", "sublime music\n", "interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and\n", "the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but\n", "is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen\n", "with nothing new\n", "physique\n", "bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .\n", "viewers of barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle\n", "for a better movie than what bailly manages to deliver\n", "lots of effort and intelligence\n", "a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt\n", "that even tunney ca n't save\n", "'s lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.\n", "does what should seem impossible :\n", "simple fable\n", "said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "its own self-consciousness\n", "of the damned\n", "will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists\n", "the pairing does sound promising in theory ...\n", "self-deprecating comedy\n", "immerse\n", "moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver\n", "digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .\n", "and ultimately the victim -rrb-\n", "rousing success\n", "dance and cinema\n", "nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .\n", "will want to see over and over again .\n", "tear-stained\n", "scrutinize\n", "can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut .\n", "the current teen movie concern\n", ", intimate and intelligent\n", "most of the movie\n", "new york celebrities\n", "insufferable\n", "gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error\n", "possesses its own languorous charm\n", "ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama\n", "little thin\n", "if they had periods\n", ", it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .\n", "sweet home alabama is one dumb movie\n", "there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed\n", "the novel 's exquisite balance\n", "hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction ,\n", "gained notice\n", "the script by vincent r. nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .\n", "few non-porn films venture\n", "huston\n", "right-wing extremists\n", "lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency\n", "but enjoyable documentary .\n", "carries arnold -lrb- and the viewers -rrb- into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''\n", "of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness\n", "easy one to review\n", "-lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb-\n", "turd\n", "no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives ,\n", "it offers\n", "fondness for fancy split-screen ,\n", "wind up together\n", "serve the work\n", "as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game\n", ", meandering teen flick .\n", "no substitute\n", "times uncommonly moving\n", "no one can hear you snore\n", "shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary\n", "bad film\n", "its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers\n", "their project\n", "cinema paradiso ,\n", "this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and\n", "sucks\n", "with boundless energy\n", "well-trod ground\n", ", is palpable\n", "schmaltzy\n", "as true\n", "pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "an intelligently made -lrb- and beautifully edited -rrb- picture that 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 .\n", "the most consistently funny of the austin powers films .\n", "great hook\n", "my little eye\n", "critical and\n", "this sappy ethnic sleeper\n", "sympathy and\n", "quandaries\n", "lee\n", "to replace past tragedy with the american dream\n", "hannibal '\n", "brilliant surfing photography\n", "the film , like jimmy 's routines ,\n", "while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart , two towers outdoes its spectacle .\n", "astute observations\n", "his life ,\n", "shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb- , but still\n", "stand and\\/or restroom\n", "a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed\n", ", every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .\n", "heroic\n", "clear picture\n", "it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate\n", "'ll wait in vain for a movie to happen .\n", "far from being a bow-wow\n", "no one would notice\n", "leys\n", "filmmaking can take us\n", ", insight and humor\n", "it 's propelled by the acting\n", "the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .\n", "cagney and\n", "magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty\n", "um , no. .\n", "an urban hades\n", "elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly\n", "raving\n", "even the digressions are funny .\n", "loneliness\n", "pursued with such enervating determination in venice\\/venice\n", "across\n", "retains\n", "scientific\n", "all the comic possibilities of its situation\n", "a half dozen young turks\n", "lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "punching up\n", "of an authentic feel\n", "when you 're a jet\n", "a generic bloodbath that often becomes\n", "are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk\n", "sexual innuendoes\n", "well-intentioned ,\n", "is that it can be made on the cheap .\n", "it 's a spectacular performance - ahem\n", "cop\n", "seen him eight stories tall\n", "remarkable performance\n", "most jaded cinema audiences\n", ", smiling madmen\n", "the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate\n", "can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies\n", "it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy\n", "end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster\n", "directing with a sure and measured hand , -lrb- haneke -rrb- steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .\n", "a delightful little film\n", "i could not stand them\n", "as witty\n", "than `` memento ''\n", "a sensitive , cultivated treatment of greene\n", "mere story point\n", "fallibility\n", "made the full monty\n", "plenty of nudity\n", "with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "galvanize its outrage the way\n", "enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film\n", "anyone who loves both dance and cinema\n", "if them\n", "sweet-tempered\n", "the problems and characters\n", ", only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists .\n", "things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall\n", ", at last count , numbered 52 different versions\n", "like it 's wasted yours\n", "is one of the year 's best\n", "a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .\n", "by a major film studio\n", "powerful act\n", "the best advice\n", "throws you for a loop\n", "is not easily dismissed or forgotten .\n", "the april 2002 instalment of the american war\n", "is too long with too little\n", "'s been given the drive of a narrative\n", "of beijing\n", "of its provocative conclusion\n", "to set you free\n", "the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- strong piece of work\n", "see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way\n", "using them as punching bags\n", "screenwriters just\n", "as the ` assassin '\n", "too violent and\n", "based on dave barry 's popular book of the same name\n", "writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin\n", "no punches\n", "have to keep on looking\n", "are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...\n", "a vision both painterly and literary\n", "how much depends on how well you like\n", "of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny\n", ", and beautifully shot\n", "as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order\n", "they are\n", "of the lead actors a lot\n", "do interesting work\n", "the ` are we a sick society\n", "fred schepisi 's\n", "of writer\n", "repressed and twisted\n", "nothing special\n", "'s a lot of tooth in roger dodger .\n", "may get cynical\n", "so many lives\n", "for the bad boy\n", "flawed ,\n", "the answers\n", "may also\n", "her love depraved\n", "a copyof\n", "chops '\n", "who like quirky , slightly strange french films\n", "'s based upon\n", "the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb- and emilie -lrb- le besco -rrb-\n", "triple x is a double agent ,\n", "a little like a chocolate milk moustache\n", "digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds\n", "gunplay\n", "flush\n", "innocent , childlike and\n", "far more stylish and cerebral\n", "is the director 's talent .\n", "find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "interesting and thoroughly\n", "the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb-\n", "big point\n", "rejection by one 's mother\n", "it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act --\n", "play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking\n", "all-too-human\n", "moving , if uneven ,\n", "a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire\n", "said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition\n", ", dramatized pbs program\n", "that most elusive\n", "consciously\n", "a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer\n", "film that will enthrall the whole family .\n", "obligation\n", "fits the profile\n", "violence and whimsy\n", "from its kids-in-peril theatrics\n", "and dreary piece\n", "has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together .\n", "like all great films about a life you never knew existed , it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .\n", "self-referential hot air\n", "outlandishness\n", "the papin sisters\n", "gorgeous\n", "elling and kjell bjarne\n", "imaginatively mixed cast\n", "melancholy richness\n", "singer\\/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story -- but\n", "rediscovers\n", "appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .\n", "video-cam\n", "a bit heavy handed with his message at times\n", "and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .\n", "... little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .\n", ", you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "are usually depressing but rewarding .\n", "traps audiences\n", ", revenge , and romance\n", "still lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special\n", "knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely\n", "'' reunion\n", "may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless\n", "nick cassavetes\n", "does n't quite go the distance\n", "wise and deadpan humorous .\n", "the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse\n", "it may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "-lrb- including mine -rrb-\n", "screen time\n", "essentially empty\n", "a damn\n", "displays something more important :\n", "best dramatic performance to date -lrb- is -rrb-\n", "a good video game movie\n", "realized story\n", "quite likely\n", "i have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered .\n", "distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine .\n", "some good , organic character work\n", "intellectual austerity\n", "action film '\n", "old setting\n", "drinking\n", "supple\n", "ouija boards\n", "otherwise talented\n", "turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .\n", "in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped\n", "i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .\n", "a hard look\n", "obscenely bad dark comedy\n", "unique culture\n", "to give each other the willies\n", "city by the sea would slip under the waves .\n", "the incessant use of cell phones\n", "give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it\n", "structuring the scenes\n", "pray has really done his subject justice .\n", "joyous documentary .\n", "will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice\n", ", bad , bad movie\n", "gentle , unforced\n", "has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "frankenstein-like\n", "durable part\n", "rolled down\n", "completely enlightening\n", "redgrave 's\n", "comforting jar\n", "to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies\n", "-lrb- breheny 's -rrb- lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations\n", "charlotte\n", "her place\n", "that evoke childish night terrors\n", "to `` tonight\n", "not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .\n", "the final third\n", "risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .\n", "get to an imitation movie\n", "that rohmer still has a sense of his audience\n", "the impressively discreet filmmakers\n", "the class warfare that embroils two young men\n", "profound characterizations\n", "quirky , slightly strange french films\n", "... wise and elegiac ...\n", "'s nothing remotely topical or sexy here\n", "divertissement\n", "opera on film is never satisfactory .\n", "the events of the film\n", "shindler 's list '\n", "inadequately motivated\n", "better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh\n", "cynic\n", "a deeply pertinent\n", "to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly\n", "exploring her process of turning pain into art\n", "-lrb- b -rrb-\n", "reality-snubbing hodgepodge .\n", "makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly\n", "is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic\n", "recognizable and\n", "picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .\n", "classified as one of those ` alternate reality '\n", "arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .\n", "salute writer-director haneke -lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch\n", "there are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them .\n", "begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters\n", "aragorn 's dreams\n", "it feels\n", "every moment crackles with tension ,\n", "for serious film buffs\n", "the top of their lungs\n", "gives movies\n", "no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch .\n", "is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "mccracken knows that 's all that matters\n", "count on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater .\n", "the obligatory moments\n", "the free-wheeling noir spirit\n", "screaming but\n", "send your regrets\n", "that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough\n", "sacrificed\n", "all its director 's cut glory\n", "the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .\n", "than this mess\n", "trounce\n", "is red dragon worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies\n", "from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings\n", "a punch line without a premise , a joke\n", "in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .\n", "an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice\n", "we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .\n", "a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense\n", "that makes for some glacial pacing early on\n", "to a four-year-old\n", "particularly engaging or articulate\n", "delay\n", "elvis fans\n", "a squad\n", "cotswolds\n", "orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb-\n", "told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing\n", "camp\n", "his impressions\n", "catch the pitch of his poetics ,\n", "of actresses\n", "dropped\n", ", you may mistake love liza for an adam sandler chanukah song .\n", "me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here\n", "artifice and\n", "a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two\n", "a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout\n", "unmistakable\n", "marquis\n", "the film will appeal to discovery channel fans and will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses .\n", "a good documentary\n", "this comic gem\n", "from darkness\n", "presents a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "mawkish dialogue\n", "perfectly acceptable widget\n", "a bold -lrb- and lovely -rrb- experiment that will\n", "coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes\n", "a powerful commentary\n", ", and intermittently hilarious\n", "made her\n", "all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .\n", "it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me , but\n", "a hold\n", "a 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"derivative , overlong , and bombastic --\n", "tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .\n", "matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise\n", "bad and baffling from the get-go\n", "its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily\n", "an actual vietnam war combat movie\n", "it 's leaden and predictable , and\n", "abundant\n", "captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .\n", "shameless self-caricature\n", "historically significant , and personal ,\n", "orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry\n", "how\n", "pixar 's industry standard\n", "a number of themes ,\n", "the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt\n", "is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller .\n", "his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon\n", "various anonymous attackers\n", "into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and\n", "it 's 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character , loveable or otherwise\n", "is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .\n", "resurrect a dead man\n", "the quivering kid\n", "writer-actor\n", "animated adventure\n", "ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", "directed with sensitivity and skill\n", "in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes\n", "shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .\n", "kiss\n", ", macabre sets\n", "flawed but engrossing\n", "ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here\n", "a relationship and\n", "could pass for mike tyson 's e\n", "perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but\n", "a full hour\n", "trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny\n", "extremist\n", "a severe case of hollywood-itis\n", "overstuffed\n", "for nearly three hours\n", "commune\n", "by his art , which is more than he has ever 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"lacking\n", "intro ' documentary\n", "is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer .\n", "contemporary new delhi\n", "polemical\n", "the crime movie equivalent\n", "about america 's thirst for violence\n", "is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time\n", "good movie ye\n", "a cheap lawn chair\n", "of you-are-there immediacy\n", "there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series\n", "close-to-solid espionage thriller\n", "effecting change and inspiring hope\n", "my chair\n", "digital stereo\n", "you could shake a stick at\n", "achingly unfunny phonce\n", "seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing .\n", "hilarity .\n", "terrific 10th-grade learning tool\n", "your lover when you wake up in the morning\n", "in its message and the 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celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music .\n", "unease\n", "a side dish\n", "a leaden closing act\n", "bettany\\/mcdowell\n", "oh\n", "none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film :\n", "hated myself in the morning .\n", "searching out\n", "comes off more\n", "the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make .\n", "any indication\n", "turn down\n", "that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such\n", "'s up to you\n", "if it had just gone that one step further\n", "is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "never flagging legal investigator\n", "hip comedy\n", "had been developed with more care\n", "dumb but occasionally really funny\n", "disgust , a thrill ,\n", "in the final 30 minutes\n", "sit through -- despite some first-rate performances\n", "you could have guessed at the beginning\n", "wildest 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extreme emotions\n", "far more often than the warfare itself --\n", "was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had\n", "may be familiar\n", "too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises\n", "grenade\n", "there are some laughs in this movie , but williams ' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is weak .\n", "do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .\n", "an energetic and engaging film\n", ", stay away .\n", "is virtually\n", "that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect\n", "keeps you guessing at almost every turn\n", "friendship , love ,\n", "hitchens\n", "will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .\n", "an honestly nice little film\n", "deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy\n", "rain coat shopping\n", "first-class , natural acting\n", "be unaffected\n", ", it 's really just another major league .\n", "pg-13 rating\n", "the best of the pierce brosnan james bond\n", "it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .\n", "showgirls\n", "'s refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original\n", ", can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "to just die already\n", "yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .\n", "other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --\n", "romp from robert rodriguez\n", "rare window\n", "more literate\n", "biography\n", "in the mail\n", "of deft and subtle poetry\n", "cantet\n", "pete\n", "want my money\n", "is not a bad film\n", "resentful\n", "the french-produced `` read my lips\n", "for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension\n", "a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies\n", "is more of an ordeal than an amusement .\n", "from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .\n", "does n't really add up to much\n", "conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming\n", "not infrequently breathtaking\n", "jump cuts , fast editing\n", "'s back in form\n", "psychologizing\n", "over 90\n", "merrily\n", "is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip\n", "a passionately inquisitive film\n", "changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ;\n", "still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion\n", "a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy\n", "says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "'s better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists\n", "a jaunt down memory lane for teens and\n", "pure , exciting moviemaking\n", "wonders\n", "comically\n", "a little too self-satisfied\n", "'re in luck .\n", "thankless situation\n", "splendid-looking as this particular film\n", "sent a copyof\n", ", provocative and vainglorious\n", "'ve seen him eight stories tall\n", "argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one\n", "so-bad-it 's - funny level\n", "is why anthony hopkins is in it\n", "we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "buzz and whir\n", "very sweet\n", "creepy , scary effectiveness\n", "some blondes\n", "37-minute\n", "to be wholesome and subversive at the same time\n", "there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .\n", "promises :\n", "tells its story in a flat manner and\n", "overcome the sense\n", "stylistic\n", "go over\n", "this aging series\n", "just so the documentary will be over\n", "recognizable\n", "of the barrel\n", "painkillers\n", "the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect\n", "bumps\n", "spend 110 claustrophobic minutes\n", "found myself liking the film , though in this case one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage\n", "it borrows from\n", "unfortunately , it 's also not very good .\n", "screen veteran\n", "how this movie turned out\n", "does a great combination act\n", "should not consider this a diss\n", "developed some taste\n", "uneasy , even queasy\n", "human impulses\n", "by linking the massacre\n", "a captain\n", "now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects\n", "how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time\n", "saving dark humor\n", "does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .\n", "can you\n", "delusions\n", "... is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering .\n", "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\n", "toddler\n", "hirosue\n", "a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity\n", "one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid\n", "neither revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .\n", "derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas\n", "to scare while we delight in the images\n", "-lrb- haynes ' -rrb- homage\n", "a film that has nothing\n", "should strike a nerve in many\n", "invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .\n", "in various new york city locations\n", "royally screwed\n", "with its wry observations\n", "keep you watching , as will the fight scenes\n", "good-naturedly cornball sequel .\n", "tear your eyes away from the images\n", "three hours and with very little story or character\n", "is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries\n", "1 to\n", "love themselves\n", "keep this\n", "anguish , anger and frustration\n", "to look at , listen to , and think about\n", "pauly shore as the rocket scientist\n", "inevitable and seemingly\n", "a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell\n", "a torn book jacket\n", "array\n", "the band performances featured in drumline\n", "evaluate his own work\n", "does elect to head off in its own direction\n", "stands still\n", "oedekerk mugs mercilessly\n", "showing signs of potential for the sequels\n", "were the zeroes on my paycheck\n", "honest , and enjoyable\n", "would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special\n", "fugitive\n", "principal singers\n", "really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes\n", "because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ;\n", "a problem hollywood too long has ignored\n", "all in all , brown sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .\n", "hollywood 's comic-book\n", "rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but\n", "depressed fifteen-year-old 's\n", "manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might\n", "about creation and identity\n", "white 's intermittently wise script\n", "some of the recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "are sweet and believable\n", "with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .\n", "no content\n", "sixth-grade\n", "reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and\n", "the vast majority of more casual filmgoers\n", "comes through all too painfully in the execution\n", "insufferable movie\n", "ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic\n", "especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "the interior lives of the characters\n", "this fascinating -- and timely -- content\n", "all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon\n", "one of those ` alternate reality '\n", "give-me-an-oscar\n", "expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "equally\n", "very moving and revelatory footnote\n", "who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand ,\n", "off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way\n", "cho and most comics\n", "an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy\n", "bittersweet comedy\\/drama\n", "the trap of the maudlin or tearful\n", "of a travesty of a transvestite comedy\n", "in its sudsy\n", "northwest\n", "some phenomenal performances\n", "a century and a half\n", "film special\n", "a contained family conflict\n", "a sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .\n", "what begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes .\n", "translate well to the screen\n", "but this is lohman 's film .\n", "it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .\n", "last dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true .\n", "most practiced curmudgeon\n", "bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .\n", "send you\n", "oh-so-hollywood rejiggering\n", "home movie\n", "chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds\n", "of post , pre , and extant stardom\n", "for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games\n", "both charming\n", "you think they might\n", "denmark 's dogma movement\n", "about a domestic unit finding their way to joy\n", "dv\n", "new yorkers\n", "grant and bullock 's characters\n", "master manoel de oliviera\n", "to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally\n", "represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art\n", "unturned\n", "been funnier\n", "is that it does n't give a damn\n", "even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "'s fairly lame\n", ", heart-felt drama\n", "helmer kevin donovan\n", "coupled with pitch-perfect acting\n", "with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns\n", "being able to tear their eyes away from the screen\n", "the intimate , unguarded moments\n", "half-dimensional\n", "its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .\n", "recent efforts\n", "unimaginative comedian\n", "it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree\n", "whole thing\n", "pull together\n", "-lrb- denis ' -rrb-\n", "that tornatore was right to cut\n", "might look like vulgar .\n", "messy , murky\n", "facing change in both their inner and outer lives\n", "filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration ,\n", "offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more\n", "step-printing\n", "of a sick and evil woman\n", "the suggested and the unknown\n", "is n't as weird as it ought to be\n", "the filling missing\n", "masquerade to work\n", "have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested\n", "time , death , eternity ,\n", "a lot to chew on , but not all of it\n", "infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination\n", "a promise nor a threat so much\n", "is a fascinating film\n", "realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen\n", "is that its own action is n't very effective\n", "the shallow sensationalism characteristic\n", "` issues '\n", "it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point .\n", "told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "be a mess in a lot of ways\n", "in quirky\n", "phillip noyce and all of his actors\n", "hollywood is sordid and disgusting .\n", "earlier\n", "... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .\n", "get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell\n", "more detail\n", "solemn film .\n", "scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...\n", "car pile-ups\n", "overwhelmed by its lack of purpose\n", "` time waster '\n", "psychological barriers\n", "kline 's -rrb- utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code\n", "the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain\n", "to be everyone 's bag of popcorn\n", "it does n't take itself so deadly seriously\n", "ambiguous and nothing\n", "a play\n", "the border of bemused contempt\n", "bertrand\n", "they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort\n", "career-best\n", "iranian new wave\n", ", the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .\n", ", and not strictly in the knowledge imparted\n", "the slightest\n", "bloodletting\n", "entwined\n", "scotland , pa would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .\n", "today 's hottest\n", "his future wife\n", "not much else\n", "most good-hearted yet sensual\n", "this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes\n", "is lightweight filmmaking\n", "into something more recyclable than significant\n", "of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions\n", "is well worthwhile .\n", "to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine\n", "boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up ,\n", "glacial\n", "a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating\n", "have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma\n", "its own cracker barrel\n", "then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound\n", "of a movie\n", "tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou\n", "anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes\n", "hefty anti-establishment message\n", "arnie blows things up\n", "wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character\n", "a dull girl\n", "battlefield action picture\n", "miserably\n", ", uninhibited\n", "whit\n", "our lives\n", "warm .\n", "even that 's too committed .\n", "vapid and devoid\n", "walt becker 's film\n", "rusi vulakoro\n", "is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness\n", "a hard-to-swallow premise\n", "gives him little to effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .\n", "1.2 million\n", "only partly\n", "it 's a ripper of a yarn and\n", ", well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .\n", "paxton 's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre .\n", "underlined\n", "the dream world\n", "lovely and amazing , ' unhappily ,\n", "to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments\n", "is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb\n", "the sheer dumbness of the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb- and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down .\n", "a sincere mess\n", "ranges\n", "humanistic\n", "devito 's early work\n", "mind you , but solidly entertaining\n", "incorporate them\n", "of hookers\n", "o2-tank\n", "is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .\n", "is one of this year 's very best pictures .\n", "the books are better\n", "a rather toothless take on a hard young life\n", "'s almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film\n", "comedic or satirical target\n", "nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "the movie work --\n", "outweigh the positives\n", "'s as entertaining as it is instructive\n", "proves simply too discouraging to let slide\n", "the category of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live\n", "the well-wrought story\n", "out ballsy and stylish\n", "jane wyman and june cleaver\n", "women from venus and\n", "an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film\n", "subtlest\n", "when it comes out on video\n", "proves that even in sorrow you can find humor\n", "indecent proposal\n", "style promises\n", "good noir\n", "be an astronaut\n", "he gives none to the audience\n", "shiner 's\n", "that seinfeld 's real life is boring\n", "like kubrick , soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .\n", "it made me feel unclean , and\n", "centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family\n", "extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot\n", "forgets about her other obligations\n", "wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation\n", "in other words , it 's badder than bad .\n", "is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .\n", "the central flaw\n", "pore\n", "of these twists\n", "but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging .\n", "the fantastic\n", "'m\n", ", simple-minded and stereotypical\n", "convince\n", "its 2002 children 's\n", "-\n", "the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff ,\n", "straight-to-video\n", "through word-of-mouth reviews\n", "encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale\n", "is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up .\n", "nicolas cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie wo n't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career\n", "we do n't see often enough these days\n", "plays like clueless does south fork\n", "mcgrath 's\n", "love 's\n", "than pandering\n", "be a romantic comedy\n", "slightly less successful than the first\n", "somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems\n", "proving\n", "of running around , screaming and death\n", "take a complete moron\n", "in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating\n", "lint in a fat man 's navel\n", "either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you 're not\n", "it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults\n", "suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .\n", "cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers .\n", "insult the intelligence of everyone\n", "extreme urgency\n", "disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders\n", "healthy\n", "from seeming predictably formulaic\n", "small screen\n", "unadulterated thrills\n", "view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies\n", "assuming the bar of expectations\n", "blacked out in the lobby\n", "a knowing sense\n", "implausible as it\n", "fledgling\n", "expert fighters\n", "finds itself in reduced circumstances\n", "the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant\n", "palestinian and israeli children\n", ", it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .\n", "sand and\n", "what happened\n", "to enjoy its own transparency\n", "the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies\n", "of what it actually means to face your fears\n", "lab report\n", "a definitely distinctive screen presence\n", "has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .\n", "can hide a weak script .\n", "'re desperate for the evening to end .\n", "gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .\n", "black hawk down and\n", "infuses the movie with much of its slender ,\n", "the beast\n", "is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .\n", "coaster life\n", "seem smart and well-crafted\n", "a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate\n", "its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact\n", "chris smith 's\n", "watching austin powers in goldmember\n", "it 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast .\n", "a customarily jovial air\n", "ruthless in its own placid way\n", "that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms\n", "cold , pretentious\n", "by martin landau\n", "dull and mechanical ,\n", "'s a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii .\n", "wonderful fencing scenes\n", "pilot\n", "classic nowheresville\n", "have i\n", "it 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough .\n", "the innocence and idealism of that first encounter\n", "'s moving\n", "you can do\n", "road to perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing .\n", "vary\n", "begins to describe the plot and its complications .\n", "at heart\n", "trajectory\n", ", undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .\n", "spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams\n", "ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat\n", "excellent music\n", "the improperly hammy performance\n", "action hero performances\n", "the prince of egypt from 1998\n", "low-budget film noir movie\n", "its over-the-top way\n", "by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen\n", "put it on a coffee table anywhere\n", "go home '' when talking to americans\n", "gooding is the energetic frontman\n", "the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions\n", "a caper\n", "half of dragonfly\n", "emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary\n", "the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess .\n", "himself funny\n", "dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "a giant step backward for a director i admire\n", "on the street\n", "your first 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the 9-11 terrorist attacks .\n", "only about as sexy and\n", "none of this is very original , and\n", "half the excitement of balto\n", "horses ,\n", "pummel\n", "the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained\n", "it 's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it .\n", "among victims and predators\n", "capricious fairy-tale\n", "-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --\n", "an honorable , interesting failure\n", "neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition\n", "probes\n", "the very fabric\n", "a ` bad ' police shooting\n", "henry kissinger\n", "steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .\n", "more than ever\n", "frank capra 's\n", "catholic or , really , anything\n", "has several strong performances\n", "murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death ,\n", "` just letting the mountain tell you 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anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise\n", "as self-parody\n", "go see this delightful comedy .\n", "unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema\n", "the carnage that claims so many lives around her\n", "is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor\n", "turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy\n", "'s depressing to see how far herzog has fallen\n", "seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric peter\n", "funny and poignant\n", "catches dramatic fire\n", "laugh-out-loud\n", "school\n", "this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "the strong subject matter\n", "in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort\n", "the 4w formula\n", "enliven the film\n", "enough to make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "care of my cat ''\n", "be universal in its 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"suffocating and sometimes almost senseless\n", "collegiate\n", "because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "'s light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness\n", "the implication\n", "a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation\n", "old walt\n", "take -lrb- its -rrb- earnest errors\n", "largely unfunny\n", "kouyate 's\n", ", synagogue or temple\n", "are so spot on\n", "all in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate they 're forced to follow .\n", "start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves\n", "from `` promising ''\n", "to their era\n", "mixed messages , over-blown drama and\n", "since `` dumbo\n", "guilt-free trip\n", "beyond their surfaces\n", "'s packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message\n", "of brits\n", "the real star of this movie is the score , as in the 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"is much sillier\n", "true emotional connection or identification frustratingly\n", "deserves more than a passing twinkle\n", "looking for astute observations and coming up blank\n", "the boho art-house crowd\n", "at its best , it 's black hawk down with more heart .\n", "of a river of sadness that pours into every frame\n", "about that man\n", "yawning chasm\n", "a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood\n", "remains\n", "'s very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle .\n", "to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting\n", "on an elegant visual sense and a talent\n", "with flabby rolls\n", "democratic\n", "look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .\n", "painted\n", "will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo\n", "'s not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\*\n", "pack raw dough\n", "boyd 's screenplay -lrb- co-written with guardian hack nick davies -rrb- has a florid turn of phrase that owes more 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weirdness ,\n", "the pace of the film\n", "that i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british\n", "uppity\n", "get ready\n", "this year\n", "that reason\n", "step back\n", "re\n", "is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject\n", "crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies\n", "the production details\n", "will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic .\n", "real laughs\n", "an amused indictment of jaglom 's own profession .\n", "of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film\n", "the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and\n", "into the hearst mystique\n", "tunis\n", "deserving of its critical backlash and more .\n", "derivative elements\n", "almost peerlessly unsettling .\n", "is this so boring\n", "an interesting slice of history\n", "the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still\n", "hymn and a cruel story of youth culture\n", "carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance\n", "tacked onto the end credits\n", "the script carries arnold -lrb- and the viewers -rrb- into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''\n", "fantasy comedy\n", "a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that\n", "solondz '\n", "memorial\n", "its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures\n", "this could be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "that rare family movie\n", "a throwback war movie\n", "the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and\n", "an original\n", "poky\n", "provides a grim , upsetting glimpse\n", "vitality\n", "the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes\n", "ad\n", "no means a slam-dunk and\n", ", but also intriguing and honorable ,\n", "an inspired portrait\n", "witty dialogue and inventive moments\n", "take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera\n", "following up a delightful , well-crafted family film\n", "loyal fans\n", "obviously knows nothing about crime\n", "paced\n", "with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative\n", "the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing\n", "is enticing\n", "a heroine as feisty and principled as jane\n", "for the uncompromising knowledge\n", "think of it as `` pootie tang with a budget\n", "this , and more\n", "steamy mix\n", "who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it\n", "imagine anybody\n", "process or\n", "to that one\n", "will be way ahead of the plot\n", "if you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again .\n", ", wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?\n", "`` laissez-passer '' -rrb-\n", "a kind of perpetual pain\n", "the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but\n", "gangster flick\n", "stuttering editing and pompous references\n", "mad queens , obsessive relationships\n", "of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films\n", "more inadvertent ones and\n", "very enjoyable ...\n", "the flamboyant ,\n", "the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting\n", "that ...\n", "1970s animation\n", "a wonderful tale of love and destiny\n", "a yawn\n", "cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle\n", "intervention\n", "dumb fart jokes\n", "mean-spirited second half\n", "compelling argument\n", "happens to cover your particular area of interest\n", "in them\n", "loss and denial and\n", "sprightly\n", "comedic work\n", "is all over the place , really\n", "by exceptional performances\n", "right tone\n", "by his pretensions\n", "who comes to america speaking not a word of english\n", "raw blues soundtrack\n", "the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow\n", "-lrb- seagal 's -rrb- strenuous attempt\n", "solid cast\n", "some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or\n", "lapaglia\n", "makes it worth a recommendation\n", "the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "the proverbial paint dry\n", "up walking out not only satisfied\n", "you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected .\n", "'s something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .\n", "that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre\n", "upon\n", "from motown 's shadows\n", ", repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .\n", "with limp wrists\n", "loveable\n", "of pointless mayhem\n", "inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade\n", "take her spiritual quest\n", "serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "getting\n", "his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome\n", "our shared history\n", "of the lives of the papin sister\n", "embraces a strict moral code\n", ", all-enveloping movie experience\n", "work more than it probably should\n", "complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones\n", "your car , your work-hours\n", "an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , miss congeniality .\n", "about what 's going on\n", "dirty harry\n", "the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story .\n", "neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it\n", "is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride\n", "with harris 's strong effort\n", "it 's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed ,\n", "a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening\n", "again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent\n", "little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon\n", "maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity\n", "accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "of its stylish surprises\n", "lawrence 's\n", "puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .\n", "unpredictable , hilarious\n", "in their own idiosyncratic way\n", "a very handsomely produced let-down\n", "have happened this way\n", "is so lovely toward the end\n", "ambitious , eager\n", "expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show\n", "farts , boobs\n", "but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .\n", "the terrorist attacks\n", "roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture\n", "manipulative\n", "say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here\n", "is forgettable\n", "each moment\n", "is also a pointed political allegory .\n", "decades of life\n", "it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .\n", "'s pretty\n", "that had no obvious directing involved\n", "it sucked .\n", "the proper cup of tea\n", "has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic\n", "martial arts and gunplay\n", "to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "the reunion\n", "pedestrian english title\n", "think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british\n", "together frustrating difficult\n", "bad way\n", "its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints\n", "that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "subdues his natural exuberance\n", "standing by yourself is haunting ... -lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .\n", "that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and\n", "a difficult but worthy film\n", "palestinian\n", "confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "there 's no rooting interest\n", "association\n", "cylinders\n", "there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout\n", "just lazy\n", "being self-important\n", "a witty ,\n", "video-game-based\n", "escapist entertainment\n", "cheek\n", "matches about it .\n", "the film titus\n", "flies out the window .\n", "95-minute\n", "not morally bankrupt\n", "has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care\n", "triumphs\n", "real question this movie poses\n", "surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure\n", "slapstick sequences\n", "be said of the picture\n", "emotionally strong\n", ", with cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .\n", "compelling , provocative and prescient viewing\n", "who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "been overexposed\n", "one among a multitude of simple-minded\n", "is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .\n", "circus performer '' funny\n", "deals with its story\n", "about half\n", "enjoyed it just\n", "as the 19th-century ones\n", "the broiling sun\n", "has settled for a lugubrious romance\n", "spiteful\n", "leave you thinking\n", "creates a new threat for the mib ,\n", "every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy\n", "a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors -lrb- improvised over many months -rrb- and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable\n", "destroy is also a creative urge\n", "foul-mouthed\n", "do much with its template ,\n", ", chinese\n", "it 's trying to say\n", "a cross\n", "the new star wars installment\n", "withstand pain\n", "were seen giving chase in a black and red van\n", "it 's nowhere near as good as the original .\n", "its writer-director 's heart\n", "are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance\n", "schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past . '\n", "piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying .\n", "this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged\n", "has about 25 minutes of decent material\n", "denis forges out of the theories of class\n", "overlong\n", "most entertaining moments\n", "tired , unimaginative and derivative variation\n", "a sensitive , moving ,\n", "ver wiel 's desperate attempt at wit\n", "easily marketable\n", "difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller\n", "blends uneasily with the titillating material\n", "sloppiness\n", "is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened\n", "the luster\n", "co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard\n", "the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "dating comedy with ` issues '\n", "i have to admit i walked out of runteldat .\n", "is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance .\n", "new or\n", "is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city\n", "and crudely literal\n", "that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone\n", "of the fun\n", "a point or\n", "wholesome\n", "there is nothing redeeming about this movie .\n", "encourage\n", "a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .\n", "is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure\n", "engrossing portrait\n", "a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history\n", "venality\n", "a commentary\n", "the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .\n", "the translation\n", "the somewhat predictable plot\n", "shallow , noisy and pretentious .\n", "-rrb- works\n", "embraces it ,\n", "a new hal hartley movie\n", "self-styled\n", "an eye on preserving a sense of mystery\n", "a sub-formulaic slap in the face\n", "cheesy fun factor\n", "sane eye\n", "scenes and swordfights\n", "nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives\n", "write and deliver\n", "watching intelligent people\n", "'re one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "the film is basically just a curiosity\n", "look easy\n", "to earth\n", "in the subject\n", "before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .\n", "an ` action film ' mired in stasis\n", "ice cold\n", "of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry\n", "breitbart and hanussen\n", "deranged\n", "strange film\n", "ultimately vapid\n", "even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns\n", "sucked out\n", "his enforced hiatus\n", "a lackluster screenplay\n", "tony gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before ,\n", "interior lives\n", "do even more damage\n", "remind the first world that hiv\\/aids is far from being yesterday 's news\n", "fault\n", "embedded in the sexy demise of james dean\n", "i 'll go out on a limb .\n", "one of robert altman 's lesser works\n", "in places\n", "personal film\n", "i enjoyed it just as much !\n", "garde\n", "he gives the story some soul\n", "by blair witch\n", "flakeball\n", "eating , sleeping and stress-reducing\n", "film performances\n", "integrating the characters\n", "its unblinking frankness\n", "the honor\n", "an extraordinary poignancy\n", "13 conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , karen sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas\n", "its seventy-minute running time\n", "bad direction and bad acting --\n", "as anarchic\n", ", haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently -rrb- has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .\n", ", earnest inquiries\n", "walked out\n", "bond-inspired\n", "all its effective moments\n", "hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming\n", "i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet .\n", "the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness\n", "most undeserving victim\n", "have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema\n", "keen eye , sweet spirit and\n", "that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s\n", "literary purists may not be pleased\n", "performance as\n", "of a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders\n", "mushy finale\n", "a hollywood star\n", "your appreciation\n", "american underground\n", "so appealing on third or fourth viewing\n", "are all solid\n", "this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` why\n", "moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "it is n't downright silly\n", ", miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .\n", "the guts to confront it\n", "graham greene 's novel of colonialism and empire\n", "potentially incredibly twisting mystery\n", "is more worshipful than your random e\n", "with animated sequences\n", "humorous and\n", "affair ,\n", "with the right actors and\n", "hugely\n", "richly rewarded\n", "too bleak\n", "school setting\n", "dreadful romance\n", "that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "neither the funniest film\n", "shimmers with it\n", "to its style\n", "art is concerned\n", "unrewarding all of this\n", "must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .\n", "the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear\n", "'ve got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out\n", "laughed so much that i did n't mind\n", "clear-cut hero\n", "lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .\n", "to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience\n", "traditional politesse\n", "is tragically\n", "seems hopelessly juvenile\n", "impulsive\n", "its use\n", "that it would be sleazy and fun\n", "a reluctant , irresponsible man\n", "the martial arts master\n", ", romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "darned\n", "piercingly\n", "richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material\n", "cost thousands and\n", "tv obsession\n", "defies logic\n", "ice-t in a major role\n", "of horror movies\n", "outshine\n", "necessary enterprise\n", "wildly uneven movie\n", "symbolic examination\n", "is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real\n", "i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea\n", ", and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's ,\n", "'ve got a huge mess\n", "self-promotion ends and the truth\n", "reasonably entertaining sequel\n", "less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates\n", ", it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .\n", "even in all its director 's cut glory ,\n", "\\/ 11 new york\n", "with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .\n", "grimly for the next shock\n", "a hallmark film\n", "the agony of making people\n", "kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers .\n", "a remarkably strong cast\n", "be desired\n", "a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .\n", "a japan bustling\n", "easy rewards\n", "shelf\n", "makes the same mistake as the music industry\n", "of change\n", "at 66 , has stopped challenging himself\n", "of antic spirits\n", "none of the plot ` surprises '\n", "to be -lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness\n", "wonderful combination\n", "has been properly digested .\n", "once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave .\n", "artless\n", "adult life\n", "a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", ", aesthetically and sexually\n", "any insightful discourse\n", "well-rounded tribute\n", "if overly complicated\n", "performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving .\n", "taps\n", "with sharp ears and eyes\n", "trial movie , escape movie and\n", "affected\n", "veers\n", "is not a retread of `` dead poets ' society\n", "rapid pace\n", "'s kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey .\n", "golf clubs\n", "a stereotype\n", "telling you\n", "rip-roaring comedy action\n", "are believable as people\n", "sociology\n", "a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped\n", "there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight\n", "the humanity of its people\n", "a satisfactory overview\n", "conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two english women .\n", "able to accomplish\n", "` hannibal '\n", "spain\n", "an actor 's showcase\n", "the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money\n", "a little girl-on-girl action\n", "no unforgettably stupid stunts or\n", "african american professionals\n", "is a film living far too much in its own head .\n", "tougher picture\n", "renowned indian film culture\n", "governs\n", "first-time filmmakers\n", "'' novels\n", "is that it 's funny\n", "near-hypnotic\n", "abilities\n", "allen 's -rrb- best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "the biggest names in japanese anime ,\n", "enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers .\n", "but blatantly biased\n", "manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar\n", "is simple but absorbing .\n", "pays off and is effective if you stick with it\n", "steamboat willie\n", ", heavy topics\n", "to have their kids\n", "than i had with most of the big summer movies\n", "from beginning to end\n", "is often preachy\n", "entirely witless and\n", "manage to be spectacularly outrageous .\n", "to argue much\n", "a delicate ambiguity\n", "an astronaut\n", "but that they are doing it is thought-provoking .\n", "transfixes the audience\n", "'s not too bad .\n", "if they spend years trying to comprehend it\n", "it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent\n", "an inquisitiveness reminiscent\n", "among a multitude of simple-minded\n", "funny for grown-ups as for rugrats\n", "that i ever saw that was written down\n", "who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes\n", "is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter .\n", "their own caddyshack\n", "... that the material is so second-rate .\n", "of their powers\n", "mr. broomfield 's findings\n", "plucky\n", "pug\n", "some movie formulas\n", "internet\n", "day-to-day\n", "very slowly\n", "an ugly , revolting movie\n", "if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar\n", "some jazzy new revisionist theories\n", "deserved co-winner\n", "i wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways .\n", "you could say about narc\n", "together frustrating\n", "there to give them a good time\n", "straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .\n", "filled with people who just want to live their lives\n", "of a director 's travel\n", "vague reason\n", "its predecessor\n", "into an urban hades\n", "with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .\n", "grease\n", "recommend the film\n", "any generation of its fans\n", "small star\n", "give-and-take\n", "cautionary tale\n", "like a streetwise mclaughlin group\n", "in praise of love '\n", "tucked between the silly and crude storyline\n", "maybe the original inspiration has run its course\n", "most frightening\n", "martial\n", "graphic carnage and re-creation\n", "a traditionally structured story\n", "turn on many people to opera ,\n", "has its handful of redeeming features ,\n", "the glory days\n", "a trace\n", "scalds\n", "some of this worn-out , pandering palaver\n", "too strange and dysfunctional\n", "cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want ... but it 's still damn funny stuff .\n", "silberling also , to a certain extent\n", "a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick\n", "universal cinema\n", "one of the best love stories of any stripe\n", "not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .\n", "on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody\n", "the classics of early italian neorealism\n", "set and shoot a movie\n", "a preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in brooklyn circa\n", "buddy\n", "becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications\n", "'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish\n", "melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold\n", "how desperate\n", "as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder\n", "predictable and cloying ,\n", "requiem\n", "as long as you 've paid a matinee price\n", "the film 's lack of personality permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .\n", "underlies\n", "oozes\n", "you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "hanging out\n", "\\* a \\* s \\* h ''\n", "else who\n", "shakes\n", "who are ` they ' ?\n", "breathe out of every frame .\n", "both kids and church-wary adults\n", "the movie tries to make sense of its title character\n", "mary-louise parker\n", "lacks the spirit of the previous two\n", "dong 's\n", "what begins brightly\n", "old-world\n", "a very rainy day .\n", "be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "smarter and more\n", "know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things\n", "anti-catholic protestors\n", "new secretions\n", "secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .\n", "future lizard endeavors\n", "the modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals .\n", "a rich stew\n", "thandie newton\n", "sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "seasonal holiday kids\n", "hepburn and grant ,\n", "quirky and taken with its own style .\n", "harsh\n", "confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "it 's a fantastic movie\n", "too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance\n", "particularly nightmarish fairytale\n", "a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .\n", "going to alter the bard 's ending\n", "are also some startling , surrealistic moments\n", "good cast\n", ", with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .\n", "feels like unrealized potential\n", "inimitable scenes\n", "until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy\n", "is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down\n", "long since\n", "it 's potentially just as rewarding\n", "not kids ,\n", "shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait\n", "things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films\n", "disreputable doings and exquisite trappings\n", "an exploitation piece\n", "pared down\n", "should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike\n", "it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and\n", "have some very funny sequences\n", "serious soul\n", "have worn threadbare\n", "friendly kick\n", "cinema history as the only movie\n", "to do with the story\n", "the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset\n", "untrained in acting\n", "populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .\n", "deadpan cool , wry humor and\n", "is actually funny\n", "would only be to flatter it\n", "control\n", "nothing better to do with 94 minutes\n", ", but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity .\n", "a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays .\n", "this method almost never fails him , and\n", "with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at\n", "of the root\n", "to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks\n", "ladies ' underwear\n", "french films\n", "for god 's sake\n", "demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself\n", ", only god speaks to the press\n", "to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy\n", "heartwarmingly\n", "neo-nazism\n", "put off insiders and outsiders\n", "pickup\n", "seems embarrassed to be part of\n", "erotic thriller\n", "very stupid and annoying .\n", "hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire\n", "is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness\n", "felt disrespected\n", "a compelling investigation\n", "for an old `` twilight zone '' episode\n", "that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting\n", "potentially sudsy set-up\n", "servants\n", ", rose 's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .\n", "is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one\n", "substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite .\n", "a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "convey\n", "the hanukkah spirit\n", "challenging or\n", "gone haywire\n", "to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about\n", "cussing\n", "-lrb- reaches -rrb- wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair .\n", "must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart\n", "' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand\n", "ends up\n", "of haute couture\n", "york fest\n", "balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness\n", "dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot\n", "polson\n", "as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics\n", "the most part a useless movie , even\n", "watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower\n", "instantly recognizable\n", "reese witherspoon\n", "the ownership and redefinition of myth\n", "of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed\n", "generous and subversive artworks\n", "it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .\n", "one arresting image\n", "a mobius strip\n", "though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy\n", "nicole holofcener\n", "occasional belly laugh\n", "so who knew\n", "jolie 's\n", "front\n", "a few hours\n", "powerful and revelatory\n", "has the feel of a summer popcorn movie\n", "the perspective of aurelie and christelle\n", "-lrb- too -rrb-\n", "us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity\n", "told , with superb performances throughout\n", "in outright newness\n", "for better drama\n", "ponderous awfulness of its script .\n", "its purpose was\n", "ugly behavior\n", "silly beyond comprehension\n", "an avid interest in the subject\n", "big , juicy role\n", "more intellectually scary than dramatically involving\n", "what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .\n", "it 's -rrb- a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .\n", "hugh grant , who has a good line in charm ,\n", "solid , anguished performance\n", "a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .\n", "aliens and every previous dragon drama\n", "the balm\n", "sven\n", "director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency\n", "whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste .\n", ", maybe it is\n", "return\n", "absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound\n", "'s something about a marching band that gets me where i live\n", "roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list ' -\n", "captivating new film .\n", "a french film\n", "its formidable arithmetic\n", "watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "a way that few movies have ever approached\n", "the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority\n", "much of it is funny , but\n", "the history is fascinating ;\n", "the little surprises\n", "world\n", "than in most\n", "ultimately the victim -rrb-\n", "and some staggeringly boring cinema\n", "a laugh-free lecture\n", "chemicals\n", "between xxx and vertical limit\n", "find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating\n", "that little of our emotional investment pays off\n", "money and celluloid\n", "evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention .\n", "unorthodox little film noir organized crime story\n", "is honestly\n", "emphasizing the characters\n", "last-place\n", "a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .\n", "are an immensely appealing couple\n", "in its humor or stock ideas\n", "outer\n", "works because we 're never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks\n", "walking\n", "the pushiness and decibel volume\n", "for the role\n", "going to make his debut as a film director\n", "every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here .\n", "tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film\n", "touts his drug\n", "manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal\n", "glamour\n", "gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script\n", "to refresh our souls\n", "'s a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama\n", "satisfying complete\n", "uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time\n", "need apply\n", "learned from watching ` comedian '\n", "half-hearted\n", "thinks he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause\n", "the only thing scary about feardotcom\n", "highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie\n", "of fearless purity\n", "the characters in slackers or their antics\n", "it never quite gets there\n", "emotionally intense\n", "hollowness\n", "saved only by its winged assailants\n", "seagal ran out of movies years ago\n", "quite possibly the sturdiest example yet\n", "you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing\n", "barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .\n", "backmasking\n", "quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to\n", "unreachable\n", "wrestling\n", "tangled plot\n", "and several scenes run\n", "robots\n", "of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "has become the master of innuendo\n", "again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone\n", "paxton 's\n", "is any depth of feeling\n", "a well-put-together piece of urban satire\n", "its characterizations\n", "more than one joke about\n", "of the people involved\n", "unable\n", "'s an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .\n", "'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\n", "a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator --\n", "'s the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name .\n", "with most late-night bull sessions\n", "despite an overwrought ending\n", "that you should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "been smoother or more confident\n", "present brown\n", "infuriating about full frontal\n", "adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place ,\n", "casts an odd , rapt spell\n", "piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent\n", "of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "jae-eun jeong 's\n", "go to the u.n.\n", "nonexistent --\n", "happen to people\n", "is gripping ,\n", "is the death of self ... this orgasm -lrb- wo n't be an -rrb- exceedingly memorable one for most people\n", "an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama\n", "the flowering of the south korean cinema\n", "reminded me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .\n", "foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and\n", "much to look\n", "horrible '' and `` terrible\n", "leave them singing long after the credits roll\n", "incredibly inane\n", "our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie\n", "she 's a pretty woman , but\n", "above-average\n", "satire and unabashed sweetness\n", "not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff\n", "erotic\n", "engross\n", "of bland hollywood romance\n", "- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked\n", "that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture\n", "of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping\n", "feel like a short stretched out to feature length\n", "because it made him feel powerful\n", "wildly overproduced ,\n", "is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it\n", "had more to do with imagination than market research\n", "already\n", "is a rather poor imitation\n", "a fascinating part of theater history\n", "its music or comic antics\n", "in -lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot\n", "the part where nothing 's happening\n", "otherwise mediocre film\n", "an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice\n", "been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle\n", "bare-bones\n", "northern ireland in favour of an approach\n", "crane\n", "for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer .\n", "the halloween series has lost its edge\n", "bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery\n", "same name\n", "the filmmakers are asking of us ,\n", "'s intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact\n", "than a glass of flat champagne\n", "offend\n", "rewritten ,\n", "otherwise appealing\n", "may not touch the planet 's skin ,\n", "remove\n", "featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie\n", "godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ...\n", "upscale audiences\n", "big-hearted and frequently\n", "simpering soundtrack\n", "ought\n", "of minor shortcomings\n", "like other great documentaries ... this goes after one truth -lrb- the ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers -rrb- and stumbles upon others even more compelling .\n", "chasing who\n", "a group of extremely talented musicians\n", "your responsibilities\n", "moving , and adventurous directorial debut\n", "to wade through\n", "it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .\n", "on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work\n", "looks genuinely pretty .\n", "this idea is `` new ''\n", "lots of effort and intelligence are on display but\n", "is more effective on stage\n", "'s the perfect star vehicle for grant ,\n", "into another kind of chinese\n", "weak on detail and\n", "is not a bad movie , just mediocre\n", "oscar wilde\n", "shakespearean tragedy\n", "1937\n", "nervous gags\n", "to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion\n", "from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces ''\n", "a fascinating literary mystery story\n", "that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '\n", "while the highly predictable narrative falls short\n", "does n't need it\n", "uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .\n", "the modern-day characters\n", "more chillingly effective\n", "about as much\n", "executive\n", "a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem\n", "trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed\n", "beers\n", "make his english-language debut\n", "is an actress works as well as it does because -lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple .\n", "there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed\n", "in all the best possible ways\n", "scorcese 's\n", "reminded me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together\n", "that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals\n", "-- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --\n", "over-blown drama\n", "who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "comes into sharp focus\n", "made the original men in black such a pleasure\n", "elude\n", "is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film\n", "if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining\n", "jason bourne -rrb-\n", "even more predictable , cliche-ridden\n", "arthouse 101\n", "to seduce and conquer\n", "you reach for the tissues\n", "reggio and glass\n", "addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time\n", "has no business going\n", "lion king ''\n", "that 's enough to sustain laughs\n", "is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all ,\n", "gambling\n", "but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds\n", "of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "the most appealing movies\n", "is just as boring and as obvious\n", "familiarity\n", ", 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 .\n", "the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .\n", "a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit\n", "is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality\n", "has generic virtues , and\n", "nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while\n", "chastity belt\n", "'ll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered\n", "is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .\n", "friday\n", "an accomplished actress\n", "a subtle , poignant picture\n", "the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack\n", "of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string\n", "physically and emotionally\n", "of its title character\n", "the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour\n", "buried\n", "is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience\n", "it 's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .\n", "life hems\n", "inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle\n", "of her vampire chronicles\n", "robberies\n", "its edge\n", "wanted more\n", "the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .\n", "fi adventures\n", "that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay\n", "connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus .\n", "you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .\n", "and wonderful creatures\n", "how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is ,\n", "'s not much to hang a soap opera on\n", "beyond the crime-land action genre\n", "started with\n", "is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys\n", "look no further , because here it is .\n", "just because it seems obligatory\n", "we can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .\n", "the payoff for the audience ,\n", "moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout\n", "the huskies are beautiful\n", "of its lighting\n", "starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches .\n", "studio standards\n", "we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed\n", "favors the scientific over the spectacular -lrb- visually speaking -rrb- .\n", "own making\n", "when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces\n", "of greene\n", "directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space .\n", "a twist\n", "to drive a little faster\n", "naturally dramatic\n", "made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .\n", "return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb- ,\n", "stonehenge\n", "screams out\n", "an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom ... you 'd be wise to send your regrets .\n", "a showcase\n", "concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt .\n", "reverent\n", "haneke\n", "a symptom\n", "with ringu\n", "old warner bros. costumer\n", "the mix\n", "that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes\n", "off-beat project\n", "the crackle\n", "ignoring that , he made swimfan anyway\n", "you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge\n", "a minimalist beauty and the beast\n", "the feature-length stretch ...\n", "of consciousness\n", "endearing and\n", "that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,\n", "the bermuda triangle\n", "an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era\n", "war , famine and poverty\n", "who previously gave us `` the skulls ''\n", "the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .\n", "open yourself up\n", "into brutally labored and unfunny hokum\n", "about sex gags and prom dates\n", "for once , a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .\n", "worst excesses\n", "veers off course\n", "was paid for it\n", "can never be seen\n", "hard-core\n", "very , very good reasons\n", "as joan\n", "not a word of english\n", "goes into becoming a world-class fencer\n", "of small-town competition\n", "whose lessons\n", "had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special\n", "as honest working man john q. archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher\n", "youthful\n", "director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb-\n", "to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price\n", "done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation\n", "all its shoot-outs\n", "plot lapses\n", "romp that 's always fun to watch\n", "the backstage drama\n", "of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph\n", "mendes and company\n", "emotional and moral\n", "except :\n", "haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently -rrb-\n", "the dimming of a certain ambition\n", "spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes\n", "does n't have the restraint to fully realize them\n", "lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film\n", "you should be able to find better entertainment .\n", "i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese , but at least now we 've got something pretty damn close\n", "breezy and amateurish feel\n", "'s best served cold\n", "'s a big , comforting jar of marmite ,\n", "seems endless .\n", "show us a good time\n", "drawing wrenching performances from his actors -lrb- improvised over many months -rrb- and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable\n", "both black and white\n", "what matters\n", "pasts\n", "is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats\n", "a modestly surprising movie .\n", "the love boat\n", "percolating\n", "than silly fluff\n", "strangling the life out\n", "believable and heart-wrenching\n", "live in denial about\n", "gets rock-n-rolling\n", "jolted\n", "have no idea what in creation is going on\n", "'s an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal .\n", "the endlessly challenging maze\n", "dynamic\n", "strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997\n", "pin\n", "been better than the fiction\n", "a role of almost bergmanesque intensity\n", "boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers\n", "worked\n", "'s splash without the jokes\n", "is n't a terrible film by any means\n", "is interminable\n", "you feel what they feel\n", "that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .\n", "will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting . ''\n", "the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady\n", "fascinating , unnerving examination\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so\n", ": the widowmaker is a great yarn .\n", "religion that dares to question an ancient faith ,\n", "metaphor\n", "you know there 's something there .\n", "blended satire\n", "kirshner wins\n", "niccol\n", "standard-issue crime drama\n", "songs\n", "when in doubt\n", "its palate\n", "reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "i hate to like it .\n", "elder bueller 's\n", "john wayne classics\n", "transforms its wearer into a superman\n", "even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do\n", "onscreen personas\n", "the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay\n", "other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "its own direction\n", "'s a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary .\n", "is grisly .\n", "often watchable , though goofy and lurid ,\n", "peculiar egocentricities\n", "vulgar comedy\n", "cheery and\n", "underplayed melodrama\n", "prejudices\n", "the acting in pauline and paulette\n", "should not be missed\n", "phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose\n", "a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism .\n", "muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible\n", "a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score\n", "in biography\n", "what to whom and\n", "on the nature of compassion\n", "a modern israel\n", "this thing works on no level whatsoever for me .\n", "it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art\n", "'s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "quiet pace\n", "from watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb-\n", "pictures '\n", "the movie 's heavy-handed screenplay\n", "in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch\n", "the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience .\n", "gut-clutching\n", "are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie\n", "seen such self-amused trash\n", "one of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect .\n", "please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .\n", "its combination\n", "sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors .\n", "myriad signs , if you will --\n", "got a huge mess\n", "nearly nothing\n", "tight and truthful ,\n", "into another character\n", "saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but\n", "unfilmable\n", "house beautiful spread\n", "much stock footage of those days\n", "bold\n", "at your neighbor 's garage sale\n", "to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers\n", "take on extreme urgency\n", "a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together\n", "hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors ,\n", "'s also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year\n", "up the social ladder\n", "have not\n", "inspire a trip\n", "wells '\n", "not least the notion\n", "not-so-small problem\n", "yosuke\n", "exploratory medical procedure\n", "is a little like chewing whale blubber\n", "some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with\n", "any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships\n", "it 's exploitive without being insightful .\n", "if predictable\n", "this one\n", "'' should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! ''\n", "is very funny , but not always\n", "his art\n", "is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .\n", "many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times\n", "like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining .\n", "overwrought ending\n", "is the film roman polanski may have been born to make\n", "bouncy\n", "about sociopaths and their marks\n", "is in every regard except its storyline\n", "hip-hop culture in general\n", "is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people\n", "if sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot\n", "its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders\n", "eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story\n", "'ve marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world\n", "feels like a 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death\n", "have been looking for\n", "sci-fi\n", "so huge\n", "had more fun\n", "land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place\n", "weighed down\n", "to form\n", "entire scenario\n", "yasujiro\n", "however , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .\n", "rounded and\n", "a little more special behind it\n", "little uneven\n", "both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "the most original fantasy film ever made\n", "a poky\n", "some very good acting\n", "than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "the writing is insipid\n", "transcends ethnic lines .\n", ", in fact .\n", "with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them\n", "stretched out to 90 minutes\n", "instruct without reeking of research library dust\n", "two hours of sepia-tinted heavy metal images and surround sound effects of people moaning .\n", "with or without\n", "mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational\n", "is it .\n", "snow dogs deserves every single one of them\n", "evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking .\n", "their enthusiasm\n", "the histrionic muse\n", "their post-modern contemporaries\n", "judaism\n", "a boy\n", "it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie\n", ", frenetic , funny , even punny 6\n", "who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings\n", "'ve seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film\n", "of cannibal lust above the ordinary\n", "master screenwriting\n", "avary seems to care about\n", "the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations .\n", ", wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .\n", "a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller\n", "watch , giggle\n", "what time\n", "strange young guys\n", "sustain laughs\n", "a leap\n", "printed\n", "that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch\n", ", this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .\n", "on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness\n", "engaging and moving portrait\n", "is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit\n", "did n't\n", "examine ,\n", "is definitely its screenplay\n", "about its subjects\n", "their place in the world\n", "a terrific job\n", "escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real\n", "my father compelling\n", "... the good and different idea -lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb- is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend `` never again . ''\n", "how pertinent its dynamics remain\n", "more mythic level\n", "here bothered to check it twice .\n", "only caine\n", "busts out\n", "the victorious revolutionaries\n", "he 's not good with people .\n", "her nomination as best actress even more\n", "olivier assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama\n", "dass\n", "actor\\/director\n", "shows off\n", "outgag\n", "the upper class\n", "is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album\n", "a lower-class brit\n", "gambling and throwing\n", "to assume is just another day of brit cinema\n", "will probably like it\n", "lacked any\n", "oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor\n", "escape the country\n", "unfunny comedy\n", "tear-jerking\n", "is really frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "of chan\n", "dodges and\n", "gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel\n", "hammering\n", "in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "saving grace\n", "muy loco ,\n", "the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable\n", "tackles its relatively serious subject\n", "pleasuring\n", "canned shots\n", "steaming cartons\n", "sustains a higher plateau\n", "cartoonish slapstick\n", "towards african-americans\n", "two or three times\n", "a lousy one at that\n", "for scene\n", "the thrown-together feel\n", "aussie david caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie .\n", "as much as i laughed throughout the movie\n", "trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed\n", "the heavy doses\n", "has a rather unique approach to documentary\n", "a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects\n", "may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting\n", "enough sardonic\n", "not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .\n", "plastered with one hollywood cliche\n", "been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again\n", "an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 .\n", "majestic\n", "best screen\n", "all-over-the-map\n", "van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film\n", "our hero\n", "uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action\n", "become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as brother-man vs. the man\n", "be doing a lot of things , but does n't\n", "takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving\n", "a certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents .\n", "soporific\n", "sharp and quick documentary\n", "reality and actors\n", "fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "the movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany\\/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster .\n", "pretty good team\n", "rose-colored glasses\n", "john q. archibald\n", "has yet\n", "just not a\n", "made for kids or their parents , for that matter\n", "cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style\n", "actorish\n", "the worst elements of all of them\n", "plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .\n", "the 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 -- but it 's smooth and professional\n", "epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star .\n", "is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '\n", "bites hard .\n", "narrative hook\n", "to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "on the amateurish\n", "so lackluster\n", "larger picture\n", "done ,\n", "everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .\n", "jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "surprises .\n", "war movies\n", "insightful moments .\n", "to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet\n", "enjoy a mindless action movie\n", "vicious and\n", "bad day\n", "gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug\n", "are actually\n", "the people in abc africa\n", "of bourgeois\n", "the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it\n", "a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality\n", "tries for more\n", "barking-mad\n", "'s rare for any movie\n", "as the truly funny bits\n", "own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "with such confidence\n", "crude storyline\n", "still fun and enjoyable and\n", "are playing to the big boys in new york and l.a. to that end\n", "this a charmer\n", "'ve figured out late marriage\n", "you can refuse\n", "two families , one black and one white ,\n", "so many talented people were convinced to waste their time\n", "not laugh\n", "ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design\n", "damon and\n", "willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us\n", "are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material .\n", "best intentions\n", "a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay\n", "former gong show addict\n", "a haunted house , a haunted ship\n", "virtually scene\n", "this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry\n", "stealing harvard\n", "its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal\n", "settles too easily\n", "saying\n", "true to its title\n", "tiny little jokes and nary an original idea\n", "tense\n", "slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but\n", "own terms\n", "very best movies\n", "unromantic\n", "ethical issues\n", "smith 's\n", "nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick\n", "whether or not you buy mr. broomfield 's findings\n", "contemplative ,\n", "capture these musicians in full regalia\n", "has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "genial is the conceit ,\n", "to chew\n", "it 's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .\n", "reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but\n", "fresh , sometimes funny\n", "audience award\n", "humor and\n", "the level of intelligence and\n", "reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight\n", "most politically audacious\n", "into\n", "the plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '\n", "to the proceedings\n", "is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick\n", "of office politics\n", "rich visual clarity and deeply\n", "this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker ,\n", "of sewage\n", "good things happen to bad people\n", "is surprisingly refreshing\n", "disguised\n", "telescope\n", "competent , unpretentious\n", "but not without cheesy fun factor .\n", "they cheapen the overall effect .\n", "muted\n", "round\n", "whole segment\n", "time stinker\n", "these women 's souls right open\n", "keen\n", "be more contemptuous of the single female population\n", "when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", "lies\n", "the job\n", "comes into its own\n", "aspect\n", "express warmth and longing\n", "do n't judge this one too soon - it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going .\n", "avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "an overly sillified plot\n", "a superb performance\n", "the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing .\n", "a degree of affection\n", "a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem .\n", "class\n", "good b movies -lrb- the mask , the blob -rrb-\n", "peels layers\n", "about family dynamics and dysfunction\n", "god 's\n", "column\n", "be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare\n", "paints - of a culture in conflict\n", "the smartest\n", "headed by christopher plummer\n", "enough unexpected twists\n", "the margin of acting\n", "the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution\n", "the monsters we make , and the vengeance they\n", "testimonial\n", "date in this spy comedy franchise\n", "between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show\n", "even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light .\n", "real snooze .\n", "romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques\n", "to care about what happened in 1915 armenia\n", "nothing distinguishing\n", "'s enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .\n", "translate well\n", "that is gorgeously\n", "plenty\n", "a con artist and a liar\n", "rejected\n", "all the mounting tension of an expert thriller\n", ", blair witch-style commitment\n", "appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience\n", "of grief and loss\n", "is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .\n", "real shame\n", "culture-clash\n", "of menace\n", "and damaged dreams\n", "live a rich and full life\n", "slightest difficulty\n", "dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "letting the mountain tell\n", "the life of male hustlers\n", "brainy prep-school kid\n", "sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz\n", "the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life\n", "might drive you crazy\n", "ia\n", "with her actors\n", "the rope\n", "sulky teen drama and\n", "n.m. '\n", "in black\n", "in a drama so clumsy\n", "to others\n", "realize your mind is being blown .\n", "in narc\n", "stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes\n", "to take her spiritual quest at all seriously\n", "with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie\n", "a pitch-perfect holden\n", "blind date ,\n", "some places\n", "-lrb- madonna 's -rrb-\n", "wrong with a comedy\n", "marina 's\n", "wild ride\n", "maternal instincts\n", "a producer\n", "tay\n", "goes right over the edge and\n", "an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement .\n", "like some like it hot and the john wayne classics .\n", "a lump of play-doh\n", "avoid didacticism\n", "its entire running time\n", "the story 's core\n", "glory\n", "which , in this day and age , is of course the point\n", "a familiar anti-feminist equation\n", "the board\n", "groan and hiss\n", "dirgelike score\n", "a wintry new york city\n", "the 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expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain\n", "perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul\n", "is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it\n", "of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "is loaded with familiar situations\n", "listening\n", "to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life\n", "that seems to be\n", "is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending\n", "helm\n", "'s always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work\n", "the kind of movie\n", "matters , both in breaking codes and making movies\n", "as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds\n", "procedural details\n", "melancholy music\n", "stare and sniffle , respectively\n", "beatings\n", "kahlo\n", "a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own\n", "lost his touch ,\n", "-lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb-\n", "balk\n", "77\n", ", crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .\n", "you 're engulfed by it .\n", "was put on the screen , just for them\n", "carmen -lrb- vega -rrb- and\n", "a surprisingly funny movie\n", "of the lady and the duke\n", "pretty cute\n", "is uniformly superb\n", "meyjes 's movie\n", "you must shoot it in the head\n", "as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered\n", "would seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "keener\n", "there 's no real sense of suspense\n", "'s a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess\n", "these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle\n", "dazzling entertainment\n", "followed through on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas\n", "is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller\n", "her welcome in her most charmless performance\n", "exceeds\n", "the same premise\n", "the relationships\n", "toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "funny little film\n", "lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire\n", "at the end of its title\n", "should never appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800 .\n", "good things to offer\n", "of either cracking up or throwing up\n", "those people\n", "christian or otherwise\n", "easy , obvious or self-indulgent\n", "'s a talking head documentary , but a great one .\n", "yesteryear\n", "the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them .\n", "why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care\n", "by the incessant use of cell phones\n", "the more you think about the movie , the more you will probably like it .\n", "precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does\n", "-lrb- clooney 's -rrb- debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "is n't a disaster , exactly\n", "one only a true believer could relish\n", "intersect with them\n", "of the previous film 's successes\n", "of inexcusable dumb innocence\n", "that made the first film so special\n", "angeles\n", "consideration\n", "orgy\n", "of a lovingly rendered coffee table book\n", "the essence of a great one\n", "to familiar material\n", "will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act\n", "the happily-ever\n", "get\n", "bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie\n", "than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone\n", "loads\n", "claws enough\n", "invaluable\n", "the best way\n", "'s jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite .\n", "acting-workshop\n", "the evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious\n", ", the movie is a disaster .\n", "the directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep .\n", "james !\n", "contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive\n", "a remarkably insightful\n", "mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter\n", "has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time\n", "a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone\n", "that the strain is all too evident\n", "your car ,\n", "of all of them\n", "too loud , too goofy and too short\n", "and it 's what makes their project so interesting\n", "influence us whether we believe in them or not\n", "a smart , nuanced look\n", "out to be\n", "lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit\n", "murray\n", "like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees\n", "in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me\n", "it may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding\n", "jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure -\n", "'s nowhere near as exciting as either .\n", "despite the opulent lushness of every scene\n", "perfectly inoffensive\n", "guarantees\n", "crack you up\n", "intimidated\n", ", dark thriller\n", "a terrific effort\n", "schneider vehicle\n", "given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers\n", "a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying 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for acting\n", "all too\n", "that 's so bad it starts to become good\n", "a great film noir\n", "on its mind -- maybe too much\n", "greatest hits\n", "catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something\n", "dark , delicate treatment\n", "'s the scariest guy you 'll see all summer\n", "modest , straight-ahead standards\n", "of the most unpleasant things the studio\n", "boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and\n", "on plot\n", "leaps over national boundaries\n", "too many characters\n", "be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work\n", "it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling ,\n", "give his audience a single character worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "nijinsky says , ' i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .\n", "particularly original\n", "an uncertain start\n", "of trifle that date nights were invented for .\n", "bittersweet contemporary comedy\n", "a classic mother\\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow\n", "seems to want to be a character study , but apparently ca n't quite decide which character .\n", ", high crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable .\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "exhausting family drama\n", "probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises\n", "shared by the nation at their sacrifice\n", "nettelbeck\n", "the artist 's career\n", ", time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film .\n", "work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent\n", "as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .\n", "the face of tempting alternatives\n", "equally engrossing\n", "of one another\n", "has a new career ahead of him\n", "being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's 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'\n", "a good movie ye who enter here\n", "it just does n't have anything really interesting to say .\n", "resembles a soft porn brian de palma pastiche .\n", "'s occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once\n", "that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek\n", "a brain\n", "'s an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .\n", "borg\n", "by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product\n", ", big-hearted and frequently\n", "get in the way\n", "the dullest irish pub scenes\n", "'s one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness\n", "your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children\n", "failing ,\n", "jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison\n", "waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this\n", "' and ` realistic '\n", "for the last exit from brooklyn\n", "an insult to every family\n", "will no doubt delight plympton 's legion of fans\n", "is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year .\n", "kaige\n", "of carmen\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus\n", "a faulty premise ,\n", "in the title\n", "of every teen movie\n", "that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge\n", "in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him\n", "'s neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic\n", "strange and dysfunctional\n", "semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "understand what on earth is going on\n", "talking about their genitals\n", "darned if it does n't also keep us\n", "on the screen in their version of the quiet american\n", "sodden and glum , even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light .\n", "a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride\n", "the combination\n", "frighten and disturb\n", "several themes\n", "snow cone\n", "make it well worth watching\n", "'s a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .\n", "share it\n", "a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny\n", "` what 's the russian word for wow !? '\n", "extensive post-production\n", "take away the controversy ,\n", "tolerable\n", "any academy awards\n", "date film\n", "is better than most of the writing in the movie\n", "all the sensuality ,\n", "rent the disney version\n", "a tougher time\n", "with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations\n", "with its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel\n", "two films '\n", "in a cold mosque\n", "however entertainingly presented ,\n", "beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "still seems endless .\n", "showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything .\n", "give us real situations and characters\n", "as-nasty\n", "clan\n", "are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes\n", "nothing happens ,\n", "cherry orchard is 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 . '\n", "10-year\n", "open the ouzo !\n", "more glaring signs\n", "relaxed\n", "thirteen-year-old 's\n", "its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice\n", "occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies .\n", "though their story is predictable\n", "japanese anime\n", "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 .\n", "do a load of good\n", "a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout\n", "the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins .\n", "one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies\n", "come by as it used to be\n", "irresistible blend\n", "of heartache everyone\n", "silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .\n", "know that i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again\n", "comedies to hit the screen in years\n", "its content , look , and style\n", "birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "slickest\n", "'s deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag .\n", "the actors make this worth a peek .\n", "are ,\n", "working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "is its subject\n", "'s no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan\n", "the fringes\n", "emotional connections\n", "stock and two smoking barrels and\n", "compromising that complexity\n", "could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...\n", "of disconnection\n", "zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a\n", "still 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with nothing new to offer\n", "of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "the wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic .\n", "not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .\n", "of hollywood fluff\n", "an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain ,\n", "with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type\n", "i 'm not sure\n", "the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man\n", "be smart\n", "the end sum of all fears\n", "taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all\n", "what saves it ... and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is 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"the 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 .\n", "ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here\n", "'s not an easy one to review\n", "adrian lyne 's unfaithful\n", "a painfully slow cliche-ridden film\n", "in a film that does n't merit it\n", "makers\n", "as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day\n", "for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film\n", "the upbeat ending feels like a copout\n", "to the filmmakers\n", "the synergistic impulse that created it\n", "a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions\n", "is both stimulating and demanding .\n", "inevitable tragic conclusion\n", "harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and\n", "including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes\n", "doing 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'\n", "'s supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah .\n", "it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn .\n", "rape and suspected murder\n", "it 's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent .\n", "manage to get you under its spell\n", "is subversive\n", ", compromised and sad\n", "his twin brother\n", "reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "chilled\n", "offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good\n", "of the film 's action\n", "so completely loses himself to the film 's circular 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awesome\n", "a mischievous visual style and\n", "deeply touching melodrama\n", "horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists .\n", "could fail to crack a smile at\n", "west sidey\n", "know a star when you see one\n", "deliberately and skillfully\n", "skipping\n", "the wazoo and sets\n", "of ` requiem for a dream\n", "a 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 .\n", "terrific story\n", "loose , unaccountable\n", "that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable\n", "the imagery\n", "martyr gets royally screwed and comes back for more .\n", "'d live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve\n", "one of the more glaring signs of this movie 's 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"may be more genial than ingenious , but\n", "top-heavy\n", "gaiety\n", "diane lane and\n", "examination\n", "too fancy ,\n", "of tension\n", "comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours\n", "the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil\n", "the weight of too many story lines\n", "by the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb- gets his comeuppance .\n", "any language\n", "a bit early\n", "collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't\n", "director elie chouraqui\n", "that never springs to life\n", "the tradition\n", "-lrb- the -rrb-\n", "of style\n", "sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .\n", "payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .\n", "run through dark tunnels\n", "has enough wit , 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 .\n", "a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us\n", "they threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .\n", "to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves\n", "being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy\n", "pill\n", "to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen\n", "onscreen\n", "ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "there surrender $ 9 and\n", "overlong infomercial\n", "slip into the modern rut of narrative banality\n", "nerve-raked acting\n", "makeup\n", "'s not the least of afghan tragedies that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history .\n", "uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest\n", "under-7\n", "a tougher picture\n", "though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "than a rock concert\n", "to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own\n", "no movie\n", "unusually surreal tone\n", "if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .\n", "like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries\n", "no-bull throwback\n", "who is the audience for cletis tout ?\n", "brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability\n", "simple-minded\n", "is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '\n", "confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history\n", "whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned\n", "video game\n", "griffiths\n", "a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme\n", "apple\n", "beautiful spread\n", "separation and\n", "a bit too enigmatic\n", "do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic\n", "sink\n", "bueller\n", "slow , predictable\n", "be fertile sources of humor\n", "if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve\n", "kilted jackson\n", "treats\n", "the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .\n", "of a torn book jacket\n", ", showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .\n", "by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .\n", "falls under the category of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live . '\n", "very ambitious\n", ", the subject matter goes nowhere .\n", "sentimentalist\n", "a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless\n", "complete denial\n", "of :\n", "the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament .\n", "two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then\n", "that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .\n", "unrepentant\n", "audiard\n", "josh\n", "prophet jack\n", "our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship\n", "difficult and\n", "all before\n", ", we hope it 's only acting .\n", "colorful masseur\n", "hypocritical\n", "half-baked setups and\n", "a few\n", "showy than hannibal\n", "the charisma\n", "expects something special but instead gets -lrb- sci-fi -rrb- rehash\n", "to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters ,\n", "bad company\n", "grim message\n", "i need to chew\n", "moore 's\n", "the one hour and\n", "and just plain dumb\n", "it were any more of a turkey\n", "'ve had in a while\n", "does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject\n", "three-ring circus\n", "roles\n", "be lured in by julia roberts\n", "a game supporting cast\n", "spirit is a visual treat ,\n", "'s really not much of a sense of action\n", "remarkable and novel\n", "is a hoot .\n", "to care about the main characters\n", "especially grateful for freedom\n", "memories of rollerball have faded ,\n", "roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion .\n", "'s technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive\n", "animated holiday movie\n", "a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured\n", "the doorstep\n", "to filming\n", "the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile ,\n", "the payoff is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy\n", "paint fights\n", "resemble their celebrity parents\n", "arresting image\n", "most purely enjoyable\n", "nostalgic comments\n", "is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt\n", "smeary\n", "cuddly shower\n", "cheech and chong\n", "fellow sophisticates\n", "a mere excuse\n", "rather toothless take\n", "suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense\n", "is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if\n", "more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative ,\n", "patrolman\n", "you ca n't fake\n", "spades -- charisma\n", "have a single surprise\n", "the demons of his own fear and paranoia\n", "wazoo and sets\n", "with a subscription to espn the magazine\n", "aims to shock\n", "as greenfingers\n", "to heal\n", "the film is deadly dull\n", "nicely shot\n", "are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "rising above the stale material\n", "the best part about `` gangs '' was daniel day-lewis .\n", "point and\n", "'s drab .\n", "genuine , acerbic laughs\n", "auteuil\n", "it 's a howler .\n", "cq\n", "a cultural wildcard experience :\n", "you feel genuinely good\n", "with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low .\n", "a re-hash of the other seven films\n", "you stick with it\n", "banal in its message and the choice of material\n", "based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis\n", "mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public\n", "alfred hitchcock movie\n", "at best , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .\n", "return to form for director peter bogdanovich\n", "that deftly ,\n", "given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece\n", "moving ,\n", "that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent\n", "the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie ,\n", "disposable story\n", "cleanflicks version\n", "spare but quietly effective retelling .\n", "sexual landscape\n", "that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout\n", "single one\n", "is one of those movies\n", "make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "pasta-fagioli\n", "gayton 's script -rrb-\n", "has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star\n", "-- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .\n", "at 2002 's sundance festival\n", "a winning family story\n", "tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel .\n", "into a lyrical and celebratory vision\n", "bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it\n", "an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening\n", "rambo - meets-john ford\n", "ethnic sitcom\n", "gives italian for beginners\n", "to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools\n", "amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario ,\n", "slivers\n", "defies credibility\n", "shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .\n", "breheny 's\n", "dramatic performance\n", "spend years trying to comprehend it\n", "imagery\n", "tired , predictable\n", "this submarine drama\n", "ben kingsley\n", "is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion .\n", "malnourished intellectuals\n", "godard 's distinctive discourse\n", "on the story\n", "demme\n", "inextricably entwined through family history\n", "fessenden\n", "hilariously\n", "the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom\n", "when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you .\n", "a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises\n", "stagecrafts\n", "the best korean film of 2002\n", "the movie 's reality\n", "topless\n", "a peculiar malaise\n", "can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it\n", ", its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .\n", "from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired\n", "i have given it a one-star rating\n", "demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces .\n", "long and\n", "this movie is hopeless\n", "of the last 15 years\n", "rigged\n", "saddest\n", "punitive minutes\n", "another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash\n", "decommissioned\n", "turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists\n", "as sweet as greenfingers\n", "karen black\n", "his life , his dignity\n", "the succession\n", "during its 112-minute length\n", "for veggietales fans\n", "having much dramatic impact\n", "then this first film\n", "bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time .\n", "is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence\n", "corny television\n", "father\n", "universal studios , where much of the action takes place\n", "is a total misfire .\n", "a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire\n", "good romance\n", "no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr.\n", "a house full of tots -- do n't worry\n", "bands\n", "the ghost\n", "show it\n", "narrative flow\n", "domino\n", "fails to keep it up\n", "charming but\n", "perfect wildean actor\n", "the budget\n", "other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe\n", "whooshing\n", "expected it to be\n", "suffocating\n", "same number\n", "could hate it for the same reason .\n", "man ''\n", ", naturalistic tone\n", "walked out on a movie\n", "holds itself\n", "got a place in your heart\n", "of a war zone\n", "immensely appealing\n", "ball and\n", "of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case\n", "to movie length\n", "the movie 's presentation ,\n", "carefully\n", "with incredible subtlety and acumen\n", "a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns\n", "by the title character undergoing midlife crisis\n", "lovely film\n", "every bodily fluids gag in there 's something\n", "gratuitous cinematic distractions\n", "may be a mess in a lot of ways\n", "deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy\n", "the most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .\n", "the deepest recesses\n", "diaries\n", "even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .\n", "those based-on-truth stories\n", "unsatisfying\n", "are every bit as distinctive as his visuals\n", "relationship maintenance\n", "a blair witch\n", "verve\n", "the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye\n", "its leaden acting\n", "new meaning\n", "as an endlessly inquisitive old man\n", "has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television .\n", "a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life\n", "a feast for the eyes\n", "this would be catechism\n", "place and age -- as in ,\n", "the silly and crude storyline\n", "its best , which occurs often\n", "believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "almost unbearably morbid\n", "is a pretty good job ,\n", "that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form\n", "scintillating\n", "figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble\n", "look so bad in a major movie\n", "make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance\n", "as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "for most of the film\n", "the internet short\n", "in a while , a meander\n", "handful\n", "you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "nothing more or less\n", "showtime 's ` red shoe diaries\n", "about each other against all odds\n", "grotesque and\n", "like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 .\n", "this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .\n", "taboo\n", "big box office bucks\n", "that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king\n", "supposedly , pokemon ca n't be killed , but pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over .\n", "engage in\n", "in hand\n", "roger avary\n", "there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .\n", "key problem\n", "continues to improve\n", "with authority\n", "holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin\n", "moron\n", "simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and\n", "best performance\n", "before getting to the truly good stuff\n", "departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role\n", "spoofs and\n", ", eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .\n", "get anywhere near the story 's center\n", "had the story to match\n", "its unerring respect\n", "would slip under the waves\n", "long while\n", "gluing\n", "the country bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers .\n", "almost mystical\n", "as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done .\n", "a rich tale of our times\n", "the son 's room\n", "uninspired .\n", "this bad\n", "all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but\n", "two cinematic icons with chemistry galore\n", "a broad cross-section\n", "what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera 's attention to detail .\n", "than a rat burger\n", "a market\n", "absolutely essential\n", "breaking codes and making movies\n", "thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere\n", "elliptically\n", "probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters\n", "be the only one laughing at his own joke\n", "predictably conventional\n", "than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb-\n", "an extended short\n", "seizing\n", "take heart\n", "may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 .\n", "a sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really is n't .\n", "of the bride 's humour\n", "a tearjerker that does n't and\n", "a banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy\n", "to make the outrage\n", "it 's almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film .\n", "held\n", "'s nothing wrong with that\n", "of reconciled survival\n", "nice to see piscopo again after all these years\n", "the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life\n", "is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action\n", "disturbing , yet compelling to watch\n", "trace\n", "governments\n", "shortness\n", "its dynamics remain\n", "of trashy , kinky fun\n", "a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "the horror fan\n", "a journey back to your childhood\n", "ongoing\n", "... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .\n", "by this movie\n", "this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature\n", "one of the best rock documentaries ever .\n", "his latest feature\n", "if by cattle\n", "almost anachronistic\n", "to change his landmark poem to\n", "i have\n", "fluid\n", "robert duvall\n", "a pianist\n", "miss wonton\n", "toss\n", "in-jokey\n", "soulful ,\n", "the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear .\n", "downright comically evil\n", "in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl\n", "existential drama\n", "vietnamese\n", "is a poster boy for the geek generation .\n", "as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant\n", "laugther\n", "might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .\n", "actress andie macdowell\n", "elegiac ...\n", "the dreary mid-section\n", "some episodes\n", "changes that fit it well rather than\n", "blustery movie\n", "location to store it\n", "you feel good\n", "chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact\n", "become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams\n", "a minor work\n", "crime dramas\n", "grows thin soon\n", "williams ' usual tear\n", "has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne\n", "as a friend\n", "is always\n", "of the camera work\n", "first five minutes\n", "diversion\n", "red felt sharpie pen\n", "medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded 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picture\n", "give herself\n", "you 'd better have a good alternative\n", "that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire\n", "however stale the material , lawrence 's delivery remains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny .\n", "end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "work of extraordinary journalism\n", "'' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .\n", "brothers\\/abrahams\n", "the world 's political situation seems little different\n", "by most of the actors involved\n", "its director 's cut glory\n", "about a marching band that gets me where i live\n", "is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination\n", "a car chase\n", "it finds a nice rhythm .\n", "last year 's `` rollerball\n", "a very human one\n", "this case\n", "of the players\n", "aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats .\n", "most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .\n", "writer-producer-director\n", "short and sweet\n", "deserve better .\n", "hanley\n", "is all too calculated\n", "from either in years\n", ", abstract approach\n", "127 years old\n", "varies\n", "an omniscient voice-over narrator\n", "than four\n", "begins as a seven rip-off\n", "in its yearning for the days\n", "with a whimper\n", "inhabit their world\n", "its doe-eyed crudup\n", "the pack\n", "a shaky , uncertain film\n", "of flat champagne\n", "'s a tougher picture\n", "the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world\n", "dull girl\n", "-lrb- hopkins -rrb- does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .\n", "manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .\n", ", sometimes creepy intimacy\n", "a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .\n", "everyone and\n", "of steve and terri\n", "uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence\n", "anthony friedman\n", "find a small place in my heart\n", "for it to hit cable\n", "'s a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure ,\n", "begins to resemble the shapeless ,\n", "should have been a lot nastier\n", "mild giggles\n", "an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle\n", "jolt you out\n", "its laziest\n", "in the slightest\n", "splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .\n", "is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .\n", "of cerebral and cinemantic flair\n", "'50s dignity\n", "pretend like your sat scores are below 120\n", "powerful look\n", "from american cinema\n", "college football games\n", "dirty deeds\n", "it gives out\n", "twohy 's a good yarn-spinner ,\n", "spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications\n", "'s very much like life\n", "into a poem of art , music and metaphor\n", ", crazy\n", "a script that assumes you are n't very bright\n", "qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere .\n", "told with sharp ears and eyes\n", "kalesniko\n", "you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one\n", "renegade-cop tales\n", "its brutality\n", "keener is marvelous\n", "is nearly impossible\n", "oedekerk mugs mercilessly ,\n", "preaching message\n", "failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "negativity\n", "three-dimensional characters\n", "as any after-school special you can imagine\n", "makes up for with a great , fiery passion .\n", "administration 's\n", "within partnerships and\n", "churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action\n", "cinematic corpse\n", "at every moment\n", "of a biblical message\n", "a career curio\n", "signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .\n", "who owe\n", "a sensitivity\n", "and small delights\n", "as the cinematography\n", "is certainly\n", "learned a bit more craft\n", "a lovably\n", "to cliches and pat storytelling\n", "are married for political reason\n", "intimate camera work\n", "soberly reported incidents\n", "parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .\n", "of pretention\n", "i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "cradles\n", "a sharp script and strong performances\n", "funny , sexy ,\n", "a spirited film and a must-see\n", "only\n", "'re wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles\n", "yearning for adventure and\n", "` inside '\n", "is generally\n", "astray\n", "'s a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .\n", "whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears .\n", "the near future\n", "sick and\n", "if i have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb- or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters\n", "its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep\n", "$ 8\n", "the movie 's edges\n", "of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other\n", "the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .\n", "made it dull , lifeless , and irritating\n", "of snazziness\n", "its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .\n", "try out so many complicated facial 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lost\n", "in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "the sight of the name bruce willis\n", "paste them together\n", "learns her place as a girl\n", "lacks dramatic punch and depth .\n", "a domestic unit finding their way to joy\n", "hollywood practices\n", "ramble\n", "interpret\n", "two separate crises\n", "... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .\n", "unlimited\n", "babies\n", "a retread story\n", "elsewhere\n", "from the dull\n", "either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant\n", "chew\n", "nair 's attention to detail\n", "has that other imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house\n", "build some robots ,\n", "this newfangled community\n", "rather , er , bubbly exchange\n", "really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn . '\n", "at the feet\n", "strip down often enough to keep men\n", "dishes\n", "dazzle and delight\n", "exhilaratingly tasteless .\n", "love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it .\n", "setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon\n", "so you can get your money back\n", "feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .\n", "lightweight meaning\n", "you get it\n", "ideological differences\n", "is not a character in this movie\n", "fantasy film\n", "macabre\n", "paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but\n", "by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon\n", "a plotline\n", "formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff\n", "was plato who said\n", "can only provide it with so much leniency\n", "that if she had to sit through it again , 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"at his life\n", "has really done his subject justice\n", "watching this waste of time\n", "hard to understand\n", "another silly hollywood action film\n", "good indication\n", "remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout\n", "perception\n", "great marching bands\n", "hates its characters .\n", "19th-century ones\n", "with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction\n", "well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .\n", "'s not original enough .\n", "is the far superior film .\n", "is well-made\n", "about a life you never knew existed\n", "it 's impossible to care who wins\n", "skateboards\n", "sort the bad guys\n", "remains vividly in memory long\n", "thanks largely\n", "in private\n", "randall wallace film\n", "squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel\n", "wreak havoc\n", "sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects .\n", 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"tunisian\n", "pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate\n", "opening today\n", "i liked it\n", "the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise\n", "a thriller 's rush\n", "the film does hold up pretty well .\n", "career-defining\n", "the real horror may be waiting for us at home\n", "is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was\n", "credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson\n", "it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day\n", "about 3\\/4th the fun\n", "a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause .\n", "gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "was hot outside\n", "time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers ,\n", "you have 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"reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda .\n", "a clever script and skilled actors\n", "counts heart as important as humor\n", "dramatic enlightenment\n", "post-feminist ' romantic\n", "any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "a ripper of a yarn\n", "the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious\n", "handsome locations\n", "it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part\n", "are often more predictable than their consequences\n", "like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller\n", "based on three short films and two features ,\n", "was conviction\n", "is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship\n", "treat\n", "see scratch for a lesson in scratching\n", "projects that woman 's doubts\n", "even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking 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to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .\n", "stereotypes in good fun ,\n", "in neo-hitchcockianism\n", "works out his issues\n", "for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains\n", "because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat\n", "sustain interest\n", "changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .\n", "one year\n", "emotionally at least -rrb-\n", "indian - , russian\n", "is not quite the career peak\n", "walked away\n", "shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic .\n", "psychological action film\n", "the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters\n", "with pitifully few real laughs\n", "cold war paranoia\n", "a low budget\n", "disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin\n", "find something new\n", "the 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"abysmal\n", "been made for the tube\n", "a new idea\n", "will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .\n", "history course\n", "by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "a provocative piece\n", "just about everyone involved here\n", "upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher ,\n", "offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media\n", "an american -lrb-\n", "does n't work because there is no foundation for it\n", "otar iosseliani 's\n", "both people 's capacity for evil and\n", "an hour-and-a-half-long commercial\n", "red dragon '' is entertaining .\n", "it 's not nearly long enough\n", "is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .\n", "brilliant director\n", "set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time\n", "there are many tense scenes in trapped\n", "it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters\n", "have made the film more cohesive\n", "a torrent of emotion\n", "what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors\n", "in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work\n", "message-movie\n", "turn it\n", "is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end\n", "madness or love\n", "cult item\n", "is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature\n", "most antsy\n", "would have saved this film a world of hurt\n", "has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre\n", "'m sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept\n", "mistake .\n", "the `` queen ''\n", "used to burn every print of the film\n", "could n't have done in half an hour\n", "disparate elements\n", "and church meetings\n", "fashioning\n", "mildly unimpressive\n", "i 'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .\n", "too calm and thoughtful\n", "at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm\n", "is certainly not number 1\n", "a sad ending\n", "of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year\n", "fudged\n", "its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches\n", "of man or of one another\n", "to which it succeeds\n", "-lrb- halloween ii -rrb-\n", "overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .\n", "might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion\n", "precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong\n", "covers this territory with wit and originality\n", "the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen\n", "to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers\n", "the back row\n", "triumphantly sermonize\n", "curling may be a unique sport\n", "entrapment\n", "delight\n", "frequently veers into corny sentimentality , 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with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .\n", "only at the prospect of beck 's next project\n", "lamer instincts\n", "deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release\n", "star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .\n", "being latently gay\n", "irrational\n", "'s dissecting\n", "some delicate subject matter\n", "learn along the way about vicarious redemption\n", "a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop\n", "godard 's movies\n", "comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt\n", "n't\n", "get to its subjects ' deaths\n", "leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .\n", ", the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired .\n", "a dish\n", "is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses\n", "is not subtle\n", "the alchemical 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behold .\n", "barney 's\n", "to make this a comedy or serious drama\n", "of a historical event\n", "the film was n't preachy , but it was feminism by the book .\n", "each season marks a new start\n", "that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians\n", "you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair\n", "of a screenplay\n", "adrian\n", "the awkwardness of human life\n", "have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame\n", "the film 's background\n", "do best - being teenagers\n", "an often intense character study\n", "most at women 's expense\n", "its contemporaries\n", "to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies\n", "comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .\n", "the voices of men and women\n", "craig bartlett 's\n", "with a company of strictly a-list players\n", "all of their pity and terror\n", "1999 guy ritchie\n", "the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie .\n", "with a few remarks so geared\n", "may have been inspired by blair witch\n", "tears\n", "of so-bad-they\n", "loud , silly , stupid and pointless .\n", "an elegant and sly deadpan comedy .\n", "which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities\n", "spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but\n", "all of his actors\n", "plumbing arrangements and mind games\n", "the layers of soap-opera emotion\n", "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma\n", "in from an episode of miami vice\n", "seen before\n", "an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers\n", "just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving\n", "are only\n", "thumbs\n", "a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "caught but the audience gets pure escapism\n", "sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel\n", "been hoping for\n", "platinum-blonde\n", "effecting\n", "me one way or the other\n", "of me territory\n", "sure to get more out of the latter experience\n", "looks neat\n", "animatronic\n", "know what you did last winter\n", "terrors\n", "one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads\n", "it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are\n", "this cliff notes edition\n", "from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "he 's the con , and you 're just the mark .\n", "it does n't disappoint .\n", "raging throughout this three-hour effort\n", "computer animation\n", "magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death\n", "the hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband\n", "election\n", "costner movies are known for\n", "a stirring tribute\n", "despite the film 's bizarre developments\n", "feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .\n", "welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture\n", "riveting\n", "reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality\n", "the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all\n", "beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ...\n", "where changing lanes is going to take you\n", "called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom\n", "lisa bazadona and grace woodard\n", "trusting\n", "damaged people\n", "diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master\n", "cheatfully\n", "white-knuckled and unable to look away\n", "v.s.\n", "few sleepless hours\n", "to be a boy truly in love with a girl\n", "started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and\n", "a dark little morality tale\n", "rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look\n", "ill-timed\n", "the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to\n", "a peek\n", "modern master\n", "sepia-tinted\n", "sappy\n", "temper what could 've been an impacting film .\n", "rolls around\n", "fiercely clever and subtle\n", "something different over actually pulling it off\n", "bold colors\n", "diaz\n", "a little-remembered world\n", "fun family movie\n", "save for a few comic turns\n", "what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom\n", "finely crafted\n", "think it 's a tougher picture than it is\n", "mother and daughter\n", "loses himself to the film 's circular structure\n", "the silence of the lambs\n", "it 's not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video\n", ", i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb- .\n", "a wacky , screwball comedy\n", "twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .\n", "the film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut .\n", "mid-range\n", "while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare 's macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .\n", "with increasingly amused irony\n", "eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life\n", "this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "the 1980s\n", "'d think by now\n", "effective enough\n", "ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .\n", "elbowed aside\n", "afflicts so many movies about writers\n", "hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women .\n", "directs , ideally\n", "as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air\n", "a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels\n", ", it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him\n", "so many complicated facial expressions\n", "will be well worth your time .\n", "they were inevitably consigned\n", "memory , resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "written a more credible script , though\n", "fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera\n", "jaunt\n", "the ending does n't work ... but most of the movie works so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong .\n", "-lrb- swimfan -rrb-\n", "tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian\n", "the actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly ,\n", "that trademark grin\n", "that would make them redeemable\n", "much more watchable\n", "dictums\n", "the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama ,\n", "one family\n", "about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives\n", "squeeze out\n", "its own importance\n", "should be tried as a war criminal\n", "overexposed\n", "say for plenty of movies\n", "breathtaking landscapes\n", "that moral favorite\n", "lacking in chills\n", "top-notch action powers this romantic drama\n", "it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "cliched dialogue\n", "his performance\n", "with passion and attitude\n", "throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh .\n", "bonus\n", "to 1994 's surprise family\n", "skirmishes\n", "who re-invents himself\n", "bears bears\n", "about campus depravity\n", "the film 's sopranos gags\n", "the mood for an intelligent weepy\n", "nuclear\n", "of a globetrotters-generals game\n", "to overtake the comedy\n", "narrative arc\n", "cardboard\n", "it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .\n", "be liberating\n", "limp biscuit\n", "director abel ferrara\n", "beautifully sung\n", "wholesome fantasy\n", "ethnic sleeper\n", "norrington-directed\n", "is more puzzling than unsettling\n", "large-format film\n", "it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment\n", "many a parent and their teen -lrb- or preteen -rrb- kid\n", "an important , original talent in international cinema\n", "a -rrb- soulless\n", "boredom\n", "denis forges out of the theories of class -\n", "alternately melancholic\n", "the suppression of its tucked away\n", "his role as -lrb- jason bourne -rrb-\n", "something to say\n", "wide\n", "of engaging diatribes\n", "is spot\n", "many film\n", "arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or\n", "a feat\n", "cuteness , amy 's career success -lrb- she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb- , and\n", "in really rattling the viewer\n", "a colorful , vibrant introduction\n", "none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and\n", "of exotic creatures\n", "time waster '\n", "makes wilco a big deal\n", "go your emotions\n", "like the killer in insomnia\n", "rises above the level of a telanovela\n", "the sadness and obsession\n", "defend himself\n", "the punch lines that miss\n", "thought , `` hey\n", "without context -- journalistic or historical\n", "fourth\n", "greenlight\n", "fledgling democracies\n", "thought was going to be really awful\n", "onto a different path\n", "-rrb- taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all\n", "who escapes for a holiday in venice\n", "to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms\n", "`` what really happened ? ''\n", "so relentlessly harmless\n", "in its final surprising shots\n", "the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "get back to your car in the parking lot\n", "part romance novel\n", "done in mostly\n", "cannon 's\n", "destined to be measured against anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation .\n", "historically significant ,\n", "the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .\n", "mark wahlberg and thandie newton\n", "chefs\n", "laura cahill\n", "it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is\n", "a good yarn-spinner\n", "-lrb- if tragic -rrb-\n", ", and rousing\n", "has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so\n", "all fairness\n", "the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react\n", "flower-power\n", "strained chelsea walls\n", "depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them .\n", "modern man\n", "that are the trademark of several of his performances\n", "ever seen before , and yet completely familiar\n", "video games\n", "what -- and\n", "of my situation\n", "entirely irresistible\n", "the menu\n", "for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try\n", "evans is -rrb- a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .\n", "to make them\n", "owed\n", "1960s rebellion\n", "ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez\n", "attics\n", "set the cause of woman warriors back decades\n", "mulan ''\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense , but it does mostly hold one 's interest .\n", "a minor treat\n", "the determination of pinochet 's victims to seek justice ,\n", "a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit\n", "me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "finally\n", "to the role\n", "any color or warmth\n", "a rumor of angels does n't just slip\n", "forgets\n", "the familiar , funny surface\n", "the globe\n", "takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre\n", "which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .\n", "spreading\n", "michael jordan\n", "smarter and\n", "compare\n", "horror '' movie\n", "pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators\n", "a very entertaining , thought-provoking film\n", "large dose\n", "in action films\n", "an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition\n", "own breezy , distracted rhythms\n", "circa 1960\n", "may pick up new admirers\n", "philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and\n", "boundary-hopping\n", "anti-virus\n", "tries its best\n", "be shocked to discover that seinfeld 's real life is boring\n", "is one of the biggest disappointments of the year\n", "a visionary marvel\n", "of pluto nash\n", "for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter\n", "killed a president\n", "has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam\n", "back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious\n", "for no apparent reason except\n", "welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion\n", "with a bracingly nasty accuracy\n", "it falls far short of poetry ,\n", "its cutesy reliance\n", ", this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .\n", "story or\n", "trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement\n", "masterpiece theatre '\n", "surprisingly sweet and gentle\n", "that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone\n", "is a nonstop hoot\n", "spite of all that he 's witnessed\n", "taken seriously\n", "brown snake\n", "excellent cast\n", "into something both ugly and mindless\n", "daring and beautifully made\n", "most of the writing in the movie\n", ", bloody sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry .\n", "weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting .\n", "every step\n", "the cast is spot on and\n", "makes it to the boiling point\n", "lavishly , exhilaratingly tasteless .\n", ", generosity and diplomacy\n", "know a star\n", "and inside information\n", "for purposes of bland hollywood romance\n", "payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process\n", "i have no problem with `` difficult '' movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out .\n", "it ca n't escape its past , and\n", "piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art\n", "gives the lie\n", "`` punch-drunk love ''\n", "a spectacular completion one\n", "take the grandkids or the grandparents\n", "the affection\n", "a distinct rarity ,\n", "`` big trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .\n", "in distress\n", "a con artist and\n", "look at a girl in tight pants and big tits\n", "the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment\n", "even the most retiring heart to venture forth\n", "sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning\n", ", emotional , rocky-like\n", "lucy liu never comes together\n", "the biggest problem i have -lrb- other than the very sluggish pace -rrb- is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .\n", "you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller\n", "rambling incoherence\n", "episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight .\n", "those visual in-jokes ,\n", "ali 's\n", "is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many\n", "weighted down with slow ,\n", "the aging sandeman\n", "the spinning styx sting like bees\n", "he a reluctant villain\n", "last 15 minutes\n", "with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "boozy\n", "the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .\n", "national basketball association\n", "of costumes in castles\n", "ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era\n", "a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "as bad\n", "is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk\n", "weirdness\n", "combustible\n", "another entertaining\n", "much while\n", "ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and\n", "as with the shipping news before it\n", "use the word `` new '' in its title\n", "could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "should n't\n", "no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive\n", "pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "some movie star charisma\n", "it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout\n", ", folks , it does n't work .\n", "we have come to love\n", "surprisingly 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just gone that one step further\n", "clueless does south fork\n", "of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "john q\n", "this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian .\n", "thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together .\n", "evoke any sort of naturalism on the set\n", "nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant .\n", "given life when a selection appears in its final form -lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", "the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise\n", "boisterous energy\n", "if you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license\n", "part recipe book\n", "its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas ,\n", "on the whodunit level as its larger themes\n", "there 's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself .\n", "the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .\n", "your imagination\n", "overwrought existentialism\n", "starting point\n", "the top japanese animations of recent vintage\n", "an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire\n", "the remarkable feat\n", "squeeze too many elements\n", "nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .\n", "the film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manages to get a few punches in .\n", "has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .\n", "it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made -lrb- eyre 's -rrb- first film something of a sleeper success .\n", "druggy\n", "discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus\n", "promising work-in-progress\n", "with shimizu\n", "suggests , ` what if\n", "during\n", "generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it 's not without style .\n", "know what it wants to be\n", "the lines work\n", "the shooting\n", "'s nothing exactly wrong\n", "plastered\n", "are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film .\n", "its characters , its stars and its audience\n", "one character\n", "too many scenes\n", "suckers\n", "seldom hammy ,\n", "hallucinatory\n", "to ask about bad company\n", "a boatload\n", "catherine breillat 's fat girl\n", "an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece\n", "family dysfunctional drama\n", "that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony\n", "mother\\/daughter struggle\n", "either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte\n", "a compelling argument\n", ", ' we nod in agreement .\n", "zip\n", "this claustrophobic concept\n", "with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags\n", "root psychology\n", "shyamalan should stop trying to please his mom .\n", "... you 'll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness .\n", "is n't something to be taken seriously\n", "shake\n", "around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's\n", "a must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .\n", "is the deadpan comic face of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep .\n", "set out to lampoon , anyway .\n", "abandoned ,\n", "its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese\n", "the laws\n", "fantasy pablum\n", "from orbit\n", "executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity ,\n", "- greaseballs mob action-comedy .\n", "well intentioned\n", "as a possible argentine american 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initiation rite for the audience , as much as it is for angelique , the -lrb- opening -rrb- dance guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .\n", "achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .\n", "there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .\n", "journalistic or\n", "in its combination of entertainment and evangelical\n", "of more disciplined grade-grubbers\n", "86\n", "get your money back\n", "screaming captain\n", "a simple\n", "recesses\n", "slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .\n", "good spaghetti western\n", "on more than special effects\n", "a pretty good team\n", "astonishingly witless script\n", "this year 's\n", "of a film that are still looking for a common through-line\n", "thrills and a mystery devoid\n", "hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay\n", "delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario\n", "louis\n", "best and most mature\n", "of isolation and frustration\n", "mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .\n", "a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "bouts\n", "visceral sense\n", "in the knowledge imparted\n", "the insinuation of mediocre acting or\n", "contrived plot points\n", "a mesmerizing cinematic poem\n", "boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness ,\n", "could very well clinch him this year 's razzie\n", "that was a long , long time ago .\n", "wheezy\n", "lasting impression\n", "dodger\n", "tables\n", "the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives\n", "on hammy at times\n", "stale material\n", "more palatable\n", "pouty-lipped poof\n", "with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .\n", "to much more than trite observations on the human condition\n", "experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort\n", "corcuera 's\n", "fanboy ` what if\n", "these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .\n", "cgi effects\n", "are breathtaking\n", "his grasp\n", "entertainment value\n", "low rent from frame one .\n", "to the experience of seeing the scorpion king\n", "of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution\n", "at the prospect of the human race splitting in two\n", "obvious reasons\n", "merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew\n", "pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama\n", "roman polanski 's the pianist\n", "although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .\n", "the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "on the animal planet\n", "eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch\n", "doldrums\n", "vibrant whirlwind\n", "like a splendid meal\n", "`` spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .\n", "be ` fully experienced '\n", "organized\n", "threw medical equipment at a window\n", "description\n", "lacking any real emotional impact\n", "'d be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .\n", "feels like very light errol morris\n", "the trifecta\n", "you can with a stuttering script\n", "an epic rather than the real deal\n", "if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite\n", "'s i 'm the one that i want\n", "that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot\n", "does so without compromising that complexity\n", "topical or sexy\n", "those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie\n", "which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating\n", "complex relationship\n", "between its powerful moments\n", "result\n", "sheridan had a wonderful account to work from\n", "a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "unsatisfactorily\n", "nationally\n", "ice\n", "potboiler .\n", "and inconsequential romantic\n", "as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west\n", "a story , an old and scary one\n", "but you 'll be blissfully exhausted\n", "if you do n't flee , you might be seduced .\n", "of trouble\n", "is n't particularly funny\n", "new age\n", "showboating\n", "day and age\n", "ultimately so\n", "$ 9\n", "might be with a large dose of painkillers\n", "rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \\*\\*\\* in embarrassment .\n", "city -rrb-\n", "some intriguing questions\n", "complex and quirky , but\n", "through all too painfully\n", "overall experience\n", "paramount imprint\n", "taking it all as very important\n", "retro uplifter .\n", "like punch-drunk love\n", "with three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations\n", "eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "'s a hellish ,\n", "too much exploitation and\n", "is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ?\n", "would seem to have any right to be\n", "the welt\n", "the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles .\n", "is hell\n", "allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "aware of\n", "as weird\n", "noyce 's greatest mistake\n", "kenneth branagh\n", "let 's\n", "creative animation work\n", "ever made .\n", "paced parable of renewal\n", ", my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures .\n", "an essentially awkward version\n", "given this movie\n", "was pretty bad\n", "dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "'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\n", "should scare any sane person away .\n", "political correctness\n", "a good deal funnier\n", "is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .\n", "the sorriest and\n", "50 other filmmakers\n", "what 's really sad\n", "percussion rhythm\n", "the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society\n", "bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness\n", "a dash\n", "opposed to the extent of their outrageousness\n", "the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy 's thanksgiving day parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away .\n", "mommy\n", "up out\n", "run the gamut\n", "previously\n", "it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate\n", "cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you\n", "it may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but\n", "merci\n", "france 's\n", "part\n", ", the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off\n", "a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller\n", "manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief\n", "herzog 's\n", "dive\n", "enervating\n", "accentuating , rather than muting\n", "reggio and glass put on an intoxicating show .\n", "girlfriends\n", "the service\n", "for a lifetime\n", "ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either\n", "from director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan -lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb-\n", "the hours , a delicately crafted film\n", "constant smiles and frequent laughter\n", "while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen\n", "its elegantly colorful look and\n", "rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr. , but\n", "there are no movies of nijinsky , so\n", "that frenetic spectacle\n", "a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls .\n", "the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing\n", "memorable cinematic experience\n", "have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary\n", "if by cattle prod\n", "david cross\n", "a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times\n", "paid for it\n", "randolph\n", "manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum\n", "is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material\n", "the movie 's captivating details\n", "that he so stringently takes to task\n", "been as a film\n", "guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and\n", "overwhelming creepiness\n", "robust and scary entertainment\n", "the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop\n", "dullest kiddie flicks\n", "during sunset\n", "bogus\n", "better in the conception than it does in the execution\n", "this little-known story\n", "against anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation\n", "is the piece works brilliantly\n", "beyond-lame\n", "star wattage\n", "eats , meddles ,\n", "call this film\n", "cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly\n", "dealing with dreams , visions\n", ", you 'll want things to work out\n", "a government \\/ marine\\/legal mystery\n", "jackson and bledel -rrb-\n", "about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring\n", "of the painstaking\n", "as verbally pretentious as the title may be\n", "a kiss\n", "fondness and\n", "turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "in the history of our country\n", "is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever ,\n", "sometimes wry adaptation\n", "bring new energy\n", "has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .\n", "the surface\n", "by going for that pg-13 rating\n", "its most\n", "an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters\n", "badly cobbled\n", "have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing\n", "it 's anti-catholic\n", "the skulls ''\n", "depicted events\n", "the preaching message\n", "surrounding her\n", "no charm\n", "of fun or energy\n", "of watching o fantasma\n", "'s not too bad\n", "the unusual power\n", "is never quite able\n", "be occupied for 72 minutes\n", "confused in death\n", "there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and\n", ", imaginative kid 's movie\n", "presses\n", "is lohman 's film .\n", "that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb-\n", "from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb-\n", "becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring\n", "deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals\n", "was intended to be a different kind of film\n", "reputedly\n", "saturday night live\n", "headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film\n", "to look it up\n", "like its hero\n", "to be grandiloquent\n", "in danger of going wrong\n", "action-oriented world\n", "makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .\n", "the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile . .\n", "photographer 's\n", "of the children\n", "a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "the kind of movie you see because the theater\n", "being more valuable\n", "so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .\n", "searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful\n", "are `\n", "on the way we were , and the way we are\n", "fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious\n", "a thoroughly awful movie --\n", "that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "this is not a movie about an inhuman monster\n", "easy to swallow , but\n", "by sheer force of charm\n", "did n't smile\n", "four weddings and\n", "far superior\n", "could just\n", "emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .\n", "enjoy yourselves\n", "the metaphors\n", "surprisingly gentle\n", "toy story 2\n", "from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "of a cesspool\n", "the diplomat 's tweaked version\n", "performers\n", "good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again\n", "a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` in space , no one can hear you snore . '\n", "this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang 's forte and it shows\n", "than its fair share of saucy\n", "rethink their attitudes\n", "far enough\n", "'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence\n", "feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "the condition of art\n", "so often a film\n", "of your eyes\n", "grant\n", "feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .\n", "of lasting images all its own\n", "made its way\n", "at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar\n", "a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick\n", "is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema\n", "political prisoners , poverty and\n", "adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel\n", "red dragon\n", "is for you\n", "plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "precious new star wars movie\n", "about murder by numbers\n", "all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore\n", "the final third of the film\n", "touch you\n", "that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us\n", "real documentary\n", "as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at\n", "will do for a set\n", "the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware ,\n", "to unexpected heights\n", "so freely\n", ", the film makes it seem ,\n", "bolado credit for good intentions\n", "born to make\n", "sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast\n", "a somber film\n", "satisfying well-made\n", "it hates its characters .\n", "web\n", "a story already overladen with plot conceits\n", "it 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .\n", "raised to a new , self-deprecating level\n", "in ` warm water under a red bridge\n", "hugely enjoyable in its own right though\n", "is repellantly out of control .\n", "star trek ii\n", "ca n't wait to see what the director does next\n", "found it weirdly appealing\n", "a very mild rental\n", "while the mystery unravels\n", "can get past the taboo subject matter\n", "amateurishly\n", "exploits -lrb- headbanger -rrb-\n", "pushiness and decibel\n", "the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for\n", "the right parts\n", "shallow and immature character\n", "be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness\n", "no affect\n", "american musical comedy\n", "such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that\n", "a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .\n", "cast , but\n", "the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes\n", "where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .\n", "spreading a puritanical brand of christianity\n", ", well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie\n", "clear-eyed\n", "its lighting\n", "scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "cast in action films when none of them are ever any good\n", "makes this movie worth seeing\n", "an extended publicity department\n", "kills every sense of believability\n", "it still feels like a prison stretch .\n", "an exceptionally good idea\n", "the best irish sense\n", ", respect and affection\n", "all the classic dramas it borrows from\n", "as their natural instinct for self-preservation\n", "collection\n", "the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\\/dvd category , and this\n", "immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude\n", "taken from a distance\n", "i simply ca n't recommend it enough .\n", "that you and they were in another movie\n", "grieving process\n", "the master of disguise is funny\n", "realize there 's no place for this story to go but down\n", "that wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue\n", "of a script\n", "most fish stories are a little peculiar ,\n", "if you already like this sort of thing\n", "a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", ", director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .\n", "even if it is generally amusing from time to time\n", "as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people\n", "at last count , numbered 52 different versions\n", "whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .\n", "that makes his films so memorable\n", "standing by yourself\n", "solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke\n", "pseudo-rock-video opening\n", "the best silly horror movies\n", "tremendous , offbeat sense\n", "does sound promising in theory\n", "this is one that should be thrown back in the river\n", "our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile\n", "a solid movie\n", "for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste\n", "not without merit\n", "whether jason x is this bad on purpose\n", "on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire\n", "there 's no real reason to see it\n", "photo 's\n", "the most poorly staged and lit action\n", "that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book\n", "so that the human story is pushed to one side\n", "re-assess the basis for our lives\n", "massoud 's\n", "remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "can render it anything but laughable .\n", "this blood-soaked tragedy\n", "tobey maguire\n", "comic impersonation\n", "of the ties\n", "conceptual feat\n", "spike\n", "considerable wit\n", "alluring backdrop\n", "upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film\n", "hardly memorable\n", "'ve never heard of chaplin\n", "whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes\n", "or post-production stages\n", "tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film\n", "wicked\n", "one not-so-small problem\n", "the new film is a lame kiddie flick\n", "works well enough\n", "his character 's\n", "action and jokes\n", "all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence .\n", "it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time\n", ", juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two\n", "of the recent hollywood trip tripe\n", "cellophane-pop remake\n", "the spare , unchecked heartache\n", "that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless\n", "all-time low\n", "guardian\n", "david hare\n", "i 'm not , and\n", "laurence coriat\n", "dialogue and biopic\n", "is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight\n", "turn away from one another instead of talking\n", "'s documenting\n", "a believer\n", "the four feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox .\n", "the heroes\n", "this film might be\n", "the plot is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults .\n", "last orders\n", "the mpaa\n", "economical in one false move\n", "such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball .\n", "the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd\n", "in this marvelous film\n", "is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance .\n", "-lrb- stephen -rrb-\n", "surreal , and resonant\n", ", ultimately ,\n", "the women 's stories\n", "self-hating , self-destructive ways\n", "that is slow to those of us in middle age\n", "-lrb- and frustrating -rrb-\n", "pretty weary\n", "you feel like a chump\n", "nakata 's\n", "clooney 's -rrb- debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined\n", "echoes\n", "alternative housing options\n", "noon\n", "these ambitions , laudable in themselves ,\n", "some real shocks\n", "admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form .\n", "every visual joke is milked\n", "he runs around and acts like a doofus\n", "the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding\n", "the bard as black comedy -- willie would have loved it .\n", "adds\n", "if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor\n", "making this character understandable , in getting under her skin ,\n", "this sappy script\n", "one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme\n", "the film 's reach exceeds its grasp\n", "has a spirit that can not be denied\n", "watch bettany strut his stuff .\n", "farewell-to-innocence movies\n", "is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller\n", "peralta captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience .\n", "so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "retail clerk\n", "in a movie this bad\n", "ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .\n", "is n't complex enough to hold our interest .\n", "too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .\n", "oleander 's\n", "every painful nuance\n", "'s insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .\n", "please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject\n", "routines\n", "feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .\n", "will the actors\n", "good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it\n", "hodgepodge\n", "for a lugubrious romance\n", "a scorcher\n", "of watching this 65-minute trifle\n", "full 90 minutes\n", "scarcely worth a mention\n", "since the bad news bears\n", "more powerful\n", "a respectable venture on its own terms\n", "pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "as a curiosity\n", "to abandon the theater\n", "stock plot\n", "managed\n", "an endorsement of the very things\n", "has given us before\n", "laugh as well\n", "-lrb- from elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb-\n", "sumptuous ocean visuals and\n", "the ensemble cast\n", "artificial creation\n", "the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes\n", "embodies the transformation of his character completely\n", "'s far from being this generation 's animal house .\n", "nevertheless , it still seems endless .\n", "the need for the bad boy\n", "every one of abagnale 's antics\n", ", there 's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .\n", "demons\n", "plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas\n", "ca n't rescue adrian lyne 's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing\n", "spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : ``\n", "sharp script\n", "kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie .\n", "cop flick cliches\n", "its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "made of\n", "got something\n", "a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book\n", "to go but down\n", "of sex , duty and love\n", "lil '\n", "as any noir villain\n", "unsurprising\n", "shifting points\n", "was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man\n", "with slow pacing\n", "dumb , narratively chaotic ,\n", "about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "hogwash\n", "of real magic , perhaps\n", "sweetly sexy , funny and touching .\n", "a gamble\n", "monotonous\n", "playing to the big boys in new york and l.a. to that end\n", "that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release\n", "before he took to drink\n", "the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and\n", "brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing\n", "gone\n", "wash\n", "of a well-made pizza\n", "network\n", "so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon .\n", "this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .\n", "repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences\n", "cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials\n", "about mary\n", "-lrb- lin chung 's -rrb- voice is rather unexceptional\n", "meant to reduce blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia\n", "ontiveros\n", "most practiced\n", "slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "'s the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic\n", "tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , 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interesting\n", "is disposable .\n", "the `` wild ride ''\n", "is amused by its special effects\n", "a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .\n", "more willing to see with their own eyes\n", "reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition .\n", "an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice\n", "marry science fiction\n", "jugglers\n", "works beautifully\n", "hippie-turned-yuppie\n", "is so warm and fuzzy\n", "recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time\n", "like they used to anymore\n", "a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style\n", "grenoble\n", "not-so-bright mother and daughter\n", "to learn ,\n", "a dentist drill\n", "perfectly respectable\n", "seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk .\n", "a brilliant , honest 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gel\n", "slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth .\n", "win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "reminding us\n", "principle\n", "north\n", "boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory\n", "and owen wilson\n", "sulking , moody male hustler\n", "psychologically revealing\n", "scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances\n", "his camera\n", "film that suffers because of its many excesses\n", "an extra-dry office comedy\n", "so intimate and sensual and funny and\n", "except as a harsh conceptual exercise\n", "more or\n", "to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story\n", "in a while , a movie\n", "underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "the milieu is wholly unconvincing ...\n", "it 's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller .\n", "the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster\n", "between place and personal identity\n", "gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel\n", "a jumbled fantasy comedy\n", "endearing cast\n", "previous collaboration , miss congeniality\n", "she 's gonna\n", "his disparate manhattan denizens\n", "to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense\n", "this refreshing visit\n", "george ratliff 's documentary , hell house\n", "from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "intimidated by both her subject matter\n", "inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity\n", "kenneth\n", "wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching\n", ", kapur modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare .\n", "when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ?\n", "whose passion\n", "offers copious hints along 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\n", "time and distance\n", "ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr. de niro .\n", "who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "ever seen on screen\n", "praise of love\n", ", this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits .\n", "as a cult film\n", "a listless climb down the social ladder\n", "as bland\n", "the price of popularity\n", "making kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often\n", "acted but by no means scary horror movie\n", "does little here but point at things that explode into flame\n", "does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .\n", "bart\n", "looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .\n", "communal\n", "just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but\n", "the closing scenes\n", "mr. deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly --\n", "not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective .\n", "as nesbitt 's cooper\n", "a seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by georgian-israeli director dover kosashvili .\n", "what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie .\n", "in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end\n", "to justify its two-hour running time\n", "made me unintentionally famous --\n", "popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb-\n", "of a child\n", "scan of evans ' career\n", "can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro\n", "first sight and ,\n", "slow , silly and unintentionally hilarious\n", "faced and\n", "obvious political insights\n", "rigged and\n", "have been inspired by blair witch\n", "spain 's greatest star wattage\n", "the movie milk\n", "mayhem and stupidity\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and\n", "well-written as sexy beast\n", "norwegian\n", "that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters\n", "super-wealthy megalomaniac bent\n", "is painfully bad ,\n", "-lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be ,\n", "as anything much more\n", "that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "boring\n", "when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life\n", "probably should\n", "dull spots\n", "'s in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting .\n", "buried ,\n", "taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories\n", "you can wait till then\n", "starts to become good\n", "bo derek made the ridiculous bolero\n", "peppering this urban study\n", "the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst\n", "far smoother ride\n", "then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .\n", "to straddle the line between another classic for the company\n", "or `` suck ''\n", "from a completist 's checklist\n", "high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky\n", "people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "to describe how bad it is\n", "melville 's\n", "`` sade ''\n", "a crowd-pleaser , but then , so\n", "is simply tired\n", "in the auditorium\n", "gems\n", "is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke\n", "the act\n", "art film\n", "james eric , james horton\n", "style and flash\n", "that lifts your spirits\n", "realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and\n", "war-torn land\n", "the picture 's moral schizophrenia\n", "confuses its message with an ultimate desire\n", "as it turns out ,\n", "scenery , vibe and all\n", "the 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 . ''\n", "muy loco\n", "renders its tension\n", "an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation\n", "immensely enjoyable\n", "in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal\n", "probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ;\n", "that deals with first love sweetly\n", "should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave 's career\n", "'s flawed but staggering once upon a time in america\n", "watch these two\n", "payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process , but\n", "is as thought-provoking\n", "deal .\n", "were it not for de niro 's participation ,\n", "is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit .\n", "to save their children\n", "of a foundering performance\n", "get wherever it 's going\n", "michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again\n", "as wonder bread dipped in milk\n", "respectable\n", "to build any interest\n", "it 's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon .\n", "impish divertissement\n", "they fall to pieces\n", "parking lots\n", "dramatic punch\n", "is great\n", ", the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .\n", "if minor ,\n", "titus\n", "tired of going where no man has gone before\n", "overworked\n", "the tooth and claw\n", "mean that as a compliment\n", "pseudo-educational\n", "seldom\n", "to massoud\n", "the movies of the 1960s\n", "old world war\n", "it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie\n", "that breaks your heart\n", "like a skillful fisher\n", "in the community\n", "exit\n", "bad seeds\n", "raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .\n", "foremost\n", "reality-snubbing\n", "may ,\n", "with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children\n", "a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' :\n", "america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude\n", "a few scares\n", "for young women\n", "death and spies\n", "from the theater\n", "used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds\n", "songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .\n", "the film 's -rrb- taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all\n", "the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course ,\n", "damn funny\n", "an 88-minute rip-off\n", "in many ways , reminiscent of 1992 's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .\n", "an immensely appealing couple\n", "'s no good answer to that one .\n", "payne has created a beautiful canvas ,\n", "is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer .\n", "time-switching myopic mystery\n", "it 's a comedy\n", "escaped the holocaust\n", "brutality\n", "my advice ,\n", "the lifetime network\n", "without being the peak of all things insipid\n", "low-rent -- and even lower-wit\n", "seem smug and cartoonish\n", "based on true events ,\n", "it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited\n", "girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy .\n", "look like a masterpiece\n", "twirling his hair\n", "he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited\n", "find yourself praying for a quick resolution\n", "plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and\n", "lost its edge\n", "teen-pop\n", "freshman\n", "only the odd enjoyably chewy lump\n", "whooshing you from one visual marvel\n", "the movie is silly beyond comprehension\n", "denuded urban living\n", "many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience\n", "artsy fantasy sequences --\n", "maintains a cool distance\n", "has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break\n", "the news\n", "the truth of the world\n", "another major league\n", "a change in expression\n", "dreary piece\n", "bv 's\n", "i ever saw that was written down\n", "parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '\n", "believable tension\n", "superficiale\n", "excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries .\n", "draw people together\n", "the plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story .\n", "false scares\n", "lock stock and\n", "sly , sophisticated and surprising\n", "rates\n", "recent digital glitz\n", "found writer-director\n", "that do n't care about being stupid\n", "if it had a sense of humor\n", "shankman ... and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .\n", "the album 's\n", "get the idea , though\n", "degrading\n", "it 's so lackluster\n", "beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .\n", "dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "like a discarded house beautiful spread\n", "of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall\n", "soar\n", "is way , way off\n", "imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers\n", ", as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack\n", "is given a full workout\n", "this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c. walsh ,\n", "lee is a sentimentalist\n", "of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with\n", "charming than listening to a four-year-old\n", "it is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .\n", "the bitter end\n", "is a nicely handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light -lrb- yet unsentimental -rrb- touch\n", "is marveilleux\n", "good woman\n", "bump in the night and nobody cares\n", "noise\n", "all the pieces fall together without much surprise ,\n", "portrays himself in a one-note performance\n", "went over\n", "search of all the emotions and life experiences\n", "captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago\n", "me feel unclean\n", "establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape :\n", "celebrityhood\n", "move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel .\n", "than their funny accents\n", "a genuine love story\n", "the songs translate well to film\n", "is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city .\n", "resident evil is not it\n", "is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer\n", "long time\n", "if you like blood\n", "a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth\n", "vibrant charm\n", "banking\n", "the biggest problem with this movie is that it 's not nearly long enough .\n", "subjective\n", "we went 8 movies ago\n", "our country\n", "have is\n", "here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad\n", "more than people\n", "the avant garde director\n", "stick with it\n", "the unsettled tenor\n", "hippie-turned-yuppie plot\n", "i 'll bet most parents had thought\n", "fluid and mesmerizing\n", "most unlikely\n", "holds the film together .\n", "of 1 to 10\n", "by cliches , painful improbability and murky points\n", "is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan\n", "an emerging indian american cinema\n", "love with myth\n", "schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness .\n", "convincing intelligence\n", "you wo n't care\n", "a punch line\n", "the world 's endangered reefs\n", "of the worst films of the summer\n", "the tuxedo 's\n", "implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses ,\n", "hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own\n", "a misdemeanor\n", "the weight\n", "hands-on\n", "the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue ,\n", "new relevance , new reality\n", "with real thematic heft\n", "as funny or entertaining\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- soulless ,\n", "a refreshing change\n", "i can think of\n", "a distinguished film legacy\n", "a visceral , nasty journey\n", "for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "the acting , for the most part\n", "an entirely irony-free zone and\n", "than the character 's lines would suggest\n", "the cause of woman warriors\n", "has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .\n", "mojo\n", "kwan 's unique directing style\n", "a hammer\n", "blue crush is as predictable as the tides .\n", "stripped-down dramatic constructs\n", "bar\n", "the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it .\n", "in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk\n", "sure mainstream audiences will be baffled\n", "drops the ball\n", "new reality\n", "if you 're not\n", "the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality\n", "turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst\n", "is way too\n", "return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb- , but the excitement is missing\n", "matinee price\n", "taymor\n", "but undernourished and plodding\n", "depending upon where you live\n", "mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts .\n", "an astonishingly condescending attitude\n", "tradition-bound\n", "denlopp\n", "the vistas are sweeping and\n", "link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "faint\n", "winning portrayal\n", ", starving and untalented\n", "no interesting concept can escape\n", "shots\n", "been crisper and punchier\n", "a domestic melodrama\n", "genuine and\n", "made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "partner and sister\n", "becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle ,\n", "hot topics\n", "look at or\n", "'s hardly over\n", "feral intensity\n", "'re over 25 ,\n", "somehow\n", "stevenson 's\n", "would-be public servants\n", "young ballesta\n", "has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers .\n", "exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "highs and\n", "just a bunch of good actors\n", "shopping mall theaters across the country\n", "sounds promising\n", "as pure composition and form --\n", "the film works\n", "is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen\n", ", most importantly ,\n", "is as adult\n", "seem to get anywhere near the story 's center\n", "to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick\n", "it 's tough to watch ,\n", "script\n", "every minute\n", "of the chase sequence\n", "eight legged freaks is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer .\n", "the film operates nicely off the element of surprise\n", "a feel\n", "rewritten\n", "presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice .\n", "nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer\\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but\n", "unremarkable\n", "'s only in fairy tales\n", "allegiance to chekhov\n", "a sour taste in one 's mouth , and\n", "bizarre heroine\n", "a particularly nightmarish fairytale\n", "gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -rrb-\n", "mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth\n", "either side\n", "is a little tired\n", "like you were n't invited to the party\n", "collective\n", "universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication\n", "future wife\n", "a tart little lemon drop of a movie\n", "what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity\n", "brings awareness to an issue often overlooked\n", "sommers\n", "his character construct\n", "the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream\n", "ram\n", "a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television\n", "fall\n", "the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized ,\n", "contemplates\n", "-lrb- or threatened\n", "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\n", "speculation , conspiracy theories\n", "of the punk\n", "of being placed on any list of favorites\n", "rambling and\n", "new inspiration\n", "build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and\n", "ravishing\n", "to movie audiences both innocent and jaded\n", "the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .\n", "self-conscious but often hilarious\n", "two crimes\n", "the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .\n", "its way\n", "wo n't drop your jaw\n", "portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .\n", "the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest\n", "set against a few dynamic decades\n", "miss it altogether ,\n", "doe-eyed\n", "felt like an answer\n", "overall tomfoolery\n", ", hard-driving narcissism is a given\n", "'re ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character\n", "a lioness\n", "again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .\n", "complicated emotions\n", "france 's foremost cinematic poet\n", "need of a scented bath\n", "owe nicolas cage an apology\n", "bloody and mean\n", "catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them\n", "has all the outward elements of the original\n", "remember the lessons of the trickster spider\n", "shoot it\n", "fathers and sons ,\n", "has some of the best special effects\n", "one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another\n", "one makes\n", "imagination and\n", "to push them\n", "expresses\n", "attempt to complicate the story\n", "sitting through this one again\n", "even its target audience talked all the way through it\n", "freak-out\n", "could have looked into my future and\n", "offers the none-too-original premise\n", "semimusical\n", "the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau\n", "delivered with a hammer\n", "allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances\n", ", roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .\n", "force himself\n", "why , after only three films , director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers\n", "except : film overboard\n", "delivers more goodies\n", "creepy crawlies\n", "are clinically depressed\n", "the west bank , joseph cedar 's time\n", "a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . '\n", "wore out\n", "can depress you about life itself\n", "the tormented persona\n", "an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion\n", "duel\n", "even the slc high command\n", "let\n", "about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship\n", "love story ,\n", "throws in too many conflicts\n", "more measured or polished production\n", "volume\n", "that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear\n", "does n't just slip\n", ", they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .\n", "the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb-\n", "who 's been all but decommissioned\n", "goes right\n", "to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr. freud .\n", "koury\n", "much of anything\n", "visually striking and viscerally repellent\n", "its first sign\n", "he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them\n", "on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less\n", "so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action .\n", "'re merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .\n", "with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil\n", "wildly unsentimental but\n", "was a long , long time ago\n", "like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .\n", "ruins\n", "all three women\n", "left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else\n", "largely bogus story\n", "a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling .\n", "they will have a showdown , but ,\n", "eats ,\n", "the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure .\n", "still cuts all the way down to broken bone .\n", ", michael moore 's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society ? '\n", "the delicate tightrope\n", "it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .\n", "an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study\n", "to the existence of this film\n", "gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging\n", "represented in a hollywood film\n", "it 's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments\n", "sell it to the highest bidder\n", "predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics\n", "if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out\n", "underdeveloped effort\n", "complex enough\n", "cinematic misdemeanor\n", "so laddish and juvenile\n", "a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart\n", "bad filmmaking\n", "the tuxedo was n't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad ' .\n", ", amusing and unpredictable\n", "an undeniable energy\n", "of road trip\n", "playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery\n", "aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice\n", "overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors\n", "as the mediterranean sparkles\n", "even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \\*\\*\\* off for an hour-and-a-half\n", ", somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .\n", "spend more time\n", "ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and\n", "like one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- music videos in content --\n", "the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage\n", "david spade\n", "comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly\n", "costly\n", "the key grip\n", "as hilarious\n", "enlightening\n", "is a real filmmaker\n", "of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus\n", "quiet , adult\n", "robinson 's\n", "might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .\n", "a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "will leave you wanting to abandon the theater\n", "it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing\n", "the only thing that i ever saw that was written down\n", "'s a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters\n", "yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction\n", "has that other imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .\n", "one of the best , most understated performances of -lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb- career .\n", "'s unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance\n", "that simply feel wrong\n", "revitalize\n", "a quaint , romanticized rendering\n", "a frame\n", ", he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .\n", "political intrigue\n", "imagery or\n", "the producers\n", "through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill\n", ", showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .\n", "this strenuously unconventional movie\n", "a classroom play\n", "30 minutes\n", "the culmination of everyone 's efforts is given life when a selection appears in its final form -lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb- .\n", "unusual but pleasantly haunting debut\n", "realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out\n", "to death\n", "a shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .\n", "wong 's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting .\n", "that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .\n", "crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment\n", "hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "maybe thomas wolfe was right\n", "it has the right approach and the right opening premise ,\n", "a slick , engrossing melodrama .\n", "modestly surprising\n", "a real film of nijinsky\n", "the other actors in the movie are\n", "once\n", "certain robustness\n", "a legend\n", "like it has its share of high points\n", "by director\n", "jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette\n", "alternates\n", "good line\n", "spies\n", "a director could make in filming opera\n", "horrified awe\n", "an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ...\n", "thirteen-year-old\n", "some blondes , -lrb- diggs -rrb- should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .\n", "criminal conspiracies and\n", "oozes condescension from every pore .\n", "would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic\n", "has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure ,\n", "on video\n", "rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year .\n", "a strong dramatic and emotional pull\n", "from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified\n", "movie-movie\n", "choosing\n", "has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .\n", "blazingly alive and admirable on many levels\n", "'s a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times\n", "eating ,\n", "the potency\n", "takes place during spring break\n", "acting , but ultimately\n", "in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "being this generation 's animal house\n", "i doubt it\n", "enough to the story to fill two hours\n", "of the family vacation\n", "'s a pretty woman\n", "ruh-roh\n", "sam 's -rrb-\n", "a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career\n", "captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience .\n", "brooding but quietly\n", "good-looking but relentlessly\n", "i want a real movie\n", "to be exact\n", "stark portrait\n", "to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop\n", "travails\n", "this beautifully drawn movie\n", "matter .\n", "a strong message about never giving up on a loved one\n", "fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget\n", "confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and\n", "seeking a definitive account of eisenstein 's life\n", "significantly better\n", "some tense arguing\n", "even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .\n", "greed and\n", "big box\n", "name\n", "michael j. wilson\n", "break your heart\n", "from which\n", "have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy\n", "named minnie\n", "onto\n", "several times here and\n", "look at ,\n", "there 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent\n", "the actress\n", "are ` edgy\n", "recipe ,\n", "was a dark and stormy night ...\n", "us\n", "about zelda 's ultimate fate\n", "by this gentle comedy\n", "veered\n", "big-screen\n", "made to our shared history\n", "malle\n", "it ultimately satisfies with its moving story\n", "delivering\n", "while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own .\n", "of things that go boom\n", "is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director\n", "into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kind\n", "dopey old\n", "the song\n", "butterfingered\n", "the punch lines\n", "elbows\n", ", who cares ?\n", "perfectly rendered period piece\n", "copies\n", "current americanized adaptation\n", "gary fleder\n", "lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor\n", "one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects\n", "working poor\n", "bully\n", "of the most inventive\n", "the cruelties\n", "the rest is just an overexposed waste of film\n", "nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride\n", "her defiance of the saccharine\n", "psychologically savvy .\n", "make the transition\n", "yale grad\n", "your lover\n", ", thoughtful , unapologetically raw\n", "it 's as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .\n", "stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor\n", "a likable story , told with competence\n", "leaves a lot to be desired\n", "did n't talk down to them\n", "retreat\n", "the piece works\n", "this flick\n", "that even its target audience talked all the way through it .\n", "twice as long\n", "standard hollywood bio-pic\n", "watching this film , what we feel\n", "while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod\n", "august upon us\n", "this deeply touching melodrama\n", "morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed -\n", ", and better\n", "'' pg-13 rating\n", "schneidermeister ...\n", "the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that\n", "reality shows for god 's sake\n", "the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender\n", "the truth about charlie\n", "the miss hawaiian tropic pageant\n", "commands attention .\n", "zippy jazzy score\n", "as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies\n", "give shapiro , goldman\n", "charming , sometimes infuriating\n", "tireless\n", "young women\n", "this goes after one truth -lrb- the ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers -rrb- and stumbles upon others even more compelling .\n", "accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself\n", "hear how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line\n", "to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good\n", "the one most of us inhabit\n", "percentages\n", "at an hour and twenty-some minutes\n", "hollywood vs.\n", "to fade from memory\n", "'s shrugging acceptance to each new horror .\n", "pays off ,\n", "core\n", "claude\n", "much of the writing\n", "some motion pictures portray ultimate passion ; others create ultimate thrills .\n", "is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .\n", "-lrb- hell is -rrb- looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through .\n", "it is handled with intelligence and care\n", "overblown enterprise\n", "your identity\n", "happily glib\n", "in 1938\n", "markers\n", "'s a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .\n", "pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism .\n", "crippled by poor casting\n", "romantic comedy genre\n", "kubrick-meets-spielberg\n", "james horton\n", "the skies\n", "these are textbook lives of quiet desperation .\n", "leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller\n", "murphy and wilson\n", "new angle\n", "the blemishes of youth\n", "300 hundred years\n", "a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor\n", "respect for its flawed , crazy people\n", "` the time\n", "in a big corner office in hell\n", "of her life with the imagery in her paintings\n", "brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results .\n", "makes it a failure as straight drama\n", "intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", ", the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .\n", "'s worth the concentration .\n", "remarks\n", "it 's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies .\n", "welt\n", "walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked\n", "flag-waving\n", "by antwone fisher\n", "coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film\n", "this little $ 1.8 million charmer\n", "english title\n", "disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "your taste for jonah\n", "another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one\n", "come to think of it ,\n", "unpleasant\n", "a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb-\n", "ensemble piece\n", "metro -rrb-\n", "slow , silly and unintentionally hilarious .\n", "a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say\n", "to tell a story for more than four minutes\n", "two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .\n", "its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them\n", "in familiarity\n", "as original\n", "in xxx\n", "begging for attention\n", "actory\n", "the byplay and bickering\n", "both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .\n", "despite the fact that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be , it 's still not a good movie\n", "with a christmas carol\n", "of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself\n", "manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "pathetically compare notes about their budding amours\n", "by vincent r. nebrida\n", "sappy dialogue\n", "much funnier film\n", "deceptively simple ,\n", "movements\n", "effects and\n", "for instance\n", "one of the best of a growing strain of daring films\n", "has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience\n", "delightful cast\n", "to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum\n", "lives down to its title .\n", "hoofing and crooning\n", "proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations\n", "show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .\n", ", love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer .\n", "a fun adventure movie for kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb- that like adventure\n", "often surprising twists and\n", "transcript\n", "the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse\n", "there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .\n", "sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films\n", "authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment .\n", "sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards\n", "macbeth\n", "fairly straightforward\n", "surprisingly decent\n", "easy film\n", "equally beautiful , self-satisfied\n", "a nice cool glass\n", "lacks the inspiration of the original and\n", "get for a buck or so\n", "no working girl\n", "facts\n", "the restraint to fully realize them\n", "ours in a world of meaningless activity\n", "re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks\n", "real antwone fisher\n", "where the upbeat ending feels like a copout\n", "wear\n", "funny , though .\n", "i 'm happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes .\n", "of eudora welty\n", "director doug liman and\n", "to be ethereal\n", "who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch\n", "one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time\n", "wretched\n", "mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .\n", "ensemble movies\n", "with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering\n", "is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst .\n", "it 's hilarious\n", "bad mixture\n", "secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way\n", "my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting\n", "broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil\n", "spout hilarious dialogue\n", "good surprise ending\n", "little propaganda film\n", "illuminating\n", "ploddingly melodramatic structure\n", "the plot makes no sense\n", "orlean 's themes\n", "images and effects\n", "is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler\n", "gangs ''\n", "piercing and\n", "there 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on three or four more endings .\n", "as possible\n", "fascinating\n", "as schmidt\n", "paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel\n", "it 's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .\n", "become distant memories\n", "the likes\n", "scooping\n", "are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .\n", "or turntablism\n", "an extended dialogue exercise\n", ", we miss you .\n", "sub-formulaic\n", "you can count on me\n", "allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie\n", "elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe\n", "'ll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "an amicable endeavor\n", "giddy viewing\n", "that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "very talented\n", "searches for their place in the world\n", "in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs\n", "titillating\n", "steven soderbergh 's traffic\n", "manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .\n", "ca n't properly\n", "are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .\n", "even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it does n't make for completely empty entertainment\n", "the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .\n", "moments of inspired humour\n", "all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place\n", "pink jammies\n", "passion or politics\n", "the devastation of this disease\n", "to ride bikes\n", "can go through\n", "this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war\n", "all of this\n", "built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids .\n", "feel pissed off\n", "about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks\n", "lang 's metropolis , welles ' kane , and eisenstein 's potemkin\n", "find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted\n", "serves up with style and empathy\n", "self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue\n", "this overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .\n", "is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book\n", "there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... -lrb- b -rrb- ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .\n", "chekhov 's\n", "2 ''\n", "exhibit\n", "people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "deliciously exploitative\n", "be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material\n", "ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably\n", "manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .\n", "arnold vehicle\n", "a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one\n", "it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless\n", "ford and\n", "while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift\n", "crush\n", "j.k. rowling 's marvelous series\n", "ha\n", "painfully flat\n", "dark and unrepentant\n", "them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults\n", "affability\n", "vague impressions\n", "the protagonists '\n", "one\n", "wide range\n", "it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it .\n", "refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it\n", "ninety minutes of viva castro !\n", "should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows\n", "this is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal .\n", "the viewer 's patience with slow pacing\n", "as bored\n", "a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable\n", "but undernourished and plodding .\n", "whose\n", "by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits\n", "in an orange prison jumpsuit\n", "whether quitting will prove absorbing to american audiences\n", "fetishes\n", "manners and misanthropy\n", "gothic\n", "more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .\n", "murderer\n", ", comic side\n", "a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "overlong and not well-acted\n", "the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia .\n", "napoleon 's last years and\n", "tunisian film i\n", "a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man\n", "too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece\n", "damn funny stuff\n", "sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated\n", "overwhelmingly\n", "instead of ugly behavior\n", "have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted\n", "national lampoon 's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house , but it more closely resembles this year 's version of tomcats .\n", "offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in .\n", "a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break\n", "writer-director anthony friedman\n", "fresh , unforced naturalism 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characters and\n", "a movie that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action tv series .\n", "a workman 's\n", "movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire\n", "is never especially clever and often\n", "relentlessly depressing\n", "echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better\n", "the effects ,\n", "also nice\n", "a talk that appeals to me\n", "succeed in really rattling the viewer\n", ", marvelously twisted shapes history\n", "`` scratch ''\n", "two-hour version\n", "'s goofy -lrb- if not entirely wholesome -rrb- fun\n", "misfire that even tunney ca n't save\n", "a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye\n", "of gator-bashing\n", "'s enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins\n", "they think of themselves and their clients\n", "lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon\n", "for me\n", "ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "can practically\n", "if kaos had n't blown them all up\n", "fresh good looks and\n", "no wiseacre crackle\n", "was more fun\n", "flinging their feces\n", "examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film ,\n", "ararat went astray\n", "episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight\n", "that will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't\n", "a huge action sequence\n", "track of ourselves\n", "does everything but\n", "does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .\n", "argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish\n", "a florid turn\n", "certainly not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either .\n", "smoother or more confident\n", "that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening\n", "somehow ms. griffiths and mr. pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy .\n", "bang your head on the seat in front of you\n", "feature-length sitcom\n", "surface-effect feeling\n", "meaning and value\n", "'s been 20 years since 48 hrs\n", "is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight\n", "we want the funk - and\n", "prescient\n", "is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "bourne identity\n", "the film has a kind of hard , cold effect .\n", "prefabricated\n", "the superficially written characters ramble\n", "admirable\n", "is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier\n", "ca n't handle the truth '' than high crimes\n", "oliviera\n", "turntablism\n", "i thought the relationships were wonderful ,\n", "the production values are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable .\n", "a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating\n", "defined\n", "of unemployment\n", "too immature and unappealing to care about\n", "filmmaker gary burns '\n", "to employ hollywood kids and people who owe\n", "in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .\n", "how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm\n", ", the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan .\n", "sucks , but has a funny moment or two\n", "clever script\n", "uplifting ,\n", "a cloak\n", "of `` abandon ''\n", "although i did n't hate this one\n", "excited\n", "'s not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera\n", "insignificance\n", "puritanical\n", "'s plenty to offend everyone\n", "is at once intimate and universal cinema .\n", "on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis\n", "burning ,\n", "davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take\n", "revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling\n", "compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original\n", "of ` been there , done\n", "the combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives italian for beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic .\n", "takes a classic story ,\n", "sturm und drang\n", "'s coherent , well shot , and tartly\n", "utterly entranced by its subject\n", "is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne\n", "michel piccoli 's moving performance\n", "like the pilot episode of a tv series\n", "imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor\n", "who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste\n", "yvan\n", "has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .\n", "is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .\n", "a voice for a pop-cyber culture\n", "scant\n", "a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much\n", "a huge box-office\n", "a great , fiery passion\n", "says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style\n", "the last scenes of the film\n", "about `\n", "great performances , stylish cinematography and\n", "come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival\n", "beautifully directed and convincingly acted .\n", "that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .\n", "you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies\n", "fails to fascinate .\n", "slide down\n", "even more baffling\n", "the central role\n", "of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light\n", "bit\n", ", but still\n", "playing his usual bad boy weirdo role\n", "great sympathy and intelligence\n", "` wow ' factor\n", "the worst dialogue\n", "'s often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken\n", ", often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness\n", "unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move 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"other flicks\n", "there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies .\n", "purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it 's a fairly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride .\n", "sharp comic timing\n", "know too\n", "scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed\n", "in a role\n", "the dead -lrb- water -rrb- weight\n", "ol' boys\n", "this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same\n", "worst comedy\n", "a younger lad\n", "even touching\n", "gender-provoking\n", "-lrb- see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! -rrb-\n", "... a confusing drudgery .\n", "ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride\n", "on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "than either of those films\n", "a bit melodramatic\n", "the curse of blandness\n", "in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life\n", "queen ''\n", "a trenchant , ironic cultural satire\n", "undramatic\n", "seem ever\n", "are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film\n", "this good\n", "a vat of ice cream\n", "staring at a blank screen\n", "somewhat insightful\n", "olympia , wash. , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting\n", "full workout\n", "church , synagogue or temple\n", "what he had actually done\n", "harrowing short story\n", "a bid to hold our attention\n", "comic even as the film breaks your heart\n", "a sensitive and astute\n", "speeds\n", "in the middle of a war zone\n", "franco -rrb-\n", "with these characters\n", "wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem ... it 's supposed to be a drama\n", "the spice of specificity\n", "the hot topics\n", "dissection\n", "mr. audiard 's\n", "novels to the big screen\n", "offended by his lack of faith in his audience\n", "through out\n", "of first contact\n", "sweet and enjoyable fantasy\n", "practice\n", "of its epic scope\n", "of the intrigue from the tv series\n", "undergo radical changes\n", "what we see\n", "was your introduction\n", "goes on and on to the point of nausea .\n", "that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "automatically\n", "festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes .\n", "fathers and sons , and\n", "a procession\n", "up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action\n", "the dog from snatch\n", ", who says he has to ?\n", "an underachiever ,\n", "a beguiling evocation\n", "the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change\n", "that this really did happen\n", "-lrb- stevens is -rrb- so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .\n", "beloved genres\n", "... an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller .\n", "the modern remake of dumas 's story\n", "'s all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect\n", "for something as splendid-looking as this particular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets -lrb- sci-fi -rrb- rehash .\n", "in morvern callar\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but\n", "'s 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'\n", "old woman\n", "anne rice 's\n", "some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but overall the film never rises above mediocrity .\n", "veteran\n", "a twinkie\n", "as a mechanical apparatus\n", "the hype ,\n", "long build-up\n", "as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice\n", "it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material .\n", "loud and offensive\n", "bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .\n", "his films\n", "... and\n", "e\n", "thanks to ice cube , benjamins\n", "'s never too late to believe in your dreams\n", "mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way\n", "trinity assembly\n", "showing\n", "'ll never know\n", "the hearts and minds of the five principals\n", "manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise\n", "topics that could make a sailor blush - but\n", "while the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times\n", "would have made\n", "spare , unchecked heartache\n", "an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .\n", "pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .\n", "outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods\n", "the ya-ya member with the o2-tank\n", "too staid\n", "the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb\n", "its imaginative premise\n", "gorgeous scenes ,\n", "you guessing at almost every turn\n", "spring break\n", "other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time\n", "as cage 's war-weary marine\n", "vowing\n", "'s not that funny -- which is just generally insulting\n", "a group of dedicated artists\n", "sandra bullock and\n", "just what\n", "feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs\n", "to the soderbergh faithful\n", "a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .\n", "very much worth\n", "may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping .\n", "i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great\n", "of ia drang\n", "by the sympathetic characters\n", "wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .\n", "looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks\n", "to life in the performances\n", "less dizzily gorgeous companion\n", "to stop watching\n", "an empty , purposeless\n", ", in turn ,\n", "stitched together from stock situations and characters\n", "jacquot preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .\n", "its identity\n", "george lucas\n", "it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .\n", "become a good man\n", "favour\n", "sanctimonious , self-righteous and\n", "be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days\n", "could make a sailor\n", "of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .\n", "the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded ,\n", "the cast is top-notch\n", "of middle american\n", "as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself\n", "wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` hey , kool-aid\n", "just hectic and homiletic\n", "aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", "eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy ,\n", "mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .\n", "it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose\n", "side-by-side\n", "as if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "more interested in entertaining itself\n", "a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ...\n", "pure\n", "the nature\n", "as telling a country skunk\n", "as the family\n", "uplifting and\n", "through his use of the camera\n", "the talents of its actors\n", ", different , unusual , even nutty\n", "impossible to care who wins\n", "made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "tumbleweeds\n", "a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants\n", "experiences you bring to it\n", "underlay the relentless gaiety\n", "chicago-based rock group wilco\n", "to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins\n", "their dogmatism ,\n", "the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution .\n", "hibernation\n", "of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence\n", "finely written\n", "ernest ` tron ' anderson\n", "most notably\n", "artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong\n", "what an idea , what a thrill ride .\n", "baffling mixed platter\n", "astonish and entertain\n", "like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers\n", "enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but\n", "dull in its lack of poetic frissons\n", "the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is\n", "what bloody sunday lacks in clarity , it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .\n", "to see piscopo again after all these years\n", "has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke\n", "into the con\n", "to try any genre and\n", "connect with me would require another viewing\n", "on and on to the point of nausea\n", "the movie plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength .\n", "evil dead\n", "lies with kissinger\n", "yiddish theater ,\n", "exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair\n", "principals\n", "an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal\n", "very good acting\n", "low groan-to-guffaw ratio\n", "delightful hand shadows\n", "must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .\n", "milked\n", "to show us why it 's compelling\n", "the best sex comedy\n", "give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but\n", "i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies\n", "the workings\n", "emerges a radiant character portrait\n", "dark , funny humor\n", "some like it\n", "among those who are drying out from spring break\n", "remote african empire\n", "the film does n't really 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"prevents us\n", "chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead\n", "everyday events\n", "a worthwhile glimpse\n", "enforced hiatus\n", "also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest .\n", "loud and goofy\n", "is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice\n", "there 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references\n", "a walk to remember ''\n", "inadequate\n", "terrible story\n", "to be ignored\n", "the original hit movie\n", "fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing\n", "of ` who 's who\n", "a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as\n", "running on hypertime in reverse\n", "of teendom\n", "also rocks .\n", "a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama\n", "close to hitting a comedic or satirical target\n", "look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking .\n", "-lrb- restored -rrb-\n", "its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material\n", "of clones\n", "urban study\n", "one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio\n", "to moviegoers not already clad in basic black\n", "do well\n", "makes one long\n", "clashing mother\\/daughter relationship\n", "as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work\n", "a horrifying historical event\n", "it actually hurts to watch .\n", "involved with her\n", "-lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet\n", "it 's fitfully funny but never really takes off .\n", "a frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick , bartleby performs neither one very well .\n", "expecting a scary , action-packed chiller\n", "'s a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !\n", "... if 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 .\n", "purposes of bland hollywood romance\n", "such subtlety and warmth\n", "change while remaining true to his principles\n", "explore the connections between place and personal identity\n", "so unsympathetic\n", "the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "fit it\n", "the beautiful images and solemn words\n", "much different\n", "no new plot conceptions or\n", "is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie\n", "lost in the murk of its own making\n", "none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either ,\n", ", history , esoteric musings and philosophy\n", "clever and suspenseful\n", "are made to look bad\n", "is undeniable .\n", "the slightest aptitude\n", "wishful\n", "macho action conventions\n", "getting there\n", "is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences\n", "elicits strong performances\n", "i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking\n", "much interest in the elizabethans\n", "thinking up grocery lists and ways\n", "an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --\n", "interaction\n", "the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them\n", "the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive ...\n", "tasteful little revision works\n", "neurosis\n", "a contemptible imitator\n", "expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "about the irksome , tiresome nature of 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"creates a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "'s far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience\n", "a spark of new inspiration in it\n", "=\n", "will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up\n", "is enough to give you brain strain\n", "may not be an important movie , or even a good one\n", "the college-friends genre -lrb- the big chill -rrb- together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap\n", "let this morph into a typical romantic triangle\n", "has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure\n", "as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb-\n", "smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play .\n", "thinking not only that kate is n't 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light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large\n", "marks a modest if encouraging return\n", "lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .\n", "has partly closed it down\n", "to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "achieves\n", "no conversion effort\n", "of courtship\n", "to the past\n", "maggie g.\n", ", more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .\n", "'s always enthralling .\n", "the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances\n", "the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded\n", "appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making\n", "this movie loves women at all\n", "quentin tarantino 's\n", "need comforting fantasies about mental illness\n", "to give us real situations and characters\n", "from don mullan 's script\n", "'s invaluable\n", "code talkers\n", "most american\n", "know we 're not supposed to take it seriously\n", "an unflappable air\n", "'s every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films\n", "for on-screen chemistry\n", "all odds\n", "short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries\n", "allen 's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .\n", "a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female\n", "it 's probably not easy to make such a worthless film ...\n", "her quiet blue eyes\n", "unlikable , spiteful idiots\n", "to look too deep into the story\n", "michel\n", "and murky cinematography\n", "the best movie\n", "showcases the city 's old-world charm\n", "playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ... bisset is both convincing and radiant\n", "with imbecilic mafia\n", "approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor\n", "favorites\n", "a porno flick\n", "no foundation\n", "centre\n", "a glimpse\n", "the guru\n", "a coherent rhythm\n", "heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "gives itself\n", "an absurdist spider web .\n", "nelson 's intentions are good , but\n", "your sympathy\n", "need apply .\n", "sitting around a campfire around midnight\n", "good theatre\n", "fails him\n", "police procedural details ,\n", ", except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .\n", "sparkling beauty\n", "emotional business\n", "'s a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling\n", "bravo reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda .\n", "low-brow\n", "pants\n", "michelle hall\n", "marks for political courage but\n", "of this or any other year\n", "on many people\n", "creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences\n", "senses\n", "enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining\n", "it 's been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our hollywood has all but lost .\n", "of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum\n", "director adrian lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", ", the film is extremely thorough .\n", "a cruel deception\n", "serve the work especially well\n", "yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ...\n", "would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris .\n", "signposts\n", "not very compelling or much fun\n", "leading a double life in an american film only comes to no good\n", "a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely\n", "good sense\n", "final\n", "are into splatter movies\n", "chan and hewitt\n", "make a classic theater piece\n", "reason to care\n", "to affleck\n", "and hellish conditions\n", "its attendant\n", "the reputation\n", "a baffling subplot\n", "an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine\n", "legion\n", "is an interesting movie ! ''\n", "buckaroo banzai\n", "revolution os\n", "close-ups\n", "her way\n", "hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman\n", "carrying every gag two or three times\n", "this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .\n", "gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand\n", "he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .\n", ", slobbering , lovable run-on sentence\n", "date movie\n", "inspired ''\n", "make the most\n", "its recycled aspects , implausibility\n", "he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film\n", "of nemesis\n", "as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .\n", "wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail\n", "from your halloween entertainment\n", "extended by iran\n", "walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like\n", "looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant\n", "overplayed\n", "powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt\n", "such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that -rrb-\n", "narrative expedience\n", "sensationalism\n", "for shearer 's radio show\n", "of a satisfying movie experience\n", "a smart\n", "itself is small and shriveled\n", "that can not be denied\n", "south\n", "access\n", "it 's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !\n", "gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements ,\n", "to the otherwise bleak tale\n", "women\n", "of a story\n", "has taken\n", "it was n't .\n", "show than well-constructed narrative\n", "most part\n", "is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "documentary footage\n", "visual imagination\n", "one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "combined scenes of a japanese monster\n", "the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "the last waltz\n", "this overheated melodrama plays like a student film .\n", "baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within .\n", "a picture\n", "as a tap-dancing rhino\n", "nothing quite so\n", "is the superficial way it deals with its story .\n", "that only self-aware neurotics engage in\n", "a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than\n", "of blows dumped on guei\n", "last time\n", "is n't dull .\n", "for cletis tout\n", "been sitting open too long\n", "captivatingly quirky hybrid\n", "exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble\n", "all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", "quite frankly , i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .\n", "soderbergh 's concentration on his two lovers\n", "both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement\n", "of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties\n", "pummel us\n", "jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set\n", "most savagely hilarious social critics\n", "it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly\n", "the end an honorable , interesting failure\n", "perfect show\n", "visual joke\n", "whose aims\n", "mixing with reality and actors\n", "urgently\n", "muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .\n", "the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and\n", "a heavy stench of ` been there , done\n", "young everlyn sampi ,\n", "a rollicking\n", "zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film\n", "your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists\n", "your sat scores\n", "washington has a sure hand .\n", "of plot devices\n", "when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs. woo\n", "you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids\n", "that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it\n", "like bartleby\n", "comedy graveyard\n", "an enjoyable above average summer diversion .\n", "the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming .\n", "action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering\n", "of shanghai ghetto\n", "timid\n", "penance\n", "like a change in -lrb- herzog 's -rrb- personal policy than a half-hearted fluke\n", "whatever consolation\n", "plympton film\n", "save dash\n", "by joel schumacher\n", "shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary\n", "dusty and leatherbound\n", "like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing ,\n", ", so will your kids\n", "reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake !\n", "computer-animated faces\n", "and clarissa dalloway\n", "many of these guys\n", "developments\n", "-lrb- of which they 'll get plenty -rrb-\n", "smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up ,\n", "mira sorvino 's limitations\n", "standard procedure\n", "when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but\n", "raimi and his team\n", "men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance --\n", "find anything to get excited about on this dvd\n", ", mildly fleshed-out characters\n", "mccann\n", "shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels\n", "highly cerebral\n", "a hollywood-ized austen\n", "the screenwriters just\n", "a little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .\n", "'s hold over her .\n", ", crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .\n", "overtly silly\n", "the film buzz and whir ;\n", "stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .\n", "ms. seigner and mr. serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .\n", "fontaine 's direction ,\n", ", to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing\n", "rolling your eyes in the dark\n", "it 's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness .\n", "grace and eloquence\n", "obsession\n", "while puerile men dominate the story\n", "the mill sci-fi film\n", "of the artistic world-at-large\n", "compared with the television series that inspired the movie\n", "while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage\n", "trick you\n", "of authentically impulsive humor\n", "a welcome improvement\n", "be a serious contender for the title\n", "cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .\n", "are hardly specific to their era .\n", "but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and ,\n", "a solid , psychological action film from hong kong\n", "a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker\n", "that funny\n", "best films\n", "funny level\n", "these performers and their era\n", "of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "a picture that was n't all that great to begin with\n", "a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life .\n", "rare imax movie\n", "laptops , cell phones\n", "someone other\n", "'s so tedious\n", "b +\n", "shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but\n", "course\n", "ambitious film\n", ", it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .\n", "strategy\n", "who knew\n", "screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .\n", "stand by her man ,\n", "of the best ensemble casts of the year\n", "generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling\n", "wo n't be sorry\n", "genuine and sweet\n", "sunbaked and\n", "iranian drama\n", "pretentious\n", "the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul\n", "the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .\n", "will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness\n", "the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream\n", "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\n", "trend\n", "figured out the con and the players in this debut film\n", "cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy\n", "a taste of the burning man ethos\n", "publicity\n", "to a stand-off\n", "this real-life hollywood fairy-tale\n", "is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .\n", "determined woman 's\n", "of exploitation\n", "self-mocking ,\n", "is cool\n", "only comes into its own in the second half .\n", "whose meaning\n", "urban landscapes\n", "-lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent , but\n", "too pessimistic\n", "encounters\n", "than to call attention to themselves\n", "erotically\n", "please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel\n", "dog rover\n", "without oppressive\n", "cheese standards\n", "ming-liang 's\n", "mr. scorsese 's bravery and integrity\n", "-lrb- and it does have some very funny sequences\n", "worse\n", "by emphasizing the characters\n", "the filmmakers ' paws ,\n", "soon\n", "kids or adults\n", "thoroughly enjoyed the love story\n", "pure misogynist evil\n", "hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters\n", "too bland\n", "robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others\n", "exhilarating but blatantly biased .\n", "allen 's underestimated charm\n", "the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects .\n", "is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all\n", "it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .\n", "george roy hill 's\n", "are masterfully controlled .\n", "gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense\n", "community-therapy spectacle\n", "the caterer\n", "to the audience and to the genre\n", "was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions\n", "to start a reaction\n", "overworked elements\n", "of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies\n", "service of of others\n", "little clue\n", "a prostituted muse\n", "colored dreams\n", "build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre 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 .\n", "guns , violence\n", ", it just seems like it does .\n", "downbeat ,\n", "compromised and sad\n", "much as they love themselves\n", "his mid-seventies\n", "bo\n", "deal\n", "might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and\n", "just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts\n", "unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor\n", "praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large\n", "julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism\n", "too mushy\n", "a fine cast\n", "of plot\n", "the material and\n", "while huppert ... is magnificent\n", ", meandering\n", "exquisite , unfakable sense\n", "a difficult task\n", "this is just lazy writing .\n", "worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life\n", "anarchists\n", "he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake\n", "vulgar , sexist\n", "can be made on the cheap\n", "less-than-thrilling thriller .\n", "prayer\n", "the wounds\n", "must surely\n", "continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means .\n", "pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.\n", "a tragic dimension and\n", "of topical excess\n", "xxx flex-a-thon\n", "the marks\n", "heartfelt and achingly real\n", "' the play more has partly closed it down .\n", "as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen\n", "compelling than the circumstances of its making\n", "has already reached its expiration date\n", "'s already been too many of these films ...\n", "like a well-made pb & j sandwich\n", "mr. clooney\n", "a self-indulgent script\n", "a pandora 's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest\n", "out late marriage\n", ", i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .\n", "to gel\n", ", you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions\n", "all manner of lame entertainment\n", "grab me\n", "what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "ah , yes\n", "to read about\n", "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\n", "its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "written so well ,\n", "not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me\n", "my advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack .\n", "most unexpected\n", "giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible\n", "on speed\n", "is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "really funny fifteen-minute\n", "the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version\n", "draws you\n", "the plot meanders from gripping to plodding and back .\n", "an `` o bruin ,\n", "might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds\n", "a good fight\n", "a great writer and\n", "very difficult\n", "having a real writer plot\n", "a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience\n", "achieves its main strategic objective\n", "spoof .\n", "is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents .\n", "otherwise dull subjects\n", "of violence and noise\n", "emerges from the shadow of ellis ' book\n", "one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "their ears\n", "remake\n", "promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .\n", "chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .\n", "spits out denzel washington 's fine performance in the title role\n", "schizo cartoon\n", "directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space\n", "robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .\n", "distilled\n", "left on a remote shelf\n", "a grating\n", ", cheese , ham and cheek\n", "of the most curiously depressing\n", "taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang\n", "it 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing\n", "seems to have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested\n", "action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace\n", "i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest\n", "a lot of problems\n", "blatant derivativeness\n", "the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and\n", "a new kind of high\n", ", as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion .\n", "baird is a former film editor\n", "temporal\n", ", humor and snappy dialogue\n", "lothario\n", "filter out the complexity\n", "lost somewhere\n", "see this delightful comedy\n", "gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy\n", "it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time\n", "mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance\n", "comes out looking like something wholly original\n", "your\n", "johnnie\n", "the filmmakers just follow the books\n", "a lesson in scratching\n", "indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness\n", "unimpeachable\n", "is -rrb- one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama\n", "an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection .\n", "old monty python cartoons\n", "a perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive , easily forgettable film .\n", "are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable\n", "to the haunted house\n", "the play more\n", "these movies\n", "the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course .\n", "might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "once again dazzle and delight us\n", "could n't help\n", "a farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise , it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .\n", "michael jackson 's\n", "fast-moving\n", "the trademark\n", "of movie fluff\n", "be captivated ,\n", "would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool\n", "after-school special about interfaith understanding\n", "embracing than monty\n", "-lrb- vega -rrb-\n", "the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device\n", "nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit .\n", "a stylish cast\n", "made him\n", "short of profound characterizations\n", "its odd , intriguing wrinkles\n", "of extreme athletes as several daredevils\n", "his encounters\n", "a hubert selby jr.\n", "the brawn , but not\n", "earthly\n", "does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this\n", "episodic choppiness ,\n", "i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes ,\n", "self-expression\n", "the film 's needlessly opaque intro\n", "in the audience or the film\n", "deceit\n", "most crucial lip-reading sequence\n", "screwy thing\n", "considerable talents\n", "him feel powerful\n", "bizarre curiosity\n", "madness , not\n", "would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .\n", "leaky freighter\n", "works better the less the brain is engaged\n", "that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "christianity\n", "the runaway success of his first film , the full monty ,\n", "second-rate\n", "one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing\n", "be post-feminist breezy\n", "journey back\n", "gets vivid , convincing performances\n", "watching spirited away is like watching an eastern imagination explode .\n", "talked\n", "wizened\n", "dicaprio\n", "herring\n", "once playful and haunting\n", "gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day .\n", "as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "snow\n", "arrow\n", "'s a big , comforting jar of marmite\n", "bland , surfacey way\n", "in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way\n", "hypertime '\n", "we 're in all of me territory again\n", "there 's something about mary and both american pie movies\n", "our sympathies\n", "guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women\n", "drag on for nearly three hours\n", "to maintain interest\n", "seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business\n", "find it diverting\n", "not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels .\n", "that takes too long to shake\n", "nicholas\n", "'s quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer .\n", "this comic slugfest\n", "of lingerie models and bar dancers\n", ", but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .\n", "colorful and\n", "zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special\n", "he 's not onscreen\n", "` do\n", "vanity project\n", "wit\n", "max rothman 's future\n", "unscathed through raging fire\n", "standardized ,\n", "druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors\n", "its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace\n", "fills me with revulsion\n", "squander on offal like this\n", "the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role\n", "of river 's edge , dead man\n", "as nicholas ' wounded\n", "appeals to me\n", ", poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .\n", "did n't have an original bone in his body\n", "ka fai\n", "skip this dreck , rent animal house and\n", "in each other\n", "macy 's\n", "disparate funny moments of no real consequence\n", ", i think\n", "is caddyshack crossed with the loyal order of raccoons\n", "howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject\n", "a staggeringly compelling character ,\n", "was n't a good movie\n", "offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself\n", "confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mindless\n", "the hopkins\\/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas\n", "wide-angle\n", "pokemon ca n't be killed\n", "looked like crap\n", "has proved its creative mettle .\n", "lends itself to easy jokes and insults\n", "to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity\n", "taken literally\n", "this story about love and culture\n", "arguing the tone of the movie\n", "safe conduct -lrb- laissez passer -rrb-\n", "its excess debris\n", "rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake -\n", "his lack of faith in his audience\n", "bromides\n", "i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but i ca n't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary .\n", "attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle '\n", "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 .\n", "you 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb- .\n", "the specific conditions of one man\n", "saw quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and\n", "stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller\n", "electronic expression\n", "intense and engrossing\n", "working 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 .\n", "ducts\n", "michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making\n", "includes battlefield earth and showgirls\n", "shreds the fabric of the film\n", "introduce obstacles for him to stumble over\n", "of wonder\n", "salute writer-director haneke -lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb-\n", "dread encountering the most\n", "is classic nowheresville in every sense\n", "in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "may be a no-brainer\n", "it 's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .\n", ", too mediocre to love .\n", "snide and\n", "at teenage boys\n", ", scary and sad\n", "this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .\n", "love sweetly\n", "worth caring about\n", "begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is\n", "put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese\n", "performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "its generalities\n", "give many ministers and bible-study groups\n", "a love letter\n", "the script has less spice than a rat burger and\n", "rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories .\n", "as any other arnie musclefest\n", "it 's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .\n", "suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh\n", "any new insight\n", "an invaluable service\n", "should be building suspense\n", "sinks to a harrison ford low .\n", "at little kids but\n", "crass\n", "mesmerize , astonish and entertain\n", "the observations of this social\\/economic\\/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony .\n", "that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but\n", "stands out\n", "refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil\n", "found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays .\n", "about critical reaction\n", "of wills between bacon and theron\n", "moral shrapnel\n", "is more like something from a bad clive barker movie .\n", "than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening\n", "the playful paranoia of the film 's past\n", "spreads\n", "equals this side of aesop\n", "the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady 's direction is prosaic\n", "clad\n", ", but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco\n", "the theories of class\n", "red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .\n", "while past ,\n", "old-fashioned and\n", "lacking substance and soul\n", "weird little movie\n", "burst across america 's winter movie screens\n", "of the previous two\n", "tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality\n", "since ghostbusters\n", "likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy\n", "the story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count .\n", "sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .\n", "sense and sensibility\n", "ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut\n", "at your watch\n", "the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay\n", "a decent attempt\n", "few punches\n", "there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking\n", "cagney 's\n", "throes\n", "ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . '\n", "of moral compromise\n", "think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity\n", "lovely and amazing , ' unhappily\n", "his or\n", "recognize\n", "interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .\n", "face is chillingly unemotive\n", "analyze\n", "deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still ,\n", "a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter\n", "finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "no doubt , it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer\n", "farts , urine , feces ,\n", "excruciating\n", "interpreting the play\n", "their tormentor\n", ", it really won my heart\n", "believing\n", "into an otherwise mediocre film\n", "a complex , unpredictable character\n", "the beast should definitely get top billing\n", "dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy\n", "is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him .\n", "its despairing vision of corruption\n", "mars the spirit of good clean fun\n", "someone like judd ,\n", "that jackie chan is getting older , and that 's something i would rather live in denial about\n", "a really special walk in the woods\n", "theory ,\n", "incoherence\n", "new scenes\n", "its convictions\n", "pray 's\n", "artists\n", "'m going home is so slight\n", "brown\n", "no good inside dope ,\n", "roses\n", "the dangerous lives of altar boys ' take on adolescence\n", "medical aid\n", "impressively delicate range\n", "his shortest , the hole ,\n", "inner and outer lives\n", "rigid and\n", "a vietnam picture\n", "live up to\n", "may take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going ,\n", "in this day and age\n", "supposed to feel funny and light\n", "a very rainy day\n", "their own rhythm\n", ", windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .\n", "takes every potential laugh\n", "is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight .\n", "contradictory\n", "to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god\n", "subtle , poignant picture\n", "the filmmakers and studio\n", "has generic virtues\n", "'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable\n", "and mr. pryce\n", "the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting\n", "feeling to it , but like the 1920 's\n", "more influential\n", "then biting into it and finding the filling missing\n", "that made her an interesting character to begin with\n", "all three actresses\n", "handsome blank yearning\n", "'d better\n", "tendency to sag in certain places\n", "that there 's really not much of a sense of action\n", "of violence\n", "incidents\n", "to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya\n", "-lrb- denis ' -rrb- story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle\n", "too sappy for its own good\n", "of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt\n", "is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .\n", "kill love\n", "for recording truth\n", "compellingly watchable .\n", "above-average brains\n", "stuffing himself\n", "'re over 25 , have an iq over 90 ,\n", "feral\n", "the latter 's attendant intelligence ,\n", "of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year\n", "your children\n", "gentle film\n", "into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy\n", "than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much\n", "slow scenes\n", "rick famuyiwa 's\n", "for a three-minute sketch\n", "a homage\n", "once grand\n", "because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults\n", "for technical flaws to get in the way\n", "apparent joy\n", "injuries\n", "vice\n", "smile\n", "time-switching\n", "its cast , its cuisine and\n", "without being a true adaptation of her book\n", "make love a joy to behold .\n", "creepy and dead-on\n", "generating\n", "spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations\n", "joke\n", "me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story\n", "billy ray and\n", "hollywood bio-pic\n", "than saving private ryan\n", "the first computer-generated feature cartoon\n", "positives\n", "through the right eyes\n", "the shame of losing a job\n", "san diego\n", "accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters\n", "derivative collection\n", "most romantic comedies ,\n", "genres that just does n't work\n", "awkward interplay and utter lack\n", "one of -lrb- jaglom 's -rrb- better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love .\n", "its own preciousness\n", "cute accents\n", "balzac and\n", "tail\n", "sticks rigidly to the paradigm ,\n", "their project so interesting\n", "life is too short\n", "the passions\n", "is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves\n", "only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get\n", "the end zone\n", "improve things\n", "have not read the book\n", "kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book\n", "she 's pretty and she can act\n", "the climactic events\n", "winking social commentary\n", "distort our perspective and\n", "clever moments\n", "the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation\n", "lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life\n", "heartwarming\n", "you do n't\n", "director gary fleder\n", "51st\n", "think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star\n", "the title\n", "be convinced\n", "darling band wilco\n", "assayas '\n", "it 's an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb- , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile .\n", "are simply too good\n", "because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "170 minutes\n", "has never been smoother or more confident\n", "to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "unlike trey parker , sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .\n", "crass and insulting\n", "hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as\n", "manages to incorporate both the horror\n", "tiring than anything\n", "uncluttered\n", "two towers\n", "gidget\n", "broadcast\n", "you should see this movie\n", "clownish\n", "is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex\n", "flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool ,\n", "introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter\n", "it could have been something special\n", "continuity and\n", "the blithe rebel fantasy\n", "'s a fanboy ` what if ?\n", "not even solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .\n", "supremes\n", "whitaker 's\n", "only surface\n", "boys '\n", "if the picture itself is somewhat problematic\n", "'s next ?\n", "self-help books\n", "a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games\n", "a masterpeice\n", "time , death , eternity , and what\n", "still feels like a promising work-in-progress\n", "probably one of the best since the last waltz\n", "comes to pass\n", "both a beautifully\n", ", prurient\n", "though filmed partly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years .\n", "ghandi\n", "the boom-bam crowd\n", "to sustain a feature\n", "the divine calling\n", "avary 's film\n", "should come a-knocking\n", "classes\n", "does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences\n", "baker\n", "fairly lame\n", "in tv\n", "hawk down\n", "give to the mystic genres of cinema\n", "kudos\n", "dramaturgy\n", "in a gone-to-seed hotel\n", "chance to prove his worth\n", "urban south korea\n", "benigni persona\n", "the general air of gator-bashing\n", "sinks further and further into comedy futility\n", "a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse\n", "the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr. mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy\n", "bitchy frolic\n", "kosashvili 's\n", "anyone managing to steal a movie not only from 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\n", "a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "funny and fun\n", "may not\n", "painful elegy\n", "strange , fleeting brew\n", "static ,\n", "even with its $ 50-million us budget\n", "missed opportunity\n", "about its titular\n", "coming a mile away\n", "factor\n", "might say tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "new director 's cut\n", "to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting\n", "about life itself\n", "pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try\n", "is little question that 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\n", "fans of so-bad-they 're - good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess\n", "middle-class arkansas\n", "the evocative imagery and\n", "that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "sun-splashed whites of tunis\n", "looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses\n", "i 'll admit it\n", "it 's not particularly subtle ... however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion .\n", "paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age\n", "to fill a frame\n", "afterwards\n", "made indieflick\n", "pootie tang\n", "the sketchiest\n", "maladjusted\n", "mind-bender\n", "feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes\n", "drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy\n", "very original\n", "have a 90-minute , four-star movie\n", "from it\n", "computer-generated\n", "told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "the home alone formula\n", "so geared\n", "to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances\n", "sullivan and his son\n", "you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "finest non-bondish performance\n", "the backstage angst\n", "interrupted\n", "self-styled athletes\n", "shanghai ghetto ,\n", "to-do\n", "playing a charmless witch\n", "their little ones\n", ", the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .\n", "stimulating\n", "to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal\n", "newcastle ,\n", ": chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house\n", "does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .\n", "the similarly themed `\n", "a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "grant is n't cary and\n", "the movie is certainly easy to watch .\n", ", future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter\n", "serious issues ''\n", "on its own\n", "the emotion\n", "do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful .\n", "an actress she is\n", "that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after\n", "of its grand locations\n", "while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore\n", "the gryffindor scarf\n", "can chew by linking the massacre\n", "is credible and remarkably mature\n", "an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned\n", "with its own style\n", "than it needs to be\n", "career success\n", "jeffs\n", "voices-from-the-other-side\n", "sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .\n", "the movie 's messages are quite admirable , but\n", "an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times ,\n", "what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is !\n", "from the 1980s\n", "be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie\n", "marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress\n", "surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction\n", "most of it given to children\n", "a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore .\n", "fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .\n", "'s lazy for a movie\n", "wife\n", "j. lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl\n", "totally overwrought\n", "a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .\n", "a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise\n", "the world of television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments\n", "to regain any ground\n", "this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert\n", "an hour and a half of joyful solo performance .\n", "furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation\n", "the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly\n", "from reality\n", "you 'll love this movie .\n", "a strong itch to explore more\n", "for this illuminating comedy\n", "other installments\n", "with ` bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .\n", "draw attention\n", "is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee\n", "blandly\n", "to some extent ,\n", "of his recent death\n", "to your toes\n", "scoob\n", "a hobby\n", "very bad scouse accents\n", "slather\n", "an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil\n", "many shallower movies these days seem too long , but\n", "` tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . '\n", "so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen\n", "tends to do a little fleeing of its own .\n", "to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before\n", "some of the writers ' sporadic dips\n", "hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy\n", "of the single female population\n", "ca n't provide any conflict\n", "its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale\n", "booking passage\n", "of gosford park\n", "'s a big idea\n", "may be college kids\n", "somebody might devote time to see it\n", "utterly distracting\n", "but the material\n", "how much he runs around and acts like a doofus\n", "all too painfully\n", "the not-quite-dead career\n", "bergmanesque intensity\n", "in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers\n", ", the world 's political situation seems little different , and -lrb- director phillip -rrb- noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .\n", "closer\n", "anything else slight\n", "liked this film a lot ...\n", "thrills and extreme\n", "this latest installment\n", "makes its message resonate\n", "uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion\n", "lazy filmmaking , with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .\n", "the movie spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his .\n", "serials\n", "action genre\n", "was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking\n", "more sophisticated and literate than such pictures\n", "is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .\n", ", even the funniest idea is n't funny .\n", "imbue the theme with added depth and resonance\n", "it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen .\n", "it needs to\n", "a typical romantic triangle\n", "i 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "been tightened\n", "with scenes so true and heartbreaking\n", "'s hardly watchable\n", "since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller\n", "at 90 minutes this movie is short\n", "to be sure , but one\n", "to influence us whether we believe in them or not\n", "refusal\n", "screenwriting partner and sister\n", "antwone\n", "the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest\n", "switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick\n", "aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", "a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "have to see it .\n", "his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "unfortunate\n", "combined scenes\n", "handles\n", "blues and pinks\n", "has already reached its expiration date .\n", "intelligence or\n", "dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement\n", "that it comes off as annoying rather than charming\n", "a loathsome movie\n", "it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three\n", ", you might not have noticed .\n", "the bad reviews\n", "is going to show up soon\n", "both sides of the man\n", "another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title .\n", "recycles\n", "the torments and angst\n", "nature\\/nurture\n", "to see something that did n't talk down to them\n", "howard\n", "arts and gunplay\n", "compared\n", "are neither original nor are presented in convincing way\n", "the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation\n", "of horror and sci-fi\n", ", yet\n", "shenanigans and\n", "classic spy-action or buddy movie\n", "muccino , who directed from his own screenplay ,\n", "of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight\n", "its sunny disposition\n", "child acting\n", "particular insight\n", "lukewarm and\n", "it 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ...\n", "triumph of love is a very silly movie ,\n", "of hopeful\n", "to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris\n", ", it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .\n", "-- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --\n", "maze\n", "his principles\n", "the bride 's humour\n", "ballesta\n", "-- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs -lrb- including a knockout of a closing line -rrb- , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .\n", "beyond the grave '' framework\n", "the film 's thoroughly recycled plot\n", "is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value .\n", "cast and\n", "attentive than it first sets out to be\n", "we need agile performers\n", "phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american .\n", "more geeked\n", "tsai convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here .\n", "from a mediocre screenplay\n", "oh-so convenient plot twists\n", ", the cosby-seinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .\n", "believed in their small-budget film\n", "worthy departure\n", "about fathers\n", "a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer\n", "gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek 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half ago\n", "manages to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level\n", "than serious drama\n", "in the end\n", "an admirable reconstruction\n", "an emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema .\n", "frankenstein\n", "many bona fide groaners\n", "a captivatingly quirky hybrid\n", "the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore ,\n", "watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven\n", "wisp\n", "a ponderous and pretentious endeavor\n", "to overcome the triviality of the story\n", "alchemical transmogrification\n", "twinkling eyes , repressed smile\n", "deceptively simple\n", "fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment\n", "back row\n", "determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .\n", "so shattering it\n", "as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .\n", "equals the sum of its pretensions .\n", "all the trappings of an 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devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .\n", "its shortcomings\n", "incoherent\n", "maiden\n", "is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth\n", "pokes , provokes\n", "inspiring and pure\n", "nothing 's happening\n", "` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine\n", "of technical skill and rare depth\n", "enjoyable 100\n", "at blockbuster\n", "a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances\n", "recoing 's fantastic performance\n", "to tell its story\n", "far more meaningful\n", "so different from the apple and\n", "hand it to director george clooney\n", "intricate magic\n", "the guilty pleasure b-movie category\n", "care who wins\n", "a fanboy ` what if\n", "of brendan behan\n", "cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace\n", "above its playwriting 101 premise\n", "dashing and resourceful hero\n", "made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "chimps ,\n", "there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment\n", "refuse to admit that they do n't like it\n", "four feathers\n", "a stand in favor of tradition and warmth\n", "offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity .\n", "presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction\n", "the duke something\n", "'s tremendously moving\n", "what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies\n", "fart jokes ,\n", "its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting\n", "it 's not really funny\n", "about clung-to traditions\n", "irksome\n", "never change .\n", "is far from zhang 's\n", ", it is n't much fun .\n", "offer you\n", "the film it is about\n", "glossy comedy-drama\n", "there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film\n", "flog the dead horse of surprise\n", "illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey\n", "strong first act\n", "nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful\n", "the element\n", "about as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come .\n", "when there 's nothing else happening\n", "challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad ,\n", "brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons\n", "york middle-agers\n", "savvy street activism\n", "of buddy cop comedy\n", "smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong\n", "nuances\n", "its kids-in-peril theatrics\n", ", charming\n", "convincing case\n", "is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . '\n", "why anthony hopkins is in it\n", "by war , famine and poverty\n", "but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself\n", "how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia\n", "fetishism\n", "argues\n", "the thinness of its characterizations\n", "handsome and sincere\n", "a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation\n", "sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron\n", "coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker\n", "most obvious differences\n", "forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "... does full honor to miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .\n", "an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing .\n", "spirit , perception , conviction\n", "an actress\n", "finishing\n", "the big metaphorical wave\n", "it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .\n", "funny and human and\n", "that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood\n", "may have to keep on looking\n", "is fighting whom here\n", "of wilde into austen\n", "had no trouble sitting for blade ii\n", "there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .\n", "gibney\n", "up and\n", "freewheeling trash-cinema roots\n", "confines himself\n", "the limits of what a film can be\n", "gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience\n", "the aristocrats '\n", "of woody allen\n", "to the trap of the maudlin or tearful\n", "just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes\n", "one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits\n", "theatrical simulation\n", "farcically\n", "far smoother\n", "by comparison\n", "death to smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito 's misanthropic vision\n", "inquisitive\n", ", then by all means check it out .\n", "social milieu\n", "the film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original\n", "are the scenes of jia with his family\n", "muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine\n", "... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs .\n", "a flat script\n", "ferrera and\n", "understands\n", "are of the highest and the performances\n", "average , middle-aged woman\n", "shoestring and\n", "no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair\n", "reduce blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia\n", "of pure misogynist evil\n", "an engaging and moving portrait\n", "the conflict that came to define a generation\n", "much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments\n", "playful without being fun\n", "honestly nice\n", "this film 's heart\n", "of outtakes\n", "emaciated\n", "acceptable 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two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns ... this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity .\n", "leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .\n", "a word\n", "distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register\n", "the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .\n", "has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to ,\n", "the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers\n", "there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming -lrb- without a thick shmear of the goo , at least -rrb- ,\n", "bullock is n't katherine\n", "mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .\n", "russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage .\n", "the actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but\n", "its best -lrb- and it does have some very funny sequences -rrb- looking for leonard\n", "-- thoughtfully written\n", "story opportunities\n", "is being there when the rope snaps\n", "for 72 minutes\n", "drop their pants for laughs and not the last time\n", "saw the film .\n", "offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else\n", "to a still evolving story\n", "a sucker for its charms\n", "warnings\n", "no teeth\n", "perceptions of guilt and innocence ,\n", "into the complexities of the middle east struggle\n", "the filmmakers '\n", "scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "'s surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .\n", "landmark poem\n", "forcing\n", "will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have\n", "squandering his opportunity to make 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' or any other interchangeable\n", "come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .\n", "to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire\n", "to the essence of broadway\n", "be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it\n", "superior cast\n", "somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .\n", "goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "is playing the obvious game .\n", "it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ' ... the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated .\n", "davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships\n", "massive\n", "non-bondish\n", ", should n't have been made\n", "too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .\n", ", original\n", "may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not\n", "the suit\n", ", unfakable sense\n", "a poorly\n", "a phlegmatic bore ,\n", "mid\n", "gone wild '\n", "is recognizably plympton\n", "know how to tell a story for more than four minutes\n", "appropriately cynical social commentary aside ,\n", "gets a quick release\n", "for things\n", "extra-large cotton candy\n", ", you 're too interested to care .\n", "all the buttons are\n", "its own action is n't very effective\n", "a bizarre curiosity memorable\n", "krawczyk\n", "by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship\n", "the phantom menace\n", "loses its overall sense of mystery\n", "the father\n", "if you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the movie for you\n", "though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .\n", "derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .\n", "light treat\n", "being fun\n", "proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .\n", "most obvious\n", "'s likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans -lrb- as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb-\n", "theatrical comedy that , while past ,\n", "elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect\n", "hide the fact\n", "on the wrong character\n", "mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent\n", "big round eyes\n", "as an entertainment destination for the general public\n", "is more like something from a bad clive barker movie\n", "to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem .\n", "'s making dog day afternoon with a cause\n", "s -rrb-\n", "manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .\n", "uptight , middle class bores like antonia\n", "for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy\n", "a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .\n", "do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful\n", "of how similar obsessions can dominate a family\n", "notes edition\n", "about on this dvd\n", "their time -lrb- including mine -rrb- on something very inconsequential\n", "... is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish .\n", "captors and befuddled captives .\n", "blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or\n", "the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers\n", "re-assess\n", "canned\n", "tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device\n", "'s kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .\n", "less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself\n", "allow us to forget most of the film 's problems .\n", "it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "is in his hypermasculine element here , once again\n", "the most wondrous love story in years\n", "defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .\n", "fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script\n", "adoring\n", "captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty\n", "it 's very much like life itself .\n", "a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ...\n", "engrossing iranian film\n", ", minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike ... a cult hero .\n", "in the united states\n", "to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state\n", "and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics\n", "most magical and most\n", "vulgarities\n", "a playful respite\n", "of time , money and celluloid\n", "such a bad movie\n", "which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "in a movie full of surprises\n", "the mediocre end of the pool\n", "through contrived plot points\n", "the fine\n", "two families\n", "why , you may ask\n", "plasma conduits\n", "for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience\n", "hates criticism\n", "director\n", "individuals rather than\n", "is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within .\n", "psychedelia\n", "jewish grandmother\n", "any chance of the movie rising above similar fare\n", "vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste\n", "does n't really believe in it , and\n", "above all\n", "that allowed it to get made\n", "that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others\n", "best part\n", "... spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .\n", "a social injustice , at least as represented\n", "energy or\n", "horror films\n", "with this premise\n", "on a coffee table\n", "the faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel , but\n", "not to grow up to be greedy\n", "many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize\n", "has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references\n", "with a solid cast ,\n", "despite its visual virtuosity , ` naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .\n", "ki-deok\n", "uses very little dialogue\n", "concept\n", "laborious pacing\n", "vague without any of its sense of fun or energy\n", "at a movie\n", "a triumph ,\n", "dickensian decency\n", "become comic relief in any other film\n", "is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier .\n", "'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply\n", "does such a good job of it\n", "weak on detail\n", "in all , brown sugar\n", "does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original\n", "-- and disposable story --\n", "of great monster\\/science fiction flicks\n", "with neither\n", "full of grace\n", "a-list players\n", "look no further\n", "the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman\n", "the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama\n", "takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .\n", "corbett\n", "italics\n", "opening the man 's head and heart\n", "with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment\n", "'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project\n", "it 's surprisingly harmless .\n", "as big\n", "by flying guts\n", "bid to hold our attention\n", "proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business\n", "77 minutes\n", "see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music\n", ", good-natured\n", "it 's not a great monster movie .\n", "old-fashioned at the same time\n", "pop thriller\n", "also intriguing and honorable ,\n", "the goofiest stuff\n", "economic changes\n", "a romance\n", "the film 's crisp , unaffected style and\n", "hip huggers\n", "# 9\n", "sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , karen sprecher\n", "the show\n", "auditorium feeling\n", "by real-life events\n", "independence\n", "is essentially a subculture 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to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .\n", "themselves\n", "no snap\n", "a.c. will help this movie one bit\n", "in acting\n", "with the titillating material\n", "as his visuals\n", "axel\n", "a dream\n", "the plight\n", "some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy\n", "a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic .\n", "for unwary viewers\n", "jackie chan movie\n", "this movie has the usual impossible stunts ... but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie\n", "the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .\n", "everything except someone\n", "in the cast\n", "impressive results\n", "made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "the true impact of the day unfolds\n", "appears to be the end\n", "'s a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium\n", "a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and\n", "on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .\n", "a sub-formulaic slap\n", "a zippy jazzy score\n", "he film\n", "blade and south\n", "'s kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey\n", "owe\n", "sweating\n", "... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .\n", "do n't combine easily\n", "singing\n", "where all the buttons are , and how to push them\n", "leaden comedy\n", "has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half\n", "inventive cinematic tricks\n", "a prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell .\n", "to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face\n", "melodramatic and\n", "its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives\n", "comes 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"each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees\n", "a worthy entry\n", "in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique\n", "a sweet\n", "of a grown man\n", "genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", "a horror movie 's\n", "written , flatly\n", "results that are sometimes bracing ,\n", "a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 .\n", "childish night terrors\n", "of a narrative\n", "unequivocally deserves\n", "the faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel\n", "reserved but\n", "characterisations\n", "damon and affleck\n", "in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm\n", "a huge mess\n", "there 's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance .\n", "most resolutely unreligious parents\n", "major 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"resolutely downbeat\n", "a nuanced portrait\n", "fire\n", "executed\n", "so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it .\n", "- style cross-country adventure\n", "of incoherence and redundancy\n", "the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .\n", "directed by joel schumacher\n", "soderbergh 's\n", "'50s flicks\n", "those who are n't looking for them\n", "is fully formed and remarkably assured\n", "can refuse\n", "giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment\n", "unimaginative screenwriter 's\n", "provocative drama\n", "underneath\n", "to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women\n", "stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .\n", "for those who 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high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed .\n", "bracing\n", "gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship\n", "becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence\n", "conventional science-fiction elements\n", "depth and breadth\n", "`` they '' were here\n", "christian storylines\n", "anticipated\n", "a boring movie\n", "credit\n", "boring , pretentious muddle\n", "be consumed and forgotten\n", "for the year , for that matter .\n", "gives\n", "to see it twice\n", "it 's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .\n", "are quietly\n", "'s understated\n", "creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images\n", "the era\n", "covers\n", "its place\n", "nothing short\n", "is laughingly\n", "as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron\n", "a show forged in still-raw emotions\n", "from home\n", "the element of condescension\n", "somehow managed 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special\n", "beneath it\n", "whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed\n", "it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots .\n", "is n't as sharp as the original ... despite some visual virtues , ` blade ii ' just does n't cut it\n", ", a rumor of angels should dispel it .\n", "the bad news bears\n", ", daytime-drama sort\n", "costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier .\n", "intentional or\n", "ballast tanks\n", "picked me up ,\n", "is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other\n", "the most repugnant adaptation\n", "in terms of story\n", "the excesses of writer-director roger 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half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy\n", "a loquacious and dreary piece of business .\n", "murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death\n", "particularly\n", "tabloids\n", "in a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york\n", "a massive infusion\n", "boredom to the point of collapse ,\n", "of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers\n", "hartley 's least accessible screed\n", "deploys\n", "to work from\n", "without the topping\n", "of sadness that pours into every frame\n", "closed it\n", "fairly solid\n", "its gender politics ,\n", "in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .\n", "one of the rarest kinds of films\n", "manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing\n", "excited that it has n't gone straight to video\n", "boundless energy\n", "scenic appeal\n", "-lrb- evans is -rrb- a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .\n", "somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them\n", "covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature --\n", "iosseliani 's\n", "venice beach\n", "volatile\n", "as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible\n", "betrayal , deceit and murder\n", "it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama\n", "is just fine\n", "with attractive men\n", "tumult\n", "sweet home alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...\n", "brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "a big letdown\n", "the otherwise good-naturedness of mr. deeds\n", "staged violence overshadows everything ,\n", "very tasteful rock\n", "small , personal film\n", "bullets while worrying about a contract on his life .\n", "congrats\n", "to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "the supporting cast\n", "impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "on its feet\n", "it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries\n", "proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with --\n", "pervasive\n", "the only thing\n", "think it 's a tougher picture than it is .\n", "a film so cold and dead\n", "sloppy script\n", "understated comedic agony\n", "favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate\n", "'s a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that\n", "story elements\n", "it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted ,\n", "the mystic genres\n", "do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper\n", "basketball game\n", "of ideas 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show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .\n", "strives to be more\n", "all year\n", "is completely lacking in charm and charisma\n", "the fast , funny , and even touching story\n", "write\n", "twenty-some\n", "every sequel you skip\n", "gore .\n", "degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage\n", "to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "'s truly deserving of its oscar nomination\n", "have existed on paper\n", "wewannour money back , actually .\n", "lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter\n", "documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow\n", "on a dime\n", "mcconaughey\n", "lament\n", "leave it to john sayles\n", "so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "from gripping to plodding and back\n", "drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare ,\n", "of that world\n", "it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories\n", "a horror spoof ,\n", "image\n", "is pretty cute\n", "think you are making sense of it\n", "could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions\n", "so-called ` comedy '\n", "it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .\n", "kids will probably eat the whole thing up\n", "people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group\n", "the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that\n", "slapping its target audience\n", "a column of words\n", "flattening its momentum with about an hour to go\n", "as a comedy\n", "have actually\n", "the best case\n", "he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing\n", "its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil\n", "has not so much been written as assembled , frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups\n", "even more\n", "a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation\n", "pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still ,\n", "of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor ,\n", "creatively\n", "spider-man\n", "still rapturous after all these years\n", "imagine o. henry\n", "solid and refined piece\n", "takes its title all too literally .\n", "the long build-up\n", "down may possess\n", "a film that will enthrall the whole family .\n", "insightfully\n", "comfy little cell\n", ", lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "is oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that .\n", "r&b\n", "the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid\n", "is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings\n", "and welfare centers\n", "drastic\n", "metal\n", "another example\n", "block\n", "to before\n", "that never lets up\n", "the wit , humor and snappy dialogue\n", "ram dass :\n", "adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism\n", "faulty premise\n", "of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity\n", "carvey\n", "the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact .\n", "welsh whimsy\n", "hamming it up\n", "to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing\n", "wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "would quickly change the channel\n", "it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .\n", "even murphy 's expert comic timing and famed charisma\n", "ya-yas\n", "odd that\n", "perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey\n", "adam watstein with finishing it at all\n", "opening scene encounter\n", "the characters are paper thin\n", "filled with authority\n", "its spell\n", "bluto blutarsky\n", "haphazardness\n", ", but at other times as bland as a block of snow .\n", ", ` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .\n", "works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever\n", "the interior lives\n", "a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse\n", "have an opinion to share\n", "wild '\n", "to the folly of changing taste and attitude\n", "the intellectual and emotional pedigree\n", "traces mr. brown 's athletic exploits\n", "they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders\n", "the very people\n", "the rhythms\n", "relieved\n", "have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "arrest development\n", "if you want to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from\n", "finery\n", "matters play out realistically if not always fairly .\n", "too committed\n", "look like `` the addams family ''\n", "a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness\n", "to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone\n", "that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor\n", "fustily\n", ", middle-aged woman\n", "lump\n", "secular religion\n", "there 's a metaphor here\n", "that we associate with cage 's best acting\n", "n\n", "star bruce willis\n", "one of demme 's good films\n", "an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh .\n", "movie experience\n", "hard to be emotional\n", "accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel\n", "transcends their predicament\n", "this is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one .\n", "lopez 's publicist\n", "is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff\n", "carry the movie\n", "the lively intelligence of the artists\n", "this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer\n", "full-bodied performance\n", "who can out-bad-act the other\n", "who wants to start writing screenplays\n", "with a satirical style\n", "come to learn\n", ", at times sublime ,\n", "warmed up\n", "is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie\n", "are served with a hack script\n", "the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught .\n", "carry\n", "if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time\n", "closing\n", "deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride\n", "his impressions of life and loss\n", "tv shows ,\n", "they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .\n", "roy hill 's\n", "time living\n", "cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma\n", "a purposefully reductive movie --\n", "yes , i have given this movie a rating of zero .\n", "'s the movie here\n", "ugly exercise\n", "else involved\n", "the stomach\n", "of the '30s and '40s\n", "such a lousy way ,\n", "is ultimately about as inspiring\n", "what 's going on with young tv actors\n", "the summer 's\n", "fun with the quirks of family life\n", "terrific special effects\n", "to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room\n", "a middle-aged moviemaker 's\n", "are pretty valuable\n", "richness\n", "while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .\n", "is repeated at least four times\n", "strip it of all its excess debris ,\n", "is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .\n", "franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler ,\n", "it never rises to its full potential as a film\n", "even younger audiences\n", "bravado\n", "pretty woman ''\n", ", no matter how degraded things get .\n", "the jokes are flat , and\n", "mr. pryce\n", "in showtime\n", "miss heist --\n", "the soulful nuances\n", "gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill\n", "wear thin on all\n", "abused\n", "more revealing , more emotional\n", "we have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her .\n", "with a bigger , fatter heart\n", "shoot a lot of bullets\n", "a sign of its effectiveness\n", "i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes ,\n", "is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .\n", "of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief\n", "eccentric and good-naturedly\n", "the beyond\n", "it 's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman\n", "-lrb- colgate u. -rrb- comedy ensemble\n", "to blandly go where we went 8 movies ago ...\n", "out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress\n", "makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .\n", "... and screenwriter\n", "its overall sense of mystery\n", "mind-bending\n", "no new plot conceptions or environmental changes\n", "sinks\n", "caricatures\n", "the utter authority of a genre gem\n", "can see the forest for the trees\n", "his penchant for tearing up on cue\n", "a sweet , even delectable diversion\n", "may not ,\n", "whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball\n", "ask about bad company\n", "that 's not much to hang a soap opera on\n", "dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater\n", "becomes sad\n", "in his soul\n", "object\n", "close to pro-serb propaganda\n", "crucial drama\n", "the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited\n", "enough funny\n", "that matter\n", "feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story\n", "'s a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be\n", "long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise\n", "both refreshingly different\n", "to remember it by\n", "can detract from the affection of that moral favorite\n", "slightly naughty\n", "sheer dumbness\n", "to a fault\n", "after watching it , you can 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 .\n", "gorgeous scenes , masterful performances\n", "a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '\n", "sandwich\n", ", truly bad\n", "their parents '\n", "hushed\n", "maybe you 'll be lucky , and\n", "never springs to life\n", "from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but\n", "cho 's\n", "with giving us a plot\n", "confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong\n", "guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ...\n", "some people want the ol' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain\n", "x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average\n", ", more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive\n", "is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture .\n", "a visceral kick\n", "apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device\n", "have actually taken over the asylum\n", "an intriguing what-if premise\n", "as vincent became more and more abhorrent\n", "that eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made\n", "slow\n", "at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild\n", "its charming quirks\n", "comes off as a touching , transcendent love story\n", "makes\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime\n", "a second\n", "is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "anchors\n", "hope to keep you engaged\n", "with us\n", "frighteningly fascinating\n", "of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints\n", "through the looking glass\n", "want to watch\n", "the auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug .\n", "jay\n", "remember a single name responsible for it\n", "as beautiful , desirable , even delectable ,\n", "grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .\n", "in fairy tales\n", "achieves ultimate insignificance\n", "the slightest aptitude for acting\n", "not everything in the film\n", "an opera movie for the buffs\n", "is that it 's funny .\n", "even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .\n", "nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin .\n", "as cutting ,\n", "the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with\n", "tales movie\n", "wladyslaw\n", "a sharper , cleaner camera lens\n", "'s lovely\n", "despair or\n", "poignant and funny\n", "strips bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .\n", "stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering\n", "of family tradition and familial community\n", "might inadvertently\n", "denzel washington\n", "offer you precisely\n", "that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated\n", "technically sumptuous but\n", ", and yet at the end\n", "provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history\n", "than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else\n", "the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path\n", "the inability of dreams and aspirations\n", "good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing .\n", "above kiddie fantasy pablum\n", "of filling in the background\n", "molly craig\n", "has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating\n", "elves and\n", "beer-fueled\n", "mediocre exercise\n", "becomes an overwhelming pleasure\n", "scenes all end in someone screaming\n", "it 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up .\n", "a depth\n", "aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .\n", "that deftly\n", "firing on all cylinders\n", "the message of such reflections -- intentional or not -- is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one .\n", "at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle\n", "invasion\n", "far the worst movie\n", "cam\n", "'s everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more .\n", "when are bears bears and\n", "serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally ,\n", "of early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "fearing that his film is molto superficiale\n", "is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .\n", "latest effort\n", ", ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .\n", "in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper\n", "feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "they 're coming ! ''\n", "a little\n", "an oily arms dealer\n", "theaters\n", "chronically\n", "has always been the action\n", "an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .\n", "deadpan cool , wry humor\n", "sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "warm , enveloping affection\n", "giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating\n", "what a pity ... that the material is so second-rate .\n", "welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor\n", "addresses\n", "committed to film .\n", "an episode of miami vice\n", "'s a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns\n", "has in fact\n", "ice age follows most closely\n", "with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch\n", "can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al.\n", "plays like one of robert altman 's lesser works .\n", "i want\n", "smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play\n", "this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight ,\n", "standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", ", preemptive departure\n", "goers\n", "is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn . '\n", "the project 's\n", "aesthetics\n", "pretends to be passionate and truthful\n", "while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs -lrb- including a knockout of a closing line -rrb-\n", "try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name .\n", "alternate sexuality\n", "calm us\n", "the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes\n", "most emotionally malleable\n", "human nature\n", "'s `` waking up in reno\n", "give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss\n", "has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", "broad and cartoonish as the screenplay\n", "carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "voyeur\n", "what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .\n", "visceral sensation\n", "of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body\n", "an action\\/thriller of the finest kind , evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat .\n", "to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something\n", "ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .\n", "letting you share her one-room world for a while\n", "the kafkaesque\n", "deceit and murder\n", "exciting , clever story\n", "from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang\n", "underwhelming\n", "lumpish cipher\n", "as he was about inner consciousness\n", "this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .\n", "an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed\n", "european markets\n", "are ably intercut and involving\n", "the scientific over the spectacular -lrb- visually speaking -rrb-\n", "'s hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs\n", "the feeble examples\n", "be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "masculine journey\n", "entered the bizarre realm where director adrian lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", "being forceful , sad\n", "treading water at best in this forgettable effort\n", "it 's all about the image . ''\n", "-lrb- vainly , i think -rrb-\n", "one imagines the result would look like something like this .\n", "it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and\n", "slap me\n", "seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending\n", "plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up\n", "cinematic .\n", "'s sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat\n", "were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project\n", "persecuted ``\n", "a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise\n", "with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism\n", "it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and david lynch 's mulholland dr.\n", "unassuming drama\n", "butterworth\n", "you 'd want to smash its face in\n", ", wide-eyed actress\n", "seem self-consciously poetic and\n", "i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors\n", "accomplishment\n", "really , really good things\n", "is loopy and ludicrous ...\n", "organ\n", "is authentic\n", "multi-layers\n", "is n't a stand up and cheer flick\n", "watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb-\n", "stoner midnight flick ,\n", "of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "cursing\n", "welty\n", "familiar neighborhood\n", "the demons\n", "couple dragons\n", "origin\n", "a lightweight story\n", "be something of a sitcom apparatus\n", "looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons ever has .\n", "visually flashy\n", "inadvertently\n", "rich women\n", "wisely unsentimental\n", "chabrol spins\n", "homages\n", "is almost certainly\n", "sealed with a kiss\n", "all the suspense of a 20-car pileup\n", "them cavorting in ladies ' underwear\n", "a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point\n", "including mine -rrb-\n", "landing\n", "no cliche\n", "mtv\n", "intelligent , life-affirming script\n", "last years\n", "some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school\n", "record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse\n", "watch , even when her material is not first-rate\n", "has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and\n", "skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd\n", "is mostly\n", "makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend\n", "the duke surprisingly\n", "lurking\n", "just another major league\n", "funny , charming and quirky\n", "only about as sexy\n", "aggressively silly\n", "who obviously knows nothing about crime\n", "-rrb- comes off like a hallmark commercial\n", "family movie\n", "of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film\n", "the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey\n", "street credibility\n", "1958\n", "48 hours\n", "one that should be thrown back in the river\n", "quirky hipness\n", "the movie fresh\n", "carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders\n", "horrified\n", "with a completely predictable plot , you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard .\n", "davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine .\n", "disguised as a feature film\n", "fish stories\n", "one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen\n", "household name\n", "like that\n", "thumbs up to paxton\n", "spin\n", "tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span .\n", "mindless action movie\n", "some powerful emotions\n", "by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna\n", "peppered with false starts\n", "bubbles\n", "dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .\n", "is blood-curdling stuff\n", "hideously and clumsily\n", "most intense psychological mysteries\n", "once playful and haunting ,\n", "not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either .\n", "analyze that ,\n", "v.s. naipaul 's novel\n", "some good laughs but not\n", "the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure ,\n", "the film , while it 's not completely wreaked ,\n", "the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff\n", "whether or not their friendship is salvaged\n", "is scary .\n", "spend your benjamins\n", "injuries ,\n", ", it offers hope\n", "flaccid satire\n", "as delicately calibrated in tone\n", "the more hackneyed elements of the film\n", "that 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\n", "suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme\n", "the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing\n", "directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men\n", "veneer\n", "balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply\n", "not a classic , but a movie\n", "blue\n", "plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .\n", "it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey .\n", "clockstoppers\n", "sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting\n", "wears its heart on its sleeve\n", "was neither\n", "more over-the-top\n", "the inner-city streets\n", "show up\n", "always seem to find the oddest places to dwell ...\n", ", wit and interesting characters\n", "offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame\n", "laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in .\n", "fatal attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .\n", "stylistic rigors\n", "'s so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second\n", "the lively intelligence of the artists and\n", "of nonsense\n", "it 's actually too sincere\n", "sent a copyof this film to review on dvd\n", "as gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy , clean-cut dahmer -lrb- jeremy renner -rrb- and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .\n", "such a bad day\n", "sergio leone\n", "mainstream audiences will be baffled\n", "wo n't look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again\n", "a fake street drama that keeps telling you\n", "filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders\n", "all of them\n", "straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words\n", "consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt\n", "encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow\n", "drink to excess\n", "based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold\n", "less worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life and\n", "better vehicle\n", "killing its soul\n", "interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective\n", "be real\n", "sits there\n", "a dog-tag and\n", "surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology .\n", "wall\n", "'s like a `` big chill '' reunion of the baader-meinhof gang\n", "has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' , and\n", "resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep\n", "friday after next\n", "from heaven\n", "simplistic to maintain interest\n", "the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking\n", "'s actually sort of amazing\n", "has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb- - with nothing but net\n", "a 1950 's doris day feel\n", "cloying messages\n", "alive only\n", "be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "sometimes tedious --\n", "it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas\n", "high-profile name\n", "be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist\n", "holds you in rapt attention\n", "in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory --\n", "it does n't make any sense\n", "a victim of mental illness\n", "quite good\n", "exxon zone\n", "willing\n", "to the big boys in new york and l.a.\n", "graceless and\n", "of family life\n", "is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe\n", "suspecting\n", "-lrb- at least to this western ear -rrb-\n", "comedy and melodrama\n", "feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group\n", "there 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy ,\n", "metaphors abound , but\n", "call this the full monty on ice\n", "economic fringes\n", "insane comic\n", "swipes heavily\n", "sounds whiny and defensive ,\n", "is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price\n", "jacobson\n", "knees\n", "the heart , one which it fails to get\n", "had in a while\n", "when cares\n", "some very good acting ,\n", "as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements\n", "65-year-old jack nicholson\n", "heart-string plucking\n", "the formula fresh again\n", "his circle of friends\n", "that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever\n", "a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating ,\n", "movie time trip\n", "stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites\n", "scarily funny ,\n", "the gender-war ideas original\n", "the oscar wilde play\n", "the jokes are flat ,\n", "to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''\n", "playful respite\n", "manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .\n", "one-hour\n", "his predicament\n", "call it magic realism or surrealism\n", "guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts ,\n", "never rises to a higher level\n", "dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of\n", "is so engagingly\n", "for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge\n", "the dark visions\n", "is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type .\n", "far better\n", "a slice of counterculture\n", "to the nadir of the thriller\\/horror\n", "very likely\n", ", this is a movie that also does it by the numbers .\n", "the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .\n", "make absurdist observations\n", ", often self-mocking ,\n", "watch bettany strut his stuff\n", "seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .\n", "the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting\n", "a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "the sixth sense\n", "pretty woman\n", "very well-acted\n", "is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .\n", "lurks just below the proceedings\n", "are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life\n", "bille\n", "his supple understanding\n", "school-age\n", "a frat boy 's\n", "make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "a fair share\n", "this vision\n", "of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper\n", "and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .\n", "world war\n", "george clooney\n", "we have n't seen before\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail .\n", "to figure out what makes wilco a big deal\n", "of run lola run\n", "dreamworks\n", "a work of fiction inspired by real-life events\n", "jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book\n", "it is flavorless\n", "with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing\n", "adorably ditsy but heartfelt\n", "characterized as robotic sentiment\n", "ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's\n", "swinging\n", "everyone 's point\n", "bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .\n", "a trend long overdue\n", "an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "lead a group of talented friends astray\n", "14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and\n", "the farrelly brothers\n", "the trinity assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and\n", "is a hoot\n", "hossein\n", "is wonderful .\n", "to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn\n", "globetrotters-generals game\n", "plot conceptions\n", "lambs\n", "sentence\n", "inquisitive enough for that\n", "those in moulin rouge\n", "elevates\n", "desire\n", "the film runs on a little longer than it needs to --\n", "cox 's\n", "ditsy\n", "being there when the rope snaps\n", "occasional slowness\n", "a network\n", "mr. drew barrymore\n", "phoenix 's\n", "too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the\n", "they missed the boat .\n", "thoughtful war films\n", "unbearably\n", "nearly terminal case\n", "waterboy\n", "as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral\n", "` old neighborhood\n", "the famous director 's\n", "walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity\n", "masterful british actor ian holm\n", "from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected\n", "funny little movie\n", "by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings\n", "all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .\n", "rockumentary\n", "lax\n", "so much first-rate talent\n", "provoke introspection\n", "king\n", "the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist\n", "resorting to camp or parody\n", "like a can of 2-day old coke .\n", "roller-coaster\n", "a visual treat for all audiences\n", "'s slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue\n", "shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated\n", "was vile enough .\n", "are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine\n", "is a gem\n", "my little eye is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years .\n", "what experiences you bring to it and\n", "subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph\n", "where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream\n", "depressing story\n", "has enough wit\n", "turgid drama\n", "that jackie chan is getting older\n", "it was written for no one\n", "of the road\n", "sorvino is delightful in the central role .\n", "since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer\n", "buy the criterion dvd\n", "a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling\n", "the two year affair which is its subject\n", "a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life .\n", "ultimately worthwhile\n", "execution\n", "deadly dull\n", "the ending does n't work\n", "holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal\n", "an inuit masterpiece\n", "plainly dull and visually ugly\n", "looks like woo 's a p.o.w.\n", "wacky , screwball comedy\n", "her british persona\n", "sorry use of aaliyah\n", "gives him\n", "in itself , is extraordinary .\n", "mature than fatal attraction\n", "more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative\n", "the film 's centre\n", "takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9 \\/ 11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind\n", "from the pack\n", "give them\n", "intelligent people\n", "are actually fascinating\n", "strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and\n", "sell\n", "the charm of kevin kline and\n", "possesses all the good intentions in the world , but\n", "'s all gratuitous before long ,\n", "soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard\n", "saturday morning tv\n", "much phone\n", "its portrait\n", "cinematic deception\n", "aging , suffering\n", "part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps\n", "very inconsequential\n", "making\n", "would be an understatement\n", "walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost\n", "actorly existential despair\n", "festival\n", "politically audacious\n", "you want to call domino 's .\n", "a 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\n", "the roundelay of partners functions , and\n", "want the ball and chain\n", "are acting like puppets\n", "the intelligence of gay audiences\n", "a world-class fencer\n", "would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "girls ,\n", "so rich with period minutiae\n", "canadian\n", "yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy\n", "who seem barely in the same movie\n", "dreaming\n", "idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance\n", "in its storytelling\n", "the frustration , the awkwardness and\n", "stale first act ,\n", "of `` 7th heaven\n", "a too-conscientious adaptation\n", "the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and\n", "come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron .\n", "plays like a mix of cheech and chong\n", "allows a gawky actor like spall\n", "he made swimfan anyway\n", "suits\n", "tracks\n", "an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly\n", "offer some modest amusements\n", "the people in jessica\n", "turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself\n", "interesting look\n", "that was written down\n", ", the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .\n", "is not that it 's all derivative\n", "achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence .\n", "ill-advised and poorly\n", "the experience worthwhile\n", "agreement\n", "to take movies by storm\n", "spectacularly ugly-looking broad\n", "enigmatic film\n", "cream\n", "hilariously , gloriously alive , and\n", "the populace\n", "a big tub of popcorn\n", "aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .\n", "argento , at only 26 ,\n", "it may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie , but\n", "paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen\n", "are in the saddle\n", "placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers\n", "example\n", "but i had a lot of problems with this movie .\n", "gaye\n", "gratingly\n", "is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next\n", "forgotten\n", "arriving\n", "'s difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff\n", "grayish quality\n", "than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor\n", "shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream\n", "more compelling\n", "it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style\n", "mannered and\n", "to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .\n", "it plays out\n", "mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens\n", "the era of video\n", "mira nair 's new movie\n", ", it also has plenty for those -lrb- like me -rrb- who are n't .\n", "is as delightful as it is derivative\n", "viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "is an all-time low for kevin costner .\n", "to anyone who loves both dance and cinema\n", "it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate\n", "life-altering\n", "digitally\n", "the entire film\n", "this movie sucks . '\n", "intoxicating ardor\n", "serve\n", "wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback\n", "fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them\n", "clayburgh and tambor\n", "leaner\n", "the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world ,\n", "burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot ,\n", "in by julia roberts\n", "90-minute battle sequence\n", "much worse than bland or\n", "actress and\n", "is not only a pianist , but a good human being\n", ", beautifully costumed\n", "a night in the living room than a night at the movies\n", "blast\n", "fresh infusion\n", "is an interesting character\n", "very beavis and butthead\n", "on which\n", "'s far too sentimental\n", "jarecki\n", "though there are many tense scenes in trapped\n", "interesting failure\n", "by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "are ultimately\n", "has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .\n", "a tremendous piece of work\n", "favor of\n", "times sublime\n", "i had with most of the big summer movies\n", "does n't work as either .\n", "police academy flicks\n", "trades run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease\n", "integrates\n", "this rough trade punch-and-judy act\n", "black and\n", "knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade\n", "an american ,\n", "cultivated\n", "large shadows\n", "hide a weak script\n", "in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise\n", "sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism\n", "cries\n", "faraway planet\n", "campaign 's\n", "in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light\n", "is simply a matter of -lrb- being -rrb- in a shrugging mood .\n", "of folks who live in unusual homes\n", "half-sleep\n", "printed page\n", "without any more substance ...\n", "shoe\n", "thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater\n", "by quickly\n", "fingering problems than finding solutions\n", "found the right vent -lrb- accurate\n", "an instance of an old dog\n", "uneasy\n", "the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time\n", "send any shivers\n", "two bodies and hardly\n", "on the edge of sanity\n", "has created a beautiful canvas\n", "to do it\n", "as phoenix 's\n", "this rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point .\n", "scenery , vibe and all --\n", "literate material\n", "a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play\n", "feast\n", "the giant screen\n", "film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time\n", "most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure\n", "'s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison .\n", "offers tsai 's usual style and themes\n", "surprisingly enjoyable\n", "directive\n", "provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen .\n", "more repetition than creativity\n", "'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen\n", "are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone\n", "hungry-man portions\n", "the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .\n", "with evil dead ii\n", "century 's new `` conan\n", "is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live\n", "i did n't hate this one\n", "about girls\n", "possibly the sturdiest example yet\n", "sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes\n", "has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists\n", "upfront\n", "the past decade\n", "i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .\n", "a director so self-possessed\n", "it 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .\n", "a testament\n", "`` sorority boys '' was funnier , and\n", "bad dude\n", "spied with my little eye ...\n", "recommended only for those under 20 years of age\n", "python\n", "more than merely a holocaust movie\n", "filmmakers '\n", "enjoyable ease\n", "as good , if not\n", "into your heart\n", "teen drama\n", "are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing\n", "existential exploration\n", "a miraculous movie\n", "its head\n", "although purportedly a study in modern alienation\n", "the last movie\n", "the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story\n", "to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal\n", "the very definition\n", "plain silly .\n", "the spark of imagination\n", "ordinary people\n", "and literally\n", "dentist\n", "sibling\n", "cheered at just that\n", "then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo ''\n", "zucker\n", "demographically appropriate comic buttons\n", "impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "long bore .\n", "a dentist 's\n", "communal spirit\n", "the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .\n", "the best looking and stylish\n", "formalist experimentation\n", "of its effectiveness\n", "sends you\n", "retro gang melodrama\n", "accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .\n", "know there 's something there .\n", "with hot-button issues in a comedic context\n", "a certain sense\n", "scenarios\n", "so much like a young robert deniro\n", "the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ?\n", "really rattling the viewer\n", "... its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .\n", "a dull , dumb and derivative horror film\n", "i 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy ,\n", "inspiring tale\n", "love , family\n", "the dutiful precision\n", "wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother\n", "the narrator\n", "for an hour\n", "a sane eye\n", "barrow\n", "masters\n", "they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering .\n", "rattling\n", "ca n't say for sure\n", "nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .\n", "ambitious ` what if ? '\n", "monsoon\n", "a very well-meaning movie , and\n", "figuring\n", "lackluster gear\n", "evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits\n", "electrocute and dismember their victims\n", "false starts\n", "potentially trite and overused concept\n", "has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .\n", "where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity\n", "acted , quietly affecting cop drama .\n", "immaculate as stuart little 2\n", "the weak payoff\n", "girls-behaving-badly\n", "for the most part\n", "brings them\n", "never loses its ability to shock and amaze .\n", "thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners ,\n", "played in american culture\n", "just plain crap\n", "to jeanette\n", "with the author 's work , on the other hand ,\n", "beat each other to a pulp\n", "an aimlessness\n", "no real sense\n", "full consciousness\n", ", see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick .\n", "fifteen-minute\n", "of characters , some fictional , some\n", "-lrb- seagal 's -rrb-\n", "are particularly engaging or articulate .\n", "call the police\n", "the sting back into the con\n", "of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "satisfies , as comfort food often can\n", "telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol\n", "wince in embarrassment and others ,\n", "the single female population\n", "much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels\n", "aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats\n", "less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "of the psychopathic mind\n", "about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love\n", "a coming-of-age story\n", "than she can handle\n", "finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and\n", "negligible work\n", "does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke .\n", "'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum\n", "like a travel-agency video\n", "will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make .\n", "period-perfect biopic hammers\n", "hope it 's only acting\n", "please his mom\n", "a movie with no reason for being\n", "recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia .\n", "that rare documentary that incorporates so much\n", "perdition\n", "'s all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story\n", "in the marketing department\n", "finely tuned\n", "know\n", "can certainly\n", "besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .\n", "understands ,\n", "to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three\n", "brings us another masterpiece\n", "a large dose\n", "is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable\n", "its shortness\n", "-- and deeply appealing\n", "costumes by gianni versace\n", "the mood is laid back\n", "sit through it all\n", "reunions\n", "a magician\n", "euphemism\n", "it is missing\n", "'s no energy\n", "'s soulful and unslick\n", "get sufficient distance\n", "chases kevin\n", "burning , blasting , stabbing , and\n", "` surprises\n", "'s nothing to drink\n", "drowns in sap\n", "score and\n", "genuine insight into the urban heart\n", "avoids easy sentiments and explanations ...\n", "somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment\n", "chilling style\n", "despite many talky\n", "any more\n", "beginners\n", "feel like long soliloquies\n", "gentle and engrossing\n", "meanders\n", "take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane\n", "hypermasculine element\n", "had actually\n", "doing battle with dozens of bad guys --\n", "a polished and vastly entertaining caper\n", "in the service of such a minute idea\n", "patchy combination\n", "and mainly unfunny\n", "giving it an unqualified recommendation\n", "been done before but never so vividly\n", "still charming\n", "an adequate reason\n", "ismail merchant 's work\n", "debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined\n", "h ''\n", "none-too-original premise\n", "befuddled in its characterizations\n", "uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt\n", "the illusion of work\n", ", actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable .\n", "her feature film\n", "spectrum\n", "emotional depth\n", "i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .\n", "fatal attraction ''\n", ", swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .\n", "all , reign of fire\n", "and stunt cars\n", "while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back\n", "he only scratches the surface\n", "for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "around him\n", "plotting and mindless\n", "diverting\n", "russian ark\n", "the biggest disappointments of the year\n", "continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood ,\n", "a graphic treatment\n", "under\n", "the power-lunchers\n", "a feature debut\n", "spits out denzel washington 's fine performance in the title role .\n", "is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more\n", "the most enchanting film\n", "less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990\n", "is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth .\n", ", reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .\n", "have to be combined with the misconceived final 5\n", "southern\n", "generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .\n", "its cuisine\n", "swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king\n", "opinion\n", "static\n", "never fresh\n", "of discussion\n", "trumped-up\n", "a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment\n", "severe body odor\n", ", music , and dance\n", "such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman\n", "after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "it may be a no-brainer , but\n", "three short films and two features\n", "shoot 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"and that makes all the difference .\n", "century reality\n", "eye-catching\n", "directors brett morgen and nanette burstein\n", "legged freaks ?\n", "are blunt and challenging\n", "new york metropolitan area\n", "the rotting underbelly\n", ", godfrey reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .\n", "should please history fans\n", "plays closer to two\n", "female friendship ,\n", "sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .\n", "making a vanity project with nothing new to offer\n", "hastily and\n", "does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal\n", "of a predictable outcome and a screenplay\n", "most effective\n", "that 's superficial and unrealized\n", "a decidedly perverse pathology\n", "in a horde\n", ", -lrb- ahola -rrb- has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .\n", "a rather simplistic one\n", "immature character\n", "the gifted crudup has the 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work as well as a masterfully made one\n", "flawless film ,\n", "... a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet .\n", "the rollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey .\n", "spaces\n", "but never so vividly\n", "beach boardwalk\n", "if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factory during world war ii\n", "spent elsewhere\n", "picnic\n", "has its charming quirks and its dull spots .\n", "to shock throughout the film\n", "sympathetic to the damage\n", "of an animated holiday movie\n", "of its predictability\n", "the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and\n", "of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay\n", "most remarkable -lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing\n", "'s impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard -lrb- eileen walsh -rrb- when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .\n", "glumly\n", "a no-frills docu-dogma plainness\n", "wraps up a classic mother\\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny 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wondrous\n", "of silent film\n", "introspective and\n", "keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily\n", "of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film\n", "an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow\n", "violent , self-indulgent and maddening\n", "fast-paced contemporary society\n", "four mild giggles\n", "for a plot twist instead of trusting the material\n", "though every scrap is of the darkest variety\n", "mr. soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .\n", ", money and celluloid\n", "the extreme generation '\n", "it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but resident evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure\n", "with unlikable , spiteful idiots\n", "is n't world championship material\n", "an indispensable peek\n", "the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma\n", "a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking\n", "aliens '\n", "editing and pompous references\n", "an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle ,\n", "it 's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly wo n't win any honors\n", "more ambitious\n", "a completely spooky piece\n", "comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .\n", "romance novel\n", "a sharp and quick documentary\n", "no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "directorial feature debut\n", "gary burns '\n", "is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend\n", "of the actors involved in the enterprise\n", "unexplainable life\n", "of the mill\n", "the simpsons ''\n", "what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians\n", "children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and\n", "got into the editing room\n", "of scorn\n", "will probably eat the whole thing up\n", "those farts got to my inner nine-year-old\n", "morgan\n", "time machine\n", "a fact\n", "three words : thumbs friggin ' down\n", "the asylum material\n", "clever ideas\n", "showtime deserves the hook .\n", "'d prefer a simple misfire .\n", "nerve-rattling\n", "director roger michell does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff .\n", "would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd\n", "strenuously unconventional movie\n", "excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone\n", "congeniality\n", "a hazy high that takes too long to shake\n", "keel over\n", "help sustain it\n", "loosely speaking\n", "do not\n", "richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings\n", "back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing\n", "`` cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! ''\n", "sexual and\n", "has rarely\n", "rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone\n", "must be a serious contender for the title\n", "processed comedy\n", "the alternate sexuality meant to set you free\n", "shouts classic french nuance .\n", "borrow\n", "hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't .\n", "enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .\n", "it 's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and\n", "essence scooped\n", "many out-sized\n", "fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies\n", "hollow , self-indulgent , and\n", "its and pieces\n", "clearasil over the blemishes of youth\n", "a series of vignettes\n", "for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .\n", "hit\n", "works -\n", "close to the nadir of the thriller\\/horror\n", "about themselves\n", "try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about\n", "right stuff\n", "the moviemaking process itself\n", "kiddie\n", "it 's like an old warner bros. costumer jived with sex\n", "relief\n", "takes hold\n", "arch and\n", "on the subgenre\n", "phones\n", "a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice\n", "that sink it faster than a leaky freighter\n", "happened in 1915 armenia\n", "any movie with a life-affirming message\n", "a haunting sense\n", "junk-calorie suspense tropes\n", "sane and breathtakingly\n", "in slackers or their antics\n", "with style\n", "chase film\n", "for a new hal hartley movie\n", "do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action\n", "exquisite acting\n", "the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge\n", "kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and\n", "wants many things\n", "could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up .\n", "solid action pic\n", "that reduces the second world war to one man\n", "gotten\n", "is not entirely successful\n", "arliss howard 's\n", "more power\n", "seaside chateaus\n", "of sharp writing\n", "becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair\n", "adults\n", "it magic\n", "suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled .\n", "that i usually dread encountering the most\n", "imaginatively\n", "it is a likable story , told with competence .\n", "works so well\n", "walken kinda\n", "terrifying movie\n", "a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama\n", "trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes\n", "hate it for the same reason\n", "our collective fear\n", "-lrb- and cannier doppelganger\n", "familiar and predictable\n", "the word `\n", "glorified sitcom\n", "in recycled paper with a shiny new bow\n", "shimmering cinematography\n", "a mildly engaging central romance ,\n", "redundant concept\n", "this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .\n", "drug dealers\n", "astonishingly skillful and moving\n", ", an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .\n", "enough emotional\n", "than great\n", "idea -lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb- is not handled well and\n", "in the modern era\n", "biggest\n", "'' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes\n", "filling as the treat of the title\n", "the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but\n", "gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls\n", "it 's tremendously moving\n", "built on a potentially interesting idea\n", "guessing\n", "as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover\n", "under-rehearsed\n", "raucous and sappy\n", "the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion\n", "interested in asking questions\n", "by not averting his eyes\n", "actually were a suit\n", "... a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .\n", "electrocute and dismember\n", "that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", ", pointless , stupid\n", "the code talkers\n", "will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .\n", "wearing a kilt\n", "for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment\n", "stands as a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\\/11 .\n", "a double life\n", "its elbows\n", "unsatisfying ending\n", "about its protagonist\n", "acted and\n", "has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper\n", "n.m.\n", "suspenseful\n", "emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love\n", "a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace\n", "grimace\n", "the self-destructiveness\n", "insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it does n't disgrace it , either .\n", "passion or\n", "very close to the nadir of the thriller\\/horror\n", "neil\n", "proved its creative mettle\n", "of john c. walsh 's pipe dream\n", "turns it into a sales tool\n", "that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours -lrb- and , for that matter , shrek -rrb-\n", "marivaux\n", "background and history\n", "one facet\n", "a portrait\n", "characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil\n", "lawrence live '\n", "an awkward hybrid\n", "familial\n", "the year\n", "rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "24\\/7\n", "make the suckers\n", "'s just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman\n", "change hackneyed concepts\n", "homage\n", "the forced funniness\n", "of a legal thriller\n", "patient and\n", ", overlong documentary about ` the lifestyle . '\n", "delightfully so\n", "all add up to a satisfying crime drama .\n", "western action films\n", "for star wars fans\n", "called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but\n", "my wife\n", "full-blooded film\n", "stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,\n", "eight legged freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...\n", "leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn\n", "are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters\n", "visual spectacle\n", "an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing\n", "confusing\n", "find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ;\n", "on the soullessness of work\n", "geriatric dirty harry\n", ", like nothing we 've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .\n", ", and swank\n", "nature and family warmth\n", "makes social commentary more palatable\n", "heightened by current world events\n", "a good yarn\n", "engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution . '\n", "the most awful acts are committed\n", "a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .\n", "cinematic sandbox\n", "a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away .\n", "immediately apparent\n", "settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking\n", "as south park\n", "before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "why anyone should bother remembering it\n", "of the clones\n", "its first sign of trouble\n", "looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary\n", "one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .\n", "fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent\n", "suggested\n", "from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion\n", "lives down\n", "goes on\n", "lookin ' for sin , american-style ?\n", "to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time\n", "there 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but\n", "of their not-being\n", "nonsensical and formulaic\n", "boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years .\n", "high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks\n", "his promise remains undiminished\n", "as represented\n", "that will give most parents\n", "wonder if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit\n", "trumpet\n", "kinetic\n", "than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered\n", "on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt\n", "for a film\n", "time .\n", "in an unexpected direction\n", "the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .\n", "loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film\n", "an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character\n", "written and directed so quietly\n", "a sad , soggy potboiler\n", "piece , a model of menacing atmosphere\n", "true story\n", "the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest ,\n", "than with newcomer mcadams\n", "an intense and effective film\n", "a sloppy script\n", "set it\n", "of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness\n", "sappy and sanguine\n", "a modern lothario\n", "barely shocking\n", "'s a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch\n", "the abysmal hannibal\n", "her presence\n", "you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky\n", "is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "a relationship\n", "to kids or adults\n", "fine documentary\n", "typed\n", "of a good woman\n", "whether a noble end can justify evil means\n", "are incredibly captivating and insanely funny ,\n", "does n't connect in a neat way , but\n", "dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "of nuance and character dimension\n", "hang together\n", "its trademark villain\n", "circuit turns out to be\n", "marred beyond redemption\n", "is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "go home ''\n", "to perform\n", "to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set\n", "does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters\n", "needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ?\n", "end up on cinema screens\n", "the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots .\n", "startled when you 're almost dozing\n", "is as estrogen-free\n", "spent an hour setting a fancy table\n", "a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations\n", "sex with strangers is fascinating ...\n", "excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama .\n", "concerned with the entire period of history\n", "it 's better suited for the history or biography channel ,\n", "'s as sweet as greenfingers\n", "at all stages of her life\n", ", sophisticated film\n", "has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit\n", "`` empire '' lacks in depth\n", "the travails\n", "building to a laugh riot\n", "oscar season\n", "no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place .\n", "schaeffer\n", "it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject\n", "no other purpose\n", "colored\n", "such a cold movie\n", "lucky break is -lrb- cattaneo -rrb- sophomore slump .\n", "being real --\n", "dead -lrb- water -rrb- weight\n", "annals\n", "crime comedy\n", "supposed target audience\n", "his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "it 's a minor treat\n", "non-stop funny feast\n", "self-reflexive , philosophical nature\n", "there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy\n", "right to be favorably compared to das boot\n", "the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste\n", "have gone straight to video .\n", "they should have found orson welles ' great-grandson .\n", "far more interested in gross-out humor\n", "'s tv sitcom material at best\n", "clearly well-intentioned\n", "so easily\n", ", handbag-clutching sarandon\n", "crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay\n", "a movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it depicts .\n", "great thing\n", "the criticism\n", "a questioning heart\n", "'ll love it and probably want to see it twice .\n", "is nothing in it to engage children emotionally\n", "the movie is gorgeously made ,\n", "locale\n", "with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese\n", "extremities\n", "out-shock\n", "beaches\n", "too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations\n", "recommending it , anyway\n", "of hell\n", "to think about the ways we consume pop culture\n", "switches gears to the sentimental\n", "the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .\n", "lil\n", "of romance and a dose\n", "'s tough\n", "crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality ,\n", "of the post-war art world\n", "is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "sets\n", ", bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action\n", "collateral damage offers formula payback and the big payoff , but\n", "would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way\n", "you expect of de palma ,\n", "the general 's\n", "its most glaring\n", "to mention absolutely refreshed\n", "a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor\n", "to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "symbiotic\n", "laughably predictable wail\n", "under the right conditions , it 's goofy -lrb- if not entirely wholesome -rrb- fun\n", "describe how bad it is\n", "is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .\n", "competent\n", "-rrb- an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .\n", "it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but\n", "woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ?\n", "is surely\n", "quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film\n", "mean that in a good way\n", "parts of the film\n", "ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag\n", "1995 's\n", "shallow , offensive and redundant\n", "at how clever it 's being\n", "is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved ,\n", "low-budget , video-shot\n", ", difficult and sad\n", "such a great one\n", "masterful work\n", "reprieve\n", "lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love ,\n", "... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?\n", "12th\n", ", rocky-like\n", "that hard\n", "as a historical study and as a tragic love story\n", "something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by\n", "his life , his dignity and\n", "oprah\n", "show off\n", "ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", "-lrb- 1999 -rrb-\n", "joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "bursting with incident\n", "would know what to make of this italian freakshow .\n", "been inspired by blair witch\n", "had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold\n", "a sketch on saturday night live\n", "leery\n", "living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle\n", "wider than a niche audience\n", "gets rolling\n", "of no erotic or sensuous charge\n", "fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre .\n", "an exploration of the emptiness\n", "the screen\n", "a saturday matinee\n", "a series\n", "thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine\n", "good-naturedness\n", "that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "has merit and\n", "attempts to mine laughs\n", "dependence\n", "interminably bleak\n", "the most savagely hilarious social critics\n", ", confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history .\n", "blaxploitation spoof\n", "see scratch\n", "ha ''\n", "come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "a cartoon ?\n", "afraid to risk american scorn\n", "masochistic\n", "it would gobble in dolby digital stereo .\n", "surfaces\n", "conditioning and popcorn\n", "it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "without a lot\n", "the first time around -\n", "young men\n", "psychodrama\n", "all the shooting\n", "serenity and discipline\n", "richly resonant work\n", "so boring\n", "this glossy comedy-drama\n", "his earlier film\n", "actor 's exercise\n", "'s supposed to be post-feminist breezy but\n", "later\n", "poor man 's\n", "aesthetic\n", "get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it\n", "treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "likable , but just\n", "forgive its mean-spirited second half\n", "that is often quite rich and exciting\n", "cheesy scene\n", "the tonal shifts are jolting , and though wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive .\n", "ugly-looking\n", "the screen in frustration\n", "that profound ,\n", "of one actor\n", "times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated -lrb- depending upon where you live -rrb-\n", "off-beat\n", "tons\n", "quite well\n", "the barriers\n", "did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah\n", "an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .\n", "take your pick .\n", "stable-full\n", "any generation\n", "revision works\n", "seem like something\n", "... a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .\n", "debuts by an esteemed writer-actor\n", "the young actors\n", "delivered\n", "character camp\n", "is little question\n", "raise audience 's spirits and\n", "it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo .\n", "pretty good job\n", "venezuelans\n", "this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .\n", "frida 's\n", "ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away\n", "with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap\n", "an homage to them , tarantula and other low - budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s\n", "happily glib and\n", "the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .\n", "the old police academy flicks\n", "as well its delightful cast --\n", "is all 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plodding .\n", "is n't nearly as terrible\n", "in every sense\n", "wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany\n", "-lrb- tries -rrb- to parody a genre that 's already a joke in the united states .\n", "sensual and\n", "is kaufman 's script\n", "get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile\n", "chasing amy ''\n", "of houses\n", "such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls ''\n", "the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and\n", "robert\n", "is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter\n", "hard yank\n", "the quiet american is n't a bad film , it 's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .\n", "her vampire chronicles\n", "in the telling of a story largely untold\n", "'s a rather listless amble down\n", "sand\n", "sharp and\n", "wow fans\n", "of sheer goofiness and cameos\n", "with pungent flowers\n", "hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected 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persona of bibi\n", "an odd , rapt spell\n", "truth or consequences , n.m. 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"flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do\n", "its generosity\n", "it has its faults\n", "ever saw that was written down\n", "of all individuality\n", "the compassion , good-natured humor\n", "her dreams\n", "implausibility\n", "the other '' and `` the self\n", "is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .\n", "an elegant visual sense\n", "best drug\n", "of creative insanity\n", "alan and his fellow survivors\n", "like four\n", "the most remarkable -lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank .\n", "the son and his wife\n", "'s a movie about it\n", "to simulate sustenance\n", "to be desired\n", "think much\n", "solemn pretension\n", "the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb-\n", "if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after\n", "confidently\n", "tasty and\n", "a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition\n", "'s dark and tragic\n", "do n't avert our eyes for a moment .\n", "the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record\n", "bursts\n", "the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating\n", "this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day ,\n", "clearly evident poverty and hardship\n", "a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama\n", "which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "niro performance\n", "with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", "be acted\n", "involving as individuals rather than types\n", "that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell\n", "utterly forgettable\n", "haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently\n", "powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of 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"modernize it\n", "career -\n", "'ve seen ` jackass : the movie\n", "as a full-fledged sex addict\n", "a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects\n", "ironic implications\n", "this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part\n", "uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be\n", "how to tell us about people\n", "these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation .\n", "abused , inner-city autistic\n", "l. jackson\n", "the french revolution\n", "as the dysfunctional family it portrays\n", "are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition\n", "carved their own comfortable niche\n", "like someone 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"pint-sized ` goodfellas '\n", "he was reading the minds of the audience .\n", "janice beard -lrb- eileen walsh -rrb-\n", "to top form\n", "small slice\n", "... plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer -lrb- and -rrb- the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .\n", "been the vehicle for chan\n", "rusted-out ruin\n", "spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters\n", "unflinching\n", "undone\n", "are good\n", "a pack of dynamite sticks\n", "insanely stupid\n", "a triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light\n", "its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons\n", "of actual material\n", "on a movie\n", "'m left slightly disappointed that it did n't\n", "the most brilliant work\n", "this bit\n", "all lose track of ourselves by trying\n", "the saccharine\n", "comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental\n", "memory and\n", ", that 's good enough .\n", "criminal conspiracies and true romances\n", "-- full 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message-movie ' posturing\n", "at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood .\n", "half-an-hour\n", "strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short .\n", "also decidedly uncinematic\n", "this much imagination and\n", "life 's ultimate losers\n", "enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was\n", "little screen to big\n", "be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength\n", "promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip\n", "their story is predictable\n", "a spellbinding serpent 's\n", "increasingly\n", "moods\n", "the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan ''\n", "whether you like it or not\n", "the lazy plotting ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off\n", "why it 's so 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again .\n", "the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal .\n", "ardently christian storylines\n", "for overly familiar material\n", "blood-curdling stuff\n", "that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart\n", "the history of our country\n", "speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand\n", "old-hat\n", "particularly amateurish\n", "bullets ,\n", "your own precious life\n", "intriguing and stylish\n", "cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level\n", "a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood\n", "demand of the director\n", "built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters\n", "vincent tick , but\n", "delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion .\n", "gliding\n", "sneaks up on you and\n", "'s no surprise\n", "deftly\n", "a bizarre piece\n", "its courageousness , and\n", "rather shapeless good time\n", "that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with\n", "fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .\n", "manhunter '\n", "-lrb- sci-fi -rrb-\n", "in the giant spider invasion comic chiller\n", "scruffy , dopey old\n", "take movies by storm\n", "managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu\n", "largely unfulfilling\n", "both seven and\n", "political madness and very nearly\n", "love , racial tension , and\n", "qualify as revolutionary\n", "'s dark and tragic , and\n", ", fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .\n", "a total lack\n", "would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .\n", "the emotional realities\n", "the discomfort and embarrassment\n", "ardent\n", "genteel and 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"anderson\n", "homo-eroticism\n", "the dark places of our national psyche\n", "the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story\n", "the west bank ,\n", "a distinct rarity\n", "a folk story\n", "the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous\n", "a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell\n", "to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock\n", "balances\n", "rock music\n", "the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart\n", "a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast\n", "ravishing , baroque beauty\n", "lull you to sleep\n", "marvelous first 101 minutes\n", "a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ... life .\n", "seem like a bad idea from frame one\n", "dire warning\n", "simple tale\n", "flick\n", ", gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .\n", "earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer ,\n", "pretty watchable\n", "slackers\n", "of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged\n", "fleshed-out enough\n", "gracious\n", "formulaic and forgettable\n", "irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king\n", "downplaying her good looks\n", "including a knockout of a closing line\n", "tells a deeper story\n", "while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart\n", "actual vietnam war combat movie\n", "fluffy neo-noir\n", "frank capra 's classic\n", "whirling\n", "jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape\n", "the powder blues\n", "dystopian\n", "should pay reparations to viewers .\n", "a relationship that is worthy of our respect\n", "than his other films\n", "obvious voyeuristic potential\n", "no denying the power of polanski 's film\n", "recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room ,\n", "care about its protagonist\n", "a terrible movie in every regard\n", "entertaining tricks\n", "without being forceful , sad without being shrill\n", "squeeze a few laughs out of the material\n", "eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered\n", "intelligent , and\n", "images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "television ,\n", "richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .\n", "mainland\n", "covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "of the signposts\n", "it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me ,\n", "conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children\n", ", but it 's great cinematic polemic\n", "you can imagine\n", "plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer -lrb- and -rrb- the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going\n", "look like vulgar\n", "creates a new threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise .\n", "pairing\n", "scripts , acting and direction\n", "a touch too\n", "vibrance and warmth\n", "colors the picture in some evocative shades .\n", "with ` issues\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations\n", "a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "'s so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .\n", "the nonconformist\n", "disintegrating vampire cadavers\n", "higher level\n", "ugly digital video\n", "the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash\n", "this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero .\n", "exciting and well-paced .\n", "'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''\n", ", light treat\n", "that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration\n", "perfect example\n", "a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches\n", "her bully\n", "the state of the music business in the 21st century\n", "so verbally flatfooted and\n", "knowledge , education ,\n", "-lrb- and no one -rrb-\n", "develop her own film language\n", "in and out\n", "poverty and\n", "really a thriller so much\n", "proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .\n", "a wordy wisp\n", "of the things that made the first one charming\n", "confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually\n", "caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely .\n", "laissez-passer\n", "manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt\n", "secret ballot\n", "ask permission\n", "that plucks `` the four feathers ''\n", "the engaging\n", "to recent national events\n", "although i did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .\n", "post-tarantino\n", "jacqueline bisset and\n", "you might say tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible .\n", "something has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .\n", "john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line\n", "cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility .\n", "in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget\n", "charming , funny and beautifully crafted import\n", "watching all this 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"dollars\n", "a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh\n", "were an obligation\n", "slim hopes and dreams\n", "charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent\n", "adam rifkin\n", "acting lessons\n", "in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", "be distasteful to children and adults\n", "it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes .\n", "through the eyes\n", "movie formulas\n", "blip\n", "dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut\n", "sports aficionados\n", "the perfectly pitched web of tension\n", "is nicely\n", "talk about for hours\n", "allegiance to chekhov ,\n", "the human tragedy\n", "i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie .\n", "skulls\n", "probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis\n", "about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite\n", "the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss\n", "fruitful\n", "centers on the wrong character\n", "one strike against it\n", "with all the films\n", "die already\n", ", roughshod document\n", "a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it\n", "forgive the flaws\n", "own minority report\n", "withered during his enforced hiatus\n", "already like this sort of thing\n", "underway\n", "to people with a curiosity about\n", "form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .\n", "is cinema\n", "their idol 's\n", "one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself\n", "an unpleasantly\n", "first blade\n", "of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,\n", "as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool\n", "it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did i miss something ? ''\n", "a bad premise\n", "heaven , west of hell\n", "children and adults\n", "if i want music\n", "of nature\n", "falling in love with howard stern\n", "eats , meddles , argues\n", "some are fascinating and others are not\n", "be fruitful\n", "trapped wo n't score points for political correctness\n", "the bar\n", "be more genial than ingenious\n", "is darkly atmospheric ,\n", "call this the full monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux\n", "as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day\n", "turn stupid\n", "by the end ,\n", "digressions of memory and desire\n", "does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "entertaining film\n", "in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit\n", "slobbering\n", "lumbering , wheezy drag\n", "passion , grief and fear\n", "it a comic book with soul\n", "has all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .\n", "of combat scenes\n", "fistfights , and car chases\n", "carvey 's -rrb- characters are both overplayed and exaggerated\n", "a different movie -- sometimes tedious --\n", "sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .\n", "takes a potentially trite and overused concept -lrb- aliens come to earth -rrb- and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .\n", ", this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .\n", "with the name of star wars\n", "pursuing him\n", "harmless fun .\n", "the inuit people\n", "chris rock , '\n", "seriousness and quality\n", "for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "for their own caddyshack\n", "that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally\n", "chai 's structure and pacing\n", "born out of 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who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling .\n", "i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail\n", "prevention\n", "flinch\n", "stuck pig\n", "ably intercut and\n", "a flick\n", "better acting\n", "humanly engaged\n", "and pornographic way\n", "a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness\n", "'s definitely worth\n", "wild , lunatic invention\n", "the movie 's strangeness\n", "most traditional , reserved\n", "lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie\n", "tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry .\n", "writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .\n", "espionage picture\n", "more appreciative of what the director was 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"kid 's\n", "a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children .\n", "borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and `` extremities ''\n", "of pure finesse\n", "is about grief\n", "their lofty perch\n", "as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .\n", "tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah\n", "a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout\n", "we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash\n", "a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences\n", "sweet home alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films .\n", "have used some informed , adult hindsight\n", "the project 's filmmakers\n", "made the original men\n", "giving in\n", "that keeps throwing fastballs\n", "who see it\n", "it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems\n", "sensitive handling\n", "i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .\n", "all the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .\n", "planned\n", "its lack of empathy\n", "'s ``\n", "seems to want to be a character study\n", "viewers\n", "affection\n", "in its over-the-top way ,\n", "we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .\n", ", focused\n", "better film\n", "with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance\n", "compelling than the execution\n", "finish ,\n", "a rich subject and\n", "noticeably derivative\n", "least accessible\n", "the nature\\/nurture argument\n", "her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "'ll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back\n", "stepmom\n", "'m happy to have seen it\n", "it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .\n", "is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .\n", "photos\n", "green ruins every single scene he 's in ,\n", "doing what they do best - being teenagers\n", "the flip-flop\n", "'ll put it this way\n", "achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .\n", "jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can ,\n", "barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality .\n", "religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way\n", "it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and\n", "parable about honesty and good sportsmanship\n", "i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but\n", "casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle\n", "great material\n", "material\n", "schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb- ,\n", "exotic dancing\n", "semi-amusing\n", "slips from the grasp of its maker\n", "a matinee\n", "that we never knew\n", "might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements\n", "film directors\n", "only used for a few minutes here and there\n", "the film has a childlike quality about it .\n", "big brother\n", "that feels all too familiar\n", "has nothing\n", "a hoot\n", "romped\n", "necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy\n", "a lovely film for the holiday season\n", "is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us .\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain\n", "in contemporary china\n", "of her book\n", "by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it ... then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .\n", "observe\n", "aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once .\n", "eye-popping visuals\n", "a half\n", "with moods\n", "most poorly staged and\n", "a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you .\n", "a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat\n", "life 's\n", "like pieces\n", "been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films\n", "those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light\n", "solid performances\n", "call me a cynic , but there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message .\n", "fortune\n", "makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing\n", "of the previous pictures\n", "a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies\n", "it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters\n", "of the mundane\n", "beside the point\n", "are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze .\n", "work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose\n", "densely\n", "oscar nomination\n", "is than actual work\n", "proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .\n", "that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "this emotional car-wreck\n", "on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept\n", "of french filmmakers\n", "devastating documentary on two\n", "the bottom\n", "greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor\n", "much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "weary journalist\n", "is that it 's far too sentimental .\n", "allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick\n", "is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances\n", "is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often .\n", "action-oriented\n", "egregious\n", "not well enough\n", "the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective\n", "shouts\n", "-lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters\n", "an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort .\n", "for in heart what it lacks in outright newness\n", "do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes\n", "nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .\n", "vat\n", "is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made\n", "thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion\n", "shootings , beatings ,\n", "the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman\n", "to earn our love\n", "multiple\n", "its initial momentum\n", "one so unconventional\n", "'s a howler\n", "should have remained\n", "based on true events\n", "live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry\n", "irwin\n", "to warm up to\n", "made-up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude .\n", "even-toned\n", "an interesting racial tension\n", "three people\n", "this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture\n", "a higher level\n", "as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "essentially awkward version\n", "the movie 's thesis\n", "the engaging , which gradually turns what\n", "karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women\n", "of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen\n", "closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s\n", ", i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .\n", "move quickly\n", "react\n", "made a movie that is n't just offensive\n", "destiny and\n", "dramatic interest\n", "vibrance\n", "takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .\n", "`` pretty woman '' wanted to be\n", "maggio\n", "to watch in quite some time\n", "mean you wo n't like looking at it\n", "falls into the trap of pretention almost every time\n", "see an artist ,\n", "must be in the genes .\n", "creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .\n", "radiant character portrait\n", "better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner\n", "showboating wise-cracker stock persona\n", "of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons\n", "is , in a word\n", "feels like a glossy rehash\n", "his work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .\n", "four times\n", "tedious and turgid\n", "be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work\n", "human connection\n", ", like mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .\n", "all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own .\n", "the power of this movie\n", "thrown-together\n", "cinematic disaster\n", "`` auto focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era\n", "needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism\n", "with this ricture\n", "'ve actually\n", "any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors .\n", "metro\n", "single threat\n", "not a bad premise , but the execution is lackluster at best .\n", "like being trapped at a bad rock concert\n", "amidst\n", "'s something there\n", "the movie has virtually nothing to show\n", "this overheated melodrama\n", "to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and\n", "the story too intriguing\n", "was essentially , by campaign 's end ,\n", "is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie\n", "hack-and-slash\n", "refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map\n", "of love , age , gender , race , and class\n", "entertaining as the final hour\n", "no small part thanks\n", "ong 's\n", "peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects\n", "theater history\n", "buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary\n", "got a house full of tots -- do n't worry\n", "scoob and shag\n", "when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch\n", "reactionary ideas about women and\n", "is a poster boy for the geek generation . '\n", "diva\n", "who has seen the hunger or cat people\n", "distracted\n", "i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . ''\n", "terribly monotonous\n", "derailed by bad writing\n", "a peculiar misfire that even tunney ca n't save .\n", "that rival vintage looney tunes\n", "most splendid\n", "the right eyes\n", "should dispense the same advice to film directors .\n", "the triumph\n", "no glance\n", "did at seventeen\n", "pleas\n", "the solution\n", "reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism\n", "shedding light\n", "disturbed\n", "by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company\n", "somewhat disappointing and meandering\n", "of narrative continuity\n", "quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it\n", "... the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .\n", "pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth\n", "for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "paranoid impulse\n", "the performances by phifer and black\n", "byzantine incarnations\n", "like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "the same throughout\n", "nourishing aspects\n", "bill weber\n", "contrivances and overwrought emotion\n", "possesses its own languorous charm .\n", "'s not good with people .\n", "the simplicity of the way home\n", "of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "enjoy the movie at all\n", "is rather choppy\n", "a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings\n", "lillard and\n", "the most surprising thing\n", "no big whoop\n", "persuades you\n", "the window ,\n", "begs to be parodied\n", "self-caricature\n", "even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation\n", "than an autopsy , the movie\n", "bad guys\n", "not a participant\n", "loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat\n", "only one way\n", "swear 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enough\n", "anything ever ,\n", "swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises\n", "will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .\n", "its weaknesses\n", "is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .\n", "busy urban comedy is clearly not zhang 's forte , his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .\n", "just too silly and sophomoric\n", "includes the line `\n", "as subtle and as enigmatic\n", "as enigmatic\n", "crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best\n", "her fans walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .\n", "of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film\n", "prove to be -lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece\n", "another masterpiece\n", "i think that 's what i liked 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.\n", "proportions\n", "blatant\n", ", because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas ,\n", "to leave this loser\n", "the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment\n", "to american audiences\n", "exploitative and largely devoid\n", "a straight-to-video movie\n", "like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz\n", "to the little things\n", "romped up and down\n", "pesky mother\n", "ca n't .\n", "serious movie-goers\n", "teach\n", "i would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable .\n", "taken with its own style\n", "is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic\n", "is a subversive element to this disney cartoon ,\n", "unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from\n", "like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering\n", "be better and more successful\n", "the harsh reality of my situation\n", "borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and `` extremities '' ...\n", "grim\n", "careens from one colorful event to another without respite\n", "it is almost a good movie\n", "ever lived\n", "dispatching\n", "after all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .\n", "moral\n", "is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival\n", "is the far superior film\n", "youth culture\n", "learned the hard way just\n", "a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch\n", "aching sadness\n", "marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks\n", "the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction\n", "a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being\n", "wollter\n", "a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy\n", "assembly line\n", "amish people\n", "not one clever line of dialogue\n", "wo n't seem like such a bore\n", "hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman 's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares .\n", "try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name\n", "on your appetite for canned corn\n", "'m happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes .\n", "clocked\n", "to love .\n", "real women may have many agendas , but it also will win you over , in a big way .\n", "shows or reruns\n", "alas , another breathless movie about same !\n", "a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place\n", "meeting , even exceeding expectations , it 's the best sequel since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .\n", "'s more or less how it plays out\n", "premise and\n", "humanist\n", "about the mechanisms of poverty\n", "are blunt\n", "originality of plot\n", "were\n", "is truly funny ,\n", "from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant\n", "far east\n", "`` jackass '' fan\n", "aragorn 's\n", "art of their own\n", "on the elements of a revealing alienation\n", "slapped\n", "an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless\n", "aim\n", "the odd distinction of being playful without being fun\n", "modest laughs\n", "parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there is n't enough clever innuendo to fil\n", "a more streamlined\n", ", it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .\n", "stimulating & heart-rate-raising\n", "weave a protective cocoon around his own ego\n", "are especially fine\n", "a comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .\n", "banal and predictable .\n", "have been kind enough to share it\n", "takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about\n", "usual spielberg flair\n", "the west bank\n", "contemporary\n", "is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears\n", "rocky and\n", "hardened voyeur\n", "of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "so-called satire\n", "see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors -lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb-\n", "breckin meyer 's\n", "welcome to collinwood never catches fire .\n", "'s all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage\n", "since town and country\n", "beat\n", "through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "sparked\n", "eventually prevail\n", "'s yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix\n", "interesting developments\n", "hit their marks ,\n", "should be doing a lot of things , but does n't\n", "fluttering and\n", "wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around\n", "crusty\n", "the business\n", "at last count\n", "darkly funny and\n", "transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories\n", "a movie theatre for some time\n", "considerable\n", "mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and\n", "resonant gem\n", "of the kind of energy it 's documenting\n", "had anything to do with it\n", "that few movies are able to accomplish\n", "a very slow , uneventful\n", "art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy\n", "inhabit it\n", "most resonant film since the killer .\n", "there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work ,\n", "-lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb-\n", "approach to the workplace romantic comedy\n", "yields\n", "many who see it\n", "told from paul 's perspective\n", "this one feels like a life sentence\n", "pranks\n", "and at times endearing\n", "outweighs all the loss we\n", "of the young bette davis\n", "with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically\n", "silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time\n", "finally , to some extent ,\n", "a funny yet dark and seedy clash\n", "look down on their working-class subjects\n", "we never feel anything for these characters\n", "'s quite another\n", "you can smell the grease on the plot\n", "none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident\n", "riddles\n", "favor of water-bound action\n", "no less\n", "birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .\n", "bug\n", "book films\n", "in a world of meaningless activity\n", "as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting .\n", "to receive\n", "a portrait of alienation\n", "may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work .\n", "the war between the sexes\n", "ambitions\n", "drive through\n", "work from\n", "spanning history\n", "two fine actors , morgan freeman\n", "bravery\n", "thriller with enough unexpected twists\n", "just utter ` uhhh\n", "a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us .\n", "incarnations\n", "some movies suck you in despite their flaws ,\n", "ruins every single scene he 's in\n", "puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material\n", "are so believable that you feel what they feel\n", "mid-seventies\n", "this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .\n", "of hand\n", "simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .\n", "emotion or timelessness\n", "of virtuosic set pieces\n", "if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse\n", "parents beware ; this is downright movie penance\n", "these two literary figures , and even the times\n", "it 's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan .\n", "lifted\n", "silly comedy\n", "the trappings\n", "from a vacuum\n", ", even analytical approach\n", "it 's jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite .\n", "lived\n", "sturdiness\n", "violently\n", "in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack\n", "is careless and unfocused .\n", "the last movie left on earth\n", "say `` hi ''\n", "as janice\n", "had n't seen\n", "treads old turf\n", "flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep\n", "during marriage ceremonies\n", "love letter\n", "especially when\n", "one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city\n", "to the megaplexes\n", "tricky and satisfying\n", "of a fellow\n", "keep happening over and over again\n", "never veers from its comic course\n", "mounted\n", "genuine insight\n", "that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel\n", "the requisite screaming captain\n", "from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen\n", "scary movie\n", "images and surround sound effects of people moaning .\n", "half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations\n", "biscuit\n", "all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence\n", "is thought-provoking\n", "highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast\n", "'' project\n", "if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man\n", "dramatic punch ,\n", "niches\n", "his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson\n", "however fascinating they may be as history\n", "for the struggle of black manhood\n", "it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie\n", ", sweaty-palmed fun\n", "as many\n", "minority report\n", "then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids\n", "has 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 ''\n", "interpersonal drama\n", "the words\n", "oddly\n", "a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers\n", "the corniest\n", "manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might , thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible\n", "delight your senses and crash this wedding\n", "'ve missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably\n", "painful , obnoxious\n", "to base melodrama\n", "the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and\n", "his own idiosyncratic strain\n", "handling\n", "naipaul\n", "pedestal\n", "an 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afterthought .\n", "of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "as it does because of the performances\n", "trying to have the best of both worlds\n", "'s not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "steven soderbergh 's space opera\n", "a drive-by\n", "is completely\n", "reception\n", "spookily\n", "a celluloid litmus test\n", "springboard\n", "it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels\n", "without the expected flair or imagination\n", "an engrossing entertainment\n", "the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding\n", "roy\n", "daft\n", "dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and\n", "much-needed levity\n", "maximum comfort and familiarity\n", "scream . '\n", "magical\n", "cascade\n", "because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters\n", "sad , soggy potboiler\n", "of its drastic iconography\n", "sneaks up\n", "would do better elsewhere\n", "fateful fathers\n", "knows its freud\n", "bad plot\n", "that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another .\n", "awake and\n", "into gear\n", "gold\n", "important message to tell\n", "contradictory feelings\n", "whose mother\n", "seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable\n", "bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival\n", "` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science\n", "bright young men --\n", "the film has a lot of charm .\n", "worst of all\n", "than cringing\n", ", funny and poignant\n", "more than one\n", "neither warm nor fuzzy\n", "to counter the crudity\n", "has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad .\n", "like one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- music videos\n", "distinguishable condition\n", "get weird\n", "quite simply\n", "mann area\n", "bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers ,\n", "every once in a while , a movie\n", "wit or innovation\n", "would like to skip but film buffs should get to know\n", "look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .\n", "tashlin comedy\n", "so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles\n", "a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder\n", "be reminded of who did what to whom and why\n", "certainly the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for\n", "remotely triumphant about this motion picture\n", "shreds\n", "meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .\n", "turn it off\n", "strikes hardest ...\n", "or edit\n", "is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful\n", "to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama\n", "creepiness one\n", "of idea work\n", "for all its shoot-outs\n", "is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor\n", "just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it\n", "to shame\n", "half the excitement\n", "rent those movies instead ,\n", "uncanny\n", "seal\n", "is downright movie penance\n", "the whole world\n", "well enough\n", "visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find\n", "sentimental mess\n", "big fans\n", "is strictly a lightweight escapist film\n", "a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted\n", "like , say\n", "until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes\n", "of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial\n", "has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now\n", "you have the patience for it\n", "the show 's\n", "blue crush ,\n", "their most virtuous limits\n", "ferret out the next great thing\n", "overcome blah characters\n", "silly rather than plausible\n", "ballistic :\n", "zany\n", "viewing this underdramatized but overstated film\n", "first two films\n", "that in itself is commentary enough\n", "straight versus gay personal ads\n", "is prosaic\n", "can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation\n", "are worthwhile .\n", "of movie\n", "toback 's -rrb- fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard\n", "has a little too much resonance with real world events\n", "lagging\n", "a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs .\n", "playing with narrative form\n", "`` be careful what you wish for ''\n", "like the standard made-for-tv movie\n", "is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists\n", "the sexuality is muted\n", "that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "a radar for juicy roles\n", "halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "while you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet , you 're a jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''\n", "you adored the full monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting\n", "all away\n", "first , quiet cadences of pure finesse\n", "is bound to show up at theatres for it\n", "a rustic retreat and pee against a tree\n", ", voices-from-the-other-side story\n", "a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic\n", "'s surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction\n", "vastly entertaining\n", "capable clayburgh\n", "blasts of rage\n", "` real '\n", "darkly\n", "wanes dramatically\n", "over 25\n", "potential\n", "snazzy\n", "of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter\n", "a beautiful canvas\n", "rob schneider , dana carvey and sarah michelle gellar in the philadelphia story ?\n", "is the project 's prime mystery .\n", "of mothman prophecies\n", "his castle\n", "about newcomers in a strange new world\n", "gets off with a good natured warning\n", "animator\n", "to williams\n", "a movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling\n", "the kind of genuine depth\n", "it 's on par with the first one\n", "on a true and historically significant story\n", "i hate myself most mornings .\n", "throws herself\n", "genuine narrative\n", "is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "old-fashioned\n", "been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand\n", "a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful\n", "because it 's anti-catholic\n", "the euphemism ` urban drama\n", "bela lugosi 's\n", "but several movies have -\n", "make a splash even greater\n", "is way , way off .\n", "both sexual and kindred\n", "your regrets\n", "the hollywood trap\n", "saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate\n", "'s mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity .\n", "just two\n", "such\n", "comes off as self-parody .\n", "that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be\n", "can muster just figuring out who 's who\n", "is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture\n", "'' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark .\n", "a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling\n", "like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank\n", "to claim street credibility\n", "`` ocean 's eleven , ''\n", "its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation\n", "emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable\n", "childish\n", "masculine\n", "crafted , and well executed\n", "love .\n", "loosely-connected string\n", "scintillating force\n", "late-twenty-somethings natter\n", "pleasant but not more than recycled jock\n", "takes your breath\n", "the clown ''\n", "mummy\n", "shrek\n", "may be ploughing the same furrow once too often .\n", "offers some flashy twists\n", "take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief\n", "a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .\n", "have laughed\n", "insider\n", "record the events\n", "cuteness ,\n", "bastards , more power to it\n", "miami\n", "making no sense at all\n", "the mire\n", "sport . '\n", "of the quirky rip-off prison\n", "say that it 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\n", "will you go ape over this movie\n", "seems like it does\n", "identity and\n", "will be ahead of the plot at all times\n", "the plot at all times\n", "the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb- and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness\n", "degrading and strangely liberating\n", "takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera\n", "be needed\n", "action hero\n", "your taste\n", "hibiscus\n", "the a-team\n", "as their characters do in the film\n", "oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick\n", "little less bling-bling and\n", "particular new yorkers\n", "would tax einstein 's brain\n", "a gorgeous pair\n", "be profane\n", "jagger ,\n", "her petite frame and vulnerable persona\n", "prove more potent and riveting\n", 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you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century\n", "so striking about jolie 's performance\n", "sex is one of those films that aims to confuse .\n", "light the candles , bring out the cake\n", "lives and liberties\n", "none of them are ever any good\n", "the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit\n", "damaged-goods\n", "most of the information\n", "evoking\n", "the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so\n", "the story unfurls ...\n", "is worth the price of admission\n", "on a computer\n", "switch bodies with a funny person\n", "its source 's complexity\n", "before you say to yourself\n", "for a lesson in scratching\n", "exists apart\n", "there 's none of the happily-ever\n", "engross even\n", "its abrupt drop\n", "of middle-class angst\n", "classy , sprightly spin\n", "they may be as history\n", "not only from 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\n", "engages us\n", "zhang ziyi 's\n", "altogether darker\n", "s.c.\n", "being able to creep the living hell out of you\n", "by michael gondry\n", "easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters\n", "to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain ,\n", "-- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english\n", "if possible -rrb-\n", "serious critique\n", "serves mostly\n", "sack\n", "i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way ,\n", "it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb- - with nothing but net\n", "the latter\n", "' butler\n", "be lovely\n", "most antsy youngsters\n", "starts as an intense political and psychological thriller\n", "fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill\n", "too obviously\n", "taylor -rrb-\n", "for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction\n", "on the santa clause 2\n", "sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll\n", "narrative urgency\n", "not really as bad as you might think !\n", "a crazy work\n", "is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion\n", "is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation\n", "the most sincere and artful movie\n", "a surprisingly juvenile lark ,\n", "moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries\n", "is masterly\n", "frank capra played this story straight .\n", "in frustration\n", "to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "the following things are not at all entertaining\n", "fleeing\n", "striking deep chords of sadness\n", "a literary detective story\n", "behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman\n", "stunt editing\n", "its excellent storytelling , its economical\n", "college keg party\n", "clever things\n", "mordantly funny and\n", "watching war photographer , you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .\n", "a loud , witless mess that\n", "war movie\n", "find anything here\n", "whole family\n", "the more contemporary , naturalistic tone\n", "dramatic , funny and poignant\n", "greg kinnear\n", "be particularly innovative\n", "'s horribly wrong\n", "have bitterly forsaken\n", "sabotaged by pomposity\n", "will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service .\n", "where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters\n", "is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot .\n", "the actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but viewers do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types .\n", "fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "cinematically\n", "never quite delivers the original magic\n", "she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "two not very absorbing characters\n", "is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party\n", "a solidly entertaining and moving family drama\n", "as the final hour\n", "though thin writing proves its undoing\n", "there are laughs aplenty\n", "... stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier .\n", "said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women\n", "his smooth , shrewd , powerful act\n", "narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films .\n", "the wonderfully lush morvern callar\n", "make lesser men run for cover\n", "its young-guns cast\n", "pbs\n", "the first mistake\n", "loopy and\n", "the movie 's seams may show\n", ", ivan is a prince of a fellow\n", "goldberg\n", "it 's undone by a sloppy script\n", "himself used it in black and white\n", "'s nothing resembling a spine here\n", 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little alien\n", "easy targets\n", "the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers\n", "complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way\n", "bounces around with limp wrists ,\n", "pick the lint\n", "this 10th film\n", "vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom\n", "ponderous and charmless\n", "win him any new viewers\n", "that you 'll want to crawl up your own \\*\\*\\* in embarrassment\n", "see it twice\n", "its visual hideousness\n", "visual charm\n", "an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .\n", "within the catholic establishment\n", "that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny\n", "that 's not too glorified a term\n", "very stupid and annoying\n", "elder\n", "'' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .\n", "brings awareness to an issue\n", "a single jump-in-your-seat moment\n", "even the smallest sensitivities from the romance\n", "should touch\n", "a quiet evening\n", "'s a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own\n", "a brain twister\n", "david spade as citizen kane\n", "it 's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer\n", "turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something\n", "recognizably\n", "revelatory about his psyche\n", "even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .\n", "night live sketch\n", "a girl in tight pants and big tits\n", "sexual taboo\n", "a film so graceless and devoid\n", "called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't\n", "the kind of visual flair\n", "film aficionados\n", "that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time\n", "a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "it is generally amusing from time to time\n", "evokes\n", "ambitious and\n", "the most awful acts\n", "the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary ,\n", "is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .\n", "a drama of great power , yet some members of the audience will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy .\n", "warm , inviting , and surprising\n", "at ease sharing the same scene\n", "1980 biopic\n", "the sheer ugliness\n", "grows up\n", "-lrb- its -rrb- earnest errors\n", "acting ` chops '\n", "of purpose or even a plot\n", "is left slightly unfulfilled\n", "is unable to save the movie\n", "most wondrous\n", "brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate .\n", "until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge\n", "are beautifully\n", "killed my father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only\n", "to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved\n", "major problem\n", "is the central flaw of the film\n", "does n't connect in a neat way\n", "have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama\n", "a very good movie in any objective sense\n", "it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness\n", "one word that best describes this film : honest\n", "american actress\n", "one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "mostly boring\n", "nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear\n", "educational !\n", "through it\n", "think of this dog of a movie\n", "smuggling drugs\n", "brett\n", "muse\n", "an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds .\n", "ignore the reputation\n", "enough cool fun\n", "used to make movies ,\n", "into a vat of ice cream\n", "is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .\n", "party clown\n", "intermittently good\n", "we do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .\n", "ignore the cliches\n", "switches\n", "purely enjoyable\n", "the end of the movie\n", "`` looking for leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .\n", "a bad action movie\n", "by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "a thousand times\n", "ww\n", "ayurveda does the field no favors\n", "neat twist\n", "as broken lizard\n", "hamming it\n", "lacks the skill or presence\n", "soap-opera emotion\n", "a fine-looking film\n", "is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit .\n", "is repetitious\n", "the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death\n", "lending the narrative\n", "... a mostly boring affair with a confusing 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black-owned record label\n", "thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt\n", "wise folks that they are\n", "unsettling atmospherics\n", "his brawny frame\n", "is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel\n", "delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition\n", "be faulted\n", "dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up\n", "gay personal ads\n", "more times\n", "does n't trust laughs\n", "gives the film its bittersweet bite\n", "in a stunning fusion of music and images\n", "a great hook\n", "the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece\n", ", there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .\n", "treats his audience\n", "its perfunctory conclusion\n", "of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick\n", "its keenest pleasures\n", "'s just impossible\n", "oh , look at that clever angle !\n", "of inter-species parody of a vh1 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'\n", "is quite a vision .\n", "would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget\n", "comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries .\n", "heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable\n", "such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .\n", "a surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director malcolm d. lee and writer john ridley .\n", "indeed from any plympton film\n", "recycled more times\n", "unique sport\n", "chinese immigrant 's experiences\n", "weak on detail and strong on personality\n", "that are pure hollywood\n", "though they are having so much fun\n", "tian 's meticulous talent\n", ", we get another scene , and then another .\n", "runaway\n", "make like the title and dodge this one\n", "presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson\n", "stooping to gooeyness\n", "does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre\n", "a culture clash\n", "exploit the script 's potential for sick humor\n", "cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny .\n", "cockettes has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie .\n", "cross and\n", "`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company ,\n", "some corny television\n", "down-home\n", "has actually\n", "winds up moving in many directions as it searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say\n", "people were paid to make it\n", "'s rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline\n", "it 's refreshing to see a romance this smart .\n", "goes on for at least 90 more minutes\n", "the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans ' story and\n", "breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers\n", "ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients\n", "sizzle\n", "does n't offer any easy answers .\n", "freshness , imagination and insight\n", "quirky characters , odd situations\n", "frustrated\n", "`` saving private ryan '' battle scenes\n", "giving it\n", "a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release\n", "maudlin story\n", "plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast were sending up .\n", "dealing with right now\n", "a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait\n", "display greatness\n", "much of it\n", "showtime 's uninspired send-up\n", "able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness\n", "the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres\n", "the year 's radar screen\n", "anthology\n", "the heart-breakingly extensive annals\n", "beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade\n", "certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories\n", "co-written with guardian hack nick davies\n", "that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "wild , endearing , masterful\n", "enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "one thing 's for sure\n", "you 're depressed about anything before watching this film\n", "rest contentedly with the knowledge\n", "if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? ''\n", "and artistically inept\n", "himself immensely\n", "an eye-boggling blend\n", "no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight\n", "cross-country adventure\n", "for the playlist\n", "mcwilliams 's melancholy music\n", "in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids\n", "make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film\n", "strangely impersonal and abstract\n", "understated and sardonic\n", "incinerates\n", "'s implosion\n", "wore\n", "surprised at how much we care about the story\n", "captivatingly\n", "run-of-the-mill revulsion\n", "as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .\n", "like zhang ziyi 's\n", "-- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ?\n", "smart and taut .\n", "fubar is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way .\n", "if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "shaw\n", "that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes\n", "daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails\n", "xxx and vertical limit\n", "german-expressionist , '\n", "keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong\n", ", margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .\n", "some life\n", "of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting\n", "140 minutes\n", "a class with spike lee 's masterful\n", "of innuendo\n", "the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and\n", "as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries\n", "is all the more remarkable because it\n", "far too much for our taste\n", "the ways\n", "from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew\n", "of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run\n", "crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls .\n", "tiresome rant\n", "be gored\n", "relying\n", "familiar , funny surface\n", "the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped\n", "from time\n", "love it\n", "theory , sleight-of-hand\n", "jay roach\n", "simpson\n", "tediously exasperating\n", "can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo\n", "to much of a story\n", "content\n", "a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america\n", "instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games\n", "broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract ,\n", "an incredibly irritating comedy\n", "dog tracks\n", "watching the skies for his next project\n", "does leblanc\n", "of holocaust movies\n", "'s a very tasteful rock and roll movie .\n", "rather bland\n", "a chapter\n", "yet unsentimental -rrb-\n", "better judgment\n", "comes up\n", "forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "of achronological vignettes\n", "much better\n", "to authenticate her british persona\n", "the overcooked , ham-fisted direction\n", "i spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .\n", "for the wan , thinly sketched story\n", "you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ;\n", "the best case for christianity\n", "famous parents\n", "quirky , odd movies and\\/or the ironic\n", "publishing giant william randolph hearst\n", "on crummy-looking videotape\n", "the payoff is powerful and revelatory\n", "exactly what it wants to be\n", "overplayed and\n", "though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .\n", "and hugh grant\n", "him\n", "of the jokes , most at women 's expense\n", "it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .\n", "is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .\n", "are in perfect balance\n", "it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff .\n", "second half\n", "under-inspired\n", "me a cynic\n", "a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood .\n", "brims with passion :\n", "the benjamins\n", "this generation 's\n", "the affection of that moral favorite\n", "goes a long way\n", "right-hand goombah\n", "undermined\n", "is not quite what it could have been as a film\n", "the breathtaking landscapes and villainous\n", "working women\n", "rosa\n", "the dilemma\n", "deliberately and skillfully uses\n", "the surprisingly shoddy makeup work\n", "salvos hitting a discernible target .\n", "a breath of fresh air\n", "amir\n", "i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures , but there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life\n", "the fabric of the film\n", "that shows what great cinema can really do\n", "we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before ,\n", "makhmalbaf\n", "to men\n", "does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour\n", "by djeinaba diop gai\n", "lacks the inspiration of the original\n", "the sick character\n", "horrid little propaganda film\n", "a good music documentary\n", "courage to find her husband in a war zone\n", "rote work\n", "baaaaaaaaad\n", "an open mind and considerable good cheer\n", "love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today\n", "confusing melange\n", "accessible and haunting\n", "does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it\n", "spat out from the tinseltown assembly line\n", "gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump\n", "a subject few\n", "disturbing way\n", "`` die another day ''\n", "find a place among the studio 's animated classics\n", "requiem for a dream\n", "to lift the spirits of the whole family\n", "so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws\n", "51st power\n", "of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium\n", "takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9 \\/ 11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind .\n", "drag an audience down\n", "as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study\n", "the aisles\n", "an impressive job\n", "with all the sympathy , empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .\n", "is a towering siren\n", "redeemed by its stars\n", "sits\n", "wholly\n", "trial movie\n", "intellectual exercise\n", "suck the audience in\n", "won my heart\n", "the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene\n", "jane campion\n", "-lrb- ahola -rrb-\n", "is always sympathetic .\n", "there are moments of hilarity to be had .\n", "too much about what 's going on\n", "several of steven soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist .\n", "this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life .\n", "does not move\n", ", absurd ,\n", "come in enormous packages\n", "impetuousness\n", "of all\n", "upbeat\n", "a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese\n", "does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .\n", "acting that could be any flatter\n", "kinetic life\n", "renders\n", "9\n", "about people\n", "chew on\n", "does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killer jeffrey dahmer boring\n", "choose the cliff-notes\n", "the basic plot\n", "unforgettably stupid stunts\n", "as high\n", "only time\n", "than it should be\n", "cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor\n", "the shadows of motown\n", "state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .\n", "depleted yesterday\n", "complain\n", "bob crane\n", "the sorriest\n", "philippe mora 's\n", "tremendous piece\n", "a subversive element\n", "at a red felt sharpie pen\n", "despite their ideological differences\n", "to suddenly transpose himself into another character\n", "fascinate in their recklessness .\n", "as easily\n", "not memorable\n", "inept filmmaking\n", "this disappointed by a movie in a long time\n", "student film\n", "can think of\n", "a story ,\n", "it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .\n", "need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars\n", "great fun\n", "avoids easy sentiments and explanations\n", "is going to happen\n", "somewhat cumbersome\n", "safe\n", "of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way\n", "what 's most memorable about circuit is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .\n", "italicized\n", "treasured\n", "stunts\n", "two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned\n", "one part romance novel ,\n", "the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale ,\n", "may have to keep on looking .\n", "'s always fun to watch\n", ", the emotions seem authentic\n", "emptiness and maddeningly\n", "may lull you to sleep\n", "classical\n", "combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .\n", "departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role .\n", "should pay money for what we can get on television for free\n", "robinson 's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates .\n", "primitive murderer\n", "want to put for that effort\n", "a talk\n", "does have one saving grace .\n", "looking for them\n", "a bodice-ripper for intellectuals\n", "skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front\n", "the power of the huston performance ,\n", "only blockbusters\n", "the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and\n", "catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag\n", "to families and church meetings\n", "enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity\n", "george\n", "lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films ...\n", "play out realistically if not always fairly .\n", "reports\n", "the ensemble players\n", "should keep you reasonably entertained\n", "serviceability , but\n", "front and center\n", "for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group\n", "that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne\n", "the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power\n", "'s quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had\n", "it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .\n", "clancy thriller\n", "at its own breezy , distracted rhythms\n", "charismatic and\n", "escape from new york series\n", "return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company\n", "if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !\n", "not well-acted\n", "young or\n", "' and\n", "take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis .\n", "for the movie 's failings\n", "being memorable\n", "ground\n", "majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .\n", "its heart ,\n", "surf movies\n", "a mess in a lot of ways\n", ", unholy hokum .\n", "terrifically entertaining\n", "while there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp\n", "combat footage\n", "a charmer\n", "helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller\n", "the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture .\n", "various amusing sidekicks\n", "a subtlety\n", "well-done film\n", "snuck under my feet\n", "for a lot of baby boomers\n", "easy to swallow\n", "she seeks\n", "lose track of ourselves by trying\n", "as drama , monsoon\n", "a movie as you can imagine\n", "like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .\n", "vastly improved germanic version\n", "from a distance\n", "cribbing any of their intelligence\n", "shabby digital photography\n", "nicest thing\n", "being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television\n", ", the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .\n", "the rollerball sequences\n", "painting\n", "pulls off the feat with aplomb\n", "capability\n", "dying and going\n", "to spoil things\n", "had no obvious directing\n", "garcia and jagger\n", "fast-forward\n", "plods along methodically\n", "your heart in ways\n", "instead , it 'll only put you to sleep .\n", "great artistic significance\n", "is virtually impossible\n", "clean-cut dahmer -lrb- jeremy renner -rrb- and fiendish\n", "this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles\n", "breakthrough\n", "a david and goliath story\n", "a stale , overused cocktail\n", "in imax format\n", "drill\n", "the move\n", "to be that rarity among sequels\n", "` perfection\n", "so crisp\n", "good and ambitious\n", "hefty helping\n", "amaze\n", "smugly\n", "pablum\n", "the closest thing to the experience of space travel\n", "sale\n", "this conflict\n", "destructive\n", "ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies .\n", "comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow .\n", "a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy\n", "the game of love\n", "brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama ,\n", "those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' .\n", "that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison\n", "traditions\n", "women 's\n", "it 's black hawk down with more heart .\n", "off more than it can chew by linking the massacre\n", "never moves beyond their surfaces\n", "carlito 's way\n", "there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .\n", "chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game\n", "into their very minds\n", "step wrong\n", "too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .\n", "high school students\n", "to do in case of fire\n", "churlish\n", ", all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is .\n", "had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies\n", "utilizing\n", "inevitable hollywood remake\n", "a weird and wonderful comedy\n", "bogging down in a barrage of hype\n", "an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction\n", "flailing\n", "to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity\n", ", on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times\n", "to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "its insanely staged ballroom scene\n", "fancy table\n", "cape\n", "do it one more time , as far as\n", "infuses the film\n", "this would-be ` james bond\n", "give the audience\n", "magnificent swooping aerial shots\n", "anemic , pretentious\n", "this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't\n", "most uncanny\n", "with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera\n", "botched in execution\n", "a big box\n", "stance\n", "is a skateboard film as social anthropology ...\n", "the training and dedication\n", "quirky inner selves\n", "'s all pretty\n", "you are watching them\n", "its unhurried narrative\n", "profound cinema\n", "tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries\n", "make often enough\n", "bungling the big stuff\n", "perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad\n", "holiday box office pie\n", "it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .\n", "covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .\n", "the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart\n", "that you feel what they feel\n", "to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "standard\n", "scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv\n", "for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction\n", "to see the same old thing in a tired old setting\n", "'s difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "approach to the workplace\n", "no level whatsoever for me\n", "departs\n", "tinseltown assembly line\n", "that was n't at least watchable\n", "the modern master\n", "various wet t-shirt and shower scenes\n", "is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .\n", "as a former gong show addict\n", "fear and paranoia\n", ", but to his legend\n", "the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness\n", "leave the theater with more questions than answers\n", "caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch\n", "a red bridge\n", "pays off and\n", "women from venus and men from mars\n", "stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable .\n", "is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling\n", "the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "make this kind of idea work on screen\n", "a terrific insider\n", "the unhurried , low-key style\n", "turns the stomach\n", "$ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", ", dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .\n", "comes off like a hallmark commercial\n", "one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible\n", "her fearlessness\n", "it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind\n", "i prefer soderbergh 's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies .\n", "sons ,\n", "draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing\n", "a hollywood career\n", "are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film\n", "so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny\n", "coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro\n", "domestic melodrama\n", "is a mess .\n", "insultingly\n", "but emotionally\n", "these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes\n", "barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference .\n", "that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film\n", "moviemaking ever\n", "wacky , different , unusual , even nutty\n", "a frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick\n", "raucously\n", "close to the ground\n", "a certain poignancy in light of his recent death\n", "ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life\n", "of this picture\n", "very silly\n", "scooby doo\n", "little atmosphere\n", "old fashioned spooks\n", "its compelling mix\n", "into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty\n", "splashy and\n", "unrepentantly\n", "10 years\n", "strong and unforced supporting cast\n", "a particularly dark moment\n", "young person\n", "gloom\n", "unabashed sweetness\n", "the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood .\n", "uncinematic\n", "in addition to being very funny\n", "america\n", "the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing .\n", "horror and hellish conditions\n", "it may scream low budget , but\n", "both thematic content and narrative strength\n", "it 's not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered\n", "the perfect cure\n", "once too often\n", "abrupt turn\n", "knee-jerk moral sanctimony\n", "fresh point\n", "'s as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet ? ''\n", "camera sense\n", "romantic comedy\n", "lifeless execution\n", "the ludicrous '\n", "supporting players\n", ", sweet , and intermittently hilarious\n", "trot\n", "watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen\n", "shekhar\n", "portraiture\n", "being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone\n", "contains\n", "flounders\n", "of war\n", "the film 's only missteps\n", "an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore .\n", "depressing ,\n", "of 51 ways\n", "it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least .\n", "that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant\n", "sorts ,\n", "mixed results\n", "that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties\n", "amateurishly square\n", "the 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family 's joyous life\n", "softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .\n", "libretto\n", "that day\n", "excruciatingly unfunny and\n", "vulgar\n", "to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles\n", "to the level of marginal competence\n", "without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "salute just\n", "wo n't do it one more time , as far as\n", "might sound to the typical pax\n", "he or anyone else could chew\n", ", you 're engulfed by it .\n", "'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn\n", "the artwork\n", "look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures .\n", "just did n't care\n", "sea 's\n", "then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle\n", "bluer\n", "of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset\n", "we demand of the director\n", "saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy\n", "unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it\n", "analgesic balm\n", "there very , very slowly\n", "quitting will prove absorbing to american audiences\n", "destin\n", "unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie\n", "there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface\n", "tiresome\n", "the english\n", "rise-and-fall\n", "elfriede jelinek 's\n", "find their own rhythm\n", "mishmash .\n", "inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry\n", "language\n", "undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold\n", "scarpia\n", "pasach\n", "at a collaboration between damaged people\n", "is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .\n", "the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them .\n", "were it not for de niro 's participation\n", "more tacky and reprehensible\n", "sentimentalizing it or\n", "confusing and horrifying vision\n", "firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek\n", "calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew\n", "a tragic dimension\n", "have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head\n", "excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic\n", "so desperately\n", "ganesh 's\n", "pleasant from start\n", "bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance\n", "at once both refreshingly different and\n", "cutting-edge\n", "of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon\n", "means ` schmaltzy\n", "is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .\n", "jean-claud\n", "a particularly good film\n", "a new angle\n", "covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .\n", "melodramatic and predictable\n", "sweet , genuine\n", "mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned .\n", "for most movies\n", "the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull\n", "this wild film\n", "overstuffed and\n", "every facet\n", "its focus always appears questionable\n", "bart freundlich 's\n", "comes off as a long\n", "muster\n", "is nicely shot\n", "with kids\n", "this creed\n", "is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents\n", "mount a cogent defense 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structure\n", "something vital about the movie\n", "seller\n", "most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy\n", "become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle\n", "so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "it does because -lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and\n", ", presents weighty issues\n", "one reason\n", ", you might want to check it out\n", "to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion\n", "found its audience ,\n", "eyre is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee .\n", "this new version of e.t.\n", "how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or 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"reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth\n", "ploddingly sociological commentary\n", "1979\n", "for the holiday season\n", "walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture\n", "very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .\n", "resumes\n", "as operatic\n", "a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .\n", "has all but lost\n", "the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .\n", "as beautiful ,\n", "avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era\n", "a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows\n", "alexandre dumas classic\n", "humane\n", "all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters\n", "looks like an action movie\n", "quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory .\n", "dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation\n", "the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated\n", "the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but\n", "theatre '\n", "rifkin 's -rrb-\n", "fools who saw quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation\n", "littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups\n", "go your emotions ,\n", "heralds something special\n", "is given life when a selection appears in its final form -lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", "has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy\n", "of cameras and souls\n", ", it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "past dead\n", ", tongue-in-cheek\n", "it lacks the zest\n", "respect and\n", "a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children .\n", "a fascinating glimpse of urban life\n", "come from the script 's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of abagnale 's antics\n", "makes it worth the trip to the theatre\n", "of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes\n", "does not really\n", "the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations\n", "as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation\n", "the one thing this wild film\n", "most improbable feat\n", "pretty well\n", "evenly\n", "southern bore-athon .\n", "as any ` comedy '\n", "his trademark\n", "agony\n", "their lungs\n", "go around , with music and laughter\n", "a first-time actor\n", "treat .\n", "its 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without your pulse ever racing\n", "this film 's impressive performances and adept direction\n", "makes sense\n", "resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue\n", "irreverent\n", "ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's\n", "an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end\n", "what we get\n", "get on a board and , uh , shred , dude\n", "is distinctly ordinary\n", "desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility .\n", "moving moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "hectic\n", "is given a full workout .\n", "to pass up ,\n", "ca n't help but feel ` stoked\n", "fury\n", "about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother\n", "making his own style\n", "raw-nerved\n", "to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions\n", "the adventures of pluto nash\n", "self-destructive man\n", "to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries\n", "drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category\n", "mapquest\n", "standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .\n", "of unconditional\n", "the trials of henry kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it .\n", "has a way of seeping into your consciousness ,\n", "mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people\n", "more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990\n", "been , pardon the pun\n", "dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem\n", "probe\n", "humans , only hairier\n", "by editing\n", "golden book\n", "illiterate\n", "permeates\n", "these women ,\n", "the respective charms\n", "the variety of tones in spielberg 's work\n", "little green men\n", "banal as the telling may be\n", "be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly\n", "both leads\n", "about its capacity\n", "the bottom tier\n", "gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson .\n", "if s&m seems like a strange route to true love\n", "playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity\n", ", what the hell .\n", "the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed\n", "not far down the line\n", ", whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that\n", "makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls\n", "hong kong 's\n", "its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism\n", "had a week to live\n", "respectable but\n", "cherry orchard\n", "a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise .\n", "debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .\n", "... is , also , frequently hilarious .\n", "courtroom\n", "the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time\n", "about mental illness\n", "michael gondry\n", "masterfully\n", "is such a perfect medium for children\n", "-lrb- the cockettes -rrb- provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '\n", "book-on-tape\n", "an exploration of the paranoid impulse\n", "graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies .\n", ", quasi-improvised\n", "needless\n", "it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited\n", "takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and\n", "unfolds predictably\n", "a fairly slow paced\n", "never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...\n", "translation :\n", "is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .\n", "each other and themselves\n", "equipment\n", "to blade ii\n", "arrived for an incongruous summer playoff ,\n", "refracting\n", ", the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .\n", "beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors\n", ", i ca n't say for sure\n", 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lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "a bore\n", "of the nation\n", "blair witch\n", ", like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows\n", "is this film 's chief draw\n", "be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career\n", "'ve rarely been given .\n", "be favorably compared to das boot\n", "and rather silly\n", "b-movie scum\n", "the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .\n", "remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies\n", "a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up\n", "contrived , overblown and tie-in ready\n", ", double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action\n", "that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "fall together\n", "animated 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as annoying rather than charming .\n", "could this\n", "does n't really go anywhere .\n", "dickens evergreen\n", "more of the dilemma\n", "really , really good\n", "of disguise 24\\/7\n", "it certainly wo n't win any honors\n", "endless rain\n", "a tired , predictable\n", "'s forgivable that the plot feels\n", "redundant and\n", "a finely tuned mood\n", ", diverting and modest\n", "in a well-balanced fashion\n", "equlibrium\n", "any genre\n", "the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching\n", "we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "deliver some tawdry kicks .\n", "in terms of plot or acting\n", "clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long\n", "despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,\n", "and often-funny drama\n", "the story of matthew shepard\n", "minor ,\n", "abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them\n", "road 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''\n", "to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like\n", "where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug\n", "the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew\n", "marginal members\n", "george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension .\n", "toback 's heidegger - and\n", "find little new\n", "some of it\n", "amuses\n", "i -rrb-\n", "that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out\n", "partner\n", "this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be\n", "crass and insulting homage\n", "serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull\n", "oh-so-important category\n", "the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career\n", "a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself\n", "despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed 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"french hip-hop ,\n", "follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film\n", "special effects tossed in\n", "the warden 's daughter -rrb-\n", "sydney 's\n", "a consideration that the murderer never game his victims\n", "a block of snow\n", "only one\n", "k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but\n", "mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "civil\n", "to cartoonish slapstick\n", "borscht\n", "like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor\n", "be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "porridge\n", "the jokes ,\n", "surface psychodramatics\n", "the last one\n", "the live-action scenes with animated sequences\n", "profanity\n", "bore-athon .\n", "innocent\n", "self-congratulation\n", "has seen certain trek films\n", "the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture .\n", "the middle east struggle\n", "welles groupie\\/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but\n", "surveillance technologies\n", "deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered\n", "exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get\n", "calibre\n", "is pretty diverting\n", "mind-bender .\n", "of a turkey\n", "titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy\n", "a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for\n", "driver\n", "one well-timed explosion in a movie\n", "ryder\n", "there 's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm\n", "current political climate\n", "offers chills\n", "an oddly fascinating depiction\n", "with a twist\n", "while 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 .\n", "than your average film\n", "consciousness\n", "perfect family film\n", "gong li\n", "squeeze\n", "can not make a delightful comedy centering on food\n", "a ripping good yarn\n", "dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product\n", "commercial break\n", "the otherwise good-naturedness of mr. deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less\n", "art and heart\n", "director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach\n", "delete key\n", "to give voice to the other side\n", "the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was\n", "dover kosashvili\n", "lacks\n", "by studio standards\n", "kill\n", "how things will turn out\n", "intensely lived\n", "watch snatch again\n", "the heart of the film\n", "invulnerable\n", "to build a 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'\n", ", the movie completely transfixes the audience .\n", "is tepid and tedious .\n", "sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle ' .\n", "remembering this refreshing visit\n", "york and l.a.\n", "cute factor\n", "the hilarious writer-director himself\n", "enough vices\n", "is sentimental but feels free to offend\n", "paints a grand picture of an era\n", "most fragmented charms\n", "dating wars\n", "kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise\n", "more cerebral\n", "tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller\n", "a smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire\n", "gobble\n", "that `\n", "is n't talking a talk that appeals to me\n", "its utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers\n", "the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through 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"guitar\n", "does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience .\n", "finally has failed him .\n", "similar obsessions\n", "raised by white parents\n", "a '60s\n", "just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years\n", "eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .\n", "indulged in\n", "the messy emotions\n", "fanciful thinkers\n", "made-for-tv movie\n", "of the film as entertainment\n", "made-for-home-video\n", "a more ambivalent set\n", "the cinematic front\n", "an unsolved murder and\n", "is formula filmmaking\n", "seem pretty unbelievable at times\n", "ram dass 's\n", "manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .\n", "tom green\n", "from spring break\n", "exquisite motion picture\n", ", about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .\n", "a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "seen before from murphy\n", "mugging\n", "rosenthal -lrb- halloween ii -rrb- seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .\n", "rant\n", "while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .\n", "bad\n", "a give-me-an-oscar kind\n", "push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time\n", "it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense\n", "the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie .\n", "ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin\n", "an engaging and intimate first feature\n", "might be over\n", "earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent ,\n", "is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "78\n", "to an astonishingly witless script\n", "have the restraint to fully realize them\n", "of employment\n", "enjoy good trash every now and then\n", "comparing\n", "'s thanks to huston 's revelatory performance\n", "see the same old thing\n", "a vanity project\n", "a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide .\n", "comedy bits\n", "an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and\n", "new avenues of discourse\n", "writer and director otar iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls .\n", "plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy .\n", "remains undiminished\n", "jerusalem\n", "guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though\n", "to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy .\n", "he 's one bad dude\n", "a lot of people\n", "trudge out\n", "is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .\n", "from a minimalist funeral\n", "kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .\n", "listless ,\n", "was undertaken\n", "ms. mirren\n", "on an artistic collaboration\n", "fuse at least three dull plots\n", "gone to manhattan and hell\n", "such a\n", "the film is way too full of itself ;\n", "the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller\n", "looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus\n", "he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .\n", "it 's 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truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive .\n", "miss\n", "silent , lumpish cipher\n", "a solid base\n", "are all direct-to-video stuff\n", "fails to get\n", "its lavish formalism\n", "lost in the thin soup of canned humor\n", "fine effort\n", "the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb- of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away\n", "listless\n", "of the huston performance\n", "go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "with mormon traditions\n", ", it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .\n", "love with its overinflated mythology\n", "through clever makeup design\n", "lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it\n", "three-hour effort\n", "here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .\n", "with a gobbler like this\n", "of flavor and spice\n", "spirit 's\n", "kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth\n", "a supernatural mystery that does n't\n", "interaction .\n", "the most curiously depressing\n", "'re looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus\n", "the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar\n", "as a landmark in film history\n", "a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .\n", "the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for\n", "the word ` dog '\n", "star\\/producer\n", "nobility of a sort\n", "an hour or two\n", "they could n't have done in half an hour\n", "exploits -lrb- headbanger -rrb- stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .\n", "like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place .\n", "three short films and\n", "be something\n", "that has no point and goes nowhere\n", "wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow 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'\n", "estranged gay and lesbian children\n", "gerardo vera\n", "'ll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair\n", "all relationships\n", "by something\n", "theology\n", "bland but harmless .\n", "director michael cacoyannis\n", "several old themes\n", "under ninety minute\n", "a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age\n", ", and fearlessness\n", "page-turning\n", "does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them\n", "the barriers finally prove to be too great\n", "the new zealand and cook island locations\n", "glucose sentimentality\n", "to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food\n", "cheap ,\n", "moonlight mile , better judgment be damned\n", "the target audience -lrb-\n", "'s about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but\n", "his life drew to a close\n", "like a cousin\n", "the pop-up comments\n", "hands-off approach\n", "closely\n", "chilly son\n", "that falls far 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"crescendo\n", "far less about the horrifying historical reality\n", "murdock and rest\n", "than the finished product\n", "inert\n", "log a minimal number of hits\n", "on the success of bollywood\n", "west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle\n", "solution\n", "exploring\n", "yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .\n", "few crucial things\n", "its powerful moments\n", "take on loss and loneliness\n", "neither as scary-funny as tremors nor\n", "will prefer this new version\n", "a characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie .\n", "one of the best gay love stories\n", "told just\n", "the sinister inspiration that fuelled devito 's early work is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mindless .\n", "claim street credibility\n", "to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood\n", "stuffs his debut with more plot\n", "is amazing\n", "'ll just have your head in your hands wondering why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery\n", "it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression\n", "elegant and eloquent -lrb- meditation -rrb- on death and that most elusive of passions\n", "the obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack\n", "the music industry\n", "a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques .\n", "abderrahmane sissako 's\n", "a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix\n", "especially with the weak payoff\n", "how inept is serving sara ?\n", "its soul 's - eye view\n", "make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "artfully lighted , earnest inquiries\n", "prologue\n", "ponderous and\n", "is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast\n", "jams\n", "blinding\n", "as part of mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .\n", "on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles\n", "to all of this unpleasantness\n", "is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast\n", "these families interact\n", "massive infusion\n", "ignite son of the bride\n", "playfully profound ... and\n", "manages sweetness\n", "what we demand of the director\n", "'s the movie\n", "in the euphemism ` urban drama\n", "her sophomore effort\n", "why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble\n", "true story '\n", "strange and\n", "an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change\n", "an mtv , sugar hysteria\n", "a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales .\n", "that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun\n", "is effective\n", "unforced comedy-drama\n", "great uncertainties\n", "for example\n", "hungry-man portions of bad '\n", "the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but i 've got to give it thumbs down .\n", "three strands\n", "i 'm afraid .\n", "vonnegut\n", "a lovely and beautifully photographed romance .\n", "to the gallic ` tradition of quality\n", "rich and luscious\n", "this predictable romantic comedy\n", "of having been slimed in the name of high art\n", "is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller\n", "of the characters\n", "of torture and self-mutilation\n", "going to see this movie\n", "this year 's razzie\n", "a few twists\n", "overly-familiar set\n", "the filmmaker 's characteristic style\n", "the performances of the children\n", "the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .\n", "the courage of its convictions and\n", "dog story\n", "french filmmaker karim dridi\n", "they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .\n", "a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence\n", "better short\n", "the unacceptable , the unmentionable\n", "a weirdly beautiful place\n", "dramatic enough to sustain interest\n", "very predictable but still entertaining\n", "underdone potato\n", "the female\n", "are quietly moving .\n", "disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and\n", "us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable\n", "that are as valid today\n", "nurtured his metaphors\n", "traveler\n", "of thematic resonance\n", "feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and\n", "were less densely plotted\n", "in any way demeaning its subjects\n", "the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving\n", "tackling serious themes\n", "analgesic balm for overstimulated minds\n", "that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise\n", "the story plays out slowly , but\n", "been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s\n", "its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness\n", "generating suspense\n", "on , well\n", "the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent\n", "a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare\n", ", they 'll probably run out screaming .\n", "diverting and modest\n", "am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here .\n", "south vietnamese\n", "gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or\n", "tucked\n", "the screen at times\n", ", but for their looks\n", "4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but\n", "for kids\n", "antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community\n", "of staring into an open wound\n", "the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much .\n", "you think you are making sense of it\n", "you will\n", "its content , look ,\n", "smart , funny look\n", "'s most substantial feature for some time\n", "koury frighteningly and honestly\n", "to its superior cast\n", "a true delight .\n", "of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us\n", "ambitious and personal\n", "the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars\n", "a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .\n", "murphy 's expert comic timing\n", "this 20th anniversary edition of the film\n", "with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems\n", "linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '\n", "its poignancy hooks us completely\n", "structures\n", "superficial treatment\n", "bug-eye theatre and dead-eye\n", "it 's hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first .\n", "handsome and well-made entertainment\n", "they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas\n", "metaphors\n", "comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii\n", ", yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .\n", "promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb-\n", "vampire accent\n", "is it\n", "the film works well enough to make it worth watching\n", "own tangled plot\n", "me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears ' first movie\n", "that will keep them guessing\n", "offal\n", "that option\n", "the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow\n", "full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire\n", "howler\n", "don ' t\n", "loved the people onscreen\n", "getting all excited about a chocolate eclair\n", "general air\n", "the film is 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 .\n", "best next generation episodes\n", "can not help\n", "belly flops\n", "as beautiful , desirable ,\n", "the scariest movie\n", "even the most fragmented charms\n", "the entire movie has a truncated feeling , but\n", "the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well\n", "pyschological\n", "how ` inside ' they are\n", "sequel-for-the-sake\n", "consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and\n", "philippe ,\n", "parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times ,\n", "unfolds as sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .\n", "able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle\n", "the recent pearl harbor\n", "the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael .\n", "-lrb- sports -rrb- admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency\n", "adaptation\n", "illogic\n", "need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers\n", "yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "awful snooze .\n", "provide a fourth book\n", "this tepid genre offering\n", "try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored\n", "fiji diver rusi vulakoro and\n", "a sandra bullock vehicle or\n", "ultimately , sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .\n", "near the end\n", "you thinking , ` are we there\n", "presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable\n", "i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material\n", "the tradition of the graduate\n", "have it both ways\n", "so much first-rate\n", "if you value your time and money\n", "the rare trick of recreating\n", "for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats\n", "is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .\n", "creeps you out in high style ,\n", "parent-child\n", "alias betty\n", "medium\n", "fishy\n", "one colorful event to another\n", "on johnny knoxville 's stomach\n", "estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story\n", "devastating and\n", "more diverting and\n", "evocative\n", "gored bullfighters ,\n", "pleasant in spite of its predictability\n", "slippery self-promoter\n", "tend\n", "the gifts of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .\n", "despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .\n", "emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "appear avant-garde\n", "uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious\n", "being blown\n", "to experience\n", "though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .\n", "lovable run-on sentence\n", "water colors\n", "cold-fish\n", "form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare\n", "much colorful\n", "the energy\n", "confounded\n", "jolie and\n", "transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking\n", "does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad\n", "to our dismay\n", "borstal boy is n't especially realistic\n", "is so film-culture\n", "of strictly a-list players\n", "afghan refugees\n", "a basketball game for money\n", "rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative\n", "this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy\n", "press the delete key .\n", ", poignant and leavened\n", "bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy\n", "director imogen kimmel\n", "an atmosphere\n", "you crazy\n", ", skip to another review .\n", "invitation\n", "colorful and controversial\n", "better person\n", "dramatic\n", "about one\n", "through the audience 's meat grinder\n", "prevents\n", "might be intolerable company\n", "native\n", "that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident\n", ", overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .\n", "provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system\n", "period drama and flat-out farce\n", "cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be\n", "pass up\n", "this summer\n", "to bring to imax\n", "like adults and everyone\n", "daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story\n", "a movie version\n", "it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers --\n", "inexpressible\n", "this much imagination\n", "what to whom\n", "definitive account\n", "the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack .\n", "runs out of steam\n", "addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row\n", "bruckheimer productions\n", "works so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl\n", "proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .\n", "business and pleasure\n", "lick\n", "homosexuality in america\n", "definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with . '\n", "does n't quite\n", "another iteration\n", "ready to hate one character\n", "the points\n", "reach a truly annoying pitch\n", "job to clean the peep booths surrounding her\n", "wry , contentious configurations\n", "demographic\n", "imaginative filmmaking\n", "anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles\n", "most original\n", "the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .\n", "a real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant\n", "to america speaking not a word of english\n", "little more humanity\n", "mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and\n", "wondering\n", "for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance\n", "said to squander jennifer love hewitt\n", "'s funny ,\n", "the intractable , irreversible flow\n", "from novels to the big screen\n", "a serious debt\n", "you can read the subtitles -lrb- the opera is sung in italian -rrb- and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes\n", "material movie\n", "gratuitous violence\n", "a strange route\n", "the grey zone\n", "integrity\n", "a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12\n", "nicholson\n", "just dreadful .\n", "no. 1\n", "here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .\n", "real surprises\n", "because the film deliberately lacks irony\n", "would have been preferable ;\n", "the best performance from either in years\n", "almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it\n", "do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes\n", "invaders\n", "ignore\n", "... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .\n", "of his top-notch creative team\n", "only a document\n", "cheapen the overall effect\n", "intriguing plot\n", "about telemarketers\n", "told us\n", "viewing this one\n", "can you bear the laughter ?\n", "jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts\n", "re-create\n", "about generating suspense\n", "only good\n", "floppy\n", "lurid and less than lucid work\n", "elicits\n", "little guys\n", "somewhat mannered\n", "a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way\n", "subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances\n", "might make a nice coffee table book\n", "ca n't remember the last time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail\n", "who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .\n", "all the values\n", "dark humor\n", "just want to live their lives\n", "it is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film .\n", "creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees\n", "a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : `\n", "naturally\n", "sensationalize his material\n", "illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .\n", "a lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ...\n", "no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery\n", "under siege 3\n", "searching for a quarter\n", "a subject\n", "resorting\n", "the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven . ''\n", "debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out\n", "it 's the type of stunt the academy loves :\n", "criticizing\n", "druggy and\n", "making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives\n", "goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl\n", "a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth\n", "the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem\n", "discursive but oddly riveting documentary .\n", "acting moments\n", "lend credibility to this strange scenario\n", "this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .\n", "upon this journey\n", "your neighbor 's\n", "sessions\n", "earn her share of the holiday box office pie ,\n", "pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything\n", "contrasts\n", "pauline and paulette\n", "a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at\n", "the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course\n", "is twice as bestial but half as funny\n", "is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and\n", "very shapable\n", "their hollywood counterparts\n", "'re treading water at best in this forgettable effort\n", "the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one .\n", "talky\n", "stopped thinking about 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\n", "fierce grandeur\n", "julie taymor\n", "the overall impact of the film\n", "this slender plot\n", "a coffee table\n", "priceless\n", "more than capable of rewarding them\n", "have been preferable\n", "stereotyped\n", "breathe\n", "of transgression\n", "genes\n", "turpin 's film\n", "with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .\n", "on a great writer and dubious human being\n", "too racy\n", "it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .\n", "i need from movie comedies\n", "about half of them are funny\n", "runner\n", "it needs\n", "is a total misfire\n", "harrison\n", "the races and rackets change\n", "slow , deliberate\n", "a step further\n", ", `` orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .\n", "a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever\n", "2002 enemy\n", "the agony\n", "been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted\n", "a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it .\n", "believer\n", "changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say\n", "do anything\n", "o. henry\n", "his man\n", "pack raw dough in my ears\n", ", and by showing them heartbreakingly drably\n", "are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination\n", "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\n", "lovers\n", ", directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .\n", "the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty\n", "ad i\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- his slop does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen .\n", "of the same\n", "ca n't really\n", "a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking foster child\n", "the opportunists\n", "comatose\n", "crime movie equivalent\n", "can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it\n", "graced with its company\n", "has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at\n", "old police academy flicks\n", "alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music\n", "the power of the huston performance\n", "of self-congratulation between actor and director\n", "and immature character\n", "anti-harry potter\n", "bond in die\n", "one surefire way\n", "reached its expiration date\n", "better than no chekhov\n", "a 10-year delay\n", "first 89 minutes\n", "the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties\n", ", you 're gonna like this movie .\n", "male lead ralph fiennes\n", "allen 's jelly belly\n", "it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes\n", "that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then\n", "one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning .\n", ", washington has a sure hand .\n", "that segment\n", "similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl\n", "too far\n", "silly hack-and-slash flick\n", "all in all , road to perdition\n", "has concocted\n", "marred\n", "making it one of the best war movies ever made\n", "take 3 hours\n", "capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves\n", "tiny two seater plane\n", "the grandkids or\n", ", flames and shadows\n", "tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .\n", "with `` ichi the killer '' , takashi miike\n", "nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .\n", "overly sillified plot\n", "mass drug-induced bowel\n", "even the funniest idea\n", "cast is painful to watch\n", ", and at times uncommonly moving\n", "the consequences of one 's actions\n", "is a dazzling conceptual feat\n", "a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly\n", "characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "nothing about the subject\n", "to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation\n", "although commentary on nachtwey is provided ... it 's the image that really tells the tale .\n", "take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but\n", "such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one\n", "in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake\n", "of the little things right\n", "as a serious drama about spousal abuse\n", "der\n", "suffering\n", "vardalos and corbett\n", ", swooning melodrama\n", "the jokes , most at women 's expense\n", "american action-adventure buffs\n", "visual party tricks\n", "eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .\n", "ongoing - and unprecedented\n", "the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore .\n", "a 10-course banquet\n", "american dream\n", "an adrenaline boost\n", "the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions\n", "some cute moments\n", "while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", ", energetic and smart\n", "awkwardly garish showcase\n", "no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out\n", "has its moments , but\n", "happened as if it were the third ending of clue\n", "a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and\n", "if you love reading and\\/or poetry , then by all means check it out .\n", "shake off\n", "of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy\n", "big splash\n", "adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book .\n", "chord\n", "mostly male\n", "the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength\n", "demise\n", "in when we should be playing out\n", "saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail\n", "dog-tag\n", "politics and\n", "rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me\n", "more fascinating\n", "his scripting\n", "as tomorrow\n", "that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we\n", "of emotional comfort\n", "a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror .\n", "will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey ,\n", "thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd .\n", "engaging offbeat touches\n", "trumped-up street credibility\n", "its effective moments\n", "devotedly\n", "afraid of his best-known creation\n", "the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .\n", "it would 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\n", "from stage\n", "catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "pale xerox of other , better crime movies\n", "you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory\n", "a time machine , a journey back to your childhood\n", "perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good\n", "about people whose lives are anything but\n", "the entire cast is extraordinarily good .\n", "revealing alienation\n", "treating\n", "specialized fare\n", "has no reason to exist\n", "those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one\n", ", but ultimately\n", "said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise\n", "chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar\n", "explores the awful complications of one\n", "joe dante 's\n", "because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before\n", "gets a lot of flavor and spice\n", "being either funny or scary\n", "powerful rather than cloying\n", "a winning piece of work\n", "b &\n", "killer cgi effects\n", "he makes another film\n", "in amusing us\n", "accomodates practical\n", "goombah\n", "moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .\n", "if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- painfully flat gross-out comedy\n", "smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em - up ending\n", "this 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''\n", "just watch the procession of costumes in castles\n", "involves\n", "bizarre as the film winds\n", "a movie so\n", "bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes .\n", "it all unfolds predictably , and\n", "what we get in feardotcom\n", "a documentary to disregard available bias\n", "like an answer\n", "only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind\n", "that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy .\n", "will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make\n", "is unashamedly pro-serbian\n", "to overcome adversity\n", "so many of the challenges\n", ", there 's something vital about the movie .\n", "works so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway\n", "if disingenuous ,\n", "might add -- slice of comedic bliss\n", "replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have -lrb- and probably should have -rrb- been a lighthearted comedy\n", "a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings\n", "turns what\n", "had , lost ,\n", "a husband\n", "it is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective .\n", "reductions\n", "ozpetek\n", "ill-considered notion\n", "an admittedly limited extent\n", ", it will probably be a talky bore .\n", "satiric fire\n", "we have come to a point in society\n", "raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids\n", "doing strange guy things\n", "are just two of the elements that will grab you .\n", "the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency\n", "the bard\n", "that memorable , but\n", "armenians\n", "fun or\n", "is during the offbeat musical numbers .\n", "its plot and animation offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more .\n", "'s as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools\n", "did we\n", "exactly what you 'd expect\n", "the year 2455\n", "somnambulant\n", "the story really has no place to go since simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict .\n", "want to love it\n", "it 's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film\n", "the photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable\n", "of imagination\n", "from himself and from newcomer derek luke\n", "often hilarious\n", "uneven dialogue and plot lapses\n", "frustratingly\n", "second helpings\n", "after only three films\n", "steamy as\n", "animatronic bear\n", "- eye view\n", "spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie\n", "favor of mushy obviousness\n", "surround himself\n", "the film can depress you about life itself .\n", "ca n't even do that much\n", "goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults\n", "there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them\n", "lets\n", "interminable\n", "generosity and diplomacy\n", "maryam is a small film ,\n", "deep intelligence\n", "heard a mysterious voice , and\n", "take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead\n", "family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ...\n", ", superficiality and silliness\n", ", paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .\n", "sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts\n", "any new viewers\n", "feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different\n", "provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies\n", "those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp\n", "figure\n", "mctiernan\n", "it wo n't hold up over the long haul\n", "anemic\n", "about 90 minutes\n", "reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others\n", "del toro\n", "british filmmakers\n", "plodding action sequences\n", "an average coming-of-age tale\n", ", greta , and paula\n", "with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images\n", "is deeply and rightly\n", "depressing but\n", "a much better book\n", "impart\n", "it would be easy for critics to shred it\n", "'s difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are\n", "still serious\n", "god help us , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves . '\n", "masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques\n", "it just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on -lrb- or be entertained by -rrb-\n", "ignite son of the bride .\n", "that made the first one charming\n", "eh\n", "over the screen\n", "lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .\n", "for the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle\n", "to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", ", maudlin story\n", "initially\n", "nor is it a romantic comedy .\n", "often intense\n", "bernal\n", "depth\n", "that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at\n", "do n't dismiss barbershop out of hand\n", "does not\n", "to get in the way\n", "would quickly\n", "but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .\n", "gifted pearce\n", "lectured\n", "if a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .\n", "shambles\n", "the mechanics of the delivery\n", "though no less horrifying for it -rrb-\n", "of that delicate canon\n", "the long line of films\n", "ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling\n", "visually bland\n", "a visually stunning rumination\n", "moving and revelatory\n", "the major problem with windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character .\n", "in both their inner and outer lives\n", "a calculus major at m.i.t.\n", "a self-reflexive , philosophical nature\n", "whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface\n", ", find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .\n", "how i killed my father\n", "waxes poetic\n", "wishing\n", "packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message\n", "actor and director\n", "an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty\n", "is as serious as a pink slip .\n", "the ears of cho 's fans\n", "billy crystal and robert de niro\n", "-- if that 's not too glorified a term --\n", "'s harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .\n", "told by hollywood\n", "lux ,\n", "first-class , thoroughly involving b movie\n", "appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off\n", "a director many viewers\n", "romanticism\n", "progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony\n", "the greatest date movies\n", "starts slowly\n", "maybe it is\n", "a patient viewer\n", "therapy-dependent flakeball\n", "a portrait of alienation so perfect\n", "reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness\n", "practically every expectation\n", "the `` a '' range\n", "aliens\n", "sisterhood .\n", "will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale\n", "three 's\n", "encompasses\n", "staged like `` rosemary 's baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .\n", "i 've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie .\n", "i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry\n", ", reflective and beautifully\n", "time frame right\n", "designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense\n", "it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .\n", "to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture\n", "loses sight of its own story\n", "how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head\n", "feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful\n", "is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished .\n", "bland hotels\n", "takes a backseat in his own film to special effects\n", "a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket .\n", "clever and cutting , quick and dirty look\n", "like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action tv series .\n", "let your hair\n", "into a sane and breathtakingly creative film\n", "cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want ...\n", "a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting\n", "a stereotypical one\n", "it is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .\n", "the ugly american\n", "look as though they are having so much fun\n", "a certain era , but also the feel\n", "especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", "believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects\n", ", credulous , unassuming , subordinate\n", "harks back\n", "listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "disapproval of justine\n", "its originality\n", "to arrive at any satisfying destination\n", "ensure that the film is never dull\n", "on hip-hop culture\n", "has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste\n", "blair witch-style commitment\n", "jokes :\n", "a beguiling freshness\n", "juliette\n", "make and is determined not to make them\n", "still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .\n", "not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch\n", "suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison\n", "sardonic\n", "excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn\n", "into her own work\n", "offers copious hints\n", "find an escape clause and\n", "jez\n", "his fan base\n", "is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .\n", "getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "an encouraging effort from mccrudden\n", "sense of it\n", "the leanest and meanest of solondz 's misanthropic comedies\n", "fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat\n", "the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action\n", "a new benchmark\n", "live in unusual homes\n", "as always ,\n", "the two bewitched adolescents\n", "hold dear\n", "than a leaky freighter\n", "is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal\n", "capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture\n", "placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,\n", "their death-defying efforts\n", "what it lacks in originality\n", "with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed\n", "american indians in modern america\n", "a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ?\n", "inescapable absurdities\n", "complex and quirky , but entirely believable\n", "have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .\n", "anchoring\n", "wants many things in life ,\n", "it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill\n", "-lrb- and lovely\n", "of a too-conscientious adaptation\n", "does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that .\n", "discloses\n", "deeply absorbing\n", "much larger\n", "le nouvelle vague\n", "fatalism\n", "a sense of real magic , perhaps\n", "there is plenty of room for editing , and\n", ", this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .\n", "the last 15 minutes\n", "whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .\n", "a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman\n", "invaluable record\n", "a spark or two\n", "woven together handsomely\n", "lynch , jeunet , and von trier\n", "plays worse\n", "insipid\n", "the category of films\n", "be considered career-best performances\n", "never comes together as a coherent whole .\n", "of the creative act\n", "an object lesson in period filmmaking\n", "callow\n", "crikey indeed\n", "that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread\n", "that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced\n", "'m sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share\n", "is relatively short\n", ", nonjudgmental kind\n", "working woman\n", "character creations\n", "`` sorority boys '' was funnier ,\n", "subcontinent\n", "french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy\n", "unhurried\n", "lose their luster when flattened onscreen\n", "is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .\n", "do , too little time\n", "that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times\n", "scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "hour ,\n", "-lrb- the digital effects -rrb- reminded me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .\n", "santa\n", "generational\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard\n", "visual puns\n", "jam-packed with literally bruising jokes .\n", "concept vehicle\n", "this sometimes wry adaptation\n", "a flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds .\n", "frissons\n", "has become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them\n", "as best\n", "the genuinely funny jokes\n", "interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen\n", "has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .\n", "c'mon !\n", "the bizarre world\n", "a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside\n", "deeper\n", "like racism and homophobia\n", "it just goes to show\n", "my sweet\n", "even at an hour and twenty-some minutes\n", "counterpart\n", "in his debut as a director\n", "dispel it\n", "testament\n", "far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style\n", "morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about\n", "a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater .\n", "to bowling you over\n", "laughs to sustain interest to the end\n", "tiny\n", "a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\*\n", "buy just\n", "even if you\n", "a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy .\n", ", visceral heaps\n", "this laboratory\n", "a legendary professor\n", "torturing each other psychologically\n", "in retard 101\n", "jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform ,\n", "of problems\n", "more cerebral , and\n", "wave\n", "takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "the very top rank of french filmmakers\n", "completely spooky piece\n", "it lacks the detail of the book\n", "gamesmanship\n", "the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations\n", "call the film ` refreshing\n", "is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way\n", "that underlies the best of comedies\n", "if reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum , her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .\n", "if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus , sade is your film .\n", "any hollywood fluff\n", "spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot\n", "vaudeville .\n", "does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain\n", "our emotional stake\n", "does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but\n", "as monstrous\n", "is equally hackneyed\n", "disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .\n", "dead bodies\n", "staged violence overshadows everything\n", "'s still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .\n", "murderous ambition\n", "of drugs\n", "catch freaks\n", "two-day old porridge\n", "dig themselves in\n", "a few points about modern man\n", "because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work\n", "better efforts\n", "the richness of characterization\n", "work better as a real documentary\n", "the smarter offerings\n", "offers a desperately ingratiating performance .\n", "fai\n", "affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes\n", "in the city\n", "certainly wo n't be remembered as one of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films .\n", "guard ! ''\n", "folks who live in unusual homes\n", "for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all\n", "mind-numbingly awful\n", "works its way\n", "mined\n", "where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head\n", "kim\n", "his mid-seventies ,\n", "larry fessenden 's\n", "violence overshadows everything\n", ", the four feathers comes up short\n", "lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house\n", "unusually\n", "some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors\n", "the gravity of its subject matter\n", "is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension\n", "trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe\n", "unforced , rapid-fire delivery\n", "every set-up\n", "immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and\n", "slow , predictable and\n", ", i trust\n", "so deadly seriously\n", "persecuted\n", "equal doses\n", "probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent\n", "prolific\n", "desperate for work and food\n", "that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "any ` comedy '\n", "much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart .\n", "at worst\n", "overdoing it\n", "much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen\n", "redgrave\n", "a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience\n", "the experience\n", "davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "giving us a plot\n", "the mind of the viewer\n", "the artsy and often pointless visuals\n", "fax\n", "moments and\n", ", powerful act\n", "the filmmakers are asking of us , is to believe in something that is improbable .\n", "hotter\n", "so bland and utterly forgettable\n", "more than franchise possibilities\n", "the opera itself takes\n", "it was worth your seven bucks\n", "careens\n", "corpse\n", "in the end ,\n", "it is clearly a good thing .\n", "that 's good enough .\n", "who embraces a strict moral code\n", "takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up\n", "christmas !\n", "lock ,\n", "artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown\n", "actually give them life\n", "ache by the end of kung pow\n", "military\n", "unsaid\n", "the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison\n", "more somber festival entries\n", "reluctant , irresponsible man\n", "'s a pleasurable trifle\n", "reach much further than we imagine\n", "massoud 's story\n", "is one of this year 's very best pictures\n", "gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks\n", "decades-spanning\n", "textbook\n", "it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve\n", "after all\n", "its committed dumbness\n", "your seat ,\n", "exceeding expectations\n", "to receive a un inspector\n", "this harrowing journey into combat hell vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .\n", "the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin ,\n", ", it 's a pretty mediocre family film .\n", "the part where nothing 's happening , or\n", "the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination\n", "as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study\n", "horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections\n", "other recent war movies\n", "the sky\n", "a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head\n", "rapidly\n", "heft\n", "existed on paper\n", "`` superior ''\n", "for liking showgirls\n", "well-mounted history lesson\n", "the film becomes predictably conventional .\n", "at serious horror\n", "ruinous legacy\n", "channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just\n", "mind-numbingly stilted\n", "will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses\n", "drowned\n", "entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller\n", "sunshine state\n", "squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing\n", "they 'll get plenty\n", "at the movie 's heart\n", "be moved by this drama\n", "is son of animal house .\n", "about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get\n", "the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him\n", "the floppy hair and\n", "aftermath\n", "thoughtlessly\n", "a london\n", "far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive\n", "most entertaining\n", "proud\n", "a high-tech space station\n", "filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .\n", "is slight\n", "the expressive power\n", "so similar to the 1953 disney classic\n", "a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense\n", "'s not a brilliant piece of filmmaking\n", "dispense the same advice to film directors\n", "the story subtle\n", "broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise\n", "it 's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story .\n", ", comfortable\n", "you come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story .\n", "anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s\n", "includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '\n", "romp\n", "that is n't afraid to admit it\n", "when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush\n", "about human darkness\n", "back to vietnam and the city\n", "laughs and\n", "influences\n", "change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and\n", "lan yu\n", "elegantly produced and expressively performed , the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .\n", "huge gap\n", "nair 's attention\n", "race , and class\n", "this version of h.g. wells ' time machine was directed by h.g. wells ' great-grandson .\n", "handled correctly\n", "intriguing and downright intoxicating\n", "was chuckling at all the wrong times\n", "designed strictly for children 's home video ,\n", "into the modern rut of narrative banality\n", "strong piece of work\n", "that makes a melodramatic mountain out\n", "the novelty of the `` webcast\n", "does n't generate a lot of energy .\n", "disarming saga\n", "james eric , james horton and\n", "ragged\n", "an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone\n", "too much power , not enough puff\n", "narcissistic\n", "is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications\n", "that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all\n", "becomes predictably conventional .\n", "flick any day of the week\n", "three tales\n", "how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem\n", "denying\n", "remotely incisive enough\n", "there are for children and dog lovers\n", "real life\n", "this may be to believe\n", "not least the notion that the marginal members of society\n", "is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood .\n", "to everyday children\n", "inexcusable dumb innocence\n", "dull-witted and\n", "cooper 's\n", "the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself\n", "in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread\n", "good for the goose\n", "simulation\n", "prefeminist plight\n", "host to some truly excellent sequences\n", "recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and\n", "with calamity\n", "from the back of a taxicab\n", "charlie hunnam\n", "a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry\n", "has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden\n", "this stuck pig of a movie\n", "is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .\n", "an elegantly balanced movie\n", "is repellantly out of control\n", "would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .\n", "such a vibrant , colorful world\n", "enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "a veggie tales movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit\n", "malkovich was\n", "be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "moviegoing audience\n", "the most annoying thing\n", "broomsticks\n", "visual panache\n", "dealers\n", "goes easy on the reel\\/real world dichotomy\n", "while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude\n", "is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once\n", "to her\n", "give `` scratch '' a second look\n", "the great films\n", "the film truly does rescue -lrb- the funk brothers -rrb- from motown 's shadows .\n", "strictly a-list players\n", "acting , tone and pace\n", "be a huge cut of above the rest\n", "dabbles all around\n", "of tempting alternatives\n", "film experiences\n", "coming to terms with death\n", "take on a great writer and dubious human being\n", "how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "compelling and horrifying\n", "after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special\n", "a meander\n", "bidder\n", "with the world\n", "3\n", "traced back\n", "farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except\n", "as good as the full monty , but a really strong second effort\n", "good case while\n", "of other , better crime movies\n", "the self-destructiveness of many young people\n", "shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . '\n", "piano teacher\n", "life affirming and heartbreaking ,\n", "baffle the faithful\n", "stress\n", "is more accurately chabrolian .\n", "have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but\n", "as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "it 's a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that .\n", "ability to think\n", "unusual but unfortunately also\n", "see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory\n", "be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "ripping\n", "theatre\n", "canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "eddy\n", "cool j.\n", "thoughtful screenplay\n", "to forgive its mean-spirited second half\n", "high-strung but flaccid drama\n", "lustrous polished\n", "a sardonic jolt\n", "endless trailer\n", "is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .\n", "this working woman\n", "does n't also keep us\n", "work us over\n", "gore-free\n", "should log a minimal number of hits\n", "ram dass fierce grace\n", "that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one\n", "another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters\n", "guys like evans\n", "popcorn work\n", "turns the stomach .\n", "resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .\n", ", they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .\n", ", like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .\n", "gorgeous epic\n", "it 's a symptom\n", "one thing is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou .\n", "about all the bad things in the world \\/\n", "we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and\n", "produce another smash\n", "very little story or character\n", "curling\n", "past and\n", "though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works , invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .\n", "contemporary adult movies\n", "caught up .\n", "how to tell a story for more than four minutes\n", "shapes history\n", "of style and humor\n", "sweet-and-sour\n", "after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing\n", "pratfalls but\n", "the criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...\n", "sometimes creepy intimacy\n", "the actors are simply too good ,\n", "than the simpsons ever has\n", "renegade-cop\n", "the problem with antwone fisher\n", "a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director\n", "national lampoon film\n", "belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "despite that breadth\n", "often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .\n", "an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and\n", "had already seen that movie\n", "into high-tech splatterfests\n", "is n't mainly suspense or excitement .\n", "inside an enigma\n", "garish showcase\n", "field\n", "a film about campus depravity\n", ", splashy and entertainingly nasty\n", "quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up\n", "you will enjoy seeing how both evolve\n", "sophisticated flower child 's\n", "laugh because he acts so goofy all the time\n", "is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right\n", "must have been lost in the translation .\n", "many a recent movie season\n", "fringe\n", "in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "determination to shock at any cost\n", "the evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear\n", "a character 's hands\n", "eludes madonna and ,\n", "scherfig -rrb-\n", "timeless and universal tale\n", ", something terrible happens\n", "an enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good , it 's a conundrum not worth solving .\n", "a clever script and\n", "'ll love it and probably want to see it twice\n", "time-consuming\n", "'' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings\n", "she has n't been worth caring about\n", "what antwone fisher is n't , however , is original\n", "a tv episode rather than a documentary\n", "thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films\n", "his cinematic vision\n", "some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic\n", "that never quite gel\n", "deserves the hook .\n", "comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional ,\n", "to its superstar\n", "are served with a hack script .\n", "there 's a plethora of characters in this picture\n", "the right vent -lrb- accurate\n", "juan carlos fresnadillo\n", "'s most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces\n", "cutesy film references\n", "i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one\n", "it reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it\n", "to dumb down the universe\n", ", then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .\n", "egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view\n", "its just under ninety minute running time\n", "most damning censure\n", "looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger\n", "the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal\n", "never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence\n", "a studio 's wallet\n", "to say , `` look at this\n", "a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them\n", "ignoring\n", "helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "a so-called ` comedy '\n", "hollywood program\n", "as moronic as some campus gross-out films\n", "a terrible strength\n", "shmear\n", "incisive and\n", "icons\n", "siren\n", "than indecent proposal\n", "own look\n", "of world war ii\n", "an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "carry out\n", "relied too much\n", "is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller\n", "realistic human behavior\n", "the off-center humor is a constant , and\n", "on any level\n", "if you 're an elvis person\n", "pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss\n", "to conceal its contrivances\n", "falls a little flat\n", "glamorous\n", "a quick-buck sequel\n", "it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works ,\n", "the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings .\n", "indisputably\n", "kathryn\n", "the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her\n", "seagal ,\n", "preaching\n", "-lrb- though no less horrifying for it -rrb-\n", "an unsuccessful attempt at a movie\n", "the grade as tawdry trash\n", "are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together\n", "at the rapidly changing face of beijing\n", "the crime expertly\n", "the lady and the duke surprisingly\n", "is entertaining on an inferior level .\n", "massacre\n", "comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars\n", "kafka-inspired\n", "a technological exercise\n", "chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .\n", "you may not have heard before\n", "to ice cube , benjamins\n", "a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them\n", "the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge .\n", "the movie 's seams may show ...\n", "so self-pitying\n", "none of his actors stand out ,\n", "with little fuss or noise\n", "has much to learn\n", "this is lohman 's film .\n", "a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor\n", "realistic , urgent\n", "'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun\n", "of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears\n", "dench who really steals the show\n", "pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition\n", "an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality\n", "-lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", "purposeful\n", "the symbols\n", "`` 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "others even more compelling\n", "building suspense\n", "resembling\n", "the story compels\n", "utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout\n", "as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- the believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work\n", "enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up\n", "two\n", "to extremist name-calling\n", "attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women\n", "does everything\n", "finn and edmund\n", "scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others\n", "old-fashioned-movie\n", "carey\n", "exploits\n", "from the tv series\n", "steve\n", "obstacles\n", "about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher\n", "second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies ,\n", "pessimists\n", "charlize chases kevin with a gun .\n", "can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ?\n", "drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .\n", "grown\n", "is the action as gripping as in past seagal films\n", "a charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface .\n", "the minor omission of a screenplay\n", "brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and\n", ", purpose and emotionally bruised characters\n", "war 's madness\n", "so pertinent and enduring\n", "close to real life\n", "still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .\n", ", there 's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .\n", "in a torrent of emotion\n", "in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing\n", "little indie .\n", "it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .\n", "sleepless in seattle\n", "'ll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .\n", "a creaky staircase gothic .\n", "irrepressible passion\n", "of poverty\n", "of the movie\n", "is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "you leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .\n", "on the strength of their own cleverness\n", "all individuality\n", "believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic , and it is too cute by half\n", "munch 's\n", "would sink laurence olivier\n", "is , at bottom\n", "charting\n", "somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book\n", "your face\n", "a troubled and determined homicide cop\n", "the specter\n", "white oleander ,\n", "vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .\n", "what makes vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat\n", "just another voyeuristic spectacle\n", "breathless anticipation\n", "more relevant than 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them .\n", "lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho\n", "hypnotically\n", "letting its imagery\n", "of an architect of pop culture\n", "go for la salle 's performance ,\n", "the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better\n", "the modern master of the chase sequence\n", "by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen\n", "that rare animal\n", "the usher\n", "exquisite craftsmanship\n", "pat inspirational status\n", "visualizing nijinsky 's diaries\n", "disdain\n", ", but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special\n", "their way\n", "based on a true story\n", "mean ` funny\n", "i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid\n", "hope and despair\n", "to probe questions of attraction and interdependence\n", "little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point\n", "than lucid work\n", "a subculture\n", "have to admit i walked out of runteldat .\n", "as an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "before the pathology set in\n", "with a few lingering animated thoughts\n", "lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "dressed up\n", "a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation\n", "exquisite balance\n", "pick your nose instead\n", "genteel yet decadent\n", "dahmer heyday\n", "looking for that exact niche\n", "be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes\n", "'s a fun adventure movie for kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb- that like adventure .\n", "suspension\n", "go down with a ship as leaky as this\n", "oscar winners\n", "makin\n", "after another\n", "somewhere inside its fabric , but never\n", "unlike last year 's lame musketeer\n", "sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but\n", "in almost every scene\n", "exceptionally\n", "gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt\n", "that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile\n", "has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at .\n", "life sentence\n", "jack nicholson\n", "ho-hum\n", "scary in the slightest\n", "saccharine\n", "a bonus\n", "hash .\n", "any aspect of it\n", "for plenty of nudity\n", "respect\n", "phillip noyce\n", "complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold\n", "ferret\n", "drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly\n", "mindless junk\n", "the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .\n", "worried\n", "humanizing stuff\n", ", revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling\n", "'s hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie\n", "of the rock\n", "of jaw-droppingly odd behavior\n", "gestures\n", "as home movie gone haywire\n", "uncle ralph\n", "feel sorry\n", "'ll probably be in video stores by christmas\n", "the film with his effortless performance and\n", "'s nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .\n", "that does n't merit it\n", "it 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .\n", "such a perfect medium for children\n", "notice it\n", "walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and\n", "you can see where big bad love is trying to go\n", "hollywood endings\n", "delia , greta , and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year .\n", "years and years\n", "we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together ,\n", "not funny performers\n", "witty\n", "be growing\n", "a promise\n", "an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view .\n", "that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up\n", "the end of the flick\n", "salvation and good intentions\n", "pull an arrow out of his back\n", "becomes simply a monster chase film\n", "the marquis de sade\n", "underlined by neil finn and edmund\n", "provocative central wedding sequence\n", "the messenger\n", ", governance and hierarchy\n", "do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile\n", "a rounded and revealing overview\n", "dire\n", "this off-putting french romantic comedy\n", "enjoyable performances\n", "overburdened with complicated plotting and banal dialogue\n", "during the tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time\n", "jack carter\n", "to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture\n", "tom\n", "at humor\n", "of revisionist fancy\n", "figures out\n", "the ultimate fate of these girls\n", "between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant\n", "cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier\n", "less endearing\n", "very well done\n", "gone before\n", "this pathetic junk is barely an hour long .\n", "life survivable\n", "are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?\n", "set\n", "a consummate actor incapable of being boring\n", "rumor\n", "as fully ` rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard\n", "does n't think about percentages all day long\n", "inauspicious\n", "comprehend it\n", "envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration\n", "bathos and pathos\n", "of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep\n", "of the elements that will grab you\n", "watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "trusted\n", "complex psychological drama\n", "your nerves\n", "the key to stand-up\n", "in my heart\n", "top-notch\n", "is more than merely a holocaust movie\n", "frame one\n", "one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else\n", "filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another\n", "a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone\n", "brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top ,\n", "the pieces do n't quite fit together\n", "circles it obsessively , without making contact\n", "michael cacoyannis\n", "for an oscar\n", "way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore\n", "it looks neat\n", "gives you something to chew on\n", "large-screen\n", "could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes\n", "added depth and resonance\n", "is light , innocuous and unremarkable\n", "that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible\n", "thousands of vietnamese\n", "force performance by michel piccoli .\n", "several of his performances\n", "in their 50s working\n", "giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective\n", "gaining much momentum\n", "creed\n", "the genial-rogue shtick\n", "times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated\n", "cause tom green a grimace ;\n", "funny documentary\n", "a compelling story of musical passion\n", "incredibly flexible cast\n", "laughs\n", "a fascinating but choppy documentary .\n", "true colors\n", "on tv\n", "90-minute , four-star movie\n", "of a calculus major at m.i.t.\n", "of somber blues and pinks\n", "far too much\n", "will just screen the master of disguise 24\\/7\n", "induce sleep than fright\n", "viewed as pure composition and form --\n", "seemed\n", "emotionally devastating piece\n", "hundert\n", "to do with 94 minutes\n", "'s hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "all very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble than it\n", "the terrifying angst of the modern working man\n", "pleasant from start to finish\n", "mental\n", "whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film\n", "racing\n", "find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination\n", "the story really has no place to go since simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict\n", "lost twenty-first century america .\n", "that i did n't mind\n", "record\n", "for editing\n", "this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love\n", "kjell bjarne\n", "a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times\n", "for long stretches\n", "has run its course\n", ", eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .\n", "bursts with a goofy energy\n", "laughter and self-exploitation\n", "sustains\n", "back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly ,\n", "intelligence or invention\n", "paper thin\n", "dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb-\n", "does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature\n", "beseechingly\n", "as a tragic love story\n", "is an earnest study in despair .\n", "comedy futility\n", "abderrahmane sissako 's heremakono -lrb- waiting for happiness -rrb-\n", "into art\n", "cube 's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche .\n", "be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals\n", "gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .\n", "runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches\n", "if you 're willing to have fun with it\n", "a copy\n", "breckin\n", "fire a torpedo\n", "their time -lrb- including mine -rrb- on something\n", "mirren\n", "gelati\n", ", film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation .\n", "emotionally at least\n", "aware\n", "opens today in manhattan\n", "that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility\n", "on how well you like\n", "trademark grin\n", "may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly\n", "lets you\n", "would-be\n", "high style\n", "would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated\n", "virtually plotless\n", "slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves\n", "of how things will turn out\n", "lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks , but not anyone else\n", "is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .\n", "few gross-out comedies\n", "frightening seductiveness\n", "largely untold\n", "less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling -lrb- though no less horrifying for it -rrb- .\n", "a long patch of black ice\n", "two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress\n", "its many excesses\n", "be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set\n", "runs for only 71 minutes and\n", "remember back\n", "its central figure , vivi\n", "this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism\n", "this is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .\n", "lunatic heights\n", "has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over\n", "would-be surprises\n", "bartleby 's main overall flaw\n", "the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction\n", "digital videotape\n", "captures them\n", "northern ireland\n", "taken for the comedian at the end of the show\n", "in all fairness\n", "cases\n", "the ingenuity\n", "in how sand developed a notorious reputation\n", "your jaw\n", "it 's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .\n", "are still there .\n", "our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama\n", "a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "entertaining enough , but nothing new\n", "a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives\n", "sure , it 's contrived and predictable ,\n", "the mushy finale\n", "sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss\n", "a rattling noise\n", "dragons\n", "action movie\n", "featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers\n", "is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .\n", "tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs\n", "feels a bit anachronistic .\n", "braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor\n", "as intellectual masterpieces\n", "have come to learn\n", "comes to scandals\n", "tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history\n", "ireland over a man\n", "empathy and pity fogging up the screen ...\n", "lonely beacon\n", "` terrorists\n", "'s a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur\n", "it should be done 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culture\n", "dunst\n", "lab\n", ", enough is just the ticket you need .\n", "hard , endearing , caring ,\n", "the pretensions -- and disposable story --\n", "the fingers\n", "the plot\n", "needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds\n", "ka fai are\n", "thoughtful and rewarding\n", "the man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance\n", "easily the most thoughtful fictional examination\n", "his plot\n", "occur and not ``\n", "help -- or\n", "spaghetti western\n", "'s all pretty tame .\n", "escort their little ones\n", "japanese jokes\n", "felt sharpie pen\n", "several funny moments\n", "of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "had a lot of problems\n", "to witness first-time director\n", "exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable\n", "short in explaining the music and its roots\n", "question to ask about bad company\n", ", soar .\n", "of our lives\n", "which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues\n", "its flabbergasting principals ,\n", "retread action twaddle\n", "it more if it had just gone that one step further\n", "that it is laughingly enjoyable\n", "small movie\n", "unfortunately , neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .\n", "unchecked\n", "mostly fool 's\n", "lascivious-minded\n", "filming the teeming life on the reefs\n", "plot contrivance\n", "preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera\n", "it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but it is .\n", "the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative\n", "easier\n", "this smart\n", "convey a tiny sense of hope\n", "their problems\n", "impervious\n", "is a cliche\n", "a huge cut of above the rest\n", "matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and 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.\n", "but it was n't horrible either .\n", "in the middle , the film compels ,\n", "started with a great premise\n", "an achingly enthralling premise , the film\n", "could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time\n", "at least a minimal appreciation\n", "its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity\n", "gabbiest giant-screen movie\n", "the actor to save it\n", "masterful performances\n", "retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching\n", "making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female\n", "heartfelt romance\n", "with satin rouge\n", "a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation\n", "the idea of a vietnam picture\n", "sometime bitter movie about love\n", "attempt another project greenlight , next time out\n", "you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach\n", "a classroom play in a college history course\n", "recognize it and deal 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hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great .\n", "since sept. 11 -rrb-\n", "winning and\n", "'s difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks\n", "the movie would seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine .\n", "watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean ,\n", "too much exploitation\n", "prurient\n", "the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes --\n", "gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild .\n", "plot and pornographic way\n", "sinister happy ending\n", "enough eye\n", "have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant\n", "recording industry\n", "in the river\n", "aversion\n", "complicated characters\n", "assigned marks to take on any life of its own\n", "hyped\n", "reign\n", "as storytelling\n", "u.s.\n", "elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon\n", "if you can push on through the slow spots\n", "most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .\n", "thoroughly entertaining\n", "'s the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .\n", "found in dragonfly\n", "its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and\n", "little doubt\n", "burlesque\n", "leaping story line\n", "shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans\n", "they 're doing\n", "emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .\n", "to read\n", "ai n't none\n", "'s clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and 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girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .\n", "in the unhurried , low-key style\n", "attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "the target practice\n", "verging\n", "the integrity and vision of the band\n", "the script by vincent r. nebrida\n", "ending .\n", "with a chase to end all chases\n", "to remain an unchanged dullard\n", "why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ?\n", ", sexual and social\n", "from the star wars series\n", "forges out of the theories of class\n", "is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements .\n", "both heartbreaking and\n", "arrive anyplace special\n", "upon where you live\n", "plutonium\n", "1\\/2\n", "than batman\n", "here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad ,\n", "the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul .\n", "muy\n", "reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully\n", "almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell\n", "a few zingers\n", "fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema\n", "the zeroes on my paycheck\n", "the delirium\n", "stone 's\n", ", the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .\n", "please eastwood 's loyal fans\n", "who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but\n", "cgi aliens\n", "aristocrats '\n", "big mistake .\n", "`` un-bear-able '' project\n", "hickenlooper 's\n", "iran 's\n", "boyd 's film\n", "perhaps , but unmistakably\n", "knows how to tell us about people .\n", "catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness\n", "potentially good\n", "by those standards\n", "wish it 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its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity\n", "balanced\n", "somewhat tired premise\n", "janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel\n", "of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design\n", "bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly\n", "jay russell\n", "resentful betty\n", "the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence\n", "accepting a 50-year-old in the role\n", "called ` my husband is travis bickle '\n", "old news\n", "it just is n't a very involving one\n", "worked for me\n", "open-hearted film\n", "the quirky drama\n", "spelled out\n", "the insightful writer\\/director\n", "chases stuart\n", "stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .\n", "tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy .\n", "sam mendes\n", "lots of somber blues and pinks\n", "suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics\n", "win him\n", "of most teenagers\n", "an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas\n", "found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime\n", "are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras .\n", "show business\n", ", it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss .\n", "befallen\n", "to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle\n", "the first blade\n", "qualities\n", "of memory and desire\n", "ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ?\n", "too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy\n", "crude and unrelentingly exploitative\n", "have guessed\n", "just about more stately\n", "what punk rock music\n", "le\n", "hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie\n", "that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .\n", "against each other so intensely , but with restraint\n", "more than that\n", "the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history\n", "to deliver\n", "ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one\n", "beauty reeks\n", "for chaiken\n", ", brutally clueless\n", "like it .\n", "savour the story\n", "hong kong action\n", "are well done and perfectly\n", "features one\n", "menace and\n", "luis\n", "it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies\n", "andie macdowell\n", "a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people\n", "howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted\n", "if you love the music , and i do\n", "will .\n", "soderbergh 's solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .\n", ", unnecessary\n", "as easily have been called ` under siege 3\n", "garish\n", 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provocative .\n", "of -lrb- jaglom 's -rrb- better efforts\n", "it entertaining\n", "is assimilated into this newfangled community\n", "the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo\n", "captures the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing\n", "on both suspense and payoff\n", "an -rrb-\n", "you do n't care who fires the winning shot\n", "'s pathetic\n", "west\n", "humor-seeking dollars\n", "the brawn\n", "the master of innuendo\n", "shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster\n", "are all too abundant\n", "last dance\n", "he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .\n", "new jack city\n", "oo many of these gross out scenes ...\n", "sympathetic characters\n", "tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art .\n", "his lesser works\n", "one man 's\n", "gondry 's direction\n", "this method almost never fails him ,\n", "for a set\n", "colorful and deceptively buoyant\n", "one-sidedness\n", "will come up with an original idea for a teen movie\n", "is a bomb .\n", "to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "tommy 's\n", "justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess\n", "an engaging story\n", "war-torn\n", "to be truly prurient .\n", ", and not necessarily for kids\n", "sucker-punch\n", "have to pay if you want to see it\n", "ca n't possibly\n", "which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "because of the performances\n", "book club\n", "writer-director ritchie\n", "better video-game-based\n", "does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .\n", "claustrophic , suffocating and chilly\n", "appears questionable\n", "some visual wit ...\n", "illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,\n", "little more attention\n", "the documentary will be over\n", "just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end\n", "his character 's deceptions\n", "paint\n", "it has all the heart of a porno flick -lrb- but none of the sheer lust -rrb- .\n", "includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick\n", "long and eventful\n", "often enough\n", "meditation -rrb-\n", "you 're entirely unprepared .\n", "day-lewis\n", "to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "all this strutting\n", "first-time writer-director neil burger\n", "wore me\n", "the often literal riffs\n", "is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them .\n", "possession\n", "the level of intelligence\n", "wo n't see the next six .\n", "with almost as many\n", "a valentine sealed with a kiss\n", "pun and entendre and its attendant\n", "what should have been a cutting hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety .\n", "a rambling examination\n", "if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences\n", "with lesser talents , high crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable .\n", "russian cultural identity\n", "of these people\n", "'d recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes\n", "even at its worst\n", "them guessing\n", "a grisly sort\n", "chasing\n", "because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin .\n", "be involving as individuals rather than types\n", "it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss\n", "central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "is a treat\n", "his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time\n", "a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid\n", "of joy\n", "nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap\n", "exciting as either\n", "by now intolerable morbidity\n", "a tired , unnecessary retread ... a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with .\n", "with remarkable skill\n", "mary co-writer ed decter\n", "jia 's moody\n", "trek ii\n", "her mother\n", "quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks\n", "the major problem\n", "comic\n", "chai\n", "a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release .\n", "most of his budget and\n", "anguished\n", "frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! ''\n", "grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "seasoned\n", "full of life and small delights\n", "ham it up\n", "to the experiences of most battered women\n", "two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length\n", "plunging\n", "cop-flick\n", "a. . .\n", "never quite gets there\n", "think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline\n", "uplifting\n", "thought .\n", "positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb-\n", "kaos had n't blown them all up\n", "it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film .\n", "attempts to heal after the death of a child\n", "another shameless attempt by disney\n", "replace past tragedy\n", "hit in korea\n", "its paint fights ,\n", "since being john malkovich\n", "fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6\n", "slovenly life\n", "a delicious crime drama on par\n", "the lesson in repugnance\n", "increasingly diverse\n", "no explanation or even plot relevance\n", "animal characters\n", "it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ?\n", "collected\n", "the increasingly diverse french director\n", "turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long\n", "the better video-game-based flicks ,\n", "it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started\n", "know it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway\n", "a potentially trite and overused concept\n", "the writing is clever and the cast is appealing\n", "the frustration\n", "is n't as weird\n", "the good girl\n", ", it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama\n", "for all\n", "a motion picture\n", "genuine love story\n", "-lrb- the film -rrb- works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .\n", "those gimmicks\n", "crafting\n", "disabilities\n", "an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes\n", "go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories\n", "the world of lingerie models and bar dancers\n", "made literature literal\n", "british cinema\n", "solidly entertaining\n", "high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience .\n", "spend your benjamins on a matinee\n", "this theme\n", "durable best seller smart women\n", "read books\n", "posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ?\n", "caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else\n", "the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy\n", "for that sense of openness , the little surprises\n", "rhythm\n", "to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "her capable cast\n", "another revenge film\n", "'re drawn in by the dark luster .\n", "nuance given by the capable cast\n", "is off-putting\n", "minus\n", "austin powers for the most part\n", "trapped\n", "to find the film anything\n", "would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something\n", "on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior\n", "just a curiosity\n", "it ranks with the best of herzog 's works\n", "the world of his film\n", "the psychedelic '60s\n", "yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and\n", "any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "a bizarre way\n", "a reason to want to put for that effort\n", "when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and\n", "one of france 's most inventive directors\n", "concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn\n", "lightweight but appealing\n", "check\n", "by the film 's conviction\n", "about whose fate it is hard to care\n", "your community\n", "it 's\n", "the peanut butter\n", "that place ,\n", "what -lrb- frei -rrb- gives us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows .\n", "amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .\n", "manages to deliver\n", "always appears questionable\n", "under siege\n", "on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs\n", "cardiac arrest\n", "goes on and on and on and on\n", "on indie projects\n", "perfected\n", "attract and\n", "reminiscent of alfred hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` signs ' occur while waiting for things to happen .\n", "be oblivious to the existence of this film\n", "fisk\n", "a haunting tale\n", "that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and\n", "recharged him\n", "may be in presentation\n", "during a movie\n", "to feel something\n", "kozmo in the end\n", "'s kind of insulting , both to men and women\n", "self-exploitation\n", "walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions --\n", ", original talent\n", "judith and\n", "the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone .\n", "i ca n't say for sure\n", "mainstream matinee-style entertainment\n", "that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale\n", "filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard\n", "greedy talent agents\n", "the ethics of kaufman 's approach\n", "to joy\n", "street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "if only it were\n", "folks they do n't understand ,\n", "by drawing me into the picture\n", "forty , female and single\n", "truly funny\n", "at how this movie turned out\n", "that has no teeth\n", "anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime\n", "to conceive anyone else in their roles\n", "is more than tattoo\n", "cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "enough to read the subtitles\n", "the story ... is hackneyed\n", "a well-deserved reputation as one\n", "dodge\n", "a sour attempt\n", "but believe it or not\n", "have expected a little more human being , and a little less product\n", "hack\n", "that they do n't like it\n", "those decades-spanning historical epics\n", "classic low-budget film noir movie\n", "if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright\n", "i 've ever seen .\n", "their work\n", "underestimated charm\n", "by laurice guillen\n", "a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist --\n", "is overkill to the highest degree .\n", "for the malls\n", "could take me back to a time before i saw this movie\n", "jagjit singh\n", "weirdo\n", "the swinging\n", "the disadvantage\n", "that date nights were invented for .\n", "for your pay per view dollar\n", "formalist\n", "is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while\n", "even flicks\n", "the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most .\n", "jewish refugees\n", "'ll take the latter every time\n", "deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap\n", "rather dull , unimaginative car chase\n", "get ready for the big shear\n", "new , or inventive , journey\n", "i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me\n", "be friends through thick and thin\n", "a great cast\n", "it 's plotless , shapeless --\n", "you can actually feel good\n", "generalities\n", ", jacquot preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .\n", "phonograph record\n", "sink it faster\n", "there are those who just want the ball and chain\n", "aniston\n", "be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother\n", "bisset delivers a game performance\n", "swooning elegance\n", "surprise us\n", "is a rich stew of longing .\n", "format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them\n", "be a flawed film\n", "most exciting action films\n", "a tone as variable as the cinematography\n", "the second great war\n", "a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school\n", "poignant and funny .\n", "it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness ,\n", "try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .\n", "is well done , but slow\n", "has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy\n", "makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while\n", "self-pitying\n", "intensely romantic ,\n", "exploit\n", "if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .\n", "that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself\n", "the fanatical adherents on either side , but also\n", "in american teen comedies\n", "these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i 'm all for that\n", "shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb-\n", "is no rest period , no timeout\n", "also\n", "about the peril of such efforts\n", "dawdle\n", "symbolically , warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .\n", "to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood\n", "reverence and\n", "to the size of a house\n", "soberly\n", "than a night at the movies\n", "is wickedly fun\n", "'s no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance\n", "freakish powers\n", "emptily\n", "makes hard work\n", "is nicely shot , well-edited and\n", "if religious films are n't your bailiwick\n", "ferrara\n", "with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax\n", "brendan\n", "ruined his career\n", "the assassin\n", "beautifully read\n", ", it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .\n", "malapropisms\n", "is emerging in world cinema\n", "the film is well under way --\n", "blair witch project real-time roots\n", "and writer david koepp\n", "of life , hand gestures , and some\n", "this generation 's animal house\n", "dawson 's\n", "the director of such hollywood\n", "one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year\n", "coos beseechingly\n", "on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company\n", "which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking\n", "starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap\n", "it were , well , more adventurous\n", "a brilliant , absurd collection\n", "something purer\n", "put you off\n", "spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "transmogrification\n", "a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce\n", "they were in the 1950s\n", "is a hilarious adventure\n", "-lrb- f -rrb-\n", "on the game of love\n", "'d grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .\n", "it 's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed\n", "unfortunately , it runs for 170\n", "coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts\n", "the obstacle course\n", "smartest\n", "my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and\n", "sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers\n", "-lrb- ' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand -rrb-\n", "for some time\n", "the french connection\n", "lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode\n", "newton\n", "recite some of this laughable dialogue\n", "a brutally dry satire of middle american\n", "fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers\n", "the movie is better than you might think .\n", "gets drawn into the party .\n", "in modern america\n", "for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "evokes the blithe rebel fantasy\n", "hard young life\n", "should you\n", "ver weil 's\n", "scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . '\n", "rambling and incoherent\n", "of `` personal freedom first\n", "next to you\n", "offering instead\n", "even a little dated\n", "average b-movie\n", "tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists\n", "'s not nearly long enough\n", "not to be looking at\n", "feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "the filmmakers who have directed him , especially\n", "do n't really care too much about this love story\n", "between a not-so-bright mother and daughter\n", "biggest names\n", "roller\n", "a fascinating but flawed look at the near future\n", "at publishing giant william randolph hearst\n", "the kind of production\n", "sex and\n", "art direction\n", "when ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .\n", "leads up\n", "ya-ya sisterhood\n", "horizons\n", "become annoying and artificial .\n", "there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge\n", "solid acting can do for a movie\n", "the film 's city beginnings\n", "in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile\n", "starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags\n", "loving\n", "thorough\n", "invitingly upbeat\n", "original men\n", "feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs .\n", "-lrb- lin chung 's -rrb- voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating -lrb- at least to this western ear -rrb- , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters\n", "occasionally very enjoyable\n", "dimming\n", "'s because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .\n", "intended for the home video market\n", ", the movie has a cinematic fluidity 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.\n", "the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency ,\n", "'s rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies\n", "harry & tonto\n", "is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills\n", "ballroom\n", "... a lesson in prehistoric hilarity .\n", "into feel-good territory\n", "is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful\n", "been a cutting hollywood satire\n", "as the long-faced sad sack\n", "dips\n", "you expect of de palma , but\n", "has failed him\n", "openness ,\n", "especially charm\n", "heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations\n", "a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action\n", "!\n", "taunt\n", "ominous mood and tension\n", "there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs\n", "who he is or who he was before\n", "director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein\n", "sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence\n", "nearly as funny\n", "a captivating and 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energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths .\n", "to make up for the ones that do n't come off\n", "really blow the big one\n", "the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough\n", "call\n", "it develops\n", "leone\n", "could have\n", "see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .\n", "learns that believing in something does matter\n", "'s how to kill your neighbor 's dog is slight but unendurable .\n", "the sometimes murky , always brooding look\n", "yet another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't - miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong .\n", "everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable .\n", "fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian\n", "of justice\n", "is not even half the interest\n", "driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ...\n", "plays it straight ,\n", "may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not .\n", "lousy way\n", "hip-hop documentary\n", "gross-out quota\n", "as miraculous as its dreamworks makers\n", "-lrb- woo 's -rrb- most resonant film since the killer .\n", "'s a dull girl , that 's all .\n", "into the tissue-thin ego\n", "drugs and\n", "famuyiwa\n", "fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved\n", "lulled into a coma\n", "our deepest , media-soaked fears\n", "decent tv outing\n", "inanities\n", "represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director\n", ", very well told with an appropriate minimum of means .\n", "it 's praises\n", "spends a bit too much time\n", "some first-rate performances\n", "sappy , preachy one\n", "in some sense\n", "harvesting\n", "in her quiet blue eyes\n", "that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters\n", "but mr. polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic .\n", "pokes ,\n", "i ca n't compare friday after next to them\n", "no light touch\n", "good old-fashioned escapism\n", "with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them\n", "video helmer\n", "are simply\n", "is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic\n", "uncompromising\n", "it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by james spader and maggie gyllenhaal\n", "guts and\n", "the ya-ya\n", "lazy , miserable and smug .\n", "gay-niche\n", ", someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .\n", "front of the camera\n", "wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .\n", "that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond\n", "clever and\n", "'s pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men\n", "equals the original and\n", "has generic virtues ,\n", "reasonably fulfilling\n", "call me\n", "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 .\n", "results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often ,\n", "swaggers\n", "its low groan-to-guffaw ratio\n", "been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "rises to its full potential as a film\n", "lit by flashes of mordant humor\n", "would\n", "ms. seigner and mr. serrault\n", "both exuberantly romantic and serenely\n", "whether you 've seen pornography or documentary\n", "a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "a perceptive study\n", "skeeved\n", "resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing\n", "intentionally low standards\n", "audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant .\n", "an absurd finale\n", "and , in the end ,\n", "a completely honest , open-hearted film\n", "one hour photo\n", "heart-felt drama\n", "flimsier\n", "could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .\n", "hannibal movies\n", "that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting\n", "a convolution\n", "a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design\n", "jim\n", "tries to be smart\n", "the plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling\n", "backseat\n", "ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and\n", "from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants\n", "you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer\n", "his story\n", "shown up\n", "feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but\n", "airhead\n", "if pointless excursion\n", "infusing\n", "i 've got to give it thumbs down\n", "the importance of being earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles\n", "full hour\n", "a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera\n", "to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow\n", "without sham the raw-nerved story\n", "that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "the event\n", "to the moviehouse\n", "`` out of sight ''\n", "made about the nature of god\n", ", dumb\n", "like e.t.\n", "in which it holds itself\n", "a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle\n", "a thinking man 's\n", "'s hard to resist his enthusiasm\n", "standard guns versus martial arts\n", "dean 's\n", "in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy\n", "is not a jackie chan movie\n", "waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense\n", "shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .\n", "is more timely now\n", "misdemeanor\n", "channeling roberto benigni\n", "one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities\n", "bicentennial\n", "visual charge\n", "see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out\n", "which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man\n", "honestly never knew what the hell was coming next\n", "`` they '' looked like\n", "the next , hastily , emptily\n", "like , say , treasure planet -rrb-\n", "the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .\n", "the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy ,\n", "its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work\n", ", you 'll like promises .\n", "see it for the passion\n", "-lrb- dong -rrb- makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view\n", "translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard\n", "are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ?\n", "that with really poor comedic writing\n", "of his league\n", "want to appear avant-garde\n", "dry humor and\n", "while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters\n", "fascinating and playful\n", "to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "walter\n", "remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most\n", "the film favors the scientific over the spectacular -lrb- visually speaking -rrb- .\n", "earnest but\n", "a gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem .\n", "died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release\n", "a whale\n", "authentic account\n", "his acolytes\n", "does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life\n", "launch the new age\n", "more challenging than your average television\n", "one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here\n", "-lrb- and\n", "horrifying historical reality\n", "against yang 's similarly themed yi yi\n", "the now spy-savvy siblings , carmen -lrb- vega -rrb- and juni -lrb- sabara -rrb- cortez\n", "makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .\n", "moral tone\n", "credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves\n", "a tighter editorial process and firmer direction\n", "gang lore\n", "the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .\n", "four-star movie\n", "of pootie tang\n", "joyless\n", "tupac\n", ", she 's appealingly manic and energetic .\n", "'s not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break\n", "loss\n", "remains oddly detached\n", "full of itself\n", "with raw urban humor\n", "the exception\n", "reclaiming\n", "of tinseltown\n", "it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie\n", "craven\n", "the good , which is its essential problem\n", "succumbing to sentimentality\n", "absorbing ,\n", "90-plus years\n", "gray equivalent\n", "succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably\n", "what -lrb- evans -rrb- had , lost , and got back\n", "markers for a series of preordained events\n", "where the mysteries lingered\n", "the target audience\n", "does not live up to its style\n", "lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile\n", "deserve one another\n", "as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil\n", "a smart , nuanced look at de sade and\n", "teens only\n", "a somber film , almost completely\n", "a weird amalgam\n", "which ones shtick\n", "comes off like a bad imitation of the bard\n", "'ll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state\n", "bewildering\n", "mr. clooney , mr. kaufman and all their collaborators\n", "postmodern pastiche winds\n", "american-style\n", "squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '\n", "make a huge action sequence\n", "`` feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel\n", "is so breezy\n", "'s hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter\n", "yet far from impenetrable theory\n", "giovanni ,\n", "there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not\n", "a promise nor a threat so\n", "establishes itself\n", ", holds the screen like a true star .\n", "ponder affair\n", "as if he or she has missed anything\n", "this could be a passable date film .\n", "of the imax cinema\n", "a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and\n", "the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically .\n", "there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show\n", "was 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\n", "star\n", "in the alternately comic\n", "tear himself\n", "memorable first interrogation\n", "too many conflicts\n", "have completely\n", "for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america\n", "about guns , violence , and fear\n", "it 's not a motion picture\n", "in this particular south london housing project\n", "in cheek in the film\n", "reminding audiences that it 's only a movie\n", "does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country\n", "starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder .\n", ", entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment\n", "action powers\n", "glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light\n", "a therapy session\n", "completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure\n", "'s back in form ,\n", "little less bling-bling and a lot more\n", "made with an innocent yet fervid conviction\n", "so sloppy , so uneven ,\n", "is n't more compelling\n", "once one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience\n", "huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them\n", "vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw\n", "it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy\n", "very fast\n", "that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes\n", "never boring\n", "danish cows\n", "-lrb- unintentionally -rrb-\n", "ca n't stop the music . ''\n", "'s a lot of good material\n", "of the lead performances\n", "appeal to the pre-teen crowd\n", "notes\n", "bond while\n", "allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours\n", "there 's\n", "an exhilarating new interpretation\n", "handle\n", "might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants .\n", "by joel zwick\n", "diplomat\n", "deeply watchable\n", "stays that way\n", "our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther\n", "'re to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff\n", "opens today nationwide\n", "every once\n", "george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king ,\n", "as women in a german factory\n", "houses\n", "i highly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him\n", "is n't particularly assaultive\n", "tropic pageant\n", "that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb-\n", "his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend\n", "years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "at its seams\n", "smug or\n", "even after the most awful acts are committed\n", "drag an audience\n", "more immediate mystery\n", "compelling look\n", "especially williams ,\n", "gender-war\n", "the expense of his narrative\n", "frothy ` date movie '\n", "on a wal-mart budget\n", "metaphysical claptrap\n", "renaissance spain ,\n", "lashing\n", "is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness\n", "deuces wild ,\n", "than finding solutions\n", "the film 's final hour\n", "smash its face\n", "is not rooted in that decade\n", "rather slow beginning\n", "even these tales\n", "'ve seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed\n", "pick up new admirers\n", "nearly long enough\n", "makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important\n", "cheapening\n", "'d better have a good alternative\n", "the historical period and its artists\n", "ever so gracefully\n", "by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself\n", "released in 1987\n", "fails as a dystopian movie ,\n", "nearly epic proportions\n", "with freeman and judd , i 'll at least remember their characters .\n", "it 's never boring\n", "deftly executed\n", "halle berry\n", "strong filmmaking\n", "flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community\n", "danis tanovic 's\n", "keep us\n", "sensitive acting\n", "'s the inimitable diaz , holding it all together\n", "this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .\n", "say the obvious :\n", "prowess\n", "ultimately comes off as a pale successor .\n", "were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the character any good\n", "a cell phone\n", "ho-tep\n", "the credits\n", "unforced continuation\n", "about other\n", "with good intentions leads to the video store\n", "that hiv\\/aids is far from being yesterday 's news\n", "to excess\n", "at a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had\n", "try very hard\n", "dangerfield .\n", "and shower scenes\n", "the music makes a nice album\n", "tried to improve things by making the movie go faster\n", "in this tepid genre offering\n", "our reality tv obsession , and even tardier\n", "drop dead gorgeous\n", "a life like this\n", "all the tumult\n", "a plot twist\n", "a minor work yet there 's no denying the potency of miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .\n", "peekaboo clothing\n", "manoel de oliviera\n", "cannes film festival\n", "that after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "styles and onscreen personas\n", "of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "its moodiness\n", "fullness\n", "associate with cage 's best acting\n", "are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie\n", "lens\n", "can still show real heart\n", "in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative\n", "that gets under your skin\n", "graffiti\n", "a master\n", "eisenstein 's life\n", "was more melodramatic\n", "is n't a disaster\n", "tortuous\n", "the last kiss\n", "exploring these women 's inner lives\n", "some entertainment value -\n", "know this\n", "patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks\n", "cinematic pyrotechnics aside\n", "the mundane\n", "gripping documentary\n", "interesting topic\n", "forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and\n", "the dollar theatres\n", "mortal\n", "bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "player\n", "the sympathy\n", "economics\n", "the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb-\n", "be of interest primarily to its target audience\n", "the chaos of an urban conflagration\n", "this wild welsh whimsy\n", "fahrenheit 451\n", "personal relationships\n", "combat hell\n", "thumbs down\n", "to the script\n", "babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "bodily movements\n", "a talking head documentary\n", "under your seat\n", "chooses\n", "third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby\n", "a t.\n", "has already\n", "big round eyes and\n", "horrifying for it\n", "lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made -lrb- eyre 's -rrb- first film something of a sleeper success .\n", "white has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .\n", "of movie you see because the theater\n", "that he 's witnessed\n", "easy to be bored by as your abc 's\n", "been a string of ensemble cast romances recently\n", "a flat , unconvincing drama\n", "because present standards allow for plenty of nudity\n", "watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert\n", "the toilet and\n", "emotional seesawing\n", "remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks\n", "full of surprises .\n", "features in recent memory\n", "the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache .\n", "so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along .\n", "storytelling prowess\n", "there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it\n", "greatly\n", "drive a little faster\n", "the count of monte cristo\n", "workplace ambition\n", "gripping performances by lane and gere\n", "to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "kiddie fantasy pablum\n", "'ll wait in vain for a movie to happen\n", "and even touching\n", "with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music\n", "dutifully\n", "jacques audiard\n", "notice\n", "your pooper-scoopers\n", "ben affleck\n", "their dogmatism , manipulativeness and\n", "is n't always\n", "zoe\n", "more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film\n", "to see how far herzog has fallen\n", "the giggles\n", "became more and more abhorrent\n", ", harmless\n", "that stands a good chance of being the big\n", "copious hints\n", "martha plimpton\n", "the guise of a dark and quirky comedy\n", "intact in bv 's re-voiced version\n", "as humor\n", "zucker brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "tattered and\n", "sweet home alabama\n", "it 's a sit down and ponder affair\n", "more than recycled jock\n", "it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .\n", "its lead actors\n", "innocuous and unremarkable\n", "as naturally charming\n", "savaged\n", "as temptingly easy\n", "of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep\n", "the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year\n", "harris , phifer and cam\n", "what could have\n", "of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today\n", "accumulates more layers\n", "surroundings\n", "when i saw this one\n", "given life\n", "100 years\n", "11\n", "you might as well be watching it through a telescope\n", "that would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "like the military system of justice\n", "star power ,\n", "if you want to see a flick about telemarketers\n", "evolving\n", "in this schlocky horror\\/action hybrid\n", ", witty , improbable romantic comedy\n", ", mad love looks better than it feels .\n", "the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body\n", ", this movie just goes on and on and on and on\n", "odd but ultimately satisfying blend\n", "'ll enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film .\n", "to infamy\n", "there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but that 's ok .\n", "that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive\n", ", trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .\n", "the evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear .\n", "strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .\n", "although mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .\n", "porno flick\n", "situations and\n", "it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time\n", "exceeding\n", "that kapur intended the film to be more than that\n", "the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and\n", "it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .\n", "the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .\n", "in the picture\n", "who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching\n", "of zishe\n", "social and political potential\n", "do n't condone it\n", "the works\n", "it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers\n", "manages to invest real humor\n", "judd\n", "sewer\n", "accepting him\n", "` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey\n", ", it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .\n", "teenaged\n", "old movies ,\n", "very compelling tale\n", "create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu\n", "all movie long\n", "sinks to a harrison ford low\n", "its explosive subject matter\n", "is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .\n", "1950s\n", "a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing .\n", "inside column\n", "asking questions\n", "confused\n", "beloved\n", "sort of in-between\n", "mindless\n", "of the exiled aristocracy\n", "eloquent language\n", "the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller\n", "who makes martha enormously endearing\n", "into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide\n", "full scale wwii flick\n", "bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue\n", "no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare\n", "a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it 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\n", "left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth .\n", "as a brilliant college student -- where 's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ?\n", "given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "named dirty dick\n", "outnumber\n", "mr. mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy\n", "proper home\n", "almost makes this movie worth seeing .\n", "pictures\n", "tougher\n", "get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave 's career\n", "extravagant chance\n", "the glory days of weekend and\n", "engrossing and different\n", "even life\n", "echoes of jordan\n", "unless you 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.\n", "layered , well-developed characters and some surprises\n", "love in remembrance\n", "was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention .\n", "'s what makes their project so interesting\n", "tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief\n", "doubt an artist of uncompromising vision\n", "miss congeniality\n", "on a cutting room floor somewhere lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .\n", "watching queen of the damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .\n", "cannibal lust above the ordinary\n", "faith in his audience\n", "this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed tosca that you want .\n", "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\n", "an impenetrable and insufferable ball of 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attention to itself .\n", "amicable endeavor\n", "has a sure hand .\n", "no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency\n", "sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but\n", "suggests a superior moral tone is more important\n", "adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .\n", "will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy\n", "will turn bill paxton into an a-list director\n", "bitter nor sweet\n", "is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year .\n", "the material needs\n", "want to see it twice\n", "close\n", "'' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .\n", "salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life\n", "could be so light-hearted\n", "an ambitious , 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more .\n", "if it were , well , more adventurous\n", "exotic world\n", "pitfalls\n", "not a bad choice here\n", "true inspiration\n", "a good man\n", "even predictable remake\n", "peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us\n", "the best way to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and david lynch 's mulholland dr.\n", "wobbly senegalese updating of `` carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject\n", "us nothing new\n", "is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .\n", "radical , nonconformist values\n", "an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way\n", "a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis\n", "the future than `` bladerunner '' and\n", "the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel\n", "that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .\n", "combines\n", "gut-wrenching examination\n", ", are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .\n", "look american angst in the eye\n", "overly comfortable\n", "if\n", "resolution\n", "on which it 's based\n", "achieve callow pretension\n", "since beauty and the beast 11 years ago\n", "'re not interested\n", "buy popcorn\n", "cartoonish as the screenplay\n", "has a film\n", "a bucket\n", "lil bow wow takes the cake\n", "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\n", "pomposity and\n", "schoolgirl\n", "throw off a spark or two\n", "this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but\n", "tasty slice\n", "he expresses our most basic emotions\n", "sheer audacity and openness\n", "few decades\n", "be as naturally charming as it needs to be\n", "vowing , ` this is going to be something really good\n", "because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh\n", "for all its violence\n", "unassuming , subordinate\n", "annoying ,\n", "more enjoyable\n", ", reserved\n", "it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie\n", "the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops ,\n", "speaks volumes\n", "dish\n", "devolves into a laugh-free lecture .\n", "examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling\n", "had the best intentions here\n", "our deepest\n", "'re convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic\n", "as the only movie\n", "as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen\n", "one terrific score\n", "leaks out\n", "quietly introspective portrait\n", "reverberates\n", "the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story\n", "rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics\n", "not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms\n", "mazel\n", "just follow the books\n", "work as shallow entertainment ,\n", "inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "change the channel\n", "sometimes wry\n", "a meatier deeper beginning and\\/or ending\n", "own investment\n", "strictly a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .\n", "evolves\n", "effortless\n", "pact\n", "'m afraid\n", "honest performances and\n", "alfred hitchcock 's thrillers ,\n", ", there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .\n", "way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time\n", "breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "to a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience\n", "mike shoots and scores\n", "simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .\n", "is a very good viewing alternative for young women\n", "a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale\n", "looks pretty\n", "his craft\n", "into national media circles\n", "involved .\n", "was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy\n", "a rapid pace\n", "drag on\n", "get under your skin\n", "what 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .\n", "himself something of a hubert selby jr.\n", "hand-held camera and documentary feel\n", "goes on and on to the point of nausea\n", "the youth market\n", "comes across as both shallow and dim-witted\n", "'s all entertaining enough , but do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper .\n", "that there is never any question of how things will turn out\n", "the two daughters\n", "every five minutes or\n", "the auditorium feeling\n", "one correct interpretation\n", "wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie\n", "finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "constructs\n", "of gentle longing\n", "of the title\n", "to engross even the most antsy youngsters\n", "twelve\n", "shows all the signs of rich detail condensed\n", "of the most affecting depictions of a love affair\n", "a laugh between them\n", "fill the time or some judicious editing\n", "surrealist\n", "unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades\n", "any way of gripping what its point is\n", "look at this\n", "catch freaks as a matinee\n", "public park\n", "risky\n", "move\n", "leon\n", "vulgarity ,\n", "godfrey reggio\n", "make it entertaining\n", "humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence\n", "delightfully charming -- and\n", "something else altogether\n", "sure of where it should go\n", "built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .\n", "indian love call to jeanette macdonald\n", "jaglom\n", "hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything\n", "wesley snipes ' iconic hero\n", "paper-thin\n", "the only time\n", "oleander 's uninspired story\n", "lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it does n't even try for the greatness that happy together shoots for -lrb- and misses -rrb-\n", "rifkin\n", "cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names\n", "is all it seems intended to be\n", "revolution studios and imagine entertainment\n", "hard-edged stuff\n", "possession ,\n", "to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater\n", "starship troopers\n", "i 've 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ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me\n", "riveting movie experience\n", "things insipid\n", "political activists\n", "'s neglected over the years .\n", "floating\n", "turbulent\n", "has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches ,\n", "it could channel\n", "why sex and lucia is so alluring\n", "a strong education\n", "to pilot\n", "relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ...\n", "barf bag\n", "he script is n't up to the level of the direction\n", "you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .\n", "quinn -lrb- is -rrb- a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent\n", "of the best films of the year\n", "the problem with all of this : it 's not really funny .\n", "1987\n", "adventures\n", "forgettable\n", "longest\n", "where 's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ?\n", "as in the songs translate well to film\n", "few will find the 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rather by emphasizing the characters\n", "shape hawke 's artistic aspirations\n", "subscription\n", "this prickly indie comedy\n", "that comes through all too painfully in the execution\n", "ensemble performances\n", "lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat\n", "both adults and younger audiences\n", "a really funny fifteen-minute\n", "for an anticipated audience\n", "discerned from non-firsthand experience\n", "from the curse of blandness\n", "a rip-off of the matrix\n", "male hip hop fantasy\n", "of what it 's trying to do\n", "irony\n", "on the characters\n", "power and\n", "opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot , moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair ...\n", "lends the setting\n", "incredibly hokey\n", "creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries .\n", "confined and dark\n", "but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .\n", "we 're not supposed to take it seriously\n", "it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once\n", "skullduggery and\n", "so hold the gong\n", "to find\n", "'s target audience has n't graduated from junior high school\n", "the misfortune\n", "undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\\/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality\n", "heart as important as humor\n", "predictability\n", "defensible\n", "the cool\n", "tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star\n", "brought down\n", "a casual intelligence that permeates the script\n", "carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it\n", ", sentimental drama\n", "the emphasis\n", "a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing .\n", "a blown-out vein\n", "allen 's execution date closes in\n", "parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material\n", "gave us `` the skulls ''\n", "of the same name\n", "schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression\n", "be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild\n", "a sloppy slapstick\n", "frequently misses the mark\n", "documentary ,\n", "if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor\n", "an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up\n", "states at one point in this movie that we `` do n't care about the truth\n", "dash\n", "like a child with an important message to tell ... -lrb- skins ' -rrb- faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty .\n", "bet there is\n", "blanchett and ribisi\n", "get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees\n", "when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck\n", "a movie make\n", "look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry\n", "same fate\n", "will be .\n", "dumb high school comedy\n", "inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "a lot of baby boomers\n", "this tale has been told and retold\n", "for grown-ups as for rugrats\n", "rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except\n", "`` home movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .\n", "is part of the fun\n", "might have required genuine acting from ms. spears\n", "journalist\n", "seemingly sincere personal reflection\n", "flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it\n", "assassin '\n", "casual realism\n", "should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title\n", "dreaminess\n", ", luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "score and choreography\n", "the potential\n", "consists of monster 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story\n", "first place\n", "like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk\n", "though the story ... is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .\n", "two unrelated shorts\n", "the 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\n", "subzero\n", "too-extreme-for-tv rendition\n", "strongman\n", "haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away\n", "greta\n", "its stylistic austerity and forcefulness\n", "even a halfway intriguing plot\n", "clumsy and rushed\n", "misadventures\n", "this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and 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reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "an allegory\n", "the same number of continuity errors\n", "a properly spooky film about the power of spirits\n", "truth or consequences ,\n", "'' were , what `` they '' looked like\n", "vanity film\n", "conduits\n", "children of the century\n", "more recyclable than\n", "and totally disorientated\n", "dumb fun\n", "flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow\n", "with the exception of mccoist\n", "`` the four feathers ''\n", "what makes it worth watching\n", "advised\n", "got it\n", "strong case\n", "bartleby 's pain\n", "no rest period\n", "this choppy and sloppy affair\n", "a respectable but uninspired thriller that 's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact .\n", "'s an effort to watch this movie\n", "is not your standard hollywood bio-pic .\n", "die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just 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but\n", "an ounce\n", "a pretty funny movie\n", "people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", "both damning and damned compelling .\n", "proves\n", ", really , really good things can come in enormous packages\n", "it is a whole lot of fun\n", "from any movie with a `` 2 ''\n", "low-grade dreck\n", "to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never\n", "as this\n", "ararat feels like a book report\n", "the ending does n't work ... but\n", "its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and\n", "a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad .\n", "is n't as sharp as the original\n", "distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up\n", "mention absolutely refreshed\n", "right to cut\n", "a movie is more than a movie .\n", "performing\n", "self-important summer fluff\n", "prove\n", "shut out of the hug cycle\n", "the strangest\n", "her creators\n", "like a series of vignettes\n", "recite\n", "nothing too deep or substantial .\n", "an ambitious movie\n", "of close-ups\n", "'s eleven\n", "contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and\n", "drawbacks\n", "constricted epic\n", "smart and fun\n", "connoisseurs of chinese film\n", "little eye\n", "bringing richer meaning\n", "at the cinema\n", ", 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 .\n", "jumble\n", "was air conditioning inside\n", "deft and\n", "the river\n", "at best\n", "samurai\n", ", it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .\n", "'s tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her\n", "determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "erratic\n", "during which\n", "mckay 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\n", "a comedy , both gentle and biting\n", "academic\n", "to grow\n", "is a whole lot of nada .\n", "a thriller with an edge\n", "movie-going\n", "just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people .\n", "baader-meinhof gang\n", "'ll find in this dreary mess\n", "from her cast\n", "about whimsical folk\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense\n", "as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them\n", "dripping\n", "that 's fun for kids of any age .\n", "horribly depressing and not very well done\n", "to yield some interesting results\n", "a woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai 's vaunted empathy .\n", ", maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "funny yet dark\n", "that transcends their predicament\n", "these two 20th-century footnotes\n", "helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy\n", "fantastically vital movie\n", "the delicious pulpiness\n", "mythic level\n", "sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely\n", "sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough\n", "mornings\n", "you still have to see this !\n", "seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .\n", "for people of diverse political perspectives\n", "auteuil is a goofy pleasure\n", "the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother\n", "finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee\n", "an upper class austrian society\n", "post-modern contemporaries\n", "secret agent decoder ring\n", "with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding\n", "tries for more .\n", "tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke .\n", "unabashed sense\n", "tori\n", "in their work\n", "clever , offbeat and even gritty enough\n", "suburban life\n", "fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality .\n", "driving directions\n", "-lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb-\n", "the camera\n", "undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy\n", "i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here .\n", "men with brooms is distinctly ordinary\n", "star trek movie\n", "sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers .\n", "it fails to get\n", "than it would seem to have any right to be\n", "mysteries\n", "downhill\n", "he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the\n", "as to be drained of human emotion\n", "'s no rooting interest\n", "image-mongering\n", "there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking ,\n", "malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain .\n", "most delightful\n", "... despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '\n", "as exciting as either\n", "kalvert\n", "compressed\n", "of the other\n", "on top of a foundering performance , -lrb- madonna 's -rrb- denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .\n", "starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable\n", "might be shocked to discover that seinfeld 's real life is boring\n", "pros and\n", "offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "procession\n", "the locale ... remains far more interesting than the story at hand .\n", "to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "is too crazy to be interesting\n", "this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings\n", "even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen\n", "fiercely clever and subtle film\n", "shenanigans\n", "teeny-bopper set\n", "a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies .\n", "its empowerment\n", "unknown\n", "is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another .\n", "an underlying seriousness\n", "succumbs to gravity and plummets\n", "generate a lot of energy\n", "an emotionally satisfying exploration\n", "of vampire fun\n", "a tremendous piece of work .\n", "amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's\n", "her actors\n", "the horror\n", "brave , uninhibited performances\n", "i saw\n", "the laborious pacing and endless exposition\n", "excepting love hewitt -rrb-\n", "the sleekness\n", "how to handle it\n", "tones in spielberg 's work\n", "ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness\n", "got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile\n", "play-doh\n", "what a pity\n", "sam 's\n", "see `` simone , '' and\n", "the operative word\n", "represents an engaging and intimate first feature\n", "what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito 's misanthropic vision\n", "as bond in die\n", "graveyard\n", "a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general\n", "for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but\n", "-lrb- b -rrb- ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck\n", "interesting bit\n", "a little underconfident\n", "from the first frame to the last\n", "that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another\n", "on-camera and off --\n", "independent\n", "turns the marquis de sade into a dullard\n", "into the derivative\n", "juan jose campanella\n", "political reason\n", "nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie\n", "rent from frame one .\n", "one-trick pony\n", "arrived for an incongruous summer playoff\n", "admitting\n", "is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies\n", "comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is .\n", "'ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement\n", "cutesy romance , dark satire\n", "is mr. kilmer 's movie\n", "a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "can with a stuttering script\n", "captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .\n", "a gorgeous color palette\n", "straight-shooting\n", "a deft pace master\n", "fuelled devito 's early work\n", "a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor ,\n", "richly entertaining and suggestive\n", "gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things\n", "'s an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation\n", "challenging or depressing\n", "captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . ''\n", "the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse\n", "a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .\n", "they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .\n", "lohman\n", "surveyed\n", "it 's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but .\n", "it 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard -lrb- eileen walsh -rrb- when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .\n", "alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking\n", "writer-director david jacobson and his star\n", "harris -rrb-\n", "story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material\n", "of urgency and suspense\n", "be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy\n", "'s almost worth seeing because it 's so bad\n", "sing beautifully and act adequately .\n", "it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .\n", "you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .\n", "riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it\n", ", truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking .\n", "lookin\n", "if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ;\n", "ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man\n", "something else altogether -- clownish\n", "lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.\n", "it thinks it is\n", "tour\n", "john waters and todd solondz\n", "of both those words\n", "'s nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever .\n", "sealed in a jar and\n", "sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful\n", "the best of them\n", "in full consciousness\n", "a beautiful , aching sadness\n", "to look away for a second\n", "with a mrs. robinson complex\n", "its exploitive array of obligatory cheap\n", "manipulative whitewash\n", "a retro-refitting exercise\n", "gunfire\n", "acquires 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\n", "does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .\n", "troubled and\n", "'s because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair\n", "even as it points out how inseparable the two are\n", "stay in touch\n", ", contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible\n", "rush right out and\n", "musketeer\n", "this insane\n", "fires the winning shot\n", "science-fiction horror film\n", "blazingly\n", "of the same old garbage\n", "defies sympathy\n", "bad acting\n", "a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun\n", "heroine 's\n", "who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "if it were subtler ...\n", "to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead\n", "from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "watching o fantasma\n", "to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience\n", "with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel\n", "-lrb- i -rrb- t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context\n", "is a 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 .\n", "stitch\n", "working man john q. archibald\n", "sick poetry\n", "burns 's strongest film\n", "riot-control\n", "could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy .\n", "intelligence and originality\n", "pleasurable movies\n", "are privy to\n", "give credit to affleck\n", "about 3\\/4th\n", "usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "a blunt indictment\n", "intermittent moments\n", "creative belly laughs\n", "big-screen blowout\n", "steven spielberg\n", "does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "needlessly\n", "it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating\n", "shreve 's graceful dual narrative\n", "the message is too blatant\n", "a vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . '\n", "been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie\n", "its just not a thrilling movie\n", "the script 's endless assault\n", "strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin\n", "columbus '\n", "sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team\n", "gear\n", "is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub .\n", "leaving one\n", "of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone\n", "power\n", "photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces\n", "arriving at a particularly dark moment in history\n", "'s a brazenly misguided project\n", "no surprises .\n", "no arguing the tone of the movie\n", "major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche\n", "increasingly diverse french director\n", "desplat\n", "nor will he be\n", "honesty and\n", "you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch\n", "to rake in dough from baby boomer families\n", "boyz n the hood\n", "most excruciating\n", "is an encouraging debut feature\n", "'re all naughty\n", "far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier\n", "in the way\n", "a completist 's\n", "north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future\n", "decidedly perverse pathology\n", "better characters\n", "from a vietnamese point\n", "not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the character any good\n", "the original 's nostalgia\n", "not completely loveable\n", "anne-sophie birot 's off-handed way\n", "of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing\n", "where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say\n", "vividly recalls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .\n", "the film is well-crafted and\n", ", but i found what time ?\n", "ruinous\n", "holographic\n", "nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .\n", "lectured to\n", "old neighborhood\n", "golf\n", "beer-fueled afternoon\n", "grip\n", "who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "the one\n", "sure , i hated myself in the morning .\n", "standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm\n", "mixture\n", "a defeated but defiant nation in flux\n", "the scariest of sadists\n", "a detriment\n", "a fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery\n", "for audience sympathy\n", "peaks action\n", "literary purists may not be pleased ,\n", "the story the movie tells is of brian de palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .\n", "gentle waking coma\n", "of the fast-forward technology\n", ", the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .\n", "'s this rich and luscious\n", "respond by hitting on each other\n", "an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ?\n", "an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see .\n", "longley\n", "was n't feeling any of it\n", "to be president\n", "quitting delivers a sucker-punch\n", "the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself\n", "burns ' visuals\n", ", the potency wanes dramatically\n", "whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", ", and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's\n", "a mediocre exercise in target demographics\n", "of bogus spiritualism\n", "it 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .\n", "life and love\n", "crystal and\n", "numbness\n", "conflicting\n", "have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes\n", "just as many scenes\n", "revision\n", "goals\n", "weighs down the tale with bogus profundities\n", "cletis\n", "on that promise\n", "a true story\n", "no chemistry or\n", "'m not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening\n", "the vagina\n", "spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes\n", "of going wrong\n", "-- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess\n", "lot to chew on\n", "of being earnest\n", "the cinema 's memorable women\n", "-lrb- working from don mullan 's script -rrb-\n", "to them , tarantula and other low\n", "simpler\n", "'re the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid .\n", "to the next , hastily , emptily\n", "the result is more puzzling than unsettling\n", "the cast is impressive\n", "a jet\n", "flck\n", "political spectrum\n", "pulpy core conceit\n", "this film speaks for itself\n", "a ` direct-to-video ' release\n", "make up for the ones that do n't come off\n", "a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy .\n", "without a doubt\n", "movies about their lives\n", "you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs\n", "believe silberling had the best intentions here\n", "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\n", "is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .\n", "sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role\n", "shock-you-into-laughter intensity\n", "so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy .\n", "people of different ethnicities\n", ", the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,\n", "decidedly foul\n", "establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .\n", "loveless hook ups\n", "sixties-style slickness\n", ", i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .\n", "'s all the stronger because of it\n", "been to the movies\n", "is consistently\n", "the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome\n", "not in a good way\n", "seven children\n", "towers\n", "shyamalan 's\n", "wiseman\n", "tends to plod\n", "of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs\n", "ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head\n", "they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice\n", "reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "could n't someone take rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ?\n", "his work with actors\n", "arrangements\n", "inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience\n", "remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "strong men\n", "very well shot or composed or edited\n", "than sucking you in ... and making you sweat\n", "sounds ,\n", "is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .\n", "come across these days\n", ", flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .\n", "grim , upsetting glimpse\n", "nominated for an oscar\n", "little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games\n", "this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable .\n", "gorgeous animation and a lame story\n", "comedic context\n", "the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say\n", "shot two years ago\n", "grave for youngsters\n", "beautiful to watch and\n", "leave you wanting more ,\n", "france 's most inventive directors\n", "a ghost story gone badly awry\n", "chicago-based\n", "'ve ever seen before , and yet completely familiar\n", "modern action\\/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title\n", ", this movie is hopeless\n", "of a big , tender hug\n", "likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes .\n", "a mildly engaging central romance\n", "their parents , wise folks that they are , read books\n", "has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "the film only\n", "directed with verve\n", "this movie , but what it needs\n", ", poignant picture\n", "the experience of sitting through it\n", "help us\n", "make us\n", "of the entire scenario\n", "a hard time\n", "tendentious intervention\n", "lord of the rings\n", "'s now\n", "dull and wooden\n", "going to this movie\n", "had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters .\n", "it 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior\n", "hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications\n", "tiresome histrionics\n", "the story itself\n", "passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly\n", "a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting\n", "director rick famuyiwa 's emergence\n", "enjoyable choice\n", "the group\n", "of good\n", "of jonah\n", "so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing\n", "a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care\n", "gracious , eloquent film\n", "a funny yet dark\n", "awkwardly\n", "the titillating material\n", "nowadays\n", "majors\n", "hilary birmingham\n", "i 'm the guy who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies\n", "a frat boy 's idea\n", "unseemly pleasure\n", "big time stinker\n", "david\n", "rampant vampire devaluation\n", "float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees\n", "a sobering and powerful documentary\n", "acting debut as amy\n", "this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style\n", "hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and\n", "a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion\n", "erotic or sensuous charge\n", "very well-written and\n", "laid back\n", "nature\\/nurture argument\n", "suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness .\n", "the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality\n", "american comedy\n", "a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain\n", "it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels\n", "a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by\n", "formula comedy\n", "steers , in his feature film debut ,\n", "korean new\n", "college try\n", "insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .\n", "temper what could 've been an impacting film\n", "of polanski 's film\n", "intended the film to be more than that\n", "leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune\n", "'s got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem .\n", "thirty minutes\n", "amiably idiosyncratic\n", "hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .\n", "care too much\n", "a moving experience for people who have n't read the book\n", "distinguishing\n", "endure last summer\n", "projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless\n", "the problem is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes .\n", "wonderful creatures\n", "occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story\n", "literature\n", "the sound of gunfire and cell phones\n", "italian freakshow\n", "turning pain into art\n", "cashing in on his movie-star\n", "feeling guilty\n", "ray liotta\n", "it may scream low budget\n", "from the parental units\n", "close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "get the audience to break through the wall her character erects\n", "this illuminating comedy\n", "like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .\n", "'s easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal\n", "he defecates in bed\n", "like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur 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"spiritualism\n", "its genre\n", "slummer .\n", "with such fury\n", "in the transporter\n", "a funny little film\n", "its strengths and weaknesses\n", "extravagantly redeems it\n", "do n't even like their characters .\n", ", the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent -lrb- accurate ?\n", "such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "glinting\n", "the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded .\n", "that 's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying\n", "is nevertheless\n", "grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made\n", "has the right approach and the right opening premise\n", "are bold by studio standards\n", "you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only\n", "from artefact\n", "goo\n", "of its sense of fun or energy\n", "animal house\n", "elemental\n", "an admirable reconstruction of terrible events\n", "to become 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characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama .\n", "the internal combustion engine\n", "from a teleprompter\n", "it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings\n", "never again\n", "guises and\n", "to two\n", "is your film .\n", "life-affirming script\n", "how good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not .\n", "a condition only\n", "plumbs\n", "j sandwich\n", "are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances .\n", "'d probably turn it off ,\n", "most fascinating stories\n", "the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history\n", "means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in\n", "'ll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser\n", "george roy hill 's 1973 film\n", "studio production\n", "are acting horribly\n", "have a good shot at a hollywood career ,\n", "accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen 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to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''\n", "that makes it work more than it probably should\n", "an extra-large cotton candy\n", "the hours\n", "i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .\n", "harsh objectivity and refusal\n", "whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character\n", "by the end of the movie\n", "venice\\/venice\n", "not all that good\n", "escaped the rut dug by the last one\n", "limit to sustain a laugh\n", "s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle ,\n", "a few comic turns\n", "scoring high\n", "epps scores once or twice\n", "working-class\n", "certain level\n", "most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned . ''\n", "rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device\n", "is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .\n", "but many more that graze the funny bone\n", "travesty\n", "plays like a student film .\n", "when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public\n", "a shiver-inducing\n", "the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it\n", "socially encompassing\n", "the bravery and dedication\n", "the film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures ,\n", "an unsatisfying ending ,\n", ", but also more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .\n", "would n't\n", "that 's both charming and well acted\n", "campanella 's competent direction\n", "the right b-movie frame\n", "mends\n", "their pity and terror\n", 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co-operative interaction\n", "coma-like state\n", "might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "an important director\n", "a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and\n", "if ultimately minor ,\n", "sensationalism characteristic\n", "grit\n", "revisited\n", "the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .\n", "mildly curious\n", "extremely unpleasant\n", "thurman and\n", "character piece\n", "6-year-old drew barrymore\n", "think ,\n", "for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .\n", "a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire\n", "its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him\n", "this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .\n", "the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "deft pace master\n", "grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "church-wary adults\n", "observer of the scene\n", "are beside the point here .\n", "may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and\n", "have a captain\n", "its own action\n", "some moments\n", "role as\n", ", unapologetically raw\n", "diop\n", "its funny moments\n", "the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad\n", "who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act\n", "that grew hideously twisted\n", "to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun\n", "'s common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end\n", "of a 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professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways\n", "is visually smart ,\n", ", thought-provoking film\n", "'s almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .\n", "chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .\n", "you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most\n", "the firebrand\n", "novel charm\n", "jerry bruckheimer 's\n", "sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant\n", "honest emotions\n", "an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting\n", "of the people\n", "put\n", "it feels almost anachronistic\n", "'' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "kill your neighbor 's dog\n", "fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "mild sexual references , kung pow\n", "overly convenient plot twists\n", "is as thought-provoking as it\n", "are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design\n", "nyc 's drug scene\n", "familiar bruckheimer elements\n", "you wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted .\n", "of the best inside-show-biz\n", "the excitement\n", "i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them\n", "of fans\n", "the crudity\n", "a powerful look\n", "has a built-in audience ,\n", "restrained in others\n", "increasingly important\n", "a couple hours\n", "all sing beautifully and act adequately .\n", "of a valentine sealed with a kiss\n", "the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place\n", "the effort is sincere and the results are honest ,\n", "standard , connect-the-dots storyline\n", "rape-payback\n", "was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body\n", "come off as pantomimesque sterotypes .\n", "the quirky rip-off prison\n", "in the sun\n", "the sober-minded original\n", "overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings\n", "helped\n", "there is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .\n", "is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank\n", "make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs\n", "as a matinee\n", "gets bogged down over 140 minutes .\n", "a sensitive , moving\n", "have any right to be\n", "david lynch 's mulholland dr.\n", "it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''\n", "presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet\n", "is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own\n", "with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice\n", "stories you will ever see\n", "who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "a few punches\n", "was so endlessly , grotesquely\n", "new yorkers and their serial\n", "in heart\n", "overall\n", "lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists\n", ", bad movie\n", "it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .\n", "the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .\n", "pleasant , diverting and modest\n", "tragic dimension\n", "visual splendour that can be seen in other films\n", "'d much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies\n", "the awful complications\n", "of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them\n", "shot on digital videotape rather than film\n", "longest yard ...\n", "a strong case\n", "yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care\n", "for older kids\n", "director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny\n", "elvira\n", "rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "c.h.o. cho\n", "de palma 's\n", "miller 's strange , fleeting brew\n", "the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery .\n", "of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly ...\n", "a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama .\n", "could fly\n", "of thesis\n", "to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time\n", "sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently --\n", "albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .\n", "nutty\n", "also happens to be that rarity among sequels\n", "of guilt and innocence\n", "right choice\n", "collaborators '\n", "instead of a frustrating misfire\n", "it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .\n", "symbolic\n", "eerie atmosphere\n", "of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics\n", "forthright\n", "its writers , john c. walsh\n", "tackles more than she can handle .\n", "tar\n", "the character 's\n", "tearing up on cue\n", "gives out\n", "the story 's continuity and progression\n", "is it there\n", "the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments\n", "'ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing\n", "crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .\n", ", inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade\n", "only it had the story to match\n", "a bad taste in your mouth and questions\n", "attention process\n", "age-wise\n", "it 's actually too sincere -- the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick .\n", "when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars\n", "between the characters that made the first film such a delight\n", "moral tale\n", "his generation 's\n", "smoothly sinister freddie\n", "everything about girls ca n't swim , even\n", "hart 's\n", "complicated love triangle\n", "middle america\n", "'s praises\n", "utterly incompetent conclusion\n", "queen\n", "'re left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments\n", "anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold\n", "very funny , very 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adaptation\n", "revelatory and\n", "base level\n", "is a masterfully\n", "has claws enough\n", "a scathing portrayal\n", "is n't exactly quality cinema\n", "a fair bit\n", "painfully bad\n", "has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control\n", "make mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated .\n", "get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts ,\n", "this franchise ever\n", "strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- soulless , stupid sequel\n", "anybody who has ever seen an independent film\n", "a ripping good yarn is told .\n", "men with guns\n", "reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery\n", "the crimes\n", "-lrb- creates -rrb-\n", "bleak\n", "never feel anything for these characters\n", "perhaps not since nelson eddy crooned his indian love call to jeanette macdonald has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest .\n", "an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking\n", "to endure instead of enjoy\n", ", metropolis is a feast for the eyes .\n", "dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better\n", "since 1995 's forget paris\n", "gripping and compelling\n", "by superb\n", "smart ,\n", "too silly\n", "listen to old tori amos records\n", "the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and the romance with ryder is puzzling\n", "historically significant , and\n", "paintings\n", "in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "his flick-knife diction\n", "world war ii\n", "for devotees of french cinema\n", "much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .\n", "of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies\n", "is visually smart , cleverly written\n", "gut-busting\n", "a high enough level of invention\n", "should serve detention\n", "rebellion\n", "visit ,\n", "freshening the play\n", "about who is cletis tout ?\n", "take an unseemly pleasure in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac\n", "s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance\n", "as directed by dani kouyate of burkina faso , sia lacks visual flair .\n", "on its screwed-up characters\n", "literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds .\n", "to perdition\n", ", relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .\n", "the one established by warner bros. giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release\n", "this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie\n", "in sociopathy\n", "it 's a dark , gritty story\n", "captivates and shows\n", "relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message .\n", "if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure\n", "deflated ending aside\n", "feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .\n", "see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again\n", "b movie\n", "white oleander , ''\n", "plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story .\n", ", he does all of this , and more , 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"resolutely downbeat smokers only\n", "the director mostly plays it straight , turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .\n", "um , no.\n", "maintains an appealing veneer\n", "shake and shiver\n", "blind\n", "it wants to be\n", "not only better\n", "that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it\n", "a downer\n", "is painfully formulaic and stilted .\n", "in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped\n", "virulently\n", "its observation\n", "the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker\n", "much more successful translation\n", "the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors\n", "to match the power of their surroundings\n", "cars\n", "of recreating\n", "r xmas\n", "no charm , no laughs , no fun ,\n", "his dependence on slapstick\n", "an impressive and highly entertaining celebration\n", "life itself\n", "inspire even the most retiring 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working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .\n", "takes every potential laugh and\n", "about sexism\n", "the sights and sounds of battle\n", "de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .\n", "uncertainty principle\n", "an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and\n", "is terrific ,\n", "a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration\n", "by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery ,\n", "an original character , siuation or joke\n", "lovely toward the end\n", ", but with restraint\n", "and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .\n", "the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen\n", "hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets 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familiar but enjoyable .\n", "raucous intent\n", "a very silly movie\n", "lacks balance ...\n", "complex characters\n", "to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium\n", "made , on all levels\n", "an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video .\n", "takes few chances\n", "of the smartest\n", "fest of self-congratulation between actor and director\n", "knows everything and answers all questions ,\n", "the film is delicately narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann .\n", "the photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable , but\n", "a lyrical metaphor\n", "on one continuum\n", "the intentions\n", "discernible\n", "than unsettling\n", "off as\n", "derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting ,\n", "tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie\n", "the pell-mell\n", "open-ended poem\n", "is as predictable\n", "deserves every single one of them\n", "avary\n", "exceptions\n", "wait to see it then .\n", "doing battle with dozens of bad guys\n", "lathan\n", "max\n", "allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being .\n", "some kid who ca n't act\n", "turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "than capable\n", "plot , characters\n", "a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,\n", "a popcorn film\n", "it there\n", "a good simmer\n", "the filmmakers clearly believe\n", "triumph of love is a very silly movie , but\n", "computer-generated feature cartoon\n", "led to their notorious rise to infamy\n", "of the stars\n", "seems tailor\n", "the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen\n", "backstage bytes\n", "martin scorcese 's\n", "is light , innocuous and unremarkable .\n", "ugly , irritating\n", "khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .\n", "rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "slow-moving\n", "it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film\n", "had two ideas for two movies\n", "leaves a lot to be desired .\n", "too abundant\n", "the movie has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers .\n", "its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret\n", "is sort of\n", "sharper , cleaner\n", "there to distract you from the ricocheting\n", "not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us\n", "to be as pretentious as he wanted\n", "to a very complex situation\n", "titles\n", "sometime bitter movie\n", "ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "performances and direction\n", "tom green and an ivy league college should never appear together on a marquee , especially 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"you know it 's going to be a trip\n", "there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie .\n", "the audience at the preview screening\n", "is unfocused ,\n", "to be something really good\n", "this is the movie for you\n", "paste\n", "ninth\n", "'s time to let your hair down -- greek style .\n", "downsizing\n", "get plenty\n", "at it\n", "in the way of barris ' motivations\n", "pixar\n", "is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low - budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s\n", "real figures\n", "an awful movie that\n", "her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original\n", "really scores\n", "'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and\n", "the otherwise good-naturedness of mr. deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely new york celebrities ... certainly raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before .\n", "speaking not 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christian or otherwise\n", "stage icon\n", "this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .\n", "i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care\n", "each one of these people\n", "an homage\n", "gifford\n", "the hot chick is pretty damned funny .\n", "crisp and purposeful\n", "there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but\n", ", should scare any sane person away .\n", "\\*\\*\\* ed\n", "modestly\n", "launch\n", "walking around a foreign city\n", ", preachy one\n", "nba\n", "fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs\n", "graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies\n", "'s based on true events\n", "an incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been .\n", "playful but highly studied and\n", "may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "genial but\n", "riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "` epic\n", "sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes\n", "welcome , if downbeat ,\n", "perfervid treatment\n", "of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness\n", "malls\n", "-- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --\n", "one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible\n", "loses what made you love it\n", "gets clocked .\n", "itself is somewhat problematic\n", "be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen\n", "to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly\n", "its vision\n", "is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour\n", "than your average bond\n", "just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it\n", "four weddings\n", "its brooding quality\n", "of almost dadaist proportions\n", "is dicey screen material\n", "go anywhere new\n", "down to the population\n", "is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "photographic marvel\n", "sounding like arnold schwarzenegger ,\n", "far-flung , illogical ,\n", "a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices .\n", "coming-of-age movie\n", "of ganesh 's rise\n", "suffers from all the excesses of the genre\n", "fresh ,\n", "exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation\n", "project greenlight '' winner\n", "` manhunter '\n", "few potential\n", "seem to find the oddest places to dwell ...\n", "unique , well-crafted psychological study\n", "back story\n", "enough finely tuned\n", "go since simone is not real\n", "at times 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"of a hallmark hall of fame\n", "2\n", "sayles\n", "although no pastry is violated\n", "will definitely win some hearts\n", "not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .\n", "premise and dialogue\n", "'s sweet\n", "truly annoying pitch\n", "performs neither one very well\n", "quite pull off the heavy stuff\n", "chance to find love in the most unlikely place\n", "at times , it actually hurts to watch .\n", "try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "sobering cautionary tale\n", "the folks\n", "struggling against foreign influences\n", "neil burger\n", "becomes simply a monster chase film .\n", "on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche\n", "make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate\n", ", the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .\n", "of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances\n", "like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight\n", "crassly\n", "a watch\n", "comfortable\n", "sustain a high enough level of invention\n", "cool gadgets and creatures\n", "painfully unfunny farce\n", "is the drama within the drama ,\n", "a remarkable film\n", ", 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 .\n", "the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences\n", "jennifer lopez 's\n", "alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny\n", "` yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . '\n", "austin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .\n", "impossibly long limbs\n", "leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .\n", "make paid in full worth seeing .\n", "keep your eyes\n", "the cleverness\n", "documentary\n", "ensnare its target audience\n", "mystery devoid\n", "the structure is simple\n", "ultimate desire\n", "under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure\n", "everything else about high crimes\n", ", after-school special\n", "does n't make for great cinema\n", "loud , brash and mainly unfunny\n", "the picture 's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed .\n", "typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french\n", "the corpse count\n", "overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films .\n", "varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition\n", "that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit\n", "in the face of life 's harshness\n", "devastated\n", "often inspiring\n", "these components\n", "entire olympic swim team\n", "it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life\n", "in the depiction of young women in film\n", "natural-seeming actors\n", "twisted love story\n", "momentum\n", "would n't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van\n", "and cook island locations\n", "rock solid family fun out\n", "will please eastwood 's loyal fans\n", "the condition\n", "imax trip\n", "ladies and gentlemen ,\n", "place blame\n", "more than expand a tv show to movie length\n", "tries-so-hard-to-be-cool\n", "does anyone\n", "with more heart\n", "for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom\n", "either\n", "fashioned spooks\n", "there is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care .\n", "directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways .\n", "for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", "despite its flaws , crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .\n", "overlong documentary about ` the lifestyle .\n", "i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star\n", "becomes off-putting\n", "the enjoyable basic minimum\n", "phoned-in business as usual .\n", "used a little trimming\n", "is such that the movie does not do them justice\n", "is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit\n", "'s sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion\n", "on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times\n", "powerful and telling\n", ", this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .\n", "could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology\n", "i 've never bought from telemarketers ,\n", "sweet and romantic\n", "is visually dazzling\n", "for the plot\n", "its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas\n", "eh .\n", "an impeccable study in perversity\n", "delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion\n", "a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations .\n", "journalism of the 1960s\n", "have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length\n", "edit\n", "the 50-something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about .\n", "is reasonably well-done\n", "lusty ,\n", "of this most american of businesses\n", "by letting you share her one-room world for a while\n", "with added depth and resonance\n", "very funny ,\n", "does not work\n", "the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself\n", "self-mutilation\n", "falling into the hollywood trap and\n", "to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "restraint\n", "it 's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .\n", "repartee\n", "add up to a satisfying crime drama\n", "is truth\n", "the commune\n", "pop-up comments\n", "the movie is without intent .\n", "sterile\n", "returning\n", "well-constructed fluff\n", "disgusting to begin with\n", "can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change\n", "contrived plotting ,\n", "eisenstein delivers .\n", "the more you will probably like it .\n", ", unimaginative\n", "'re the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "'s no denying the potency of miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure\n", "blatantly\n", "no pun\n", "youth\n", "look like oscar wilde\n", "in his career for director barry sonnenfeld\n", "canadians\n", "china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers\n", "would say\n", "writer-director roger avary\n", "has to offer\n", "culmination\n", "the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen -- and\n", "last orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "moving and solidly entertaining\n", "diane\n", "it has no affect on the kurds\n", "this on video\n", "though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism\n", "the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .\n", ", you 're on the edge of your seat\n", "bastard\n", "most colorful and controversial\n", "never lets you off the hook .\n", "reality '\n", "it seem\n", "rarest kinds\n", "cinematic tricks\n", "doting\n", "into film school in the first place\n", "seen in other films\n", "the charm\n", "has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "shanghai noon\n", "ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows\n", "a company\n", "tavernier\n", "the respective charms of sandra bullock and hugh grant have worn threadbare .\n", "that demand four hankies\n", "less a story\n", "contrived pastiche\n", "rural life\n", "presented with universal appeal\n", "in their seats\n", "national treasure\n", "a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point\n", "costner\n", "casts its spooky net\n", "that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher\n", "makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view\n", "of melodrama\n", "russian word\n", "it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but\n", "involving as far as it goes\n", "'ll\n", "the film sits with square conviction and\n", "terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase\n", "with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes\n", "stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film\n", "holland lets things peter out midway ,\n", "the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener\n", "the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .\n", "so believable that you feel what they feel\n", "misconceived\n", "jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .\n", "rendition\n", "touching movie\n", "what ` blade runner ' would\n", "a mixed bag\n", "should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn\n", "highlight the radical action\n", "'s about a family of sour immortals\n", "would i see it again\n", "to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste\n", "that emphasizes style over character and substance\n", "hate it .\n", "multiple times\n", "the gallic ` tradition of quality\n", "is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls\n", "determination\n", "ludicrous and contrived plot\n", "is only fifteen minutes\n", "misty-eyed\n", "consequence\n", "dumplings\n", "marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture\n", "tom shadyac\n", "worm\n", "an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights\n", "pretty damned wonderful\n", "low-rent retread\n", "manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .\n", "make something bigger\n", "outside of burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken\n", "a thoroughly entertaining comedy that\n", "generate any interest\n", "homeric kind\n", "said , except : film overboard !\n", "of narrative bluffs\n", "remarkable amount\n", "'ve completely\n", "with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline\n", "looks better than it feels .\n", "very important\n", "from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood\n", "a standard plot\n", "than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy\n", "'s no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish\n", ", dull procession\n", "comes to life in the performances\n", "begley\n", "think even fans of sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting\n", "its seams\n", "und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily\n", "it holds itself\n", "drew\n", "-lrb- clooney 's -rrb- debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh .\n", "his genre and his character construct\n", "of ellis ' book\n", "got as potent a topic as ever here\n", "a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line\n", ", especially sorvino\n", "a somewhat disappointing and meandering saga\n", "funeral and bridget jones 's\n", "'ll feel like mopping up , too\n", "stunt-hungry dimwits\n", "tom shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing adams\n", "may just\n", "judd 's characters\n", "with all its flaws\n", "filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing\n", "is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve\n", "for `` bad company\n", "comatose ballerinas\n", "the playful paranoia\n", "how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie\n", "of revolution\n", "a whimper\n", "the name of star wars\n", "the film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments\n", "being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue\n", "18-year-old\n", "as 8\n", "see nothing in it\n", "very familiar tale\n", "story .\n", "`` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time\n", "remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective\n", "been called ` under siege 3\n", "the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , -lrb- yet -rrb-\n", "redeemed\n", "its message\n", "schools\n", "'s hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .\n", "to drive through\n", ", i do n't see the point\n", "a rather simplistic one :\n", "is full of charm .\n", "other hollywood movies\n", "seems to really care\n", "be funny\n", "as fresh or enjoyable\n", ", dumb and derivative horror\n", "gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms .\n", "needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "that he brings together\n", "a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects\n", "toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away .\n", "to sneak out of the theater\n", "within a wallflower\n", "faith in the future\n", "sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading .\n", "heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension .\n", ", city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast .\n", "'re -\n", "flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences\n", "floppy hair\n", "rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed\n", "horrendously confusing\n", "an auspicious feature debut for chaiken\n", "a gangster flick or an art film\n", "at least funny\n", "is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen .\n", "offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject\n", "fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor .\n", "the mystery of enigma\n", "that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs\n", "wildean\n", "the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .\n", "bored by as your abc 's\n", "sad to say --\n", "as well-written as sexy beast\n", "quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver\n", "simplistic , silly and tedious\n", "champion\n", "trounce its overly comfortable trappings\n", "mourning in favor\n", "of this sad , compulsive life\n", "no steve martin\n", "has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best .\n", "source novel\n", "large budget\n", "guns ,\n", "a little faster\n", "potentially good comic premise\n", "been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant\n", "shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions\n", "smoother ,\n", "incapable of controlling his crew\n", "sacrificing the integrity of the opera\n", "a mushy , existential exploration\n", "between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking\n", "he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "at 22\n", ", it feels more forced than usual .\n", "a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical\n", "elevate it beyond its formula\n", "as they are being framed in conversation\n", "if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .\n", "would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there\n", "weave an eerie spell\n", "than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids\n", "then becomes unwatchable\n", "300 hundred\n", "misfires\n", "plot devices\n", "as it\n", "so many levels\n", "predictable storyline\n", "does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny\n", "daytime\n", "heavy sentiment and\n", "who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "the like\n", "looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic\n", "all kinds\n", "outpaces its contemporaries\n", "quit\n", "that much different\n", "reassures us\n", "astute direction\n", "tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot\n", "has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family\n", "young or old\n", "everyone , especially movie musical fans ,\n", "is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "a real filmmaker 's\n", "writer \\/ director m. night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity\n", "this is n't exactly profound cinema ,\n", "must\n", "leaves us laughing\n", "is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story\n", "when it was called the professional\n", "clutches\n", "to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer\n", "an adult 's patience\n", ", compulsive life\n", "their cruel fate\n", "evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction\n", "its leaden acting , dull exposition\n", "finally prove to be too great\n", "frame right\n", "`` spy kids '' sequel opening\n", "if mr. zhang 's subject matter is , to some degree at least , quintessentially american , his approach to storytelling might be called iranian .\n", "hugely rewarding experience\n", "screams\n", ", collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .\n", "very ugly ,\n", "very charming and funny movie\n", "'m almost recommending it , anyway\n", "bender\n", "will inevitably\n", "the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority ,\n", "this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come .\n", "are many definitions of ` time waster '\n", "'s episode of behind the music\n", "a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video\n", "shum 's good intentions\n", "uninteresting , unlikeable people\n", "of her cast\n", "... a great , participatory spectator sport . '\n", "the respect\n", "ii '\n", "bogs down in genre cliches here\n", "fun and funny in the middle\n", "at ``\n", "phony humility\n", "the right to be favorably compared to das boot\n", "alexander\n", "witty and\n", "'s a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug\n", "lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot\n", "do n't eat enough during the film . '\n", "well-defined\n", "escort service\n", "the theater wondering why these people mattered\n", "watching queen of the damned\n", "played by brendan fraser\n", "parrot\n", "it 's simply unbearable\n", "satisfies ,\n", "agonizing\n", "serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .\n", "that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts .\n", "certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "put it somewhere between sling blade and south of heaven , west of hell in the pantheon of billy bob 's body of work\n", "the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ... -lrb- it -rrb- comes off like a hallmark commercial\n", "for sin\n", "on how men would act if they had periods\n", "kind , unapologetic , sweetheart\n", "than the ones\n", "the characterizations\n", "frightening and compelling\n", "dull-witted\n", "the film more silly than scary\n", "an absorbing and unsettling psychological drama\n", "how to take time revealing them\n", "that is deliberately unsettling\n", "of the atlantic\n", "superior plotline\n", "for the perspective it offers\n", "the picture is in trouble\n", "humdrum\n", "as this premise may seem\n", "the moral shrapnel\n", "but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary .\n", "has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like\n", "a thunderous ride\n", "those movies\n", "make for a while\n", "if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but\n", "characterizes better hip-hop clips and\n", "chop suey\n", "match the words of nijinsky 's diaries\n", "real bump-in -\n", "has the disadvantage of also looking cheap\n", "a chilling tale\n", "get sufficient distance from leroy 's\n", "most high-concept sci fi adventures\n", "of an epic rather than the real deal\n", "a huge fan\n", "the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle\n", "has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film\n", "e.t. works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .\n", "byways\n", "try to avoid\n", "sharpie pen\n", "is not even\n", "the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and\n", "quirkiness\n", "12th oscar nomination\n", "11 new york\n", "as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach\n", "leaping\n", "in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment\n", "no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .\n", "the sum of its parts\n", "berkley\n", "got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .\n", "the film is not entirely successful\n", "fencer\n", "sandra\n", "sometimes both\n", "steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture .\n", "original talent\n", "quirky , off-beat project\n", "a fan of vegetables\n", "original enough\n", "tell their kids\n", "chronicle\n", "eke\n", "generational signpost\n", "my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it\n", "gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through\n", "'s not scary , not smart and not engaging\n", "that chabrol spins\n", "featherweight romantic comedy\n", "heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic\n", "an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas .\n", "instead of using george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks , lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics .\n", "scenario that will give most parents\n", "there 's already been too many of these films ...\n", "is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit .\n", "just under ninety minute running time\n", "chelsea walls\n", "abandon ''\n", "but mush-hearted .\n", "well to cram earplugs\n", "like its title character , is repellantly out of control .\n", "a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "into a pious , preachy soap opera\n", "on shocks\n", "have a radar for juicy roles\n", "blowing\n", "you think\n", "lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns .\n", "the plates\n", "a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing\n", "it 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless\n", "die another day\n", "seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film\n", "any other recent film\n", "control on a long patch of black ice\n", "keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows\n", "messiness\n", ", the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . '\n", "make their way\n", "completely creatively stillborn\n", "will be impressed by this tired retread\n", "has been\n", "french drama\n", "europe\n", "far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "its marks\n", "examining\n", "may as well be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie .\n", "beautiful and mysterious\n", "every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable\n", "showtime is n't particularly assaultive\n", "by betrayal\n", "like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women .\n", "the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era .\n", "one forum or another\n", "an audience full of masters of both\n", "with great sympathy and intelligence\n", "truck\n", "the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex\n", "a fifty car pileup of cliches .\n", "surround\n", "the re - enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .\n", "distinct and very welcome sense\n", ", stupid and pointless\n", "of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "is a matter of taste\n", "it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly .\n", "bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .\n", "non-porn\n", "his dangerous game\n", "'s a very valuable film\n", "a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream\n", "work --\n", "thoughtful war films and\n", "is unusual but unfortunately also irritating\n", "a reverie about memory and regret\n", "you can not separate them .\n", "light and\n", "the layered richness\n", "the strings\n", "spring\n", "revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds\n", "the needlessly poor quality\n", "guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this\n", "known in this country\n", "alice krige 's\n", "small independent film\n", "permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed\n", "neuwirth\n", "drains it\n", "runs on the pure adrenalin\n", "to be the only bit of glee\n", "talking\n", "spiced with humor -lrb- ' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand -rrb-\n", "with a twisted sense of humor\n", "yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable .\n", "dominant christine\n", "which occurs often\n", "a sun-drenched masterpiece ,\n", "a wildly erratic drama\n", "the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend\n", "lucid\n", "the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and\n", "its casting\n", "even kids\n", "any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles\n", "watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family\n", "truly wonderful\n", "` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks\n", "the film 's first five minutes\n", "as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times\n", "is n't a bad film\n", "a p.o.w.\n", "one makes of its political edge\n", "in nine queens\n", "holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , -lrb- but -rrb-\n", "need to constantly draw attention to itself\n", "a large dog\n", "heist flick\n", "wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't\n", "as fallible human beings , not caricatures\n", "don king , sonny miller , and\n", "as immaculate as stuart little 2 is\n", "work as either\n", "bode\n", "being the peak of all things insipid\n", "wallace directs with such patronising reverence\n", "he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .\n", ", empty sub-music video style\n", "die another day ''\n", "any day\n", "of films like philadelphia and american beauty\n", "dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious\n", "fools\n", "retrospectively\n", "is just generally insulting\n", ", it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original\n", "getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera\n", "ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this\n", "takes a really long , slow and dreary time\n", "vanished\n", "period filmmaking\n", "can swim\n", "what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment\n", "a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .\n", "this tuxedo\n", "next creation\n", "if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus\n", "and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff\n", "relatively gore-free allusions\n", "is visually smart\n", "personal touch\n", ", politically charged tapestry\n", "in form\n", "to have the best of both worlds\n", "style adventure\n", "an uncomfortable movie\n", "radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire\n", "am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed\n", "in its quest to be taken seriously\n", "hanukkah\n", "prove more distressing than suspenseful\n", "love and compassion\n", "patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary .\n", "marshaled in the service of such a minute idea\n", "that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu\n", "holy spirit\n", "'s a scorcher\n", "ambivalence\n", "whole film\n", "kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures\n", "the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida\n", "jumbo\n", "are lofty\n", "full\n", "expected a little more human being , and a little less product\n", "the vision\n", "made to be jaglomized\n", "a delightfully dour\n", "a remarkably faithful one\n", "of his childhood dream\n", "like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's\n", "of the film 's stars\n", "a biopic about crane 's life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video .\n", "schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ...\n", "britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .\n", "the satire\n", "adults behave like kids\n", "perversity\n", "human heart\n", "the case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .\n", "the source material movie\n", "last\n", "quirky and\n", "of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "if solondz had two ideas for two movies\n", "the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but\n", "you never know where changing lanes is going to take you\n", "trim\n", "to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy .\n", "by bernard rose , ivans\n", "graceful dual narrative\n", "than he or anyone else could chew\n", "who are pursuing him\n", "a surfeit of characters\n", "submerging it\n", "today in manhattan\n", "a rain coat shopping for cheap porn\n", "has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope .\n", "riviera spree\n", "tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss\n", "could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "his problematic quest for human connection\n", "is always watchable\n", "is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous .\n", "into hokum\n", "hiding under your seat\n", "she is unable to save the movie\n", "the hero 's odyssey\n", "need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter\n", "calvin and\n", "this surprisingly decent flick\n", "and second , what 's with all the shooting ?\n", "how low brow\n", "the plot holes\n", "is casual and fun\n", "homosexual relationship\n", "as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material\n", "tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet\n", "is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book\n", "whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv\n", "to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen\n", "lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .\n", "'s to blame here\n", "was a long\n", "your spirits\n", "better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style\n", "intelligent and moving .\n", "stripped\n", "depicts this relationship with economical grace\n", "love robin tunney\n", "takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred .\n", "seems like it does .\n", "plays like some corny television production from a bygone era\n", "the casting call for this movie\n", "the usual whoopee-cushion effort\n", "mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .\n", "put hairs on your chest\n", "the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "a little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr\n", "from largely flat and uncreative moments\n", "that is n't just offensive\n", "skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .\n", "references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "jessica\n", "chesterton\n", "if you 've the patience\n", "seem possible\n", "-rrb- story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle\n", "unrealized\n", "'s probably worth\n", "romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows ,\n", "to earth for harvesting purposes\n", "the worst movie i 've seen this summer\n", "i 've had in a while\n", "'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 .\n", "director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims .\n", "-lrb- the film -rrb- tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .\n", "the animation\n", "to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages\n", "this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and\n", "paid in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .\n", "the film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .\n", "before they grow up and you can wait till then\n", "saving private ryan '' battle scenes\n", "careening\n", "lieutenant 's woman\n", "'s awfully entertaining to watch .\n", "as pastiche\n", "many of us have not yet recovered\n", "wladyslaw szpilman\n", "sideshow geeks\n", "the lyricism\n", "suspense , intriguing characters\n", "banquet\n", "lost twenty-first century\n", "in his latest effort , storytelling , solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive -- it also happens to be good .\n", "sight\n", "manipulative engineering\n", "that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema\n", "does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull .\n", "in black and white\n", "of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation\n", "instead of trusting the material\n", "the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english --\n", "suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe\n", "these tales\n", "keep it entertaining\n", "grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker\n", "can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny\n", "liza\n", "a masterpiece --\n", "with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes\n", "the setup\n", "quick movements\n", "inspiring ,\n", "few laughs\n", ", it 's pretty stupid .\n", "you bet there is\n", "hard-pressed\n", "won\n", "than a probe into the nature of faith\n", "that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture\n", "delight .\n", "go back to 7th-century oral traditions\n", "of unsettling atmospherics\n", "fuelled\n", "omnibus\n", "nakata\n", "a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "punched through\n", "intellectually and\n", "you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before\n", "persistence\n", "for canned corn\n", "an uneven look into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k. dick stories .\n", "a child 's interest and an adult 's patience\n", "gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare\n", "fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but\n", "is interesting but constantly unfulfilling\n", "seen this before\n", "a little uneven\n", "it is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .\n", "ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .\n", "a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "in the arguments of competing lawyers\n", "have sprung from such a great one\n", "trash can\n", "dull , unimaginative\n", "perfectly executed\n", "of splendid performances\n", "not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but\n", "lucas\n", "a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "better effects ,\n", "the vein\n", "one of the most repellent things\n", "crucial things\n", "at the cannes film festival\n", "the mother\n", "of playing opposite each other\n", "rabbit-proof fence will probably make you angry .\n", "of all the halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing .\n", "why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad\n", "espionage\n", "cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but\n", "suggests\n", "film son\n", "in black ii\n", "genuine laughs\n", "although ... visually striking and slickly staged , it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .\n", "'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments\n", "is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .\n", "is a magician\n", "yet another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence .\n", "gay s\\/m fantasy\n", "total recall and\n", "to diversity and tolerance\n", "of urban desperation\n", "26-year-old reese witherspoon\n", "distinctly minor effort\n", "that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge\n", "how deeply\n", "is , quite pointedly\n", "it 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget .\n", "audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "fails to make adequate\n", "comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be\n", "uneven look\n", "some real vitality and\n", "seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ...\n", "to the dead of that day\n", "tezuka\n", "the movie worked for me right up to the final scene , and then it caved in\n", "opting out\n", "friendly demeanor\n", "into an unusual space\n", "few points\n", "the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers\n", "rubber-face\n", "not taken\n", "of egypt from 1998\n", "boisterous and\n", "breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly\n", "only to record the events for posterity ,\n", "others in its genre\n", "any way\n", "in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "roman polanski\n", "is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time\n", "with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments\n", "this is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen .\n", "it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison .\n", "generous cast\n", "significantly better than its 2002 children 's - movie competition\n", "of other assets\n", "punched\n", "would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles .\n", "too big\n", "nothing more 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 .\n", "york series\n", "as fascinating\n", "corny\n", "nothing good can happen\n", "on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence\n", "bank manager\n", "their\n", "itself , a playful spirit and\n", "of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , -lrb- yet -rrb-\n", "is clever enough ,\n", "the imaginary sport\n", "an elaborate dare\n", "are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work\n", "damned wonderful\n", "dirgelike\n", "some very good acting , dialogue\n", "similar to the 1953 disney classic\n", "of its chilly predecessor\n", "dead gorgeous\n", "'s no real sense of suspense\n", "a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent\n", "-lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb-\n", "of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs\n", "solving\n", "popular book\n", "the conceit\n", "suitcase\n", "unstinting look\n", "could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice\n", "finely tuned mood\n", "the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name\n", "recompense\n", "watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies\n", "a lesson in prehistoric hilarity .\n", "a necessary enterprise\n", "unfolds\n", "of music videos\n", "of these young women\n", "a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances\n", "win over\n", ", uncertain film\n", "of the best actors there is\n", "we 'll see a better thriller this year\n", "best thing\n", "the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course\n", "did n't hollywood think of this sooner\n", "themselves are n't all that interesting\n", "overweight\n", "makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film .\n", "relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations\n", "in a relatively short amount of time\n", "all menace and atmosphere\n", "black hawk down and we were soldiers\n", "film legacy\n", "sheerly beautiful\n", "jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette ,\n", "often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration\n", "a rush\n", "it 's always enthralling .\n", "in the darkness\n", "long enough\n", "that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre\n", "a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings\n", "romp of a film .\n", "though its atmosphere is intriguing ... the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression .\n", "the very end\n", "kicking\n", "absolutely\n", "in its objective portrait of dreary\n", "ambivalent\n", "a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material\n", "relatively effortless\n", "when ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science\n", "cassavetes thinks he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause\n", "screeching-metal smashups\n", "a modicum of patience\n", "of rohypnol\n", "allows nothing\n", "second-guess your affection\n", "the pitch of his movie ,\n", "emerge with any degree of accessibility\n", "adam sandler 's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .\n", "dislocation and change\n", "an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "by both her subject matter\n", "the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .\n", "the right bands for the playlist and\n", "referred\n", "the film 's creepy\n", "the script\n", "a film more cloyingly\n", "for brief nudity and a grisly corpse\n", "that we 've long associated with washington\n", "that scalds like acid\n", "see the it\n", "labute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era :\n", "a different drum\n", "who surround frankie\n", "sons\n", "has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency\n", "it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .\n", "tends to hammer home every one of its points\n", "an eighth grade girl\n", "its lack of purpose\n", "positively shakesperean\n", "self-inflicted\n", "a moviegoing audience\n", "the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour\n", "are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome\n", "robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .\n", "his sense\n", "carnage and\n", "bland , surfacey\n", "a completely spooky piece of business\n", "has ever seen an independent film\n", "overhearing\n", "from his cast\n", "adams just copies from various sources --\n", "gangster sweating\n", "is tuned in to its community .\n", "notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness\n", "whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone\n", "a talky\n", "sets the tone for a summer of good stuff\n", "has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .\n", "the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing ,\n", "floundering way\n", "an iconoclastic artist\n", "getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited --\n", "mystical tenderness\n", "romanek 's\n", "the sea\n", ", the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story\n", ", it 's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .\n", "throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and\n", "inspires more\n", "a big-budget\\/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as the hours is a distinct rarity , and an event .\n", "embroils two young men\n", "not really as bad as you might think ! ''\n", "near-masterpiece .\n", "the strength\n", "further sad evidence that tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap .\n", "chateaus\n", "stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king\n", "appears in its final form -lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", ", and of the thousands\n", "filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life .\n", "burkina faso\n", "same easy targets\n", "otherwise delightful comedy\n", "physically\n", "considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve\n", "breaks\n", "all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing\n", "in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad\n", "it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence\n", "constantly defies expectation\n", "manas 's\n", "in the cracks of that ever-growing category\n", "is a new treasure of the hermitage\n", "cassavetes thinks he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause , but\n", "'s plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "the real charm\n", "kenneth williams\n", "the erotic thriller unfaithful\n", "is just garbage .\n", "delivers the same old bad trip\n", "artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation .\n", "a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , mad cows\n", "voice-over narrator\n", "the floor\n", "a daringly preposterous thesis\n", "will likely enjoy this monster\n", "stadium-seat\n", "may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour\n", "maternal\n", "it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned\n", "either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters\n", "about nothing\n", "the ultimate scorsese film\n", "use\n", "with a batch of appealing characters\n", "i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .\n", "would n't make trouble\n", "eisenstein 's potemkin\n", "profanity and violence\n", "translate\n", "nice , harmless date film\n", "like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .\n", "dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography\n", "expressionistic\n", "solipsistic\n", "kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie\n", "that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie\n", "take everyone\n", "spends\n", "in a bathing suit\n", "'s also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .\n", "unspeakably\n", "very bright\n", "chen films\n", "... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ...\n", "hectic and homiletic\n", "twentysomething\n", "smart , sassy\n", "ears and\n", "become wearisome .\n", "blows things\n", "this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected .\n", "the connections\n", "easy , cynical\n", "an unflappable '50s dignity\n", "his machismo\n", "with rare birds\n", "the more you think about the movie\n", "comes off as a pale successor .\n", "really happened ? ''\n", "languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "lionize its title character and exploit his anger\n", "david and goliath story\n", "before the end\n", "that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings\n", "a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find\n", "wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie\n", "of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "the santa clause 2 's plot\n", "you wanting more\n", "of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati\n", "is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality\n", "the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians\n", "knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort .\n", "completely empty\n", "an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 ,\n", "in the extreme\n", "insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press\n", "cutthroat world\n", "figure out how to flesh either out\n", "insulting\n", "moved by this drama\n", "an unprecedented tragedy\n", "a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games\n", "just seems to kinda\n", "one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- music videos\n", "pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic .\n", "that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature\n", "connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out\n", "hitting a comedic or satirical target\n", "the lousy lead performances ... keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .\n", "as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story\n", "cold and\n", ", gender , race , and class\n", "is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .\n", ", something is rotten in the state of california\n", "it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema\n", "for seagal\n", "of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio ,\n", "more damning --\n", "nachtwey\n", "you 'll want to crawl up your own \\*\\*\\* in embarrassment\n", "of goofy brits\n", "'s a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good\n", "urban\n", "seeing because it 's so bad\n", "84\n", "with more mindless drivel\n", "cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . 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fear\n", "in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original\n", "its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high\n", "being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching\n", "masala .\n", "as banal as the telling may be\n", "repetitive scenes\n", "excruciating demonstration\n", "the studio 's animated classics\n", "parody\n", "made the first one charming\n", "it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean\n", "lingual and\n", "finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .\n", "they are having so much fun\n", "lushly\n", "repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue\n", "not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .\n", "definitely a step in the right direction\n", "was better than saving 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something more comfortable than challenging\n", "backstage must-see\n", "plays like clueless does south fork .\n", "of his rental car\n", "intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery\n", "searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb-\n", "waiting for\n", "fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing\n", "murder and\n", "managing\n", "load\n", "fails to fascinate\n", ", a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .\n", "the match that should be used to burn every print of the film\n", "parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .\n", "sprawl\n", "even one minute\n", "a disappointment\n", "well-formed\n", "a rock\n", "worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers\n", "emptiness and\n", "romantic quadrangle\n", "playing more than one role just\n", "the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long\n", "undo\n", "bullets\n", "gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done\n", "in its splendor\n", "the best part\n", "makes it all the more compelling .\n", "zealand coming-of-age movie\n", "did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .\n", "of the best short story writing\n", "black mayhem\n", "in your face for two hours\n", "poorly written , murky and weakly acted\n", "that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge\n", "us right into the center of that world\n", "refugee camps\n", "has its share of arresting images .\n", "shines through every frame\n", "class warfare\n", "mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay\n", "establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .\n", "if anything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick .\n", "root\n", "good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem\n", "relatively slow to come to the point\n", "the exit sign\n", "go faster\n", "politically charged tapestry\n", "explosive subject matter\n", "its utter sincerity\n", "about ten minutes\n", "wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams .\n", "survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller\n", "survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "physical\n", "steve buscemi and rosario dawson\n", "the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version\n", "a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation\n", "by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother\n", "all the filmmakers\n", "finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson .\n", "to attract teenagers\n", "going to show up soon\n", "will amuse or entertain them\n", "put in service of of others\n", "the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve\n", "do much with its template\n", "'s a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '\n", "at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body\n", "vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat\n", "room for editing\n", "concrete story and\n", "with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair\n", "the annoyance of that chatty fish\n", "should definitely\n", "avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks\n", "ali\n", "a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama\n", "something as splendid-looking as this particular film\n", "to learn , to grow\n", "retreat and\n", "a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket\n", "keep punching up the mix\n", "is mesmerizing\n", "trade\n", "arnold is not , nor will he be , back\n", "the burning man ethos\n", "a ho-hum affair ,\n", "an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion .\n", "a genuinely funny ensemble\n", "make it as much fun\n", "this superficially loose , larky documentary\n", ", sloppy\n", "familiar ''\n", "breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes\n", "the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style\n", "just too bratty for sympathy\n", "a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater\n", "social observation\n", "not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece\n", "is also\n", "before becoming mired in sentimentality\n", "an intelligent romantic thriller\n", "political and psychological thriller\n", "as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but\n", "almost entirely witless and inane ,\n", "of something other\n", "style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast\n", "of jaglom 's own profession\n", "it just enough\n", "bucket\n", "lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .\n", "overbearing and over-the-top as the family\n", "katzenberg\n", "an amusement\n", "even when\n", "oh , james !\n", "one thing perfectly clear\n", "the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year\n", "the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics .\n", "groupie\\/scholar peter bogdanovich\n", "great script\n", "preposterously\n", "triple x\n", "the artist 's\n", "nice album\n", "the dubious distinction\n", "this is more a case of ` sacre bleu ! '\n", "of my cat ''\n", "needed more emphasis\n", "sitcom-worthy\n", "celebrated wonder\n", "without much energy or tension\n", "whiffle-ball epic\n", "but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity\n", "direct-to-video stuff\n", "why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood\n", "was reading the minds of the audience .\n", "some fine\n", "it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ;\n", "in its own floundering way\n", "is undeniable\n", "conservative\n", "a puzzle whose pieces do not fit .\n", "give-me-an-oscar kind\n", "from the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line\n", "about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .\n", "undying\n", "vin diesel ,\n", "speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse\n", "all of this unpleasantness\n", "metaphorical\n", "bogdanovich puts history in perspective and ,\n", "relatively nothing\n", "an institution\n", "flight\n", "the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually\n", "'s already a joke in the united states\n", "to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play\n", "horror flick\n", "strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short\n", "why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world\n", "winks\n", "wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .\n", "aspirations of social upheaval\n", "an astounding performance\n", "to please the eye\n", "some are fascinating\n", "staggeringly\n", "most consumers\n", "this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .\n", "stay with you\n", "the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job\n", "mainstream audience\n", "assures\n", "remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating\n", "as you can get\n", "esther blossom\n", "on `` the other '' and `` the self\n", "robbed and replaced\n", "of the yiddish theater\n", "chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists '\n", "arts and\n", "same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse\n", "virulent and foul-natured\n", "with its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel , bloody sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry .\n", "the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion\n", "catching solely\n", "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\n", "a troubadour , his acolytes\n", "light nor\n", "of this calibre\n", "been perpetrated here\n", "about eve\n", "it 's no lie --\n", "slightly naughty , just-above-average off\n", "post viewing discussion ,\n", "to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "clever credits roll\n", "that were once amusing\n", "come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story .\n", "explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .\n", "spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together .\n", "was once\n", "are they\n", "shot for the big screen .\n", ", satisfying\n", "`` simone , ''\n", "behold\n", "gives the film\n", "make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection\n", "of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "it may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns .\n", "it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch\n", "works with a two star script\n", "a movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated\n", "the dry humor\n", "the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable .\n", "to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of\n", "ensemble comedy\n", "a remarkable film by bernard rose\n", "mostly leaves him shooting blanks\n", "is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .\n", "every pore\n", "been attached to before\n", "medical aid is made available to american workers\n", "who sought it out\n", "this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .\n", "coating\n", "takes its title\n", "recharged\n", "flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion\n", "timely , tongue-in-cheek profile\n", "of oscar wilde 's classic satire\n", "black-owned record label\n", "wonder what the point of it is\n", "little enthusiasm for such antique pulp\n", "that 's as entertaining as it is instructive\n", "emigre\n", "testud\n", "by a noticeable lack of pace\n", "dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence\n", "surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy .\n", "frat-boy\n", "huge , heavy topics\n", "seem to be in two different movies\n", "is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it\n", "stand on their own\n", "unshapely look\n", "marveling\n", "right-thinking ideology\n", "make for great cinema\n", "a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .\n", "patience , respect and affection\n", "it does cathartic truth telling\n", "kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens\n", "climactic shootout\n", "must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man\n", "the story is told from paul 's perspective\n", "a movie that gets under your skin\n", "assault\n", "a deft , delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph\n", "caring\n", "either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness\n", "amazement\n", "glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior .\n", ", worse ,\n", "one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work .\n", "dull thriller\n", "harry\n", "have been an eerie thriller\n", "satisfactorily\n", "the little guys\n", "no pun intended\n", "a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences\n", "a slick ,\n", "most addicted to film\n", "a movie-movie\n", "comes across as a fairly weak retooling\n", "the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts\n", "doug pray 's\n", "bros. costumer\n", "chords\n", "the truth\n", "its occasional charms are not to be dismissed .\n", "duking it out\n", "two bodies\n", "for de niro 's participation\n", "will probably be in wedgie heaven\n", "look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes\n", "the gambles\n", "is too short\n", "for sanctimoniousness\n", "chick cartoon tracts\n", "relayed\n", "unless you 're a fanatic , the best advice is : ` scooby ' do n't .\n", "cgi aliens and super heroes\n", "such a worthless film\n", "the strange\n", "wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill\n", "strives\n", "its paint fights , motorized scooter chases\n", "is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry\n", "this is not chabrol 's best\n", "doltish and\n", ", neurosis and nervy\n", "unfortunately\n", "for a couple of hours\n", "love , lust ,\n", "'s a sit down\n", "about growing up in a dysfunctional family\n", "little more than punishment\n", "could n't come up with a better script\n", "tells you\n", "is your film\n", "vivid , convincing\n", "like a promising work-in-progress\n", "released the outtakes theatrically\n", "cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism\n", "find the oddest places to dwell\n", "vampire chronicles\n", "this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker ,\n", "too grave for youngsters\n", "hollywood film\n", "the characters or plot-lines\n", "it 's entertaining enough and worth a look\n", "my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .\n", "composer\n", "walk to remember\n", "comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . '\n", "each story is built on a potentially interesting idea ,\n", "the notion\n", "does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half\n", "one of the most entertaining bonds in years\n", "good little movie\n", "finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen\n", "are an absolute joy .\n", "in there 's\n", ", it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .\n", "to want to put for that effort\n", "delicious dialogue\n", "those ` alternate reality '\n", "that it is being dubbed\n", "h -rrb-\n", "is so rich with period minutiae\n", "a much shorter cut\n", "we 're supposed to shriek\n", "even one word\n", "'s far from a frothy piece\n", "-lrb- allen 's -rrb- been making piffle for a long while ,\n", "the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "in swank apartments , clothes and parties\n", "nothing short of a great one\n", "be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "a basic , credible compassion\n", "it ends\n", "ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful\n", "not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks\n", "gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington\n", "welsh\n", "wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time\n", "is one of those movies .\n", "of perversity , comedy and romance\n", "old coke\n", "continuity errors\n", "a film about a teen in love with his stepmom\n", "philadelphia and\n", "john malkovich 's reedy consigliere\n", "intermittently powerful\n", "might want to look it up\n", "low-life\n", "the ups and downs\n", "a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .\n", "may be as history\n", "'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy\n", "good actors , good poetry and\n", "martinet\n", "that perverse element of the kafkaesque\n", "late-night cable sexploitation\n", "coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings\n", "without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision\n", "is worth watching as it develops\n", "it still cuts all the way down to broken bone .\n", ", cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .\n", "lone\n", "stylish but steady ,\n", "actor and\n", "sultry evening\n", "of favor\n", "the logical , unforced continuation\n", "that , this performance or that\n", "her bjorkness\n", "its recycled aspects , implausibility , and\n", "'s right to raise his own children .\n", "on the premise\n", "more celluloid testimonial\n", "of squabbling working-class spouses\n", "even less capable\n", "and the viewers\n", "little objectivity\n", "which is better than most of the writing in the movie\n", "comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head\n", "its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change ,\n", "a sweet and enjoyable fantasy\n", "him the film 's moral compass\n", "inspiration and\n", "'ll be rewarded with some fine acting .\n", "are not to be dismissed .\n", "screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame\n", "mayhem and\n", "the material is slight\n", "an older one\n", "made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love\n", "do that is really funny\n", "that life\n", "from shifting in your chair too often\n", "of every scene\n", "make enough\n", "between human urges\n", "does mostly hold one 's interest\n", ", this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .\n", "of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "whoopee-cushion effort\n", "`` one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? ''\n", "gave\n", "story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together\n", "christine\n", "it made its original release date last fall\n", "morning tv\n", "the charismatic jackie chan to\n", "it 's a spirited film and a must-see\n", "deliver remarkable performances .\n", "'re rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie .\n", "invited\n", "offer much more than the series\n", "downward spiral\n", "me without you '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .\n", "rousing\n", "achival film\n", "a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget\n", "spiced\n", "is lacking any real emotional impact\n", "refreshing and comical spin\n", "were written by somebody else\n", "that 's going on here\n", "slow-paced\n", "anything special ,\n", "be exceptional to justify a three hour running time\n", "20 years ago\n", "floating away\n", "'s not half-bad .\n", "it 's not scary in the slightest .\n", "a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string\n", "involved in the process\n", ", as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out\n", "quirky ,\n", "yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable\n", "michael idemoto\n", "there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but\n", "almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .\n", "around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "just does n't have anything really interesting to say .\n", "ghetto\n", "that men can embrace\n", "a cartoon in the end\n", "of themselves and their clients\n", "the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication\n", "country skunk\n", "` dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .\n", "solid movie\n", "tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry\n", "every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage\n", "too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet\n", "tear-stained vintage shirley temple script\n", "by a basic , credible compassion\n", "wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors\n", "last week 's\n", "blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry ,\n", "where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable\n", "give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic\n", "the third kind\n", "tense scenes\n", "managing to steal a movie not only from 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\n", "if you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors -lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb- , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out\n", "is too blatant\n", "ron howard 's\n", "expedience\n", "people who have never picked a lock\n", "ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang\n", "movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes\n", "failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations\n", "makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .\n", "one of the best looking and stylish\n", "a popcorn film , not a must-own\n", "other words , about\n", "though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ... but\n", "shakespeare 's -rrb-\n", "very funny , heartwarming film\n", "a budget\n", "kin\n", "then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action ...\n", "in basic black\n", "sense-of-humour failure\n", "any cost\n", "sincere mess\n", "'s only one way\n", "a con artist\n", "twenty years\n", "is affecting at times\n", "it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80\n", "machinations\n", "you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down\n", "such a companionable couple\n", "potato\n", "seen on-screen\n", "is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau\n", "of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one\n", "the wasted potential\n", "the triviality of the story\n", "the plot 's\n", "so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up\n", "a potentially good comic premise and\n", "jennifer lopez\n", "a weird , arresting little ride .\n", "though .\n", "you wanting to abandon the theater\n", "enters\n", "where the film falters is in its tone .\n", "bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy\n", "if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's -lrb- and its makers ' -rrb- credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves .\n", "a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis .\n", "an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .\n", "you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie\n", "both adults\n", "causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen\n", "suppression\n", "that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison\n", "how complex international terrorism is\n", "those living\n", "vu\n", "determined , ennui-hobbled slog\n", "their drawers to justify a film\n", "its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and\n", "bad bluescreen\n", "am trying to break your heart\n", "hit that may strain adult credibility\n", "a more than satisfactory amount\n", "torture\n", "for a non-narrative feature\n", "every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length\n", "elegant film\n", "used to make movies , but\n", "has no point\n", "has a film 's title served such dire warning\n", "ponderous awfulness of its script\n", "a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man\n", "what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea .\n", "occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .\n", "about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream\n", "star\\/producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .\n", "the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and\n", "zone\n", "then you 'll enjoy the hot chick .\n", "by a hollywood studio\n", "plot or\n", "achieves its main strategic objective :\n", "arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year\n", "parker and co-writer catherine di napoli\n", "is a poem to the enduring strengths of women\n", "liberating\n", "in service\n", "fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing\n", "crassly reductive\n", "wait for it to hit cable .\n", "is needed to live a rich and full life\n", "seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense\n", "their children\n", "treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects\n", "tell you everything you need to know about all the queen 's men\n", "husband-and-wife disaster\n", "nifty twists\n", "see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "it actually makes the heart soar\n", "dry humor and jarring shocks , plus\n", "been thoroughly debated in the media\n", "generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters\n", "has at last\n", "on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle\n", "this is a nicely handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light -lrb- yet unsentimental -rrb- touch .\n", "few modest laughs\n", "film that suffers because of its many excesses .\n", "early-on\n", "her life with the imagery in her paintings\n", "comes into its own in the second half .\n", "what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors\n", "about memory and regret\n", "eminently forgettable\n", "through a caucasian perspective\n", "challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business\n", "'s trying to say\n", "a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work\n", "brisk hack\n", "middle section\n", "as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah\n", "share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle\n", "plateau\n", "of a sleeper success\n", "partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .\n", "its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters ,\n", "beautifully produced film\n", "let 's face it\n", "-rrb- does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .\n", "a solid , anguished performance\n", "equilibrium\n", "an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton\n", ", the movie possesses its own languorous charm .\n", "of most battered women\n", "with the transparent attempts at moralizing\n", "some blondes , -lrb- diggs -rrb-\n", "one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "fraser\n", "bolstered by exceptional performances\n", "in fact , even better .\n", "a brilliant college student --\n", "egoyan 's\n", "population\n", "nerds sequel\n", "than being about something\n", "a bunch of strung-together tv episodes\n", "arresting images\n", "10 minutes\n", "thoughtful\n", "the ability to think\n", "is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .\n", "drags the film down\n", "for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters\n", "should pay reparations to viewers\n", "the difficulties\n", "with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free\n", "gender-provoking philosophy\n", "jules\n", "whodunit level\n", "blanket statements and dime-store ruminations\n", "physical and psychological barriers\n", "wal-mart\n", "sometimes\n", "morals\n", "and thought-provoking film\n", "in line\n", "psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller\n", "by a winning family story\n", "best story\n", "a really cool bit\n", "a worldly-wise and very funny script\n", "is painterly\n", "hard and\n", "clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ;\n", "nice , light treat\n", "frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story\n", "of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall\n", "excessively\n", "home movie gone haywire\n", "the awful complications of one\n", "shamelessly resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail\n", "ford effortlessly filled with authority\n", "bra\n", "to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie\n", "so much about the film is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .\n", "hard to say who might enjoy this\n", "a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers\n", "among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film\n", "the ins and outs\n", "highly predictable\n", "the film is a hilarious adventure and\n", "touching love story\n", "an inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .\n", "giant william randolph hearst\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but\n", "cogent\n", "is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what -lrb- evans -rrb- had , lost , and got back .\n", "the point of it is\n", "side stories\n", "big way\n", "without cribbing any of their intelligence\n", "camouflage how bad his movie is\n", "attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it\n", "wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men .\n", "9-11 terrorist attacks\n", "with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for\n", "to fully endear itself to american art house audiences\n", "the most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone 's flawed but staggering once upon a time in america .\n", "gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .\n", "oftentimes funny\n", "has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures\n", "a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .\n", "that still leaves shockwaves\n", "a powerful political message\n", "enhances\n", "high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky .\n", "of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick\n", "trash cinema\n", "proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "a rousing success nor a blinding\n", "than filmmaking skill\n", "imaxy\n", "had n't already seen\n", "pratfalls but little\n", "professional film\n", "at beachcombing verismo\n", "bille august\n", "it is worth searching out .\n", "hunky\n", "shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action\n", "cardiac\n", "just as endearing and easy to watch\n", "honest poetry\n", "longest yard\n", "or insurance company office\n", "is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context\n", "watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , `\n", "for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable\n", "of ineptly\n", "wise and elegiac ...\n", "nobody in the viewing audience\n", "for the film 's publicists\n", "1920 's\n", "proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary\n", "why i have given it a one-star rating\n", "that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit\n", "will pronounce his next line\n", "do as best you can with a stuttering script .\n", "a modest if encouraging return\n", "more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' ,\n", "done up in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs\n", "such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "will be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental .\n", "was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify\n", "easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills\n", "a worthy departure\n", "could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay\n", "deeply authentic\n", "the silly spy vs. spy film\n", "a powerful though flawed movie ,\n", "of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over\n", "presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care\n", "steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore\n", "forgive\n", "barely gets by on its artistic merits\n", "most admirable quality\n", "makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates\n", "is he has no character , loveable or otherwise\n", "a strong script\n", "a florid biopic\n", "celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity\n", "solid , satisfying fare\n", "to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos\n", "another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence .\n", "first-time director\n", "for reverence and a little wit\n", "watch the film\n", "it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but notorious c.h.o. still feels like a promising work-in-progress .\n", "of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002\n", "unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny ,\n", "need not apply .\n", "the visceral sensation\n", "warner bros. giant chuck jones ,\n", "helps create a complex , unpredictable character\n", "with a hammer\n", "surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia\n", "extra-dry office comedy\n", "to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "created a provocative\n", "thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be\n", "flimsy ending\n", "a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "the empire\n", "glorified\n", "are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject\n", "who did what to whom and why\n", "pork\n", "the rock 's fighting skills\n", "thrill\n", "the feature-length stretch\n", "only bit\n", "than you might think\n", "gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake\n", "talked all the way through it\n", "for a quick resolution\n", "impression\n", "... one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave ' .\n", "there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better\n", "the original was released in 1987\n", "stopped\n", "too neat and\n", "that takes nearly three hours to unspool\n", "less charitable\n", "issues ''\n", "the impulses\n", "poignant japanese epic\n", "commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "an hour 's worth\n", "spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and\n", "fatal attraction '\n", "thumbing\n", "warm and exotic .\n", "farce ,\n", "goes to show\n", "in their closed-off nationalist reality\n", "submerging it in a hoary love triangle\n", "has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent -lrb- accurate\n", "a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices .\n", "nouvelle\n", "kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise ,\n", "around the\n", "to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film\n", "even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party\n", "whitaker 's misfit artist is concerned\n", "i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "right conditions\n", "as the monster\n", "cannon 's confidence and\n", "trump\n", "such unrelenting dickensian decency\n", "d. lee\n", "blended\n", "those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting\n", "hop fantasy\n", "that did not figure out a coherent game\n", "avoid\n", "by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters\n", "goofy grandeur\n", "sidesteps them at the same time\n", "tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points\n", "restate it to the point of ridiculousness\n", "new england characters\n", "been something special\n", "of constant smiles and frequent laughter\n", "of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold\n", "for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "a soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes\n", "it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent\n", "resist his pleas\n", "easily skippable hayseeds-vs\n", "big twists ''\n", "gets old quickly .\n", "slc high command\n", "top of a foundering performance\n", "conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "than evelyn\n", "the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "the end result does no justice to the story itself\n", "crafty\n", "cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences\n", "of your seat a couple of times\n", "a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man\n", "on its artistic merits\n", "the slack execution\n", "get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "the waldo salt screenwriting award\n", "make ordinary life survivable\n", "as cover for the absence of narrative continuity\n", "a beautiful film to watch\n", "a recycled and dumbed-down version\n", "but several movies have - take heart .\n", "may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .\n", "lampoon film\n", "the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids\n", "stop-and-start\n", "mark mr. twohy 's emergence\n", "is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well .\n", ", they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .\n", "expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and\n", "is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .\n", "in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was\n", "like adventure\n", "a hit - and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped .\n", "the confusion\n", ", and irritating\n", "a rip-off\n", "that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up\n", "render it\n", "incapable of being boring\n", "'s tempting just to go with it for the ride\n", ", there 's something creepy about this movie .\n", "by its modest , straight-ahead standards\n", "you 've figured out late marriage\n", "his company\n", "is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and\n", ", the characters respond by hitting on each other .\n", "is so\n", "skilfully\n", "when the precise nature of matthew 's predicament finally comes into sharp focus\n", "a mexican icon\n", "all those little steaming cartons\n", "although it tries to be much more\n", "very shapable but largely unfulfilling present\n", "bray is completely at sea\n", "is good\n", ", if uneven ,\n", "see the continent\n", "by michel piccoli\n", "although barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .\n", "several daredevils\n", "the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most\n", "to the key grip\n", "got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane\n", "an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance .\n", "hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100\n", "in action\n", "no other reason\n", "your money\n", "the experiences of zishe\n", "enthrall the whole family\n", "egoyan has done too much .\n", "an astonishing voice cast\n", "all-too-human look\n", "provoked to intolerable levels\n", "fashioned\n", "a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way\n", "a premise\n", "has its faults\n", "is the x games\n", "vega -rrb-\n", "curling may be a unique sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary .\n", ", 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\n", "forwards\n", "the rich performances\n", "tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "fans of plympton 's shorts\n", "a text to ` lick ,\n", "fatally overlong\n", "forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone\n", "young audience\n", "are certainly\n", "all gratuitous\n", "confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .\n", "to sleep\n", "the encounter\n", "of fun\n", "everyday people\n", "in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition\n", "'s good-natured and sometimes quite funny\n", "marvelous performance\n", "lush and inventive\n", "genuinely bone-chilling\n", "believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "mason 's\n", "nasty aftertaste\n", "is one of those all-star reunions\n", "of formula\n", "bound and determined\n", "campanella 's competent direction and his excellent cast\n", "dumped a whole lot of plot\n", "hijacks\n", "a halfway intriguing plot\n", "susceptible to blue hilarity ,\n", "burgeoning genre\n", "bad , bad movie\n", "funny , sweetly adventurous\n", "as darkly funny\n", "clunky tv-movie approach\n", "an architect of pop culture\n", "they exist for hushed lines like `` they 're back ! ''\n", "love hewitt\n", "-lrb- reno -rrb- delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion .\n", "are so integrated with the story\n", "'s not nearly enough that 's right\n", "the romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be .\n", "the fiction\n", "power and sadness\n", "special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "scariest movie\n", "children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film\n", "an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness\n", "flatman\n", "lingering\n", "tear their eyes away\n", "any interest\n", "j.k.\n", "more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises\n", "during this one\n", "unexplainable pain\n", "it 's not little nicky\n", "the imax cinema\n", "it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but\n", "is still 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powerful than quietly and deeply moving , which is powerful in itself .\n", "in this dark tale of revenge\n", "scoring\n", "to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .\n", "one of the most interesting writer\\/directors\n", "cobbled together\n", "red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "leigh is n't breaking new ground , but\n", "its understanding\n", "'s not completely wreaked\n", "comprehensible as any dummies guide , something\n", "homogenized and\n", "improvisation exercise\n", "crime-land\n", "can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically\n", "to be dismissed\n", "broken lizard 's\n", "polemical tract\n", "rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s\n", "main characters\n", "rollicking dark\n", "a beautifully 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documentary in the way\n", "most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots .\n", "the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain\n", "weiss\n", "with dry absurdist wit\n", "in its genre\n", "overachieving\n", "lovingly rendered\n", "making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative\n", "him a problematic documentary subject\n", "simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply\n", "an uplifting drama ... what antwone fisher is n't , however , is original .\n", "as black comedy\n", "about his material\n", "'s mostly\n", "holiday kids\n", "to throw elbows when necessary\n", "delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory\n", "more confused\n", "samira\n", "personable , amusing cast\n", "'s on slippery footing\n", "once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window .\n", "enigma 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complications\n", "worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .\n", "three-hour\n", "the john wayne classics\n", "it is laughingly enjoyable\n", "have much else ... especially in a moral sense\n", "the two year affair\n", "knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and\n", "waters-like\n", "every theater stuck with it\n", "might\n", "a somber trip worth taking\n", "highlander and\n", "a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen\n", "afterschool\n", "well-acted , but one-note film\n", "is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot .\n", "worked out\n", "shows excess in business and pleasure\n", "way k-19\n", "a dud --\n", "the action looks fake\n", "ahola -rrb-\n", "the dorkier aspects\n", "o.k. court\n", "lynch 's\n", "cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut\n", "shelves\n", "this is n't a stand up and cheer flick ;\n", "to the point\n", "a true study ,\n", "a remake of `` charade\n", "rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .\n", "works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "adrift\n", "encountering the most\n", "bring on the battle bots ,\n", "arthur\n", "is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .\n", "steal your heart away\n", "can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget\n", "will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture\n", "to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me\n", "of `` panic room ''\n", "enemy to never shoot straight\n", "there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie ,\n", "over incompetent cops\n", "an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters\n", "part of a perhaps surreal campaign\n", "serious drama\n", "so goofy\n", "self-aggrandizing , politically motivated\n", "a true believer\n", "responsible\n", "deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later\n", "more and more abhorrent\n", "a long , unfunny one\n", "ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .\n", "protestors\n", "involved with moviemaking\n", "much about the film ,\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log\n", "allison\n", "quite out\n", "winningly\n", "a built-in audience\n", "the young actors , not\n", ", nearly psychic nuances\n", "many of us\n", "for what works\n", "even-toned direction\n", "fuzzy and\n", "a ride ,\n", "serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor 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"robert deniro\n", "the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get\n", "to tell us about people\n", "thought the relationships were wonderful\n", "laughing at his own joke\n", "raise audience 's spirits\n", "mounted , exasperatingly\n", "recording sessions\n", "excited about a chocolate\n", "ultimately , jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .\n", "straight face\n", "finds a nice rhythm .\n", "the condescending stereotypes\n", ", the movie passes inspection\n", "... not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .\n", "metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story .\n", "very rainy\n", "in some of those , the mother deer even dies .\n", "it is up to you to decide if you need to see it .\n", "to guy ritchie\n", "hollywood , success\n", "mark wahlberg\n", "the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .\n", "moviegoers ages\n", "accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough\n", "an enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good\n", "best kind\n", "deep or substantial\n", "the plot is paper-thin\n", "this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction\n", "turn on many people to opera\n", "the slow , lingering death of imagination\n", "the midwest\n", "of her friendship\n", "inescapable\n", "to do with imagination than market research\n", "aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone\n", "the expectation\n", "its taut performances and creepy atmosphere\n", "is a moral .\n", "chan wades\n", "earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .\n", "inexorably\n", "star wars series\n", "as byron and luther\n", "oscar-sweeping\n", "outdoes its spectacle\n", "; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend\n", "post-september 11 ,\n", "we get light showers of emotion a couple of times\n", "the advantage\n", "of an intriguing curiosity\n", "farts\n", "the battle of hollywood vs. woo\n", "of its parts\n", "its dying\n", "dip into your wallet ,\n", "satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers\n", "japan bustling\n", "buying tickets\n", "technical flaws to get in the way\n", "call me a cynic , but there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message\n", "an obvious rapport with her actors\n", "i will be .\n", "fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl\n", ", the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .\n", "crew\n", "granddad of le nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek .\n", "whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .\n", "is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable\n", "does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "leaves no southern stereotype unturned .\n", "eloquent\n", "beautifully\n", "substitute plot\n", ", one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .\n", "the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism\n", "other john woo\n", "political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies\n", "soulful nuances\n", "a new , or inventive , journey\n", "some heart\n", "debate it\n", "those under 20 years of age\n", "lasker 's\n", "did n't mean much to me and\n", " \n", "boss\n", "without chills\n", "most about god\n", "him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .\n", "elevate\n", "the storyline\n", "the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you\n", "smash 'em\n", "simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --\n", "'s an entertaining and informative documentary .\n", "'s difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion .\n", "transfixes the audience .\n", "bizarre realm\n", "grant is certainly amusing\n", "is really getting at\n", "the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing\n", "a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes\n", "his or her own beliefs and\n", "thinly-conceived movie\n", "iranian-american\n", "the film to be more than that\n", "effective on stage\n", "with a fireworks\n", "overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes\n", "the phone rings and a voice tells you\n", "anguished , bitter and truthful\n", "be somebody\n", "angel of death\n", "an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy\n", "to bromides and slogans\n", "2002 instalment\n", "those all-star reunions\n", "pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over\n", "has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores\n", "past\n", "cell phones ,\n", "does n't reveal an inner life\n", "love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce\n", "family story\n", ", hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .\n", "a movie that works against itself\n", "a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking\n", "an audience that enjoys the friday series\n", "longley 's\n", "` matrix '\n", "end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched\n", "w.\n", "gibney and\n", "the filmmakers ' eye for detail and\n", "worth a\n", "cheap trick\n", "establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape\n", "a well-intentioned effort\n", "managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart\n", "is too savvy\n", "'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly ,\n", "a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau\n", "the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian\n", "uses a totally unnecessary prologue\n", "knowing horror films\n", "mr. soderbergh 's direction and visual style\n", "gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .\n", "a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits\n", "vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom .\n", "the kind of subject matter\n", "all the bad things\n", "with an artistry that also smacks of revelation\n", "the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding\n", "helms\n", "dead-undead\n", "imamura 's\n", "'s a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message\n", "for suspense\n", "with finishing it at all\n", "conflicts\n", "one gets the impression the creators of do n't ask do n't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes .\n", "a little sticky and unsatisfied\n", "seems like someone going through the motions\n", "is festival in cannes .\n", "futuristic\n", "remake andrei tarkovsky 's solaris\n", "its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences\n", "a mormon family movie , and\n", "da\n", "a thing that already knows it 's won\n", "of clever ideas and visual gags\n", "be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "tough pill to swallow\n", "even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making\n", "the indulgence\n", "in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth\n", "this fairly parochial melodrama into something\n", "'s yet\n", "inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon\n", "any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants\n", "beginning to end\n", "on its own terms\n", "super-sized\n", "so many ways\n", "can fully\n", "first half\n", "succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .\n", "as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras\n", "that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt\n", "a.s.\n", "chump\n", "down a familiar road with a few twists\n", "worldly knowledge\n", "contributions\n", "rackets\n", "borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film\n", "of play-doh\n", "grown-up voice\n", "sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking\n", "if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints\n", "not only a pianist , but a good human being\n", "spews\n", ", singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn .\n", "comes along ,\n", "it 's hard not to be carried away\n", "` what if\n", "the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads\n", "has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom\n", "1.2 million palestinians\n", "'s nothing else happening\n", "litmus test\n", "'re too interested to care\n", "more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action\n", "'s extremely hard\n", "have ever seen on the screen\n", "superficiality\n", "weeks\n", "'m not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .\n", "maudlin focus\n", "never comes close to being either funny or scary\n", "the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but\n", "can still\n", "crisp\n", "could too easily become comic relief in any other film\n", "the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king .\n", "stylings\n", "a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never\n", "'s a terrible movie in every regard , and\n", "disparate types\n", "though an important political documentary\n", "steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story\n", "be an audience that enjoys the friday series\n", "her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "more confused ,\n", "those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen\n", "handles it in the most unexpected way\n", "take the warning literally\n", "mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense\n", "the deep deceptions of innocence\n", "a winning , heartwarming yarn\n", "undertaking\n", "substituting mayhem for suspense\n", "in the o.k. court\n", "vampire tale\n", "pushing the jokes\n", "subject us\n", "lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth\n", "jolts the laughs from the audience --\n", "smarter than its commercials\n", "the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg\n", "an inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures\n", "to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else\n", "his desperate violinist wife\n", ", inner-city autistic\n", "social upheaval\n", "up all\n", "of those days\n", "-lrb- 1984 -rrb-\n", "pretty tattered\n", "kid-movie\n", "than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film\n", "a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker\n", "relatively flavorless\n", "form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change\n", "so vividly\n", "that matters\n", "is particularly impressive .\n", "raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process\n", "realization\n", "to the outstanding soundtrack\n", "reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed\n", "favors\n", "well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .\n", "by 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 , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .\n", "some people want the ol' ball-and-chain\n", ", are there tolstoy groupies out there ?\n", "border\n", ", jaded\n", "and societal betrayal\n", "just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer .\n", "a sunshine state\n", "cold-hearted curmudgeon\n", "counts\n", "kitchen-sink homage\n", "it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .\n", "goyer 's\n", "is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that 's hard to resist .\n", "enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play\n", "thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity\n", "stereotypical familial quandaries\n", "are simply too bland to be interesting .\n", "this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story\n", "the fundamentals\n", "the final day\n", ", he represents bartleby 's main overall flaw .\n", "solemnly\n", "though a morbid one\n", "special p.o.v. camera mounts\n", "but could have and should have been deeper .\n", "borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own\n", "102-minute\n", "to think\n", "stock\n", "been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd\n", "even cute\n", ", east-vs .\n", "provides a porthole into that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all\n", "thoughtful and unflinching examination\n", "is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience\n", "jean-claude\n", "about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", ", you 'll enjoy this movie .\n", "'s better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered\n", "own cuteness\n", "afghani refugees\n", "abagnale 's antics\n", "craven concealment\n", "its hyper-realistic images\n", "rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out\n", "'s harmless , diverting fluff\n", "rife with miscalculations\n", ", feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "decent ones\n", "the most jaded cinema audiences\n", "a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead\n", "a gritty style and\n", "the stuff\n", "is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams .\n", "to see end\n", "rob schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .\n", "the electric guitar\n", "stories\n", "you buy mr. broomfield 's findings\n", "seeing things\n", "the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie\n", "might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about\n", "impatiently\n", "'s not yet an actress , not quite a singer ...\n", ", buzz , blab and money\n", "their cheap , b movie way\n", "irreparably drags the film down .\n", "a skateboard film as social anthropology\n", "like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "action pieces\n", "this sensuous and spirited tale\n", "excellent use\n", "a timid , soggy near miss\n", "hoofing\n", "as in past seagal films\n", "another look\n", "skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears\n", "hinge on what you thought of the first film\n", "huge set\n", "the film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides ,\n", "trivializing\n", "you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject .\n", "horses\n", "it 's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective .\n", "'s not a great monster movie .\n", "teachers\n", "about `` fence\n", "production\n", "infantilized culture\n", "of journalism\n", "bisset\n", "of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers\n", "ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact\n", "stephen earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type .\n", "with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary\n", "puts the sting back into the con\n", "it 's a funny no-brainer\n", "director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini\n", "transfigures\n", "a quiet\n", "if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller\n", "an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story\n", "all-over-the-map movie\n", "exciting , clever\n", "gentle war\n", "rushed , slapdash\n", "the milieu is wholly unconvincing\n", "turning\n", "technical achievement\n", "itself is actually quite vapid .\n", "the film , like jimmy 's routines\n", "which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine\n", "of the worst titles in recent cinematic history\n", "avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash\n", "chilling and fascinating\n", "comin '\n", "'s back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .\n", "passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears\n", "haneke 's script -lrb- from elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb-\n", "as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams\n", "energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness\n", "credulous\n", "his kin 's reworked version\n", "limited by its short running time\n", "no , even that 's too committed .\n", "has created such a vibrant , colorful world\n", "it 's not half-bad\n", "a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good\n", "make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel\n", "wacky without clobbering the audience over the head\n", "me no lika da accents so good , but\n", "because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue\n", "millennial brusqueness\n", "barely makes it any less entertaining\n", "did i miss something ?\n", "trailer-trash style\n", "the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism\n", "that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong\n", "writer-director douglas mcgrath 's\n", "have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format\n", "a reader 's\n", "watered-down\n", "challenges\n", "cultist 's\n", "through this picture i was beginning to hate it\n", "a monsterous one\n", "hardest\n", "the verge of either cracking up or throwing up\n", "reminded us\n", "takes its doe-eyed crudup out\n", "ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength\n", "to decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "craziness and\n", "nice piece of work\n", "few movies\n", "race\n", "can take the grandkids or the grandparents\n", "imperfect , love-hate\n", "deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history\n", "somewhere along the way k-19\n", "only one of the best gay love stories ever made\n", "the pesky moods\n", "gross-out flicks ,\n", "different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor\n", "partly\n", "slickness\n", "but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .\n", "overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal\n", "values the original comic books\n", "fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "hollywood trap\n", "raunchy and\n", "from a ploddingly melodramatic structure\n", "the movie 's darker turns\n", "overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore\n", "of their hollywood counterparts\n", "lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context\n", "should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame\n", "let this morph\n", "overly long and worshipful bio-doc .\n", "worldly-wise and\n", "finding\n", ", windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .\n", "other virtually\n", "ploughing\n", "appeal\n", "stays there for the duration\n", "a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family .\n", "whose restatement\n", "while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength\n", "this is the stuff that disney movies are made of .\n", "mundane soap opera\n", "an earth mother\n", "other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .\n", "'s routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny\n", "quirky tunes\n", "joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy\n", "makes no difference in the least\n", "that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow\n", "of beacon of hope\n", "cyber culture\n", "'s a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one\n", "wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message\n", "its playwriting 101 premise\n", "make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly\n", "watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time\n", "is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story\n", "'re just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two\n", "consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and\n", "an extraordinary poignancy ,\n", "expert\n", "one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue\n", "what is good for the goose\n", "bartlett 's\n", "british production\n", "you can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell .\n", "most offensive\n", ", you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .\n", ", applegate , blair and posey\n", "antitrust\n", "is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics\n", "only good thing\n", "harvests a few movie moment gems\n", "spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream :\n", "one false move\n", "the would-be surprises coming a mile away\n", "translating complex characters from novels to the big screen\n", "wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger\n", "sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness\n", "for its climactic setpiece\n", "an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients\n", "anachronistic\n", ", treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold .\n", "und drung , but\n", "the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ;\n", "stock footage\n", "babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot\n", "carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .\n", "of that chatty fish\n", "every articulate player\n", "cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash\n", "most poorly staged and lit\n", "raimi\n", "to those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .\n", "a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic\n", "commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded\n", "tasteless and\n", "an american tragedy\n", "on the bizarre as the film winds down\n", "everyone in the cast\n", "not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen\n", "be pleased\n", "followers\n", "at its best\n", "a startling story\n", "fisher stevens\n", "poetry , passion , and genius\n", "live '\n", "not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet\n", "sought it out\n", "an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb-\n", "of obvious political insights\n", "it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started\n", "as bad as you think , and\n", "has\n", "by sparking debate and encouraging thought\n", "the results might drive you crazy\n", "will gulp down in a frenzy .\n", "juicy role\n", "stay on the light , comic side of the issue\n", "depressingly thin and\n", "'s such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much\n", "the promise\n", "every bit\n", "'re not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion\n", "self-indulgence\n", "gorgeous piano\n", "the highly predictable narrative\n", "if jews were catholics , this would be catechism\n", "is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence\n", "gray\n", "a step down\n", "midst\n", "keep it from being maudlin\n", "the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear\n", "breathes more on the big screen\n", "to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film\n", "the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack .\n", "there 's nothing exactly wrong here\n", "what a movie can be\n", "abundant humanism\n", "it merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .\n", "sensitive ensemble performances and\n", "its comic barbs\n", "such a mountain\n", "being simpleminded\n", "at 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer\n", "very pleasing at its best moments\n", "the best war movies\n", "and a bronx tale\n", "so busy\n", "insists\n", "the extravagant confidence\n", "the first one charming\n", "pencil\n", "acted ... but\n", "comprise\n", "funny\n", "adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover\n", "knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures\n", "are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space\n", "a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also\n", "is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction\n", "aptitude\n", "a class by itself\n", "recent movie\n", "contract\n", "will have a great time\n", "should n't the reality seem at least 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"the pesky moods of jealousy\n", ", very far\n", "tasteless and idiotic\n", "that is funny , touching , smart and complicated\n", "of the masterful british actor ian holm\n", "the 110 minutes of `` panic room ''\n", "there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose .\n", ", i love it ... hell , i dunno .\n", "is a bomb\n", "'m not even\n", "of iced tea\n", "despite engaging offbeat touches\n", "tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer ,\n", "tykwer\n", "gets old quickly\n", "of the performances\n", "the canadian 's\n", "co-writer catherine di napoli\n", "the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies\n", "hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light\n", "the election process\n", "is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone\n", "about as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life .\n", "most of the humor\n", "disturbing , yet compelling\n", "another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't -\n", "appropriately cynical social commentary aside\n", "hit-hungry\n", "feels at times\n", "colorful , semimusical\n", "is -rrb- looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through\n", "several movies have\n", "is amusing for about three minutes .\n", "should keep you reasonably entertained .\n", "should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler\n", "into relationships\n", "with the raising of something other\n", "ramsay -rrb-\n", "relevant\n", "crafted , and well\n", "go down in the annals of cinema\n", "so stocked\n", "fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context\n", "leave it to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb 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annex of hell where adults behave like kids\n", "a perfect wildean actor\n", "goldmember\n", "that swings and jostles\n", "designed to appeal to the younger set\n", "blacks\n", "something bigger\n", "is , more often then\n", "an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but\n", "dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .\n", "a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex\n", "by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing\n", "entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel\n", "of his own fear and paranoia\n", "of godard 's movies\n", "living-room\n", "a thin notion\n", "bare bones\n", "central role\n", "by its moods\n", "report card :\n", "be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "-lrb- d -rrb- 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of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --\n", "blandly go where we went 8 movies ago\n", "between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby\n", "it 's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team .\n", "it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been\n", "audacious-impossible yet compelling\n", "getting together before a single frame had been shot and\n", "unlikeable people\n", "can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas\n", "as stiff , ponderous and charmless\n", "too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span\n", "those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up\n", "some serious issues\n", "more confused , less interesting\n", "big , dumb action movie\n", "'re in for a painful ride\n", "that embroils two young men\n", "calories\n", "no matter who runs them\n", "humanity 's greatest shame\n", "wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime\n", "this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade .\n", "leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .\n", "the more influential works\n", "american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but\n", "the envelope\n", "brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense\n", "tanks .\n", "his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term --\n", "the film , like jimmy 's routines , could use a few good laughs .\n", "spell things\n", "director hoffman , his writer and\n", "if deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .\n", "a film with a great premise but only a great premise .\n", "shoving them\n", "forged\n", "interminable , shapeless documentary\n", "listless sci-fi comedy\n", ", loneliness and insecurity\n", "romero\n", "live out and\n", "seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "evolved from star to superstar\n", "italicizes\n", "for people who like their romances to have that french realism\n", "a markedly inactive film ,\n", "undiminished\n", "marking off\n", "for two movies\n", "bad-movie\n", "'s lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "taste it\n", "the working out\n", "something for everyone .\n", "made watchable by a bravura performance\n", "almost nothing\n", "crushingly self-indulgent spectacle\n", "the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings\n", "beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .\n", "it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia\n", "from simplicity\n", "festers in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you .\n", "where their heads were\n", "splashy and entertainingly nasty\n", "pulsating\n", "jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab\n", "were , well , more adventurous\n", "egregiously\n", "creativity\n", "done that\n", "feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama\n", "is rote work and predictable , but\n", "does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago\n", "is one summer film that satisfies\n", "screenwriter\n", "so-so , made-for-tv something\n", "adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done ,\n", "the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough\n", "technically well-made suspenser\n", "overall feel\n", "the importance of being earnest\n", "it does n't also keep us\n", "finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .\n", "its surreal sense\n", "one would hope for the best\n", "ever quite\n", "silent-movie\n", "with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived\n", "nietzsche-referencing dialogue\n", "try to look too deep into the story\n", "it 's the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be .\n", "aimed at the boomer\n", "bad writing\n", "the message of such reflections -- intentional or not --\n", "witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image ,\n", "in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago\n", "devise\n", "every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm\n", "power outage\n", "knack\n", "right open\n", "has not so much\n", "the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening\n", "here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place\n", "transformed\n", "complicated history\n", "is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus\n", "it 's what makes their project so interesting\n", "drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "the script ?\n", "unambitious\n", "the audience 's meat grinder\n", "for insights\n", "best irish sense\n", "mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady\n", "'s experience\n", "hoffman 's 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"for the period\n", "immature and unappealing\n", "michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "some powerful people\n", "overripe\n", "the writers '\n", "a witty , low-key romantic comedy\n", "the psychology 101 study\n", "strong sense\n", "require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer\n", "the search\n", "if the very concept makes you nervous\n", "the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch\n", "intermittently good time\n", ", like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .\n", "a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt\n", "-lrb- screenwriter -rrb- pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but\n", "quite diverting nonsense\n", "probably pulled a muscle or two\n", "slyly exquisite\n", "the worst sense of the expression\n", "headly\n", "they are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space\n", "mesmerised\n", "cheapened the artistry of making a 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the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .\n", "incessant use\n", "rowdy participants\n", "that you had already seen that movie\n", "possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything\n", "somber pacing and lack\n", "the long list\n", "of the lucky few\n", "is\n", "chance\n", "above-average thriller\n", "what makes this film special\n", "but strangely believable\n", "infirmity\n", "specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do\n", "a deadly foreign policy\n", "ol'\n", "a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth\n", "undogmatic about its characters\n", "aspired\n", "adaptations .\n", "a no-brainer\n", "gags\n", "you 're a jet\n", "much of jonah simply , and\n", "tennessee williams\n", "intimacy and\n", "avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates\n", "about guys like evans\n", "rock and stolid anthony hopkins\n", "'ll feel too happy to argue much\n", "reworked version\n", "'s the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison\n", "a flimsy ending\n", "a preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in brooklyn circa 1958 .\n", "indistinct\n", "tired retread\n", "because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering\n", "making people\n", "surprise\n", "the laughs\n", "is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor\n", "where a masterpiece should be\n", "because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive\n", ", irish\n", "as david letterman and the onion have proven\n", "the damned for perpetrating patch adams\n", "'s actually pretty funny , but\n", "puzzles me is the 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"drama\\/character\n", "say to yourself\n", "the fiery presence\n", "vagina\n", "evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes .\n", "crossroads\n", "a well-mounted history lesson\n", "pull free\n", "paid a matinee price\n", "like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series\n", "elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother\n", "been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around\n", "have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "it 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it\n", "because of the startling intimacy\n", "hollywood comedies such as father of the bride\n", "it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory\n", "italian guys\n", "are poorly delivered\n", "an unqualified recommendation\n", "by the nation\n", "kouyate\n", "it 's 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it .\n", "maybe he was reading the minds of the audience .\n", "grant and bullock 's\n", "generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector\n", "is its utter sincerity .\n", "the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic .\n", ", the movie is rather choppy .\n", "the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg\n", "exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values\n", "blues\n", "crass , then gasp for gas ,\n", "any flatter\n", "unlimited access to families and church meetings\n", "a joyous occasion\n", "drung\n", "from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction\n", "is phenomenal , especially the women .\n", "director robert j. siegel\n", "massive cardiac arrest\n", "... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .\n", "participate\n", "for the female\n", "some people 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"the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and\n", "steve martin\n", "puts itself\n", "its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "it slow , predictable and not very amusing\n", "loved this film .\n", "of love\n", "one of the most depressing movie-going experiences i can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once .\n", "finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s\n", "an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .\n", "everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david 's point of view\n", "trades in\n", "determination to inject farcical raunch\n", "national events\n", "oddly colorful and just plain\n", "ultimately silly\n", "to be remembered by\n", "powerful\n", "destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal\n", "a fraction\n", "no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "is the film roman polanski may have been born to make .\n", "everything that 's good\n", "squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock .\n", "lush and\n", "the possibility of creating a more darkly\n", "bland hotels ,\n", "the dream world of teen life ,\n", "how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying\n", "seem to hit\n", "shooting itself in the foot\n", "lights\n", "in moulin rouge\n", "bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .\n", "if her life did , too\n", "for fancy split-screen\n", "is the 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\n", "gets royally screwed and comes back for more\n", "a rollicking good time for the most part\n", "pollyana would reach for a barf bag\n", "the swinging subculture\n", "in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectable sequel .\n", "braveheart\n", "spiked with raw urban humor\n", "those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway\n", "that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance , the film would be a total washout .\n", "this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .\n", "'s something about a marching band that gets me where i live .\n", "to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone\n", "through the ranks of the players\n", "we also need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 .\n", "its own languorous charm\n", "every sense\n", "you are wet in some places\n", "play off each other virtually to a stand-off , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film .\n", ", worse yet , nonexistent --\n", "ed decter\n", "theater sketch\n", "a half mark\n", "fine cast\n", "addition to scoring high for originality of plot\n", "four-year-old\n", "falls apart\n", "making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true\n", "a sly dissection\n", "successful on other levels\n", "even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ... you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time .\n", "... festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes .\n", "it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies\n", "supposedly authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment .\n", "he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "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\n", ", yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .\n", "grade\n", "action\\/thriller\n", "as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy\n", "all the difference\n", "as a film\n", "assembly\n", "does n't give you enough to feel good about\n", "halfhearted\n", "is actually funny with the material\n", "too well\n", "there 's a lot of good material here\n", "soft-core twaddle\n", "the things that made the first one charming\n", "exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb-\n", "a lack of thesis\n", "than we imagine\n", "somewhat convenient ending\n", "worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies\n", "more influential works\n", "a personal low\n", "`` difficult '' movies\n", "is clever and funny\n", "one level\n", "to joyless special-effects excess\n", "definitive explanation\n", "with plot twists\n", "of a golden book sprung to life\n", "a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin ego of the stand-up comic .\n", "every faltering half-step of its development\n", "by gianni romoli\n", "terrific as pauline\n", "means check it out .\n", "owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon\n", "by a talented director\n", "the point of real interest - -- audience sadism\n", "unsettling psychological\n", "memories of rollerball have faded\n", "is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm\n", "are no special effects , and no hollywood endings\n", "one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot\n", "map thematically and stylistically ,\n", "in a movie theatre for some time\n", "... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .\n", "the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .\n", "soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight ''\n", "this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but\n", "the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint\n", "their fathers\n", "but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .\n", "the author 's work\n", "right eyes\n", "very bleak day\n", "into the exotic world of belly dancing\n", "the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann ,\n", "a zombie movie\n", "offbeat touches\n", "borrowed\n", "has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest .\n", "wants to be\n", "bring out the cake\n", "this woefully hackneyed movie ,\n", "showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around\n", "full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots\n", "the only pain\n", "jam-packed\n", "a look at `` the real americans ''\n", "may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering\n", "it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message\n", "'s a comedy\n", "every bit as filling as the treat of the title\n", "bullwinkle\n", "one long\n", "know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable\n", "it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up\n", "it both ways\n", "a science fiction movie\n", "ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 .\n", "quite a\n", "horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists\n", "proves tiresome\n", "there 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references ,\n", "as x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around\n", "takes aim\n", "in both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you .\n", "'s just as wonderful on the big screen .\n", "gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill .\n", "the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics\n", "will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy\n", "as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women\n", "their mentally `` superior '' friends ,\n", "has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "the saigon\n", "while the film is competent , it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .\n", "on any deeper level\n", "cause parents\n", "do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .\n", "flickering reminders of the ties that bind us\n", "a marvelous performance by allison lohman\n", "talking a talk that appeals to me\n", "than a study in schoolgirl obsession\n", "` naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .\n", "birot\n", "be so flabby\n", "this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ...\n", "encourages\n", "murderous maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ...\n", "gives none\n", "hollywood fantasies\n", "models and bar dancers\n", "you really want to understand what this story is really all about\n", "it shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .\n", "a pleasing , often-funny comedy .\n", "enthusiasms\n", "evil aliens '\n", "staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce .\n", "but net\n", "the trouble\n", "the script 's\n", ", it 's the very definition of epic adventure .\n", "is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama\n", "steadfast\n", "'ve seen the end of the movie\n", "is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold .\n", "plot pawn\n", "that his film is molto superficiale\n", "the hunger or cat people\n", "tiger\n", "of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "a kind\n", "friggin\n", "ice age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up .\n", "that it 's impossible to care\n", "through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling\n", "its plot and animation\n", "do we\n", "responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "300\n", "could possibly\n", "an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "the picture 's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine .\n", "with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism\n", "fudges fact and fancy with such confidence\n", "above the rest\n", "the movie 's vision\n", "truncated\n", "is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .\n", "its techniques\n", "take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story\n", "though haynes ' style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade .\n", "before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .\n", "a more credible script\n", "the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe\n", "hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .\n", "solid family fun\n", "this cinderella story\n", "with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears\n", "is still only partly satisfying\n", "ignite\n", "draws its considerable power from simplicity .\n", "interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- ,\n", "where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "two last-place basketball\n", "utterly transcend gender\n", "where much of the action takes place\n", "newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style\n", "issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .\n", "fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes\n", "blab and money\n", "the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand\n", "aficionados of the whodunit\n", "by showing them heartbreakingly drably\n", "as important as humor\n", ", violent and mindless\n", "germany 's democratic weimar republic\n", "this frozen tundra soap opera\n", "been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format\n", "chimes\n", "inert sci-fi action thriller .\n", "slackers or their antics\n", "starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie\n", "flows forwards and back ,\n", "icily\n", "it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction\n", "of casual realism\n", "a particular theatrical family\n", "forced to follow\n", "while holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing , the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .\n", "a wonderful subject\n", "a funny yet dark and\n", "original character , siuation or joke\n", "is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "totalitarian\n", "the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing .\n", "a rip-off twice removed , modeled after -lrb- seagal 's -rrb- earlier copycat under siege ,\n", "'re playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "this is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .\n", "one-room world\n", "channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie .\n", ", profanity and violence\n", "the structure is simple ,\n", "unblinking frankness\n", "about either the nature of women\n", ", the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip .\n", "dead dog\n", "the humor and humanity\n", "conceived\n", "at the art and the agony of making people\n", "the action is dazzling\n", "snappy dialogue\n", "is easier to swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus\n", "dull , dumb and derivative horror\n", "the only thing `` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .\n", "this engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time .\n", "appreciate original romantic comedies\n", "hollywood fluff\n", "the audience or\n", "feels like a prison stretch\n", "is n't as easy to come by as it used to be\n", "energized\n", "provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency\n", "reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "ninety minute\n", "skinny\n", "loud , low-budget and tired formula film\n", "as big daddy\n", "this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but\n", "make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe\n", "ecks\n", "hit .\n", "on taylor 's doorstep\n", ", this quirky soccer import is forgettable\n", "cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release\n", "what is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry\n", "the studio 's\n", "render it anything but laughable\n", "in\n", "gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior\n", "thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "arbitrarily plotted\n", "that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama\n", "can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "an infuriating film .\n", "an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness\n", "worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance\n", "on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi\n", "have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags\n", "film buff\n", "bloody sunday\n", "to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters\n", "a wonderous accomplishment\n", "these girls\n", "quirky , charming\n", "a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television\n", "wheels\n", "a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world .\n", "a mountain\n", "surprisingly ` solid ' achievement\n", "sensational denouements\n", "explores the awful complications of one terrifying day\n", "wewannour money back , actually\n", "a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula\n", "punctuated with graphic violence\n", "looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons ever has\n", "writer\\/director burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results .\n", "like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb-\n", ", so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", "the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film .\n", "mother-daughter\n", "anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .\n", "by anyone outside the under-10 set\n", "modernize and reconceptualize\n", "was the best the contest received\n", "wonderfully edited\n", "is the kind of movie\n", "about the outcome\n", "distinguished and thoughtful film\n", "just for sitting through it\n", "is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment .\n", "it 's all surface psychodramatics .\n", "which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant\n", "the result\n", "the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and\n", "well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look\n", "wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .\n", "becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''\n", "crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz\n", "of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` spy kids 2 '\n", "this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone\n", "or stock ideas\n", "it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\\/11\n", "masses\n", "of `` charade\n", "to the soggy performances\n", "an mtv\n", "the movies\n", "dream image\n", "dip in jerry bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle\n", ", walt becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .\n", "much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever\n", "a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "that deserves recommendation\n", "proves you wrong on both counts .\n", "to sit through crap like this\n", "the magic of the first film\n", "neglects\n", "sit back and\n", "that open-minded elvis fans\n", "grandiose spiritual anomie\n", "everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays\n", "we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport\n", "ensemble movies ,\n", "the story 's center\n", "aims to confuse\n", ", straightforward and deadly\n", "parents love to have their kids\n", ", surreal , and resonant\n", "brash , intelligent and\n", "wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers\n", "informed , adult hindsight\n", "applies more detail to the film 's music\n", "build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "post-adolescent electra rebellion\n", "comes off winningly\n", "wes\n", "in ferment\n", "` all in all , reign of fire will be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental . '\n", "may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent\n", "spielberg knows how to tell us about people .\n", "gibney and jarecki\n", "brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing .\n", "'s the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .\n", "sparks\n", "the icy stunts\n", "that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "does full honor to miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .\n", "unwary viewers\n", "a sour taste in one 's mouth\n", "ill-conceived and expensive\n", "the cultural and moral issues\n", "is a pleasant enough dish\n", "about inner consciousness\n", "standup routines\n", "twohy 's\n", "the bones\n", "blatant product placement\n", "tones and styles\n", "like these russo guys\n", "of determination and the human spirit\n", "undernourished\n", "will win him any new viewers\n", "into the very fabric of iranian\n", "of fresh air\n", "can i\n", "what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective\n", "kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and\n", "been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "most opaque , self-indulgent and\n", "by a natural sense for what works\n", "paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe\n", "a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little\n", "commerce ,\n", "nothing more than four\n", "robert de niro\n", "it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .\n", "require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "did n't know how to handle it\n", "'s just as wonderful on the big screen\n", "their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks\n", "leave a large dog alone with a toddler\n", "stunning technical achievement\n", "the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone\n", "fascinating performances\n", "seems as safe as a children 's film\n", "throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto\n", "one white\n", "have n't laughed that hard in years\n", "sluggish\n", "chung\n", "quiet ,\n", "murky cinematography\n", "what saves it ... and makes it\n", "loose collection\n", "due to its rapid-fire delivery and\n", "jia 's moody ,\n", "especially by young ballesta and galan -lrb- a first-time actor -rrb- , writer\\/director achero manas 's film is schematic and obvious .\n", "at first\n", "a superlative b movie\n", "its own considerable achievement\n", "swimfan does catch on\n", "is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience\n", "any kind of satisfying entertainment\n", "don\n", "as opposed to the manifesto\n", "is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself\n", "murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie\n", "thoroughly involving\n", "about growing up in japan\n", "flood\n", "penetrating , impenetrable\n", "ultimately flawed\n", "the romantic comedy genre\n", "little things\n", ", my 6-year-old nephew said , `` i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . ''\n", "aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash\n", "rose 's film ,\n", "'s hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .\n", "in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles\n", "is supposed to warm our hearts\n", "as sharp\n", "for the masquerade to work\n", "thrusts\n", "think , zzzzzzzzz\n", "madonna does\n", "ichi\n", "directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing\n", "a laughable -- or rather , unlaughable --\n", "this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv show\n", "to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good\n", "emerges in the movie ,\n", "serve up\n", "widow\n", "the end of its title\n", ", decisive moments\n", "travel incognito\n", "kevin\n", "'s so striking about jolie 's performance\n", "the overall effect\n", "xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .\n", "it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block\n", "scalds like acid\n", "entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel .\n", "is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .\n", "warning kids\n", "another film\n", "shimmering\n", "what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is .\n", "that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air\n", "no big whoop , nothing new to see\n", "of those rare pictures\n", "assert themselves\n", "solondz tries and tries hard\n", "is generally quite funny\n", "low rate annie\n", "to its community\n", "enough , but nothing new\n", "modern times\n", "obvious and\n", "with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness\n", "hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue\n", "'s a fun adventure movie for kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb- that like adventure\n", "near\n", "low-life tragedy\n", "was just a matter of ` eh . '\n", "smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments\n", "because bullock and grant\n", "a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "avoid a fatal mistake\n", "at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone\n", "resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is\n", "always entertaining , and smartly written\n", "clayburgh and\n", "'ll love it and\n", "by surrounding himself with untalented people\n", "wo n't be remembered as one of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films .\n", "be funny , uplifting and moving\n", "ca n't begin 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\n", "by sheer nerve\n", "program run\n", "of the intelligent , well-made b movie\n", "flopping\n", "camaraderie and\n", "quirkily appealing\n", "douglas mcgrath 's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically .\n", "care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance\n", "tom green and the farrelly brothers\n", "through the hearts and minds of the five principals\n", "writer craig bartlett 's story\n", "interesting to say\n", "of letting\n", "of the four main actresses\n", "undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective\n", "sour\n", "its relatively gore-free allusions\n", "gives the -lrb- teen comedy -rrb-\n", "with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach\n", "of small town regret , love , duty and friendship\n", "maxim\n", "a tiny sense\n", "subculture hell-bent\n", "if she had to sit through it again\n", "be thrown back in the river\n", "on empathy\n", "manage an equally assured narrative coinage\n", "want to watch if you only had a week to live\n", "haunting\n", "resonant psychological study of 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suggest\n", "as an exceptional thriller\n", "it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .\n", "to the insanity of black\n", "triple-crosses\n", "terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english\n", "all-night\n", "keeps him\n", "most of the things costner movies are known for\n", "its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and\n", "no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make .\n", "with his family\n", "with jason x.\n", "does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue .\n", "the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen\n", "hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms ,\n", "can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "pat storylines , precious circumstances and\n", "guts and crazy 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his own coolness .\n", "interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "we 're never sure how things will work out\n", "as a dystopian movie\n", "its intended audience has n't yet had much science\n", "the pacing is often way off and\n", "that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one\n", "more salacious telenovela than serious drama\n", "with terrific flair\n", "is definitely worth\n", "'s unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .\n", "a frat boy 's idea of a good time\n", "directed , barely ,\n", "love it , too .\n", "makes all the difference .\n", "through the last reel\n", "succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing\n", "is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend\n", "mesmerizing performance\n", "skit-com\n", "video\\/dvd\n", "are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie\n", "works under the direction of 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film\n", "'s really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type\n", "meandering , and sometimes dry\n", "a movie that is what it is\n", "likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat\n", "a heavyweight film\n", "of quirks\n", "'s easier\n", "an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar\n", ", a jump cut !\n", "until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you\n", "express their own views .\n", "as it develops\n", "three actresses\n", "a movie that tries to be smart\n", "make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom\n", "direct\n", "you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars .\n", "greatest-hits reel\n", "below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .\n", "of one family\n", "high-adrenaline documentary .\n", "20,000\n", "kind , unapologetic\n", "a fragment of an underdone potato\n", "more than a whiff\n", "corcuera 's attention to detail\n", "solid base\n", "a heartening tale of small victories\n", "numerous scenes\n", "its exploitive array\n", "welles ' kane\n", "sexual\n", "is more feral in this film\n", "its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff\n", "tim allen\n", "dying and loving\n", "acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book\n", "works so well for the first 89 minutes ,\n", "give what may be the performances of their careers\n", "if you go\n", "a lot more bluster\n", "you might want to catch freaks as a matinee .\n", "an artist\n", "is as appalling as any ` comedy '\n", "loved the people onscreen ,\n", "immigrant family\n", "two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "the playboy era\n", "heck\n", "noyce 's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us\n", "do no wrong with jason x.\n", "much fun\n", "keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats\n", "be as pretentious\n", "risk american scorn\n", "exceedingly pleasant\n", "a few tasty morsels under your belt\n", "byler\n", "their shortage\n", "strives to be more , but does n't quite get there\n", "believe anyone would really buy this stuff\n", "concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama\n", "with clever dialogue and likeable characters\n", "caine -rrb-\n", "theatrical family\n", "little like a chocolate milk moustache\n", "lethargic\n", "we hate -lrb- madonna -rrb- within the film 's first five minutes\n", "grand-scale\n", "the third revenge of the nerds sequel\n", "threw medical equipment\n", "fans of thoughtful war films and those\n", "of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit\n", "if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable\n", "eight crazy nights is a total misfire .\n", ", norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced ,\n", "berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years\n", "never takes hold .\n", "for something as splendid-looking as this particular film\n", "margot\n", "wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love\n", "think this movie loves women at all\n", "the 1970s skateboard revolution\n", "unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .\n", "what 's worse , routine\n", "no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us\n", "ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one ?\n", "laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma .\n", "a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .\n", "dadaist proportions\n", "of our national psyche\n", "continues to shock throughout the film .\n", "heaven , west\n", ", not scarier\n", "several cliched movie structures\n", "nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .\n", "about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor\n", "somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .\n", "seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart\n", "unfunny movie\n", "to pass up\n", ", dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict\n", "unrewarding collar\n", "seduce and\n", "swedish\n", "been preferable\n", "a surprisingly faithful remake\n", ", circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .\n", "the routine day\n", "boring talking heads , etc.\n", "whose 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'\n", "with few respites\n", "uncanny tale\n", "is truth stranger than fiction\n", "blues and\n", "it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "touching , raucously amusing\n", "offerings\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid\n", "satisfactory overview\n", "moodiness\n", "screenplay\n", "faced\n", "moulin\n", "everything else about it\n", "offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation .\n", "the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "scotland\n", "with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style\n", "of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "-lrb- and misses -rrb-\n", "to say that it 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\n", "what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast\n", "that george lucas can only dream of\n", "enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over\n", "is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .\n", "puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .\n", "lullaby\n", "the big-screen scooby\n", "what 's left\n", "spill from a projector 's lens\n", "the hanks character\n", "earnest but heavy-handed .\n", "through family history\n", "to see it\n", "no major discoveries\n", "it 's a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit .\n", "of having things all spelled out\n", "an interesting psychological game\n", "this orange\n", "immortals\n", "expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "own idiosyncratic strain\n", "wonderful film to bring to imax\n", "morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .\n", "completely honest , open-hearted film\n", "cops\n", "is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor .\n", "had long since vanished\n", "be well\n", "are more in line with steven seagal\n", "michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .\n", "yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective\n", "congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "best part ' of the movie\n", "parris ' performance\n", "the unexplained baboon cameo\n", "wide-smiling\n", "a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't\n", "wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time .\n", "ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album\n", "brisk , amusing pace\n", "it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such\n", "what 's even more remarkable\n", "the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short\n", "complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence\n", "the sentimental script has problems\n", "is love\n", "comedic\n", "4\\/5ths\n", "stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric\n", "for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations\n", "just when\n", "a most traditional , reserved kind\n", "there 's no arguing the tone of the movie\n", "as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner .\n", "a lumbering , wheezy drag\n", "blanchett\n", "eke out\n", "it all the more compelling\n", "too intriguing\n", "with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences\n", "are uneven\n", "decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .\n", "with such life-embracing spirit\n", "in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode\n", "a minimal number\n", "six\n", "strands his superb performers in the same old story\n", "arresting little ride\n", "gross-out\n", "than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "to mediocrity\n", "of captions\n", "fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --\n", "is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb\n", "assesses\n", "both the movie and\n", "that malkovich was\n", "is pretty funny\n", "verges on camp\n", "'m not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about\n", "at childhood\n", "has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year ,\n", "at best , slightly less\n", "that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it\n", "portray ultimate passion\n", "an underlying old world\n", "raises serious 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"highlight the radical action .\n", "way ahead of the plot\n", "seek out\n", "'ll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .\n", "every bodily fluids gag\n", "or not ultimate blame\n", "jiri\n", "on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes\n", "will probably be a talky bore .\n", "flickering out\n", "bitter nor\n", "composition\n", ", paralyzed\n", "night\n", "his difficult , endless work\n", "the astute direction\n", "of marginal competence\n", "` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore\n", "as its trademark villain\n", "scare any sane person\n", "mistakes\n", "last-minute\n", "at them\n", "` matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .\n", "in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise\n", "the heat of the moment\n", "pump\n", ", it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .\n", "is never any question of how things will turn out\n", "if there 's one big point to promises , it 's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other .\n", "what is already an erratic career\n", "is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience\n", "never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .\n", "until the final act ,\n", "its sensitive acting\n", "it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie .\n", "producers would be well to heed\n", "of love that strikes a very resonant chord\n", "is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg\n", "grown-up film\n", "of the flick\n", "a glimmer of intelligence or invention\n", "tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge\n", "the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic\n", "one truth -lrb- the ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers -rrb-\n", "the children\n", "commerce , tourism , historical pageants\n", "this filmmaker 's flailing reputation\n", "of his or her own beliefs and prejudices\n", "come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films\n", "own idiosyncratic way\n", "tearing `\n", "takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze .\n", "altar\n", "no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing .\n", "the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong 's john woo\n", "peralta 's mythmaking could have used some informed , adult hindsight .\n", "due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .\n", "a muscle or\n", "of melancholy and its unhurried narrative\n", "spy-vs\n", "an encounter\n", "'s well\n", "dressed\n", "as bad as you might think\n", "from the material\n", "offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people .\n", "the air-conditioning\n", "paranoia , and\n", "its subject matter\n", "of acting-workshop exercises\n", "set in the constrictive eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .\n", "that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny\n", "loved this film\n", "hypothesis\n", "witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter\n", "the long build-up of expository material\n", "an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut\n", "stereotypes in good fun\n", "dense and enigmatic\n", "their natural instinct\n", "a wonder\n", "` anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '\n", "proves itself a more streamlined and\n", "than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt .\n", "whether our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama is n't much of a mystery , unfortunately .\n", "just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be .\n", "undeniably subversive and\n", "lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse\n", "are provoked to intolerable levels\n", "to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes\n", "the hours , a delicately crafted film ,\n", "your interest , your imagination ,\n", "its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups\n", "dualistic battle\n", ", in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "even though it is infused with the 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eccentric and the strange\n", "is just lazy\n", "rothman 's\n", "stretched to barely feature length\n", "a checklist\n", "of our emotional investment\n", "at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless\n", "crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and\n", "in ` warm water under a red bridge '\n", "'s so\n", "wallowing in its characters ' frustrations\n", "hard-driving\n", "in ways you ca n't fake\n", "if you do n't\n", "it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress .\n", "most intelligent viewers\n", "as much humor as pathos\n", "harrowing account\n", "interest in his profession\n", "breen 's\n", "by allen 's astringent wit\n", "do n't really care for the candidate\n", "genial but never inspired , and\n", "great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers\n", "vincent became more and more 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people\n", "a shrill , didactic cartoon\n", ", it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .\n", "humorless and under-inspired\n", "rates as an exceptional thriller\n", "end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other\n", "you bring to it\n", "creates an impeccable sense of place ,\n", "to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house\n", "jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except ,\n", "try hard but\n", "both overstuffed and undernourished ... the film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time .\n", "the relevance\n", "so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness\n", "pokes\n", "a late-night cable sexploitation\n", "the notorious mtv show\n", "it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest .\n", "funny , harmless\n", "a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie\n", "a breadth of vision\n", "profundities\n", "of weeks\n", "she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .\n", "sadness and obsession\n", "paranoia\n", "painfully forced , false and fabricated\n", "well-shaped dramas\n", "finally get under your skin\n", "the secrets of time travel\n", "who could too easily become comic relief in any other film\n", "to make up for an unfocused screenplay\n", "whatever complaints i might have\n", "the phone rings and a voice\n", "are complex and quirky , but entirely believable\n", "there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things\n", "of a film\n", "an entertainment destination for the general public\n", "the most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 miles to graceland .\n", "kubrick before him\n", "made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit\n", "can hide a weak script\n", "a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion\n", "melodrama and tiresome love triangles\n", "a brainless flibbertigibbet\n", "pro-wildlife\n", "know it 's going to be a trip\n", "only god\n", ", the travails of metropolitan life !\n", "a curmudgeonly british playwright\n", "musings and\n", "it is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year .\n", "there 's nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever .\n", "a predictable , maudlin story\n", "the majority of action comedies\n", "attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "high-minded snoozer .\n", "though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal\n", "alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .\n", "that it 's hardly watchable\n", "impersonal\n", "collapses under its own meager weight .\n", "formulaic and\n", "the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .\n", "146 minutes of it\n", "is 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ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .\n", "dumb movie\n", "i liked about schmidt a lot , but\n", "to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking\n", "much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .\n", "i did n't mind\n", "surrounded its debut\n", "does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events\n", "to watch , even when her material is not first-rate\n", "whipping out\n", "'90s\n", "very history\n", "knowing that\n", "spiderman rocks\n", "common-man\n", "into scrooge .\n", "co.\n", "a critical and commercial disaster\n", "most deceptively amusing comedies\n", "is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place\n", "bottom-feeder\n", "a pleasant , if forgettable\n", "sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .\n", "the whole mildly pleasant outing\n", "deform\n", "your kids\n", "drumline\n", "using gary larson 's far side humor\n", "ills\n", "almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson\n", "the footage\n", "a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago\n", "reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence\n", "-lrb- screenwriter -rrb- pimental\n", "as a classical actress\n", "with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , -lrb- crane -rrb- becomes more specimen than character\n", "has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship\n", "of more appealing holiday-season product\n", "the film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .\n", "so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out\n", "most immediate and most obvious\n", "a limp eddie murphy\n", "road-and-buddy\n", "should go for movie theaters\n", "another cartoon with an unstoppable superman\n", "both overstuffed and undernourished ... the film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "sobering recount\n", "you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors -lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb- , or see some interesting storytelling devices\n", "fun and funny in the middle ,\n", "intentional or not --\n", "its soul to screenwriting\n", "inarticulate screenplay\n", "please history fans\n", "heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format\n", "that 's low on both suspense and payoff\n", "the further oprahfication\n", "emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .\n", "a case in point : doug pray 's scratch\n", "craft\n", "runs on a little longer than it needs to\n", ", simple and soapy\n", "found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done\n", "behaving badly\n", "mind-bending drugs\n", "political and psychological\n", "'s a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions .\n", "excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh\n", "is , truly and thankfully ,\n", "i highly recommend irwin\n", "sixties '\n", "this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "as a troubled and determined homicide cop\n", "the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "a grievous but obscure complaint\n", "made of little moments\n", "directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory\n", "mysterious , sensual\n", "the plot should be\n", "just such a dungpile\n", "for the ride\n", "there is truth here\n", "its characterization\n", "been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle\n", "proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo\n", "of faith\n", "-lrb- leigh -rrb-\n", "the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .\n", "d'etre\n", "mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .\n", "a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists\n", "after-school slot\n", "the right tone\n", "young boy\n", "slightly sunbaked and summery mind ,\n", "an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people\n", "on a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb\n", "more than it probably should\n", "the right thing\n", "muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure\n", "another\n", "of pyrotechnics\n", "in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary\n", "very involved\n", "sitting around in their drawers to justify a film\n", "sitting around\n", "the husband , the wife and\n", "through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy\n", "have a case of masochism and an hour and a half\n", "lacks visual flair .\n", "serial killer jeffrey dahmer\n", "tries\n", "in the philadelphia story\n", "endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "sluggish , tonally uneven .\n", "most slyly exquisite\n", "burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .\n", "regardless\n", "from this material\n", "a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and\n", "this too-long , spoofy update\n", "a sandra bullock vehicle\n", "no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner\n", "comedies\n", "'s critic-proof\n", "plenty of room for editing\n", "happens to flat characters\n", "another sexual taboo\n", "in the so-bad-it 's - good camp\n", "outward elements\n", "is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 .\n", "in truth\n", "odd behavior\n", "does little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon .\n", "damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out\n", ", builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with\n", "to some truly excellent sequences\n", ", for an eagerness\n", "matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "been too many\n", "works as well as it does because of the performances .\n", "from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories\n", "as dahmer\n", "self-conscious attempts\n", "emotional comfort\n", "is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .\n", "ill-conceived and\n", "in-depth study\n", "the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia\n", "humanly\n", "said the film was better than saving private ryan\n", "disguised as a romantic comedy .\n", "is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals\n", "limpid and\n", "artist 's\n", "botching a routine assignment\n", "arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone\n", "flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "from snatch\n", "is , by itself ,\n", "a dish that 's best served cold\n", "did n't convince me that calvin jr. 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side\n", "by an actress who smiles and frowns\n", "serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon\n", "dumb and dumber ' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script\n", "soft-porn 'em powerment\n", "it 's on slippery footing\n", "restraint to fully realize them\n", "a better actor than a standup comedian\n", "a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub\n", "have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie\n", "better off\n", "the best he 's been in years\n", "roberto benigni 's\n", "an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem ,\n", "the suggested\n", "salma hayek and director julie taymor\n", "might have happened at picpus\n", ", it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .\n", "with a kiss\n", "not quite and hour and a half\n", "never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting\n", "presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ?\n", "marcken\n", "above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "remarkably unpretentious\n", "much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing :\n", "hugh grant ,\n", "grounded\n", "goes down easy ,\n", "the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not\n", "hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart\n", "at meaningful cinema\n", "of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan\n", "nair and\n", "this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story .\n", "eye candy\n", "affecting story\n", "present some profound social commentary\n", "1984 and\n", "sex , drugs and rock\n", "both a great and a terrible story\n", "plays it straight , turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .\n", "despite bearing the paramount imprint\n", "dated and unfunny\n", "matter that the film is less than 90 minutes\n", "is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .\n", "intended\n", "' and ` triumph '\n", "to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists\n", "classy dinner soiree\n", "plays closer to two .\n", "proficient , but\n", "capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism\n", "via\n", "'s unfocused and tediously exasperating\n", "as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided\n", ", melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner .\n", "be 127 years old\n", "cultural and moral issues\n", "of enthralling drama\n", "the film 's austerity\n", "or at least this working woman --\n", "the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed\n", "brims\n", "the clever crime comedy\n", "media\n", "-lrb- also a producer -rrb-\n", "a subzero version\n", "undeniably exceedingly clever\n", "you 've already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles\n", "is a depressing experience\n", "entertaining feature\n", "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\n", "that returns the martial arts master to top form\n", "and butterflies that die \\/ and\n", "has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .\n", "a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre\n", "because here it is\n", "in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen\n", "humbuggery ...\n", "the lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma .\n", "a hokey piece\n", "none of this is very original ,\n", "a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country ,\n", "a sweet and sexy film\n", "high school swimming\n", "thriller as lazy as it is interminable\n", "cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .\n", "small ...\n", "for life\n", "trying\n", "trial for crimes against humanity\n", "to watch the target practice\n", "the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .\n", "by a rich visual clarity and deeply\n", "what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology\n", "historical text\n", "to theaters\n", "a movie that also does it by the numbers\n", "a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness\n", "its old-fashioned themes\n", "the queen 's\n", "is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience .\n", "with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner\n", "'s trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "car chase\n", "real dawns , comic relief\n", "maybe thomas wolfe was right : you ca n't go home again\n", "switches gears\n", "it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied\n", "heavy-handed screenplay\n", "'s just merely very bad\n", "of reality\n", "it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead\n", "'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters --\n", "this trifle\n", ", this is that sort of thing all over again .\n", "lengthy dialogue scenes\n", "beguiling serenity and poise\n", "things really get weird , though not particularly scary :\n", "his subject justice\n", "gooeyness\n", "precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen\n", "it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and\n", "avert\n", "moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair ...\n", "tear himself away\n", "take a reality check\n", "teddy bears '\n", "good ideas\n", "determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head\n", "career - kids = misery -rrb-\n", "thing missing\n", "a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse\n", "much to say beyond the news\n", "as happiness was\n", "would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .\n", "discussed\n", "the subtitles\n", "'s all about the image\n", "fide\n", "joint\n", "more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and\n", "in scattered fashion\n", "chances\n", "a pretentious mess ...\n", "with schneider\n", "intrigue\n", "rebel fantasy\n", "ability\n", "little-known\n", "by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes\n", "the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks\n", "be quentin tarantino when they grow up\n", "amish\n", "served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick\n", "the viewer\n", "your chest\n", "limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly .\n", "than romantic\n", "across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited\n", "the dispatching\n", "of talented thesps\n", "pacino\n", "predictable plotting\n", "your film\n", "disarmingly\n", "characteristic warmth\n", "has enough gun battles and throwaway\n", "the sexy razzle-dazzle\n", "would have likely wound up a tnt original\n", "true ` chan moment '\n", "her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .\n", "what it is to be ya-ya\n", "acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's\n", "disney movie\n", "the sheer\n", "go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike\n", "edward burns ' sidewalks\n", "sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment .\n", "luckiest viewers\n", "does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb\n", "come to new york city\n", "scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage\n", "remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film\n", "is a heartfelt story\n", "a fragment\n", "sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end .\n", "has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ...\n", "pipeline\n", "again dazzle and delight us\n", "keep up with him\n", "macy\n", "the worst in otherwise talented actors\n", "those most addicted to film violence\n", ", a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinseltown assembly line .\n", "-- and only --\n", "to a time\n", ", ugly exercise\n", "'s a dark , gritty story\n", "so alluring\n", "dulled\n", "has a good line in charm\n", "had more fun with ben stiller 's zoolander , which i thought was rather clever\n", "between bacon and theron\n", "her agreeably startling use of close-ups\n", "all these distortions\n", "of narrative logic or cohesion\n", "a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind\n", ", and often contradictory\n", "this remake makes it look like a masterpiece\n", "be shallow\n", "than provocative\n", "wise and powerful tale\n", "starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill\n", "-lrb- and beautifully edited -rrb-\n", "morning\n", "parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times\n", "formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours\n", "another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects\n", "passing twinkle\n", "as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "you doze off thirty minutes into the film\n", "1975 eroti-comedy\n", "howard 's\n", "than they are in this tepid genre offering\n", "leaning\n", "sloppy\n", "true to the original text\n", "a historic scandal\n", "indulgent , indie trick\n", "been only half-an-hour long or a tv special\n", "the self-esteem of employment and\n", "falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .\n", "think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .\n", "oddly compelling\n", "i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again\n", "wonderfully creepy mood\n", "underlying seriousness\n", "scan of evans ' career .\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he ideas of revolution # 9\n", "forms\n", "been worse\n", "is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film\n", "every opportunity to do something clever\n", "makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose .\n", "should now be considering\n", "'ve spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch\n", "worthwhile effort\n", "the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications\n", "hilarious and\n", "redundancy and unsuccessful\n", "`` analyze that '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .\n", "janklowicz-mann\n", "'s no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances ,\n", "dramatically satisfying heroine\n", "morton deserves an oscar nomination .\n", "before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar\n", "leave you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "a boost\n", "debate\n", "kenneth branagh 's energetic sweet-and-sour performance\n", "the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised\n", "a downer and a little\n", "from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", "is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery ,\n", "the astute direction of cardoso\n", "that for the most part , the film is deadly dull\n", ", in an irresistible junior-high way ,\n", "it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile\n", "i liked this film a lot ...\n", "b.s.\n", "nihilistic\n", "is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers\n", "proves mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts .\n", "at least a few good ideas and\n", "'s made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "rekindle\n", "lumpish\n", "arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .\n", "broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract\n", "goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so\n", "qutting may be a flawed film , but\n", "on squaddie banter\n", "cranked\n", "mostly boring affair\n", "on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life\n", "american action-adventure buffs ,\n", "is so slight\n", "strangely --\n", "the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .\n", "bestowing the subject\n", "has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety .\n", "suspense ,\n", "touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable\n", "would n't turn down a big bowl of that\n", "notorious\n", "pokemon 4ever\n", "has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .\n", "a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions .\n", "the film 's mid-to-low budget\n", "begrudge\n", "to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom\n", "a ravishing waif\n", "what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "i ca n't say this enough :\n", "a thoroughly awful movie\n", "staged like `` rosemary 's baby , '' but\n", "with the subject\n", "the most consistently funny\n", ", uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness\n", "is such a perfect medium for children ,\n", "superb\n", "teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "directorial giants\n", "the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they 've told a nice little story in the process\n", "to underscore the action\n", "'s no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "next pretty good thing\n", "relationship and\n", "is a desperate miscalculation\n", "seriously dumb\n", "be punishable by chainsaw\n", "for hushed lines\n", "past my crappola radar\n", "as pedestrian as they come .\n", "award-winning\n", "no wise men will be following after it\n", "the script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis , but the lazy plotting ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off\n", "it 's also simple-minded and contrived\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating\n", "to the serbs themselves but also\n", "diverse and astonishingly articulate\n", "check out the girls\n", "too indulgent\n", "'s a setup so easy it borders on facile\n", "juliette binoche\n", "from pleasing\n", "the pacing is deadly ,\n", "patriotic\n", "throughout all the tumult\n", "`` dead wife communicating\n", "a raison d'etre\n", "has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and\n", "the quirks\n", "little film\n", "even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "limited sets\n", "how to hold the screen\n", "such an endeavour\n", "disappointing and\n", "is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy\n", "special-effects-laden\n", "ambitious and moving but\n", "this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the way --\n", "lifeless rumblings\n", "i had more fun with ben stiller 's zoolander , which i thought was rather clever .\n", "welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell\n", "more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing\n", "by the sea 's interpersonal drama\n", "sporadic bursts\n", "of hollywood vs. woo\n", "the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head .\n", "in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden\n", "the biggest problem with satin rouge\n", "a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism\n", "that crawls along at a snail 's pace\n", "you feel good , you feel sad ,\n", "in by the dark luster\n", "whiney\n", "along every day\n", "soulful gravity\n", "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\n", "uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .\n", "acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism\n", "inspection\n", "this a high water mark for this genre\n", "save the movie\n", "creepy-crawly bug things\n", "put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d\n", "a lousy script\n", "warren\n", "and drag audience enthusiasm\n", "the frank humanity\n", "accuse\n", "incompetent ,\n", "did n't try to\n", "reparations\n", "not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but\n", "routine day\n", "strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "for a fun -- but bad -- movie\n", "great crimes\n", "he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and\n", "alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but ayurveda does the field no favors\n", "knock\n", "a delicious , quirky movie\n", "a laughable\n", "`` extremities ''\n", "... a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .\n", "flounders under the weight of too many story lines\n", "whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie\n", "in reduced circumstances\n", "theater company\n", "though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .\n", "see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia\n", "an indelible epic american story\n", "conflicted daniel\n", "real filmmaker\n", "of motown\n", "hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .\n", ", human moments\n", "in scratching\n", "summertime\n", "is entirely\n", ", more specifically ,\n", "offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor\n", "singles\n", "gives the story some soul\n", "particularly funny\n", "a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ;\n", "to those of us\n", "leguizamo and jones are both excellent and\n", "gently political\n", "makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .\n", "a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music\n", "nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable\n", "the excellent performances\n", "american horror film\n", "the previous two\n", "one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party\n", "wildly popular vin diesel\n", "night terrors\n", "even the funniest idea is n't funny .\n", "welcome and heartwarming addition\n", "simulate sustenance\n", "dreams ,\n", "its reliance\n", "in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic\n", "who do\n", "manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .\n", "picture we 've been watching for decades\n", "the movie is gorgeously made , but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious .\n", "is horrible\n", "becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary\n", "in cinematic art\n", "any question\n", "an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "black-and-white archival footage\n", "absurd collection\n", "wondrously\n", "crystal\n", "all its fusty squareness\n", "given a working over\n", "in between all the emotional 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impression the creators of do n't ask do n't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes .\n", "we have n't seen 10,000 times\n", "that works on any number of levels\n", "is weak .\n", "in the viewer 's face\n", "comedically labored\n", "will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and\n", ", for instance , good things happen to bad people\n", "kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera .\n", "pleasingly\n", "enough material\n", "as predictable\n", "tool\n", "his intellectual rigor or\n", "a wacky concept does not a movie make\n", "is minimally satisfying\n", "this movie was\n", "to a common goal\n", "'s quinn -lrb- is -rrb- a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent\n", "is like a 1940s warner bros.\n", "pacino 's\n", "all the demographically appropriate comic buttons\n", "wanted and quite honestly\n", "third-person\n", "the most highly-praised disappointments i\n", "'s a technically superb film , 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himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money .\n", "lighten the heavy subject matter\n", "aggressiveness\n", "its usual worst\n", "dictates\n", "the shining\n", "typically\n", "strange and beautiful film .\n", "largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbers .\n", "is that it stinks\n", "an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original\n", "a choppy ending\n", "even murphy 's expert comic timing\n", "like puppets\n", "who are alternately touching and funny\n", "being forceful , sad without being shrill\n", "to a spectacular completion one\n", "its passages of sensitive observation\n", "the shocking conclusion\n", "makes it attractive throughout\n", "for the palm screen\n", "see\n", "war-weary marine\n", ", ` how can you charge money for this ? 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'\n", "it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "life , hand gestures , and some\n", "a show\n", "is very difficult to care about the character\n", "nymphette juliette lewis\n", "shearer\n", "more like something\n", "summer 's far too fleeting to squander on offal like this .\n", "itself all too seriously\n", "valley-girl\n", "turn out okay\n", "depressingly retrograde\n", "to excuse him\n", "several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes\n", "is a fragmented film ,\n", "loquacious videologue\n", "who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another\n", "bedknobs and broomsticks\n", "been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion\n", "about reign of fire\n", "many spots\n", "the pool\n", "dazzling dream\n", "the entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another .\n", "about the best straight-up\n", "is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .\n", "one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year\n", "it is 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boundaries and celebrates universal human nature\n", "courage and\n", "appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy\n", "both a purpose and a strong pulse\n", "a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score\n", "that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos\n", ", cautionary tale\n", "even bother to rent this on video\n", "as the main character suggests , ` what if\n", "rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .\n", "me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard\n", "engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution\n", "oprah 's\n", "racist japanese jokes\n", "uncomfortably real\n", "the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama\n", "scherfig\n", "really long , slow and dreary\n", "conduct\n", "not a whit more .\n", "of breitbart and hanussen\n", "an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but\n", "conflicted emotions that carries it far above\n", "tarzan\n", "utter mush ... conceited pap .\n", "triple x is a double agent , and\n", "remains the same\n", "tsai 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 .\n", "gut\n", "you barely realize your mind is being blown .\n", "proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "meets his future wife\n", "slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by\n", "french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama\n", "what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting\n", "beginnings\n", "for the fact\n", "the complicated love triangle\n", "innocent , childlike\n", "breaking new ground\n", ", quiet cadences\n", "like a lazy summer afternoon\n", "tempted to change his landmark poem to\n", "way too\n", "feel good\n", "improbabilities\n", "its final form\n", "hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop\n", "not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works\n", "punctuated with graphic violence .\n", "turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop\n", "acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .\n", "of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape\n", ", many artists exist in one\n", "teen comedies\n", "a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic\n", "is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally\n", "of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences\n", "to seek and strike just the right tone\n", "exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera\n", "war scenes\n", "no matter\n", "the door\n", "invite some genuine spontaneity into the film\n", "deliciously mean-spirited and wryly observant .\n", ", wistful new film\n", "volletta\n", "moral schizophrenia\n", "a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half\n", "dipped\n", "crowded\n", "make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .\n", "in ways\n", "he provides a strong itch to explore more .\n", "are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations\n", "carries us\n", "all the classic dramas\n", "routine and rather silly\n", "scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics\n", "in a muddle\n", "give full performances\n", "emotionally and narratively complex\n", "who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor\n", "umpteenth\n", "dogs\n", "mood and no movie\n", "'m not generally a fan of vegetables\n", "katherine\n", "the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", "the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy\n", "tsai 's usual style and themes\n", "angst-ridden territory\n", "to the folks who prepare\n", "growing strain\n", "fun of these people\n", "delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .\n", "works as pretty contagious fun\n", "an amused indictment\n", "month\n", "unfamiliar\n", "improbably forbearing\n", "an endeavour\n", "spent more time in its world\n", "sucks you in and\n", "originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller\n", "otherwise delightful\n", "is far from zhang 's forte\n", "liza 's\n", "afterlife and a lot more time\n", "a fairly trite narrative\n", "reminded of who did what to whom and why\n", "enveloping affection\n", "a pack of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "a good indication\n", "max rothman 's\n", "unevenly\n", "relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end\n", "the brains\n", "snuck\n", "standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .\n", "can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction .\n", "the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull\n", "was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be\n", "but certainly hard to hate .\n", "i did n't care .\n", "trying to eat brussels sprouts\n", "sources\n", "lane 's\n", "play well\n", "being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing\n", "the stand-up comic\n", "us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable\n", "as smart\n", "is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams\n", "has secrets\n", "reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others .\n", "him eight stories tall\n", "unlaughable\n", "gives her best performance\n", "-lrb- screenwriter -rrb- charlie kaufman 's world\n", "touching , small-scale story\n", "'s happening\n", "vaguely disturbing way\n", "difficult but\n", "pain , loneliness and insecurity\n", "that is fully formed and remarkably assured\n", "opera-ish story\n", "have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup\n", "at his most critically insightful\n", "nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending .\n", "the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface\n", "more x and\n", "to create characters out of the obvious cliches\n", "be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser\n", "even shallow\n", "altogether creepy\n", "a perfectly competent and often imaginative film that lacks what little lilo & stitch had in\n", "derivative horror film\n", "wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours\n", "` epic '\n", "windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story\n", "all too familiar ...\n", "the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "beautiful images and solemn words\n", "too unflinching\n", "out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience\n", "a stultifying\n", "masterful\n", "should be poignant\n", "you 're in the most trouble\n", "served jews who escaped the holocaust\n", "'ve been watching all this strutting and posturing\n", "wesley\n", "by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers\n", "truly is life affirming\n", "charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election\n", "little more human\n", "abuse\n", "a heavy stench\n", "of self-awareness\n", "is more worshipful than your random e !\n", "at least pete 's\n", "beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting\n", "high-minded\n", "tartakovsky 's team\n", "do n't really\n", "no cinematic sin\n", "finds a few chuckles\n", "its target audience\n", "this piece of crap\n", "as rewarding\n", "overlong and\n", "the narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys .\n", "time to think about them anyway\n", "too may feel time has decided to stand still .\n", "the four feathers ''\n", "you 've seen the end of the movie\n", "is prime escapist fare .\n", "roger michell\n", "often less\n", "decorates its back\n", "bunch\n", "an elegant visual sense and a talent\n", "serial killers\n", "puts\n", "pillages\n", "a host\n", "person to get through the country bears\n", "jolts\n", "beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly\n", "the film is static\n", "budding\n", "long after you have left the theatre\n", "guilty pleasure\n", "is funny , insightfully human and\n", "ironically has 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 .\n", "cruel but weirdly likable\n", "in one forum or another\n", "slob\n", "resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .\n", "genuinely pretty\n", "this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .\n", "best espionage picture\n", "taylor 's cartoonish performance and\n", "musty memories of half-dimensional characters\n", "a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably\n", "some dignity\n", "self-righteousness\n", "it 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .\n", "dramas\n", "give voice to the other side\n", "a groundbreaking endeavor\n", "holes and\n", "a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower\n", "there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity\n", "'s a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed\n", ", black hawk down and we were soldiers\n", "star wars installment\n", "notable\n", "offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation\n", "is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "the film is well-crafted\n", "-lrb- eyre 's -rrb-\n", "demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces\n", "leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .\n", "eat enough during the film\n", "-lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb-\n", "if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .\n", "perry 's good and his is an interesting character\n", "are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence\n", "foster and\n", "upsetting and\n", "it 's not a particularly good film , but neither is it a monsterous one\n", "classic genre\n", "its message and\n", "hide new secretions\n", "flows as naturally\n", "almost supernatural powers\n", "'s no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater\n", "cuts all the way\n", "this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and\n", "undressed\n", "if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making\n", "its raw blues soundtrack\n", "ascends , literally ,\n", "the dark areas of parent-child relationships\n", "you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor\n", "watching intelligent people making a movie\n", "you 'll have a good time with this one too\n", "his main asset\n", "-- more accurately , it 's moving\n", ", you 'd want to smash its face in\n", "that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations\n", "at convention\n", "terms of authenticity\n", "trial movie , escape movie\n", "the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy\n", "meeting\n", "predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell .\n", "so self-possessed\n", "schwarzenegger film\n", "shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom\n", "one of the best inside-show-biz\n", "christian spook-a-rama\n", "unabashed\n", "the first tunisian film i have ever seen\n", "the shock and curiosity factors\n", "de sade\n", "clung-to\n", "of these two 20th-century footnotes\n", "a classic genre\n", "tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony\n", "flavor and\n", "mr. besson is a brand name\n", "a solid , psychological action film\n", "shot out\n", "-rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "every child 's story\n", "doze off thirty minutes\n", "prefer to think of it as `` pootie tang with a budget .\n", "to produce this\n", "does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2\n", "spontaneity\n", "kidman has become one of our best actors\n", "of the filmmakers ' calculations\n", "formed\n", "is about\n", "degraded things get\n", "each other\n", "about `` fear dot com\n", "mckay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .\n", "chaykin and\n", "franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic .\n", "chopsocky glory\n", "bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "be anything more\n", "ethical issues that intersect with them\n", "that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama\n", "tired , talky feel\n", "luminous interviews\n", "ideally\n", "for a\n", "must-see\n", "her confidence\n", "'n' roll .\n", "the punk kids ' revolution\n", "likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .\n", "of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold\n", "eccentric\n", "window\n", "white-on-black\n", "has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital\n", "hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .\n", "when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic\n", "is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights .\n", "a worthwhile documentary ,\n", ", low-budget and tired\n", ", juicy role\n", "pacing and\n", "on subtle ironies and visual devices\n", "the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and\n", "harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again ,\n", "pre-wwii\n", "inhabit that special annex of hell\n", "exhaustingly\n", "scenes of cinematic perfection\n", "of all things insipid\n", "knows how to make our imagination wonder .\n", "schticky\n", "passer\n", "most deceptively amusing comedies of the year\n", "the intelligence of everyone\n", "very\n", "apart from anything else , this is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen .\n", "stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80\n", "one-trick\n", "exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent\n", "-lrb- teen comedy -rrb-\n", "the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .\n", "the multiplex\n", "crafty and intelligent\n", "have to see it\n", "director d.j. caruso 's\n", "is at hand\n", "the movie worked for me right up to the final scene , and then it caved in .\n", "to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "to do this\n", "gorgeous pair\n", "pretty\n", "usual impossible stunts\n", "richer and more observant\n", "has problems\n", "larger moralistic consequences\n", "casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and\n", "its genesis\n", "of escapist entertainment\n", "gasps\n", "is a blast of adrenalin\n", ", the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time .\n", "a hoary love triangle\n", "a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc .\n", "is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure .\n", "of telling a fascinating character 's story\n", "to define a generation\n", "families and church meetings\n", "it struck a chord in me\n", "very attractive about this movie\n", "circumstantial situation\n", "out-of-field\n", "a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior\n", "wince in embarrassment and others\n", "with these people\n", "of chaplin\n", "near future\n", "from the likes of miramax chief\n", "problems ,\n", "the cinematic stylings\n", "'re looking for a story\n", "visual marvel\n", "visualizing\n", "by her man\n", "exactly the kind\n", "the rules of attraction\n", "no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg\n", "incoherent , instantly disposable\n", "a few big laughs\n", "is a superior horror flick .\n", "mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation\n", ", of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention\n", "twice\n", "greene 's story ends\n", "an entertaining british hybrid\n", "a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades\n", "comedic constructs\n", "cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth\n", "latest skewering\n", "as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious\n", "the visuals ,\n", "an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century\n", "the imax format\n", "money and\n", "garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ...\n", "to sustain laughs\n", "important director\n", "woozy\n", "addams family\n", "a more chemistry between its stars\n", "cocky , after-hours loopiness\n", "a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "corruption\n", "dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery\n", "tinny self-righteousness\n", "a timid ,\n", "scripting solutions\n", "how can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ?\n", "cogent defense\n", "me would require another viewing\n", "he talks\n", "rats\n", "a great job\n", "rises -rrb-\n", "the right approach and the right opening premise\n", "emotional arc\n", "plays worse now\n", "more frustrating\n", ", politically motivated\n", "both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "support the scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres\n", "fairly involving as far as it goes\n", "becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion\n", "a number\n", "mr. cantet as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace\n", "that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste\n", "is pretty landbound\n", "the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug\n", "vile\n", "as a kingdom more mild than wild\n", "no rest period , no timeout\n", "'s kind\n", "is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise\n", "been looking for\n", "is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage\n", "a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills\n", "the action\n", "when various characters express their quirky inner selves\n", "seems worse for the effort .\n", "look like a good guy\n", "auteur tsai ming-liang\n", "is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout\n", "mournfully brittle delivery\n", "final product\n", "schnitzler\n", "low , very low\n", "are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time\n", "pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them\n", "paul 's\n", "inhuman cinematic punishment\n", "when the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails\n", "of raymond j. barry as the ` assassin '\n", "bar dancers\n", "been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations\n", "for you -\n", "lungs\n", "into a high school setting\n", "diggs and lathan\n", "new start\n", "barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .\n", "own placid way\n", "through the paces\n", "... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics .\n", "rambling and incoherent manifesto\n", "governance and\n", "david letterman\n", "disconcertingly\n", "a rather simplistic one : grief drives her ,\n", "it 'll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .\n", "`` frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home\n", "been a thinking man 's monster movie\n", "is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .\n", "` hip ' ,\n", "emphasis\n", "internal\n", "an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage\n", "sky\n", "long and unfocused\n", "favour of an approach\n", "cheery\n", "tedious in its comedy\n", "sporadic dips\n", "the most genuinely sweet films\n", "loathe him\n", "hal hartley to function\n", "the ` true story ' by which all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "its best moments\n", "about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing\n", "unflappable\n", "at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god\n", "see what the director does next\n", "does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting\n", "intelligent , well-made b movie\n", "when the fantastic kathy bates turns up\n", "a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth\n", "in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "lasting images all its own\n", "every child 's story is what matters .\n", "complete mess\n", "plenty to offend everyone\n", "a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction\n", "return ticket\n", "technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive\n", "veins\n", "pretend\n", "injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn\n", "i would rather live in denial about\n", "deeply and rightly\n", "a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm .\n", "it is not worth\n", "the same olives since 1962\n", "controlling his crew\n", "lip-non-synching\n", "you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox\n", "as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick\n", "the main story\n", "'s hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "acid\n", "some remarkable achival film about how shanghai -lrb- of all places -rrb-\n", "an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film\n", "recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak\n", "about everyone\n", "too boring and obvious\n", "rehashes\n", "is not it\n", "ok for a movie\n", "no explanation or\n", "depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived .\n", "22-year-old\n", "that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders\n", "makes esther kahn so demanding\n", "makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .\n", "compassion , sacrifice ,\n", "dues for good books unread\n", "of a documentary to disregard available bias\n", "since simone is not real\n", "a corn dog and\n", "regard\n", "despair and\n", "of being released a few decades too late\n", "painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama\n", "high-adrenaline\n", "imagery or music\n", "the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "of iconoclastic abandon\n", "she may not be real , but the laughs are .\n", "been an eerie thriller\n", "make them\n", "drag it\n", "to save the movie\n", "capped\n", "the benefit of being able to give full performances\n", "with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .\n", "de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp\n", "restored -rrb-\n", "nair 's\n", "few good ideas\n", "one that was hard for me to warm up to\n", "narratively cohesive one\n", "by a quintet of actresses\n", "is a lumbering load of hokum but\n", "balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other\n", "take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture\n", "non-bondish performance\n", "weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and\n", "too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and\n", "dare i say , entertaining\n", "too goodly , wise and knowing or\n", "is extraordinary .\n", "such a graphic treatment of the crimes\n", "the great minds\n", "keeps it fast -- zippy , comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale .\n", "a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people\n", "you see robin williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm .\n", "simply put , `` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .\n", "punch and\n", "directed by h.g. wells ' great-grandson\n", "all men for war ,\n", "lugosi\n", "for a sign\n", "is missing\n", "curtain\n", "of elephant feces\n", "was i\n", "left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence\n", "is n't just\n", "in his audience\n", "it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .\n", "an undeniable social realism\n", "an unusual protagonist\n", "stubborn and charismatic\n", "the other good actors\n", "surprisingly charming and\n", "with the audience\n", "why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?\n", "the filmmakers are playing to the big boys in new york and l.a. to that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .\n", "in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style\n", "the old mib label\n", "the x\n", "foreign in american teen comedies\n", "a handful of smart jokes\n", "card\n", "most restless\n", "a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness\n", "i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "regain his life , his dignity and his music\n", "described as i know what you did last winter .\n", "relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message\n", "there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight , so\n", "can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "overheated melodrama\n", "its courageousness ,\n", "'ll have a good time with this one too\n", "shatters\n", "its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability\n", "a doa\n", "of this reactionary thriller\n", "to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside\n", "they 'd need a shower\n", "whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title\n", "shaped\n", "nothing like love\n", "quickie teen-pop exploitation\n", "a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life\n", "all the complications\n", "p.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\n", "southern gentility\n", "that leaks suspension of disbelief\n", "showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters\n", "the movie is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot .\n", "the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made -lrb- eyre 's -rrb- first film something of a sleeper success\n", "the grayish quality\n", "we 're all in this together\n", "theorist\n", "again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .\n", "suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "washington 's\n", "two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "go straight\n", "as jane\n", "little morality tale\n", "a colorful , joyous celebration\n", "but one\n", "rote work and\n", "tighter\n", "silly-looking morlocks\n", "there are side stories aplenty --\n", "from the vagina\n", "leaves you wanting more\n", "most trouble\n", "like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal\n", "for a litmus test of the generation gap\n", "a former film editor\n", "the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "remembered by\n", "far-fetched\n", "so deadly dull\n", "more ambivalent\n", "stinging social observations\n", "is one baaaaaaaaad movie .\n", "working properly\n", "wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .\n", "has always needed to grow into a movie career\n", "to dress up in drag\n", "sides\n", "-lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent , but spacey 's .\n", "'s remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .\n", "hit as hard\n", "'s a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .\n", "no easy rewards\n", "that make 105 minutes seem twice as long\n", "the conflicted daniel\n", "at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century\n", "out there !\n", ", e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone .\n", "with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom\n", "gives the neighborhood\n", "she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew\n", "cinema verite speculation\n", "putrid it is not worth\n", "by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious\n", "non-firsthand experience\n", "the theatre roger\n", "the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative .\n", "never inspires more than an interested detachment .\n", "a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks\n", "enhances the personal touch of manual animation .\n", "is careless and unfocused\n", "like being trapped inside a huge video game\n", "a very familiar tale\n", "'s lousy\n", "such a mechanical endeavor -lrb-\n", "amusing nor\n", "thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer .\n", "will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` the ring . '\n", "scope\n", "seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation\n", "eye-popping\n", "free to offend\n", "kid-empowerment\n", "`` twilight zone '' episode\n", "almost no organic intrigue\n", "a deft pace master and\n", "why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film\n", "is without intent\n", "is at work\n", "a gobbler\n", "we get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but\n", "disgust , a thrill , or\n", "jump-in-your-seat moment\n", "the bland animation and\n", "norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced\n", "a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability\n", "about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin -\n", "piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying\n", "make like the title and\n", "dover kosashvili 's\n", "black man\n", "technology to take the viewer inside the wave\n", "noir villain\n", "historically\n", "is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .\n", "makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy\n", "delights and\n", "soul-stripping\n", "the script 's potential for sick humor\n", "some of the computer animation\n", "jeong-hyang lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .\n", "any contemporary movie\n", "stuporously\n", "something provocative , rich , and strange\n", "a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect .\n", "drug abuse , infidelity and\n", "the funniest jokes\n", "it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "motionless\n", "as those monologues stretch on and on\n", "that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks\n", "admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions\n", "not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see .\n", "only occasionally satirical\n", "as lonely and needy\n", ", though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .\n", "no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but\n", "bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?\n", "certain era\n", "turpin 's\n", "follows its standard formula in this animated adventure\n", "is obviously a labour of love\n", "with so much passion\n", "terribly episodic and\n", "when dramatic things happen to people\n", "a theater near you\n", "picture that does not move .\n", "to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song\n", "vin diesel is the man .\n", "document both sides of this emotional car-wreck\n", "that little room\n", "performance art\n", "silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around\n", "no energy\n", "consummate\n", "are laughs aplenty\n", "nyc\n", "a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama 's family .\n", "marivaux 's rhythms\n", "the glaring triteness\n", "from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "where story is almost an afterthought\n", "brent hanley\n", "his simpson voice-overs\n", "forgive that still serious problem\n", "facet\n", "little\n", "under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "essayist\n", "all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .\n", "bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy ,\n", "as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock\n", ", grant and bullock 's characters are made for each other .\n", "its emotional power and\n", "into the heritage business\n", "run , then at least\n", "cutting-room floor\n", "christian-themed fun\n", "for a modern-day urban china\n", "perilously\n", "even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold .\n", "ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr .\n", "case while\n", "acted by diane lane and richard gere .\n", "laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can\n", "emerge\n", "well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but\n", "sort of\n", "gives human nature\n", "people can connect and express their love for each other\n", "is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe\n", "it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .\n", "michael moore 's latest documentary about america 's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...\n", "strengths and weaknesses\n", "klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election\n", "ropes\n", "is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment\n", "a terrifically entertaining specimen\n", "seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed\n", "therapy\n", "about 25 minutes\n", "minor classic\n", "adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel -rrb-\n", "jane campion might have done\n", "his obsessive behavior\n", "a lot richer than the ones\n", "somber blues and pinks\n", "delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama\n", "please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and\n", "one moment in the film that surprises or delights\n", "the young woman 's\n", "worst -- and only -- killer website movie\n", "creates a new threat for the mib , but\n", "and pulp melodrama\n", ", this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .\n", "of high hilarity\n", "that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list\n", "rip-roaring\n", "the battery on your watch has died\n", "fulford-wierzbicki ...\n", "you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied\n", "in the mind of the killer\n", "changing taste and attitude\n", "illustrating\n", "slow to those of us\n", "to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts\n", "between another classic for the company\n", "explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut\n", "you 're on the edge of your seat\n", "stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "certainly raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before .\n", "they do n't fit well together\n", "if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout\n", "the point is , you 'll laugh\n", ", shrewd , powerful act\n", "serious subject matter and dark , funny humor\n", "grand a failure\n", "he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits\n", "pen\n", "in your throat\n", "in particular\n", "predecessor\n", "'s like having an old friend for dinner '\n", "captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes\n", "though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times\n", "the expected flair or imagination\n", "uncut\n", "a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary .\n", "call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made\n", "ferrera\n", "a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women\n", "of jealousy\n", "has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism .\n", "been nice\n", "triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the silliness has a pedigree\n", "a struggle of man vs. man as brother-man vs. the man\n", "to be better and more successful than it is\n", "construction project\n", "work us over ,\n", "byler 's\n", "everything he can to look like a good guy\n", "the movie 's vision of a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish .\n", "huckster lapel\n", "it criticizes\n", "a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre\n", "the average white band 's\n", "- funny level\n", "it is a commentary about our knowledge of films\n", "better after foster\n", "the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty .\n", "this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd\n", "have baffled the folks in the marketing department\n", "i 'm all for that\n", "lives up\n", "stinker\n", "can thank me for this\n", "scooby\n", "viewing alternative\n", "create and\n", ", ponderous and charmless\n", "just entertaining enough not to hate\n", "to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching\n", "i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop ,\n", "reminiscence\n", "ben\n", "funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad ,\n", "your senses\n", "aim to be the next animal house\n", "moralism\n", "the trick when watching godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .\n", "such thing\n", "gets drawn into the party\n", "very compelling , sensitive\n", "but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .\n", "a grim , upsetting glimpse\n", "the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though ,\n", "julie taymor 's preposterous titus\n", "a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "solid '\n", "most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense\n", "culture and race\n", "timeless and unique\n", "of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years\n", "barney 's ideas about creation and identity do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material .\n", "on old problems\n", "takes care\n", "alternate version\n", "muster a lot of emotional resonance\n", "allen 's romantic comedies\n", "and much better\n", "getting to the truly good stuff\n", "of a love affair\n", "it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy .\n", "slump\n", "fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them ,\n", "serious and\n", "songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .\n", "than it does n't\n", "gondry 's direction is adequate\n", "any sort\n", "have returned from the beyond to warn you\n", "lobby\n", "comprehensible\n", "the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing\n", "upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .\n", "the film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence .\n", "is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and\n", "dustin hoffman\n", "scratching\n", "makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama\n", "in building the drama of lilia 's journey\n", ", which is a pity ,\n", "as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life\n", "transit city\n", "with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups\n", "a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments\n", "some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe\n", "toes\n", "unabashedly romantic picture\n", "eight legged freaks\n", "some contrived banter , cliches and\n", "has it beat by a country mile .\n", "of altar boys\n", "` blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .\n", "for 20 centuries\n", "sentimentality\n", "unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny\n", "answers all questions\n", "off the rare trick of recreating\n", "is , you 'll laugh\n", "peopled\n", "electra rebellion\n", "with the quirks of family life\n", "full of funny situations and honest observations\n", "the action and special effects are first-rate\n", "own detriment\n", "do n't need messing with\n", "garden music video\n", "says it all .\n", "who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents\n", "does not make for much of a movie\n", "endearing , masterful\n", "you 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness ,\n", "an air\n", ", a lot of people wasted a lot of their time -lrb- including mine -rrb- on something very inconsequential .\n", "spews forth unchecked\n", "made for teens and reviewed as such\n", "neat trick\n", "punitively\n", "the dialogue and drama\n", "care about the bottom line\n", "hug\n", "the roots of the skateboarding boom\n", "arctic light\n", "'s the russian word for wow !? '\n", "1962\n", "viewed and treasured\n", "permeates the script\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap , tap ,\n", "its recycled aspects\n", "is n't as sharp as the original ...\n", "apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film .\n", "than to receive\n", "no opportunity to trivialize the material\n", "spits out\n", "been there , done that ,\n", "have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .\n", "freshman fluke\n", "really good\n", "for milder is n't better\n", "nominated for an oscar next year\n", "extant\n", "of a lot\n", "in frida 's life\n", "own brand\n", "might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead .\n", "a rating\n", "eventual discovery\n", "love and\n", "good match\n", "jokes and insults\n", "that live only in the darkness\n", "the efforts of a first-rate cast\n", "hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling .\n", "none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny .\n", "angelique\n", "aggrandizing madness , not the man\n", "the story ultimately takes hold and grips hard .\n", "be the cat 's meow\n", "a globetrotters-generals game\n", "exotic locales\n", "incoherence and redundancy\n", "of the energy\n", "does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense\n", "... it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did i miss something ? ''\n", "one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing .\n", "are too immature and unappealing to care about .\n", "of his being\n", "seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times\n", "stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation .\n", "justify its two-hour running time\n", "up its sleeve\n", "an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster\n", "a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy\n", "the great american comedy\n", "that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "skit-com material fervently\n", "that it can be made on the cheap\n", "when none of them are ever any good\n", "a stable-full\n", "smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up\n", "measure\n", ", provocative and prescient\n", "as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie\n", "with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing\n", "charismatic jackie chan\n", "it never is , not fully .\n", "live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse\n", "quirky\n", "obscenely bad\n", "truly ours in a world of meaningless activity\n", "like moonlight mile , better judgment be damned .\n", "the story really has no place to go since simone is not real --\n", "will have an intermittently good time\n", "exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision\n", "wong\n", "an m-16\n", "star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up\n", "scale\n", "the many film\n", "are very , very good reasons\n", "this overproduced piece\n", "that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout\n", "been remarkable about clung-to traditions\n", "he\n", "cinema , and indeed sex ,\n", "repulsive and depressing\n", "its comfy little cell\n", "truly know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise ,\n", "all but decommissioned\n", "anti-establishment\n", "quite often hotter\n", "consistently sensitive and often exciting\n", "if you 're a fan of the series\n", "hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "pure fantasy character\n", "amble\n", "a straight guy has to dress up in drag\n", "written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .\n", "non-stop cry\n", "a harrowing account\n", "all the filmmakers need to do\n", "j.k. rowling 's\n", "not ultimate blame\n", "strong performances\n", "these days are about nothing\n", "made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters\n", "fell\n", "that rare creature\n", "its own aloof , unreachable way\n", "is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one\n", "comic energy\n", "ranges from bad\n", "a travesty of a transvestite comedy\n", "pleasing\n", "material this rich it does n't need it\n", "that the e-graveyard\n", "were .\n", "it is disposable .\n", "in bad stage dialogue\n", "scratch '\n", "arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact\n", "is by far the worst movie of the year\n", "this and that\n", "remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career\n", "as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story\n", "the film 's thoroughly recycled plot and\n", "a native american\n", "is a commanding screen presence\n", "is genial but never inspired , and little\n", "appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept\n", "all questions\n", "goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it\n", "with effects that are more silly than scary\n", "midway point\n", "every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians\n", "stark , straightforward and deadly\n", ", ` naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .\n", "what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and\n", "screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum\n", "-lrb- herzog 's -rrb- personal policy\n", "racial\n", "run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and\n", "of the skateboarding boom\n", "ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving\n", "the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot\n", "with a bouncy score\n", "commercials\n", "telegraphed so far in advance\n", "the film you\n", "of material\n", "film revels\n", "nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album\n", "young actor\n", "` blade runner ' would\n", "what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .\n", "yahoo-ing death shows\n", "amari 's\n", "boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces\n", "gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", "from the movie gods\n", ", this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .\n", "harrowing and\n", "made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters .\n", "begrudge anyone\n", "all seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk .\n", "is so bad\n", "to a love story\n", "serves up all of that stuff\n", "weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism\n", "for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered\n", "from beyond the grave '' framework\n", "ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies ,\n", "almost sure-fire prescription\n", "as i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material\n", "defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome\n", "doyle\n", "national boundaries\n", "works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .\n", "if you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .\n", "trying figure\n", "a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin ego of the stand-up comic\n", "q. archibald\n", "that will make you laugh\n", "usual tear\n", "surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival\n", "offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film .\n", "highly-praised disappointments i\n", "a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour\n", "effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .\n", "lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "especially when rendered in as flat\n", "asian\n", "modem\n", "high-minded appeal\n", "is creepy\n", "is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does\n", "good b movies\n", "watched\n", "subtlety and\n", "all the characters\n", "the glory days of weekend\n", "silly horror movies\n", "you 'll probably love it .\n", "atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "if -lrb- jaglom 's -rrb-\n", "'s a bizarre curiosity memorable mainly\n", "what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "limpid and conventional historical fiction\n", "side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull\n", "own very humble opinion\n", "to a fall\n", "same fights\n", "schlocky\n", "a lot of fun , with an undeniable energy\n", "are so generic\n", "the plot weaves us into a complex web .\n", "the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times\n", "are mean giggles and pulchritude .\n", "there 's nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .\n", "takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never\n", "-lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece\n", "action twaddle\n", "french malapropisms\n", "any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap .\n", "a film 's\n", "there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "developing much attachment to the characters\n", "to smoochy\n", "the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode\n", "simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .\n", "it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate .\n", "every blighter\n", "fills me with revulsion .\n", "aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane .\n", "as john carpenter 's original\n", "new film\n", "weaned\n", "our\n", "randall\n", "are those who just want the ball and chain\n", "feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime '\n", "adept\n", "could force you to scratch a hole in your head\n", "admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies\n", "aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives\n", "iranian voting process\n", "universal\n", "that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly\n", "mountains\n", "builds gradually\n", "while -lrb- roman coppola -rrb- scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story .\n", "'s often overwritten\n", "refresh\n", "can trust\n", "amari 's film\n", "is free\n", "done , so primitive in technique\n", "honesty , insight and humor\n", "make a clear point\n", "more disciplined\n", "real women have curves\n", "wilde\n", "it 's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance .\n", "13 conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but\n", "poor editing , bad bluescreen\n", "this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .\n", "underwear\n", "a whole lot of nada\n", "right into the center of that world\n", "titans\n", "the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "possible pupils\n", "is gorgeously made\n", "there 's a plethora of characters in this picture ,\n", "cultural and economic\n", "country\n", "the nerds revisited\n", "knows , and very likely\n", "an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms\n", "nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah .\n", "the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal\n", "all pretty\n", "that 's been sitting open too long\n", "manages , with terrific flair\n", "walk out of the good girl\n", "'s still adam sandler\n", "because it 's lousy\n", "who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world\n", "any degree\n", "that was hard for me to warm up to\n", "fills me\n", "they were coming back from stock character camp\n", "do a homage to himself\n", "addams\n", "are the whole show here\n", "savvy\n", "is to substitute plot for personality\n", "barbers\n", "in this day and age , is of course the point\n", ", implausible\n", "verging on mumbo-jumbo\n", "which they is n't\n", "tutorial service\n", "of the most incoherent\n", "it should have stayed there .\n", "breaking\n", "as ugly as the shabby digital photography\n", "the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few\n", "not a film\n", "unendurable viewing experience\n", "not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream\n", "reside primarily in the music itself\n", "gregory hinton\n", "gleefully\n", "is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .\n", "around the corner\n", "vengeance\n", "boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp\n", "her petite frame and\n", "hopelessly\n", "be had\n", "the sensuality\n", "'s too bad\n", "the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend\n", "a deft sense\n", "a brain twister , less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy .\n", "flops\n", "easy to watch\n", "chris\n", "so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! ''\n", "a slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits , age-wise .\n", "must have a story and a script\n", "the universal themes\n", "all this contrived nonsense a bit\n", "looking for a return ticket\n", "the master of disguise is awful .\n", "si ,\n", "do n't let the subtitles fool you\n", ", i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .\n", "are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces\n", "skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day\n", "of one man 's quest to be president\n", "sinks into by-the-numbers territory .\n", "dumas\n", "whip-smart sense\n", "offers no easy , comfortable resolution\n", "dared to mess\n", "a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman\n", "the art film pantheon\n", "may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work\n", "stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences\n", "this supposedly funny movie\n", "to their famous parents\n", "gloriously\n", "who values the original comic books\n", "pleasant\n", "this was lazy but enjoyable\n", "an excellent cast\n", "older men\n", "is supposed to be the star of the story\n", "so poorly plotted and scripted .\n", "is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work\n", "a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy\n", "best friend\n", "dickensian hero\n", "a state of quiet desperation\n", "whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms\n", "intimate , unguarded moments\n", "you talking 'til the end of the year\n", "folks they do n't understand\n", "bluto\n", "the ranks\n", "of brusqueness\n", "not too filling\n", "radical changes\n", "super-sized infomercial\n", "beyond its formula\n", "sandler fare\n", "more details\n", "crowd pleaser\n", "violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining\n", "a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .\n", "vincent tick ,\n", "decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set\n", "apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "some special qualities\n", "big-budget\\/all-star\n", "independent-community\n", "cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional\n", "loose-jointed structure\n", "that does the nearly impossible\n", "idiotic and ugly .\n", "more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ...\n", "just about the best straight-up ,\n", "the main event --\n", "are to be embraced\n", "vivid with color , music and life\n", "this morph\n", "buy the philip glass soundtrack cd\n", "works out his issues with his dad and\n", "robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills\n", "grainy and rough\n", "the result is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone .\n", "it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end\n", "that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints\n", "wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance\n", "flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up .\n", "impossible to care about\n", "do best\n", "pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious ,\n", "are incredibly captivating and insanely funny\n", "enough alone\n", "hilarious to wonder-what\n", "too crude to serve the work especially well\n", "make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life\n", "silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another .\n", "the biggest problem with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything .\n", "portions\n", "most opaque , self-indulgent\n", "previous film 's\n", "in a character 's hands\n", "into a laugh-free lecture\n", "difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish\n", "even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia , it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .\n", "paranoid claustrophobia\n", "though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal , the film shatters you in waves .\n", "if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .\n", "there 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage --\n", "brisk , amusing\n", "the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .\n", "completely ridiculous\n", "the marxian dream of honest working folk\n", "in the right place\n", "takes hold and grips\n", "mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life\n", "d.\n", "to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career\n", "as compelling or as believable\n", "it 's up to -lrb- watts -rrb- to lend credibility to this strange scenario ,\n", "a stand up and\n", "misguided ,\n", "find a ` literary ' filmmaking style\n", "definitely gives you something to chew on\n", "earns extra points by acting as if it were n't\n", "the way chekhov\n", "to a love story risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .\n", "historical tale\n", "affect\n", "woo 's a p.o.w.\n", "is yet\n", "an erotic thriller that\n", "to pinnacle\n", "it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "an infectious enthusiasm\n", "in the execution\n", "too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be\n", "wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "this girl\n", "a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three\n", "is amazing ,\n", "watching an alfred hitchcock movie\n", "madness -- and strength\n", "aftertaste\n", "the ` korean new wave '\n", "white-trash situation imaginable\n", "directions\n", "to it all\n", "'s a lot to recommend read my lips .\n", "a delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life\n", "`` xxx ''\n", "put you to sleep\n", "collinwood\n", "political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "it looks like an action movie ,\n", "this amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers ...\n", "'s just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it\n", "the robust middle of this picture\n", "a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them ,\n", "moronic\n", "amusing concept\n", "of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart\n", "the beauty of the piece\n", "breaking codes\n", "that it 's inauthentic at its core and\n", "plenty of movies\n", "reprehensible\n", "a new favorite musical\n", "blah\n", "has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "the original comic books\n", "someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia\n", "often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen\n", "david 's point of view\n", "son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''\n", "trenchant ,\n", "be released in imax format\n", "of unsentimental , straightforward text\n", "'s not a great monster movie\n", "ivory\n", "hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "put through torture\n", "less worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life and more time\n", "stiletto-stomps the life out\n", "'re merely\n", "distinct and\n", "a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others\n", "tense ,\n", "by 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\n", "transition\n", "a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze\n", "if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish\n", "ya-ya 's\n", "wanted\n", "to keep you engaged\n", "in some terrific setpieces\n", "a little better than sorcerer 's stone .\n", "and unfunny tricks\n", "point-to-point driving directions\n", "without developing much attachment to the characters\n", "place for a great film noir\n", "reno -rrb-\n", "they make their choices\n", "a good spaghetti western\n", "is likely to find compelling\n", ", the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .\n", "is really\n", "hypnotically dull\n", "dragged on\n", "inactive\n", "to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss\n", "tuning\n", "to protect your community from the dullest science fiction\n", "after a half hour\n", "increasingly important film industry\n", "glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .\n", "toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .\n", "a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "the last time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail\n", "the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme\n", "of adolescent violence\n", ", narc is strictly by the book .\n", "by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor\n", "re-imagining\n", "more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer\n", "punchy\n", "that -lrb- nelson 's -rrb- achievement\n", "any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media\n", "it 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and\n", "will upset or frighten young viewers\n", "in every way imaginable\n", "its back\n", "gentle and engrossing character\n", "though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus\n", "prefabricated story elements\n", "director john schultz\n", "the extent\n", "rohmer\n", "young man\n", "relying on the viewer to do most of the work\n", "are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .\n", "a selection of scenes in search of a movie\n", "the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead ,\n", "as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism\n", "at play\n", "any of them\n", "is never less than engaging\n", "with ring\n", "fussing over too weak a recipe\n", "'re convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic .\n", "for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it .\n", "is ok for a movie\n", "leaves us\n", "`` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance\n", "that ten bucks\n", "of visual flair\n", "`` the sting\n", "is pretty much\n", "occasional smiles\n", "show real heart\n", "makes no sense\n", "'s crafty , energetic and smart\n", ", the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .\n", "downer\n", "is in the right place\n", "'s a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .\n", "h.g. wells ' great-grandson\n", "one-of-a-kind\n", "inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening .\n", "'s rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .\n", "will you go ape over this movie ?\n", "boyz n the hood , this movie\n", "literary desecrations\n", "as with all ambitious films , it has some problems\n", "romantic-comedy\n", "is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction\n", "its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity\n", "and almost\n", "the pierce brosnan james bond\n", "wild film\n", "a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss\n", "the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place -\n", "our basest desires\n", "starting with spielberg and\n", "conception\n", "lolita ''\n", "seem to get a coherent rhythm going\n", "it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong\n", "farrelly\n", "all-french\n", "a more immediate mystery\n", "of the name bruce willis\n", "which is nothing to sneeze at these days\n", "big stars and\n", "handsome and sincere but slightly\n", "immersed\n", "of funny stuff in this movie\n", "subordinate\n", "any creature-feature fan\n", "little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes\n", "stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "disquieting authority\n", "the unexplored story opportunities\n", "my stepdad 's not mean\n", "to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures\n", "team formula redux\n", "saves\n", "play off\n", "captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could\n", "princesses\n", "chateau\n", "occasionally interesting\n", "that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department\n", "really quite funny\n", "all credibility flies out the window .\n", "call the ` wow ' factor\n", "the action is reasonably well-done ...\n", "promise\n", "furiously\n", "into unhidden british\n", "need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80\n", "there 's no question that epps scores once or twice\n", "hard-eyed\n", "that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them\n", "both innocent and jaded\n", "years\n", "by the time it 's done with us ,\n", "the experience of seeing the scorpion king\n", "has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .\n", "not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but\n", "moldy-oldie\n", "imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial\n", "to make the formula feel fresh\n", "a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .\n", "slain\n", "polanski looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably .\n", "grew\n", "purposeless\n", "its considerable power\n", "nymphette\n", "terrorists are more evil than ever\n", "disgusting source material\n", "frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten\n", "swirling rapids\n", "languidly\n", "any working class community in the nation\n", "his showboating wise-cracker stock persona\n", "a dreary , humorless soap opera\n", "that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .\n", "cast , but beautifully shot\n", "good time\n", "the tone for a summer of good stuff\n", "a thriller without a lot of thrills .\n", "is fantastic .\n", "this new time machine is hardly perfect ... yet it proves surprisingly serviceable .\n", "changed the male academic from a lower-class brit\n", "the meaning and value of family\n", "like real people\n", "one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ?\n", "brilliant piece\n", "the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear\n", "oh , and more entertaining , too .\n", "all fears\n", "eye-boggling blend\n", "does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own\n", "to a small star with big heart\n", "its main strategic objective\n", "sent back to the tailor for some major alterations\n", "a poem\n", ", city by the sea would slip under the waves .\n", "you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory ... but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools .\n", "'s brilliant ` videodrome\n", "hate it because it 's lousy\n", "and director tuck tucker\n", "is repulsive and depressing\n", "is in need of a scented bath .\n", "ramsay and morton\n", "'s a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer\n", "those terms\n", "one 's way\n", "us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "critically\n", "of themes\n", ", dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot\n", "single digits kidlets\n", "it 's fun , but it 's a real howler\n", "what begins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant .\n", "few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .\n", "the philip glass soundtrack cd\n", "an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "like a masterpiece\n", "testimony\n", "feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never 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and well-realized\n", "is as adult as you can get\n", "'s an often-cute film but\n", "the picture in some evocative shades\n", "'s that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other .\n", "describing badness\n", "a tart , smart breath of fresh air\n", "sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should\n", "much about the film is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .\n", "a playful spirit\n", "though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by james spader and maggie gyllenhaal , i felt disrespected .\n", "'s something not entirely convincing about the quiet american\n", "whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation\n", "that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world\n", "accuse him\n", "it purports to be\n", "of the psychological and philosophical material in italics\n", "never seems aware of his own coolness\n", "'s about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest\n", "wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse .\n", "` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "of v.s. naipaul 's novel\n", "these women 's inner lives\n", "england 's roger mitchell ,\n", "with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it\n", "connect-the-dots storyline\n", "strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve\n", "the formula that made the full monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work\n", "are oscar-size\n", "best herzog\n", "believe that resident evil is not it\n", "topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs .\n", "a point of view nor\n", "remains sporadically funny throughout\n", "for much of its running time\n", "do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition .\n", "will undoubtedly\n", "recognizable and true\n", "a compelling\n", "the emptiness one\n", "masked a social injustice , at least as represented\n", "yosuke and saeko\n", "draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss\n", "underlies the best of comedies\n", "crudity\n", "charred , somewhere northwest\n", "its limit to sustain a laugh\n", "accessibility\n", "moviemaker 's\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he film is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation .\n", "for virtue\n", "scant place\n", "the ultimate imax trip\n", "post-camp comprehension\n", "do ,\n", "predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch\n", "wavers\n", "some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action\n", "captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it\n", ", then look no further , because here it is .\n", "fairy-tale conclusion\n", "to be an astronaut\n", "struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "as the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role\n", "evoke a japan bustling\n", "bigger , fatter heart\n", "'s absolutely\n", "convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers\n", "whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .\n", "the bulk of the movie\n", "pause and\n", "capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter\n", "is a real subject\n", "in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to\n", "got seven days left to live\n", "to turn his movie in an unexpected direction\n", "costumes in castles\n", "the concept is a hoot .\n", "is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet\n", "half dozen\n", "the 21st\n", "passed a long time ago\n", "deep into the girls ' confusion and pain\n", "by politics of the '70s\n", "a coming-of-age story and\n", "know where changing lanes is going to take you\n", "with ideas\n", "its archives\n", "detached .\n", "is going to make his debut as a film director\n", "the player ,\n", "even in passing\n", "satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but\n", "blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star , but\n", "most magical and most fun family fare\n", "new filmmaker\n", "for the same reason\n", "the proof\n", "-lrb- siegel -rrb- and co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard\n", "dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous\n", "a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "most breezy movie\n", "to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread\n", "some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl\n", "gives us\n", "mandel\n", "collaborative process\n", "best ensemble casts\n", "that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up\n", "it 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's .\n", "tap\n", "is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew\n", "he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .\n", "humanly possible\n", "what it actually means to face your fears\n", "a brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel .\n", "kids franchise\n", "is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance .\n", "-rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent\n", "seen this summer\n", "'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply ,\n", "finds his inspiration\n", "permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .\n", "a specifically urban sense\n", "are really\n", "been 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''\n", ", is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .\n", "of the back-story\n", "a sickening thud\n", ", follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies\n", "see the joy the characters take in this creed\n", "heedless\n", "in white 's intermittently wise script\n", "its tragic waste of life\n", "mad\n", "talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark\n", "unresolved moral conflict jockey\n", "a lame comedy .\n", "the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness\n", "the record industry\n", "not scary , not smart and not engaging\n", "take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters\n", "blackout\n", "did no one on the set\n", "who was also the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb- of history\n", "in three words : thumbs friggin ' down\n", "elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .\n", "because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton 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"tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm ,\n", "recommending\n", "after-school\n", "` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .\n", "he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .\n", "if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit\n", "i '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 .\n", "an ambitious and moving but bleak film\n", "wanes\n", "hollywood ,\n", "an interesting topic , some intriguing characters\n", "another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt\n", "the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession\n", "three gags in white 's intermittently wise script\n", "has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should\n", ", he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so 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around .\n", "the hardwood\n", "a tired , unnecessary retread\n", "hundred\n", "the first half of sorority boys\n", "forcefully\n", "what is basically an anti-harry potter\n", "takes you there\n", "clicks .\n", "hindsight\n", "have a barrie good time\n", "ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,\n", "hitler 's destiny\n", "wickedly funny and\n", "one anecdote for comparison :\n", "martial artistry\n", "is :\n", "from orleans ' story\n", "strictness\n", "the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "begin 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\n", "sewing together\n", "this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .\n", "somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .\n", "have some fairly pretty pictures\n", "to slip into hokum\n", "the past year ,\n", "in his own film\n", "a 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juliet\\/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going .\n", "should keep parents\n", "be truly revelatory about his psyche\n", "-lrb- fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall -rrb- show us the world they love and make us love it , too .\n", "bleakness\n", "a chance\n", "of fear\n", "if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't\n", "your day\n", "haunting debut\n", "is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny\n", "depend on empathy .\n", "indian spike lee\n", "sincerely crafted picture\n", "caviezel\n", "the idiocy of its last frames\n", "ill-wrought hypothesis\n", "build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion\n", "as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years\n", "to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "whose face\n", "seems\n", "that it counts heart as important as humor\n", "a classic fairy tale\n", "hunky has-been\n", "laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling\n", "the grandeur of the best next generation episodes\n", "'s a good film\n", "built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids\n", "early '80s\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap ,\n", "easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking\n", "objectivity and refusal\n", "it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .\n", "cartoon\n", "the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime '\n", "flattening its momentum with about an hour\n", "video store\n", "to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal\n", "all the grandiosity\n", "make a great team\n", "master class .\n", "the people who can still give him work\n", "finding their way to joy\n", "movies with giant plot holes\n", "the multi-layers of its characters\n", "'s hard to understand\n", "painfully padded .\n", "better , but it coulda\n", "it 's much\n", "as darkly funny , energetic ,\n", "into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering\n", "as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "genial\n", "luther\n", "about ten feet onto his head\n", "exploitive without being insightful\n", "and red van\n", "with a little bit of romance and a dose\n", "terrific\n", "scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario\n", "it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny\n", "jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .\n", "a hollywood movie\n", "to be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again\n", "that is 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offering .\n", "idiosyncratic\n", "when it is missing\n", "you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "the frightening seductiveness\n", "is surprisingly brilliant ,\n", "come from an american director in years\n", "sweet without the decay\n", "operative\n", "this broken character study\n", "sorcerer 's stone\n", "star trek was kind of terrific once\n", "made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion\n", "air conditioning\n", "a sick society\n", "the visuals\n", "with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart\n", ", green and brown\n", "a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late .\n", "a selection of scenes in search\n", "is a fascinating little tale .\n", "too-hot-for-tv\n", "carlito 's\n", "undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts\n", "allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime\n", "seeing himself in the other , neither liking 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mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending\n", "the characters seem one-dimensional , and\n", "damon\n", ", all-too-human look\n", "of the guru who helped\n", "address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers\n", "cloying messages and\n", "excursion\n", "the original text\n", "he 's not trying to laugh at how bad\n", "is deja vu\n", "necessarily for kids\n", "an orc\n", "the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other\n", "based upon\n", "like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .\n", "an encouraging debut feature\n", "or edit ,\n", "you 'll cry for your money back .\n", "compelling storyline\n", "surgeon mends\n", "turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and\n", "big ending surprise\n", "parochial\n", "it , offering fine acting moments and pungent\n", "finger\n", "the hell\n", "a driver 's\n", "rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .\n", "williams ' usual tear and\n", "'s a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions\n", "these british soldiers\n", "of control -- that is to say\n", "unmemorable filler .\n", "sub\n", "armenia\n", "relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel\n", "cool distance\n", "all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital\n", "walk into the nightmare of war\n", "i found what time\n", ", this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .\n", "the plot department\n", "subgenre\n", "very funny , but not always\n", "hideously\n", "woodland\n", "scented\n", "existentialism reminding\n", "is something in full frontal\n", "turpin\n", "from adhering to the messiness of true stories\n", "whitaker 's misfit artist\n", "lodging\n", "to resemble the shapeless\n", "declared\n", "fidgeted\n", "their famous parents\n", ", graceless , hackneyed\n", "most memorable about circuit\n", "retrospectively , his most 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common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .\n", "have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations\n", "film noir\n", "it 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing .\n", "until you 've seen him eight stories tall\n", "more out\n", "risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "distraction\n", "by appealing leads\n", "about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do\n", "to be because it plays everything too safe\n", "the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing .\n", "the movie\n", "end up getting\n", "turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf .\n", "for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile\n", "un inspector\n", "enhancing\n", "she might not make for a while\n", "that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful\n", "attal and\n", "merely bad rather than painfully awful\n", "is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made\n", "highly pleasurable\n", "huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine .\n", "but be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still .\n", "the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye\n", "generic family comedy\n", "with life\n", "do 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effects\n", "unimaginable horror\n", "it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times\n", "former\n", "on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee\n", "despite auteuil 's performance , it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .\n", "intoxicating atmosphere and little else\n", "is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .\n", "should win the band a few new converts , too\n", "'d expect from a guy\n", "truly distinctive\n", "like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial\n", "physics\n", "a passion\n", "be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions\n", "together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap\n", "orleans\n", "be so light-hearted\n", "capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man\n", "is just hectic and homiletic :\n", "cox offers 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which is often preachy and poorly acted .\n", "pathological\n", "the worst -- and only -- killer website movie\n", "of rollerball\n", "every note rings false .\n", "casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and\n", "stills\n", "i 'm convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking .\n", "by talking fish\n", "has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle\n", "be a gangster flick or an art film\n", "a streetwise mclaughlin group\n", "feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "totally\n", "effective if cheap moments\n", "80\n", "as a secular religion\n", "especially williams\n", "is already\n", "deserves to be seen everywhere\n", "overall mood and focus\n", "storytelling skills\n", "alias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly 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``\n", "involving the various silbersteins\n", "too few\n", "a sweet , tender sermon\n", "javier bardem is -rrb- one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .\n", "become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience\n", "real horror\n", "is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .\n", "to remain interested , or at least conscious\n", "delivered in low-key style\n", "fragmentary tale\n", "well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too\n", "muck\n", "the coldest environment\n", "'s not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original\n", "too heady for children , and\n", "all of eight legged freaks\n", "told ,\n", "redundant\n", "the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia\n", "inexplicable events\n", "merely very bad\n", "something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", "the ring never lets you off the hook .\n", "the proceedings at every turn\n", "one-night\n", "'s an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends .\n", "party-hearty teen\n", "shock treatment\n", "the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between\n", "confident\n", "implodes\n", "the screenplay only comes into its own in the second half .\n", "usual suspects\n", "skillful and\n", "ill-considered , unholy hokum .\n", "its well-meaning clunkiness\n", "lectures or\n", "sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb- , but still a very good time at the cinema\n", "drumming routines\n", ", he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "there 's no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him .\n", "that everyone should be themselves --\n", "peter ackerman\n", "gander\n", "treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .\n", "affluent\n", "swept away\n", "whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .\n", "ensues are much blood-splattering\n", "dragon\n", "the film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments .\n", "soldiers\n", "in the present hollywood program\n", "it 's like an old warner bros. costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him .\n", "by the book\n", "to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '\n", "trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls\n", "it breathes more on the big screen and induces 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answer to that one .\n", "the movie 's gloomy atmosphere\n", "worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances\n", "highly watchable stuff .\n", "it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and\n", "one is\n", ", it will be well worth your time .\n", "dismissed or\n", "a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing\n", "is the number of lasting images all its own .\n", "to scream\n", "real humor\n", "is actually quite vapid .\n", "fight film\n", "sprung from such a great one\n", ", predictable rehash\n", "new rob schneider vehicle\n", "only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome\n", "the first time\n", "of its fans\n", "between two cultures\n", "this strangely schizo cartoon\n", "'s a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment\n", "it 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .\n", "is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny\n", "a nightmare about 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''\n", "a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers\n", "you want to see it\n", "in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times\n", "something so short could be so flabby\n", "love and family , governance and hierarchy\n", "creature\n", "extremely talented musicians\n", "like it does\n", "sure to win viewers ' hearts\n", "how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''\n", "its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls\n", "can see why people thought i was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies '' .\n", "this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family\n", "'' fantasy\n", "sucking you in ... and\n", "with a latino hip hop beat\n", "is a treat .\n", "of capitalism\n", "what an idea\n", ", this argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .\n", "attempts , in vain\n", "specific gifts\n", "collapses into an inhalant blackout\n", "to which anyone can relate\n", "eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons\n", "the latest news footage\n", "in viewing deleted scenes\n", "' song\n", "proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing\n", "some elemental level\n", "in the face of tempting alternatives\n", "of ` let 's get this thing over with\n", "animated special effects\n", "a fair bit of vampire fun\n", "all his disparate 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's forced avuncular chortles\n", "the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders ,\n", "the film 's overall mood and focus\n", "made for teens and\n", "spins its wheels\n", "'s not nearly enough\n", "slice of hitchcockian suspense\n", "the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief .\n", "a pianist ,\n", "was making no sense at all\n", "has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have\n", "pretty easy to guess\n", "so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .\n", "for mick jagger 's sex life\n", "an actress she\n", "zings\n", "pogue\n", "captured on film .\n", "formuliac\n", "wastes its time on mood\n", "lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary\n", "ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered\n", "the concept\n", "for extreme unease\n", "recreational drug\n", "every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat\n", "but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches\n", "about irrational , unexplainable life\n", "fanciful ,\n", "real characters and\n", "a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ...\n", "i dunno\n", "symptom\n", "is n't painfully bad\n", "twisty\n", ", the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery\n", "in a conventional way\n", "ivory productions\n", "romething\n", ", more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .\n", "their dogmatism\n", "one helluva singer\n", "self-aware , often self-mocking ,\n", "post-production stages\n", ", supposed family-friendly comedy\n", "therapy '\n", "the couples\n", "the best ensemble casts of the year\n", "its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .\n", "the barn-side target of sons\n", "guest appearance\n", "restage the whole thing\n", "sag\n", "bad love\n", "the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport\n", "disney 's cheesy commercialism\n", "strings\n", "diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon\n", "the story ,\n", "of genuine excitement\n", "audiard 's\n", ", cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .\n", "hastily dubbed\n", "sanctimony\n", "a matter of time\n", "indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions .\n", "to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "gorgeous , passionate , and at 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needed to keep it from floating away .\n", "leaves something\n", "you say to yourself\n", "show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people\n", "such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .\n", "hook ups\n", "-lrb- seems -rrb-\n", "more 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\n", "are tops ,\n", "their mamet\n", "its courage , ideas , technical proficiency\n", "the nonconformist in us all\n", "in biography but\n", "sommers 's\n", "to be having a collective heart attack\n", "everyone except the characters in it\n", "addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st\n", "likable\n", "stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "there 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting 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monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it .\n", "down the path of the mundane\n", "will be two hours gained .\n", "in their work -- and in each other --\n", "of its political edge\n", "go\n", "for the tube\n", "captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience\n", "gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters ,\n", "plug\n", "a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy ,\n", "add up to a whole lot\n", "of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause\n", "sieve\n", "on life-changing chance encounters\n", "symbolic graphic design\n", "it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "to invest real humor\n", "either moderately amusing or\n", "brats\n", "best-known\n", "all you can do\n", "an insultingly unbelievable final act\n", "grows on you -- like a rash\n", "on a loved one\n", "its poignant and uplifting 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shakespeare parallels quite far enough\n", "duvall is strong as always .\n", "wiseman is patient and\n", "this kind of hands-on storytelling\n", "it 's an unhappy situation all around .\n", "his career for director barry sonnenfeld\n", "toss-up\n", "sweet , even delectable\n", "extremists\n", "fiji diver rusi vulakoro\n", "the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "the cumulative effect\n", "tens of thousands\n", "the pianist -lrb- is -rrb-\n", "if you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices\n", "felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .\n", "lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .\n", "it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "their tormentor deserved\n", "understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking .\n", "is a verbal duel 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"manages to delight without much of a story .\n", "coloured\n", "paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention\n", "presume\n", "is worth your time ,\n", "pathetic , endearing hero\n", "heady yet far from impenetrable theory\n", "kathie lee gifford\n", "whence\n", "shakespeare 's\n", "tear your eyes away\n", "the pilot episode\n", "a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd\n", "conviction\n", "is n't even halfway through\n", "that old adage\n", "7\n", "funniest motion\n", "of love and destiny\n", "be baffled\n", "you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory ...\n", "most audacious , outrageous ,\n", "k. dick stories\n", ", if minor ,\n", "this story still seems timely and important .\n", "lucid work\n", "the specter of death , especially suicide\n", "anthropology\n", ", lawrence 's 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with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together\n", "it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .\n", "lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama ,\n", "be -lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness\n", "pace master\n", "of all that he 's witnessed\n", "can such a cold movie\n", "flicks\n", ", it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .\n", "its terrific performances\n", "fascinating , bombshell documentary\n", "spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie\n", "little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games .\n", "is our story as much as it is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "american action-adventure buffs , 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brown ,\n", "the pinochet case\n", "idea work\n", "so fine\n", "gratuitous\n", "artful\n", "gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and\n", "there 's a lot of good material here , but\n", "when flattened onscreen\n", "the characters are intriguing and realistic\n", "started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .\n", "the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "savory and\n", "terrorist\n", "offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .\n", "the `` miami vice '' checklist\n", "action flick formula\n", "gentle and humane\n", "give it thumbs down\n", "middle-aged participants\n", "underplays the long-suffering heroine\n", "office pie\n", "canny crowd pleaser\n", "to find each other\n", "one of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't 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'\n", "his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas\n", "old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics\n", "most magical\n", "is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations\n", "two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs\n", "into sub-tarantino cuteness\n", ", rather than one you enter into .\n", "at war\n", "dependable concept\n", "best and most exciting movies\n", "is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn\n", "down his spine\n", "weighs\n", "trope\n", "while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary .\n", "the intelligence level\n", "broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself ,\n", "ace ventura\n", "capitalism\n", "hanks and\n", ", really good\n", "in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot\n", "schwarzenegger 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with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .\n", "plus\n", "padded .\n", "ca n't rescue adrian lyne 's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing .\n", "shirley temple script\n", "bullet ballet\n", "oddly sweet comedy\n", ", it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .\n", "back at least 50\n", "celebrity cameos\n", "guys\n", "'70s exploitation picture\n", "high-end john hughes comedy\n", "i have to admit that i am baffled by jason x.\n", "did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery\n", "has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon\n", "what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once\n", "the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms. ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt 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"playing a kind of ghandi gone bad\n", "to her inventive director\n", "summer award\n", "masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad\n", "drags it\n", "the oh-so convenient plot twists\n", "movie gods\n", "that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's\n", "built for controversy\n", "-lrb- lee -rrb-\n", "of war-torn croatia\n", "as was more likely\n", "10 or 15 minutes\n", "razzie\n", "one man 's occupational angst\n", "its summer x games\n", "you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .\n", "as ' a perfect family film\n", "bible parables\n", "bother thinking it all through\n", "brazen enough\n", "assurance\n", "no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing\n", "are in it\n", "typical\n", "of those\n", "michael\n", "lingers\n", "giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies\n", ", moody male hustler\n", "outstanding feature debut\n", "too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one .\n", "can be accused of being a bit undisciplined\n", "invigorating\n", "the most surprising thing about this film\n", "generation\n", "payne is after something darker\n", "an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .\n", "you can swallow its absurdities and crudities\n", "not-so-funny gags ,\n", "horror genre\n", "no respect\n", "this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .\n", "freedom\n", "of intelligent humor\n", "a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera\n", "second , what 's with all the shooting\n", "comedy to start a reaction\n", "has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts\n", "free-wheeling noir spirit\n", "a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman\n", "mystery science theatre 3000 tribute\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon\n", "deft and subtle\n", "you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .\n", "wildcard\n", "put it\n", "a vivid imagination and an impressive style\n", "it 's up to you to decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life .\n", "a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans\n", "reduce everything\n", "dogme 95 filmmaking\n", "a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", "at 5 alternative housing options\n", "the point of real interest - --\n", "stops short of true inspiration\n", "drug scene\n", "-lrb- p -rrb- artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime\n", "it 's going to be a trip\n", "is just as much\n", "under 20 years of age\n", "so 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of the story\n", "wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor\n", "if george romero had directed this movie , it would 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\n", "just is n't as weird as it ought to be .\n", "miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .\n", "funny scenes\n", "nature film and a tribute\n", "all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters\n", "unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .\n", "that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory\n", "is a big letdown .\n", "slapstick thoroughfare\n", "i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .\n", "a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill\n", "personality tics\n", "applies more detail\n", "weissman\n", "that south korean filmmakers\n", "an acquired taste\n", "misogynist evil\n", "determine how to proceed as the world implodes\n", "about as inspiring\n", "lame screenplay\n", "dealing with right\n", "the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect\n", "apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .\n", "pop-up\n", "is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film\n", "w british comedy , circa 1960\n", "has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point\n", "a strong-minded viewpoint\n", "children\n", "sloppy , made-for-movie\n", "this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air .\n", "this movie so much as produced it --\n", "shocking testament\n", "because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low - budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s\n", "conceivable mistake\n", "of interest\n", "as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films\n", "delightful\n", "first name\n", "in part\n", "is a failure\n", "chaotic than entertaining\n", "the latest gimmick\n", "enough to keep many moviegoers\n", "'s about issues most adults have to face in marriage\n", "emotional car-wreck\n", "that place , that time and that sport\n", "though stymied by accents thick as mud .\n", "be distasteful to children and adults alike\n", "the scariest guy\n", "it might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home\n", "to be a new yorker\n", "trenchant\n", "green ruins every single scene he 's in , and\n", "which character\n", "of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout\n", "his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party\n", "a cinematic postcard\n", "pornography or documentary\n", "is a commentary about our knowledge of films\n", "a stock plot\n", "of spanish social workers\n", "of hollywood melodrama\n", "any degree of accessibility\n", "an important film\n", "visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet\n", "enough charm and\n", "forbidden zone\n", "animated\n", "looks closely ,\n", "the movie 's seams may show ... but pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling\n", "glover , the irrepressible eccentric of river 's edge , dead man and back to the future\n", "it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation\n", "zest\n", "you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles\n", "boredom to the point of collapse\n", "coming back\n", "are very expressive\n", "his difficult , endless work 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morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous\n", "non-disney\n", "there 's nothing resembling a spine here\n", "that the plot makes no sense\n", "then biting into it\n", "none of these words\n", "era hit-man\n", "glover , the irrepressible eccentric of river 's edge , dead man and back to the future ,\n", "in his feature film debut\n", "the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops\n", "'s too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling\n", "of america 's indigenous people\n", "major changes\n", "seagal\n", "he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today\n", "unified\n", "relevant in the first place\n", "can tell it 's not all new\n", "usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "it 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter ,\n", "of the modern male\n", "easily 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'\n", "for sci-fi fans\n", "seen that movie\n", "is not as well-conceived as either of those films\n", "avengers\n", "rich\n", "you think it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes\n", "is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music\n", "for the general public\n", "barely fizzle\n", "of kids ' television and plot threads\n", "buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or\n", "keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots .\n", "are shockingly intimate\n", "wilde 's wit\n", "makes the heart soar\n", "know whodunit\n", "stiller 's\n", "better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- satisfying niblet .\n", "the cultural elite\n", "an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode .\n", "provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood\n", "listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again\n", "to find the small , human moments\n", "highest\n", "good-natured fun\n", "are they like humans , only hairier\n", "are there tolstoy groupies out there ?\n", "mean that in the nicest possible way\n", "may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit\n", "sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it\n", "congrats disney on a job well done , i enjoyed it just as much !\n", "presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director\n", "highest production values\n", "solemnity\n", "top-notch action powers this romantic drama .\n", "moulds\n", "tuck everlasting is 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are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .\n", "a surgeon mends a broken heart ;\n", "in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy\n", "of grief and how truth-telling\n", "faults\n", "doing nothing\n", "if you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .\n", "fleetingly interesting actors '\n", "the tears come during that final , beautiful scene\n", "in america and israel\n", "alternately touching and funny\n", "yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson\n", "got me grinning .\n", "sophisticated film\n", ", dare i say ,\n", "reverence and a little wit\n", "but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ...\n", "the hands of woody allen\n", "to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen\n", "examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers .\n", "blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .\n", "is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .\n", "rich and intelligent\n", "works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .\n", "dopey dialogue\n", "the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .\n", "eastern imagination\n", "may have meant the internet short saving ryan 's privates\n", "it 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep\n", "there 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .\n", "really quite funny .\n", "gets royally screwed\n", "make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger\n", ", crisp storytelling\n", "do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle .\n", "hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would 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"with a solid cast\n", "steers ,\n", "something terrible is going to happen\n", "of its plaintiveness\n", "ultra-violent gangster wannabe\n", "too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching\n", "small-screen\n", "an anomaly for a hollywood movie\n", "had enough of plucky british eccentrics\n", "the three leads produce adequate performances ,\n", "unflappable air\n", "the perfect festival film\n", "a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate\n", "amazingly dopey .\n", "utter loss personified in the film 's simple title\n", "they 're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid .\n", "action\\/comedy buddy movie\n", "one key problem\n", "low-tech magic realism\n", "cinematic perfection\n", "recklessness\n", "chomps\n", "shades\n", "the main problem being that it 's only a peek .\n", "he just slopped ` em together here\n", "may or may not have shot kennedy\n", "the title ,\n", "anemic ,\n", "it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .\n", "seem heroic deserves a look\n", "he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret\n", "not a hollywood product\n", "had more faith\n", "mikes\n", "it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .\n", "the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but\n", "with a hack script\n", "manages to get a few punches in\n", "the bad guys\n", "an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .\n", "profound and thoughtfully delivered\n", "the town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial .\n", "volume and primary colors for humor and bite\n", "that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .\n", "works superbly\n", "superior moral tone\n", "is never lethargic\n", "'s not even a tv\n", "sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "dominated\n", "nijinsky 's writings to perform\n", "of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile\n", "astonishingly pivotal role\n", "imagination and authentic christmas spirit\n", "'s hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie\n", "been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama\n", "larger-than-life\n", "petrovich\n", "aurelie\n", "-lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "infinitely more wrenching\n", "the cast\n", "the action is stilted and\n", "uninspiring\n", "surest\n", "what ultimately 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.\n", "the lord\n", "about hos\n", "oppressively\n", ", i 'm going home is so slight ,\n", "shriek\n", "visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .\n", "for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker\n", "into the mainstream\n", "good film\n", "a spotty script\n", "is nothing less than a provocative piece of work\n", "failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs\n", "ritual\n", "appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans\n", "the pants\n", "worm its way into your heart\n", "stars and direction\n", "is worth the price of admission .\n", "entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal\n", "recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms\n", "of dull , brain-deadening hangover\n", "robotically\n", "by-the-book\n", "its titular community\n", "the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "ultimately makes windtalkers\n", "pick up the pieces\n", "is the gabbiest giant-screen movie\n", "a difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present\n", "ford\n", ", with enough negatives\n", "little something\n", "new revisionist theories\n", "try to surprise us with plot twists\n", "have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly\n", "the cast members\n", "in the process comes out looking like something wholly original\n", "davis the performer is plenty fetching enough\n", "an edgy thriller\n", "'s too harsh\n", "the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey\n", "to women looking for a howlingly trashy time\n", "comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field\n", "for its flawed , crazy people\n", "acerbic laughs\n", "fake fun\n", "actory concoctions\n", "that this franchise is drawing to a close\n", "where art thou\n", "for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges\n", "make it sting\n", "sadistic tendencies\n", "performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances .\n", "wannabe-hip\n", "did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy\n", "chabrolian\n", "1950\n", "sometimes this ` blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist ... still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game\n", "can find humor\n", "a river\n", "'s a clarity of purpose and even-handedness\n", "jack ryan 's `` do-over\n", "honesty and respect\n", "break-ups\n", "so cool\n", "the computer industry\n", "got just\n", "are much blood-splattering\n", "motion pictures\n", "that 's at the center of the story\n", "up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film .\n", "the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .\n", "the summer award\n", "the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes\n", "the key\n", "on the inner-city streets\n", "a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries\n", "troubling and powerful .\n", "starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar .\n", "one mediocre movie\n", "a hollywood-ized austen at that\n", "it a party worth attending\n", "mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut\n", "high-tech tux\n", "is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .\n", "a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ... life\n", "of spider-man\n", "as seen through the eyes outsiders\n", "to tell who is chasing who or why\n", "trying to find her way\n", "troubling thing\n", "self-important stories\n", "a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late\n", "there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory --\n", "to the grayish quality of its lighting\n", "coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching\n", "one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen\n", "pronounce his next line\n", "alarming production\n", "hollow , self-indulgent\n", "are few\n", "hey ,\n", "toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ;\n", "between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .\n", "every day any better\n", "the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain\n", "there 's an excellent 90-minute film here\n", "culture and\n", "decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces\n", ", in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is\n", "another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war\n", "creative mayhem\n", "of `` panic room\n", "unpretentious , charming , quirky , original\n", "the acres of haute couture\n", "brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special .\n", "superficially loose , larky documentary\n", "offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect\n", "unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices .\n", "reconciled\n", "a couple 's moral ascension\n", "what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in\n", "should have been made for the tube\n", "dark , disturbing , painful to watch ,\n", "a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail\n", "starring ice-t in a major role\n", "brainpower\n", "is even more embracing than monty\n", "which he portrays himself in a one-note performance\n", "movie franchise\n", "ca n't recommend it .\n", "'s a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to\n", ", wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher\n", "'d need a shower\n", "other people\n", "what emerges\n", "headaches\n", "you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life\n", "dilemma\n", "is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time\n", "a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue\n", "nanette\n", "defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", "engage an audience\n", "that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through\n", "dramedy\n", "clayburgh and tambor are charming performers\n", "frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .\n", "that movie was pretty bad\n", "screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation\n", ", memorable cinematic experience\n", "transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil\n", "gangs\n", "of celebrity\n", "does no justice to the story itself\n", "in practice\n", "dead\n", "charlie kaufman 's world\n", "actually hit something for once\n", "only eight\n", "all this exoticism\n", "solondz 's -rrb-\n", "its intended audience -- children --\n", ", why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?\n", "the number\n", "entered the bizarre realm\n", "about `` fence ''\n", "gets the details of its time frame right\n", "whose achievements -- and complexities --\n", "brosnan 's\n", "tries too hard\n", "is a pleasant enough dish .\n", "a sentimental mess that never rings true\n", "brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before\n", "does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard .\n", "played this story straight\n", "a good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance\n", "are masterfully controlled\n", "one thing 's for sure -- if george romero had directed this movie , it would 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\n", "'s a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .\n", "national lampoon 's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house , but it more closely resembles this year 's version of tomcats\n", "director fisher stevens\n", "gored\n", "some westerners\n", "i liked about it\n", "the creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard ,\n", "is long on narrative and -lrb- too -rrb- short\n", "with the pale script\n", "undercover brother\n", "his talent\n", "very moving and revelatory\n", "the date\n", "have been something special\n", "the couch\n", "amusing from time\n", "in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes\n", "not enough puff\n", "a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent\n", "the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "henry bean 's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect\n", "exquisite\n", "farts , urine\n", "well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises ,\n", "the 21st century\n", "were worried\n", "popcorn movie fun\n", "you try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .\n", "is one carried by a strong sense of humanism\n", "irredeemably awful .\n", "the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time\n", "of some delicate subject matter\n", "either effort\n", "a more credible script , though\n", "be consigned to the dustbin of history\n", "the general public\n", "applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line\n", "that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .\n", "dull and mechanical , kinda\n", "'ve paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn\n", "not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered\n", "little 2\n", "that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon\n", "was utterly charming .\n", "mildly pleasant\n", "romance ,\n", "that this is one summer film that satisfies\n", "as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass 's understated\n", "uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos .\n", "ever made about the life of moviemaking .\n", "by tech-geeks\n", "feels labored\n", "assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation\n", "pawn\n", "for free\n", "that the battery on your watch has died\n", "his star\n", "before movie\n", "do n't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it 's anti-catholic\n", "than bite\n", "the story has its redundancies , and\n", "pronounce kok exactly as you think they might\n", "fanatics\n", "if you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .\n", "repetitive and\n", "after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing\n", "sexual messages\n", "as either of those films\n", "a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters\n", "debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "of kaufman 's approach\n", "a detective story\n", "is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy .\n", "feels accidental\n", "a determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news\n", "is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much\n", "this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .\n", "faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember ''\n", "fan film\n", "fairly slow paced\n", "cleanflicks\n", "of the human spirit\n", "be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things\n", "acting -- more accurately , it 's moving\n", "fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience\n", "the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .\n", "have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there\n", "convince almost everyone\n", "unknown slice\n", "invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion .\n", "consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay .\n", "if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens\n", "unmentionables\n", "wants many things in life , but\n", "a modern city\n", "of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "director-writer bille august ... depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger .\n", "spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his\n", "is opening today at a theater near you\n", "her characters\n", "explain themselves\n", "your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "do n't mean that in a good way\n", "the thousands of americans\n", "when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .\n", "can see coming a mile away\n", "university computer science departments for years\n", "the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .\n", "the art direction is often exquisite ,\n", "you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "some contrived banter , cliches and some loose ends\n", "now as a former gong show addict , i 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .\n", "the actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly\n", "is intelligently accomplished\n", "fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget .\n", "all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls\n", "the explosions\n", "betrayal , forgiveness and murder\n", "would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny .\n", "a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches .\n", "more plot\n", "fun to be had here\n", "is neither ...\n", "falling short as a whole\n", "fashioning an engrossing entertainment out\n", "toback 's heidegger -\n", "move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia\n", "davis the performer\n", "there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... -lrb- b -rrb- ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck\n", "feel like four\n", "uncle\n", "high drama , disney-style -\n", "mawkish\n", "a family-oriented non-disney film\n", "urgent\n", ", the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .\n", "determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation\n", "scared\n", "folds\n", "mad love\n", "harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again\n", "under her skin\n", "; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes ,\n", "being trapped inside a huge video game\n", "if disney 's cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes\n", "heard a mysterious voice ,\n", "character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller\n", "for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull\n", "right mind\n", "fulfill her dreams\n", "one of the toughest ages a kid can go through\n", "between paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and david lynch 's mulholland dr.\n", "the voice of the star of road trip\n", "finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore\n", ", turbulent self-discovery\n", "flames and shadows\n", "directed by charles stone iii ... from a leaden script\n", "falls\n", "in light of his recent death\n", "grab your kids and run and then\n", "empathize with others\n", "so appealing about the characters\n", "the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing\n", "gullible\n", "gave people\n", "director oliver parker labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .\n", "follows into melodrama and silliness\n", "bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew\n", "to tell who the other actors in the movie are\n", "evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "as amy\n", "warmed-over hash .\n", "neither as scary-funny as tremors\n", "a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life\n", "it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions\n", "'s hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from 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 .\n", "balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy\n", "is really all about performances .\n", "the brilliant surfing photography\n", "not number 1\n", "a time machine ,\n", "painterly\n", "overall feeling\n", "'ll ever see\n", ", either liberal or conservative\n", "bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "can only be described as sci-fi generic .\n", "the moviehouse\n", "holds promise ,\n", "carries us effortlessly from darkness\n", "celebrities\n", "of the distance\n", "it may not be a great piece of filmmaking\n", "a body double\n", "instances\n", "erupt\n", "flick cliches\n", "an all-time low\n", "by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot\n", "old-school\n", "the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza\n", "has finally\n", "with an unstoppable superman\n", "occur while waiting for things to happen\n", "an entirely irony-free zone\n", "traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at\n", "deflated\n", "deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits .\n", "the parental units\n", "a cure\n", "conspicuous success\n", "overcome his personal obstacles and\n", "is amiss in the world\n", "is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .\n", "conveyor\n", "mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .\n", "four letter words\n", "'s sure\n", "the effort is sincere and\n", "'d\n", "a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin\n", "a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn\n", "beware\n", "hilariously raunchy as south park\n", "very little sense\n", "an extraordinary poignancy , and the story\n", "immature and unappealing to care about\n", "in its bold presentation\n", "is having fun with it all\n", "who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "musker and ron clements\n", "a calculating fiend or\n", "all it seems intended to be\n", "the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway\n", "most virtuous limits\n", "an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep\n", "is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences\n", "pollyana\n", "not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered ,\n", "synthetic\n", "it aspires\n", "revisionist theories\n", "may mistake love liza for an adam sandler chanukah song .\n", "is n't the least bit mesmerizing\n", "deadly foreign policy\n", "of women to heal\n", "-- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier --\n", "the folly of superficiality\n", "transitions\n", "is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance\n", "own solemnity\n", "testing\n", "an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject --\n", "while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs\n", "may be 127 years old\n", "the iranian voting process\n", "feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism\n", "to look bad\n", "pee-related\n", "to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "... the plot weaves us into a complex web .\n", "have otherwise been bland and\n", "jules verne 's ' 20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine\n", "leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end\n", "made-for-movie\n", "not entirely convincing about the quiet american\n", "suffice to say its total promise\n", "shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .\n", "look at , listen to\n", "young brooklyn hoods\n", "ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand .\n", "both funny and irritating\n", "anthony hopkins\n", "big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "that misfires\n", "fancies\n", "on the subject\n", "the problematic characters and\n", "perhaps not\n", "the gross-out comedy\n", "the sense of fierce competition\n", "pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde\n", "even more remarkable\n", "his most sparkling\n", "that should be punishable by chainsaw\n", "feels rigged and sluggish .\n", "the college-friends genre -lrb- the big chill -rrb-\n", "some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience\n", "mr. koury 's passive technique\n", "arty\n", "flim-flam\n", "vile enough\n", "anton chekhov 's\n", "the vistas\n", "captures\n", "most traditional , reserved kind\n", "belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams\n", "gasps for breath\n", "comes across , rather unintentionally ,\n", "interesting characters\n", "120\n", "of physical time and space\n", "pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "crudely literal\n", "facile\n", "establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly\n", "fully experienced '\n", "with a haunting sense of malaise\n", "the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational ,\n", "rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis\n", "moviemakers\n", "be envious of\n", "of grenoble and geneva\n", "tiny events\n", "just plain dull\n", "macdowell\n", "sex scenes\n", "point-of-view\n", "it 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .\n", "take seriously\n", "a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam\n", "unintentional giggles -- several of them\n", "more mainstream audience\n", "in a cold blanket of urban desperation\n", "to any of the characters\n", "the top and movies\n", "more of the same old garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .\n", "an absolute raving star wars junkie\n", "better than mid-range steven seagal , but\n", "cheap-looking version of candid camera\n", "horrible either\n", "the decidedly foul stylings\n", "schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "corcuera\n", "it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and\n", "supposed to be an attempt at hardass american\n", "monroe\n", "the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments ,\n", "an amiably idiosyncratic work\n", "stunningly unoriginal premise\n", "argument\n", "effects and visual party tricks\n", "a good noir\n", "the path\n", "a puritanical brand\n", "denis ' -rrb-\n", "half the excitement of balto , or\n", "often imaginative\n", "was botched in execution\n", "echo\n", "by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks\n", "an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless ,\n", "i 'd say this\n", "no effect\n", "aimlessly and unsuccessfully\n", "mumbo-jumbo\n", "favorite\n", "carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect\n", "lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude .\n", "about discovering your destination in life\n", "post-adolescent\n", "encouraging effort\n", "presumes\n", "that is dark\n", "errs\n", "elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic\n", "chin 's film serves up with style and empathy\n", "can see why people thought i was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies ''\n", "por favor\n", "the shoulders\n", "feature film\n", "solipsism\n", "on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries\n", "the unfulfilling\n", "-lrb- shyamalan -rrb- turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .\n", "discomfort and embarrassment\n", "the way this all works out\n", "holiday carol\n", "shorty\n", "look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "'s a conundrum not\n", "you should have gotten more out of it than you did\n", "his family-film plot\n", "that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature\n", "in alienating most viewers\n", "except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality\n", "an amazing breakthrough\n", "sadism\n", "as `` freddy\n", "'s an unhappy situation all around\n", "reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america\n", "by dana janklowicz-mann\n", "tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images .\n", "us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose\n", "wise folks\n", "signs of potential for the sequels\n", "refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "mr. schnitzler\n", "sporadic bursts of liveliness\n", "bringing the story of spider-man\n", "given\n", "makes one appreciate silence of the lambs .\n", "of its own brilliance\n", "once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy\n", "the relative modesty\n", "as the source material movie\n", "the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of 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themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "could easily\n", "are blunt and challenging and\n", "poetic force and\n", "hiv\\/aids is far from being yesterday 's news\n", "so grainy and rough\n", "maggots\n", "ratchets\n", "as artificial and soulless\n", "any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .\n", "it goes nowhere\n", "writer-director haneke\n", "enjoyable ...\n", ", glaring and unforgettable .\n", "is manufactured\n", "totalitarian themes\n", "a sexy , surprising romance ... idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger .\n", "feature-length\n", "nicholas nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year .\n", "it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .\n", "sorvino 's\n", "the canon\n", "that 's where this film should have remained\n", "for kids or their parents\n", "the solution to another\n", "neo-augustinian theology :\n", "whose idea\n", "american action-adventure buffs , but\n", "`` sorority boys '' was funnier\n", "traditionally plotted popcorn thriller\n", "it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment\n", "a train car to drive through\n", "is long on narrative and -lrb- too -rrb- short on action\n", "calculus\n", "of honest poetry\n", "can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy\n", "if you do n't laugh\n", "credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other\n", "have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "times\n", "morgen\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .\n", "add\n", "becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten\n", "usually associated with the better private schools\n", "ram dass\n", "on your face\n", "fried\n", "the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling -lrb- though no less horrifying for it -rrb-\n", "some for the small screen\n", "the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget\n", "is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects\n", "takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer\n", "pull -lrb- s -rrb- off the rare trick of recreating not only\n", "stories work\n", "'s hollywood counterparts\n", "detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world\n", "never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free .\n", "the charm of revolution os\n", "as a classic movie franchise\n", "the picture runs a mere 84 minutes\n", "elling\n", "a very good viewing alternative\n", "of extraordinary journalism\n", "is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer\n", "as its larger themes\n", "crafted but\n", "stupid ,\n", "orbits\n", "frighten and\n", "french realism\n", "oscar-caliber performances\n", "is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .\n", "elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor .\n", "purdy 's\n", "may just scare the pants off you .\n", "over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense\n", "about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love\n", "absurd plot twists\n", "acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him\n", "to his people\n", "chase , explosion or gunfight\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing\n", "production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot\n", "of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking\n", "they 're going through the motions , but the zip is gone .\n", "those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself\n", "knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written ,\n", "no amount of good acting\n", "de niro and\n", "'s changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film\n", "a potent chemistry\n", ", derivative , wildly gruesome\n", "the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ... he elevates the experience to a more mythic level\n", "while this film has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .\n", "director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j. wilson and peter ackerman\n", "gag sequence\n", "in mostly\n", "cartoon adventure\n", "to be the 21st century 's new `` conan ''\n", "high-octane jolts\n", "backdrops\n", "a powerful , chilling , and affecting study\n", "inspired dialogue bits\n", "mystery .\n", "yet lacking about everything\n", "prettiest\n", "are terribly wasted .\n", "see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries\n", "a sense\n", "the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and\n", "some elements of it really blow the big one , but\n", "their personalities\n", "ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented\n", "could n't recommend this film more\n", "bible parables and\n", "the balance between the fantastic and the believable\n", "continuity and progression\n", "for a movie audience\n", "to opera\n", "cheese-laced\n", "this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "roberts wannabe\n", "of denmark 's dogma movement\n", "this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances --\n", "the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it\n", "about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious\n", "is so large it 's altman-esque\n", ", bloody and mean\n", "a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive\n", "compare notes about their budding amours\n", "looks much more like a cartoon in the end\n", "it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly\n", "great game\n", "while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , there 's nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .\n", "the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness\n", "in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness\n", "we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again\n", "is fantastic\n", "reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .\n", "the shrill side ,\n", "to reality\n", "snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i\n", "politics , power and\n", "becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .\n", "compassion , sacrifice , and\n", "stern\n", "film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers\n", "as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era\n", "-lrb- russell -rrb- makes good b movies -lrb- the mask , the blob -rrb- , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards .\n", "accessible to a chosen few\n", "want to see over and over again\n", "statements and dime-store ruminations\n", "fresh-squeezed\n", "snooze\n", "has died\n", "sudsy set-up\n", "strong finish\n", "is generally mean-spirited\n", "powerpuff\n", "if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes\n", "unusual homes\n", "'s quest to find an old flame .\n", "from a 60-second homage\n", "you may ask\n", "quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight\n", "used to make movies\n", "filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots\n", "hopeful\n", "despite a quieter middle section\n", "thoughtful , emotional movie experience\n", "with one demographic while\n", "robert harmon 's\n", "nice belgian waffle\n", "by any comedy\n", "fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd\n", "good things\n", "starts out with tremendous promise\n", "inside you\n", "gone wild\n", "all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie\n", "this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed .\n", "the powerful success\n", "my wife 's plotting is nothing special ; it 's the delivery that matters here .\n", "already-shallow\n", "the expression\n", "a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .\n", "crudup 's anchoring performance\n", "the proper conviction\n", "what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm\n", "such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise\n", "street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence ,\n", "steaming , visceral heaps\n", "captives\n", "are the trademark of several of his performances\n", "the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there 's very little hustling on view .\n", "an awful lot like life -- gritty\n", "forte\n", "centered around a public bath house\n", "is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film .\n", "of burger 's desire to make some kind of film\n", "who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "thick as mud\n", "a solid cast ,\n", "despite hoffman 's best efforts , wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher ; his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before\n", "the triviality\n", "low-budget movie\n", "of a horror spoof , which they is n't\n", "does n't live up to material\n", "very talented young actors\n", "-lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb-\n", "the most hardhearted scrooge\n", "splashing\n", "nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "water-born\n", "watercolor background\n", "latches\n", "panorama and roiling pathos\n", "emotional motivation\n", "unoriginal terms\n", "answered\n", "not particularly flattering spotlight\n", "in its details\n", "it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .\n", "trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "make up for a derivative plot\n", "warm , fuzzy feeling\n", "dvd\n", "a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was .\n", "indie comedy\n", "having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded\n", "nearly subliminally\n", "the character he plays\n", "after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here\n", "my big fat greek wedding look\n", "a lot more bluster than bite\n", "logic\n", "limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action\n", "one of the funniest motion pictures of the year ,\n", ", done\n", "little revision works\n", "long-faced sad sack\n", "his own work\n", "film something\n", "is so thoughtlessly assembled .\n", "just a bunch\n", "pure finesse\n", "most about god is great\n", "the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ... -lrb- it -rrb- comes off like a hallmark commercial .\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated ,\n", ", snide and prejudice .\n", "johnny\n", "is messy , murky , unsatisfying\n", "was at least funny\n", "only god speaks to the press\n", "unattractive or odorous\n", ", even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .\n", ", it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .\n", "perfectly competent and\n", "critics need a good laugh , too\n", ", the satire is weak .\n", "thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject .\n", "seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little\n", "aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit\n", "make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .\n", "give it a millisecond of thought\n", "if you open yourself up to mr. reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .\n", "well worth revisiting\n", "trusted audiences\n", "but very pleasing at its best moments\n", "listen to\n", "ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout\n", "amok\n", "snow , flames and shadows\n", "for sitting through it\n", "simone ,\n", "a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time\n", "his fellow survivors\n", "down is one of those movies .\n", "speedy swan dive\n", "there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is\n", "has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .\n", "gets his comeuppance\n", "bursting with incident , and\n", "value choices\n", "noticeable\n", "retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision\n", "of artifice and purpose\n", "cheatfully filmed martial arts\n", "i guess i come from a broken family\n", "featured in this film\n", "you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered\n", "well done and perfectly\n", "own precious life\n", "the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit\n", "familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way\n", "perfect for a ballplayer\n", "ordeal\n", "committed to film\n", "take on the soullessness of work\n", "none-too-funny\n", "bittersweet israeli documentary\n", "might soon be looking for a sign\n", "a teleprompter\n", "on both sides of the atlantic\n", "the heart of the boy\n", "feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with\n", "to care about them\n", "clamorous approach\n", "the folly of changing taste and attitude\n", "gloomy\n", "the existence\n", "wide-awake\n", "her pure fantasy character\n", "small favors\n", "filled with strange and wonderful creatures\n", "quiet , decisive moments\n", "dullest irish pub scenes\n", "it 's not a particularly good film\n", "maudlin or tearful\n", "conned\n", "slap her - she 's not funny !\n", "the hot chick\n", "find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story\n", "damaged\n", "but completely\n", "it 's leaden and predictable\n", "an action hero with table manners , and\n", "'s stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way\n", "like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure ,\n", "tale probes\n", "land , people and narrative flow\n", "scratching your head than hiding under your seat\n", "called the best korean film of 2002\n", "sad aristocrat\n", "educational\n", "with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back\n", "in the details\n", "of the great crimes\n", "remain curious about each other against all odds\n", "is terrific as rachel\n", "keening\n", "earnest try\n", "devices\n", "the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ;\n", "both overstuffed and undernourished\n", "a lot to chew on ,\n", "capitalizes\n", "sending the audience straight to hell\n", "what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie\n", "and likeable characters\n", "unrelenting bleak insistence\n", "we 've got something pretty damn close\n", "have a good time\n", "waters it down ,\n", "overstuffed and undernourished\n", "insinuating ,\n", "be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts\n", "sad but\n", "evade elaborate surveillance technologies\n", "the old block\n", "thin and scattered\n", "is worth a look\n", "the treat of the title\n", "reveals his martial artistry\n", "some comic sparks\n", "is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why\n", "carol kane\n", "calculated\n", "imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie\n", "represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch\n", "be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it\n", "look american angst in the eye and\n", "movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics\n", "this girl-meets-girl love story\n", "whimsical\n", "to make you\n", "the looseness of the piece\n", "brain strain\n", "'s also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .\n", "remains unfulfilled\n", "energy it 's documenting\n", "i say it twice\n", "than challenging\n", "little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans -lrb- as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb-\n", "slap-happy series\n", "herzog 's works\n", "by a movie\n", "sendak nor\n", "spirits\n", "bursts with a goofy energy previous disney films only used for a few minutes here and there\n", "the non-fan\n", "fuhrman\n", "a tighter editorial process\n", "go far enough in its humor or stock ideas\n", "as much as it gives out\n", "it 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers .\n", "tatters\n", "unexpectedly insightful\n", "maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road ...\n", "disoriented but occasionally\n", "for that matter , shrek -rrb-\n", "could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines\n", "most devastating flaw\n", "receives\n", "assured , vital and well wrought\n", "even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "such a delight\n", ", parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '\n", "sad schlock merchant\n", "clooney 's\n", "much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance\n", "the scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters .\n", "the right b-movie frame of mind\n", "clearly suffers from dyslexia\n", "leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .\n", "reel\\/real\n", "romp that 's always fun to watch .\n", "it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .\n", "could be considered a funny little film .\n", "is surprisingly brilliant\n", "tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence\n", "woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .\n", "to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth\n", "pauline & paulette\n", "as its characters\n", "to unspool\n", "swim\n", "its attempts to humanize its subject\n", "to improve things by making the movie go faster\n", "because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "well-made b movie\n", "amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .\n", "the publishing world\n", "delicate canon\n", "incoherent jumble\n", "lame sweet home\n", "logically\n", "bella\n", "'s at least watchable\n", "allow us to forget most of the film 's problems\n", "emotional recovery\n", "hype\n", "deeper and\n", "fierce lesson\n", "can connect and express their love for each other\n", "the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin\n", "normally\n", "throughout all the tumult , a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ?\n", "'s often\n", "responsible for this illuminating comedy\n", "like antonia\n", "predictable\n", "stakes out\n", "talking fish\n", "suddenly wake up\n", "super-stupid\n", "making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "a hollywood studio\n", "directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory .\n", "into its country conclusion '\n", "does rescue -lrb- the funk brothers -rrb- from motown 's shadows .\n", "markedly inactive film\n", "try too hard to be mythic\n", "in a romance\n", "adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture\n", "would have a hard time sitting through this one .\n", "10 or 15 minutes could be cut and\n", "big metaphorical wave\n", "in between\n", "a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels .\n", "about explosions and death and spies\n", "like mopping up\n", "the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant\n", "may just scare the pants off you\n", "the plot ,\n", "on loss and loneliness\n", "so necessary\n", "horror movies\n", "da tay !\n", "a scruffy giannini\n", "conveying despair and love\n", "the greatness\n", "strangely believable\n", "might have done\n", "the spirits\n", "offer any new insight\n", "noble , trembling incoherence\n", "has felt , or will feel someday\n", "have learned some sort of lesson\n", "maternal fury\n", "a skillful fisher\n", "pretty tattered old carousel\n", "do it\n", "kids flck\n", "the fly\n", "forgive the film its flaws\n", "shakespeare parallels\n", "'s a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .\n", "gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor\n", "limps\n", "monday\n", "this crazy life\n", "this orange has some juice , but\n", "exactly what you 'd expect from a guy named kaos .\n", "fu pictures\n", "deeper , more direct connection\n", "idling\n", "movie-esque\n", "their feces\n", "fore\n", "watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose\n", "as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "perfectly acceptable\n", "cunningham 's\n", "is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn\n", "kiddie-oriented stinker\n", "there 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate ,\n", "need the company of others\n", "remembering\n", "clever and insightful\n", "overcome adversity\n", "this is no `` waterboy ! ''\n", "'ll just\n", "psychology\n", "yet another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title .\n", "the power of polanski 's film\n", "he or she\n", "ww ii\n", "a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic\n", "in a dead-end existence\n", "the movie does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .\n", "rival vintage looney tunes\n", "it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but notorious c.h.o. still feels like a promising work-in-progress\n", "allowing us to find the small , human moments\n", "wallace 's\n", "helpful\n", "of good intentions\n", "'s missing in murder by numbers\n", "an estrogen opera\n", "in search of a better movie experience\n", "some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier\n", "with a sense of wonder\n", "that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated\n", "to keep it from floating away\n", "extended short\n", "the photographer 's\n", "yeah\n", "the sizzle\n", "swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements\n", "on third or fourth viewing\n", "very human need\n", "juliet\\/west side story territory\n", "anne de marcken and marilyn freeman\n", "'s a lousy one at that .\n", "lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo .\n", "fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances\n", "many tense scenes in trapped\n", "satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time .\n", "to aliens and every previous dragon drama\n", "e-graveyard\n", "is the score ,\n", "morality , family , and\n", "more of a career curio than a major work\n", "watching austin powers in goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .\n", "no , i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .\n", "a formula family tearjerker\n", "empty , ugly exercise\n", "bjarne\n", "some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "one of the world 's most fascinating stories\n", "the movie is gorgeously made , but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious\n", "showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .\n", "coming\n", "candy and\n", "of the american war\n", "distracts\n", "a ham-fisted sermon\n", "ironic manifestation\n", "misfortune\n", "makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose\n", "a very familiar tale ,\n", "mixed bag\n", "until the bitter end\n", "director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line\n", "his -lrb- nelson 's -rrb- screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting\n", "youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness\n", "they 're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two\n", "the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring .\n", "no man has gone before\n", "except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it\n", "gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing .\n", "unlikely release\n", "'s superficial and unrealized\n", "that casts an odd , rapt spell\n", "manages a neat trick ,\n", "is -rrb- a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .\n", "fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "human interaction\n", "all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "buy the impetus\n", "enormously entertaining\n", "sia lacks visual flair .\n", "a golden book\n", "dumb and cheesy\n", "the off-the-wall dialogue\n", "a grand picture of an era\n", "thi kim\n", "of his previous works\n", "the pleasure of read my lips\n", "drama\n", "freddy gets molested by a dog\n", "truly come to care about the main characters and\n", "was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", "'s actually too sincere\n", "fabulously funny\n", "is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships\n", "this is not a retread of `` dead poets ' society . ''\n", "own most damning censure\n", "make the film relevant today ,\n", "all that heaven allows '' and `` imitation\n", "'s better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades\n", "produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher\n", "romp pile\n", "life 's wonderment\n", "of its critical backlash and more\n", "of immaculately composed shots of patch adams quietly freaking out\n", "transporting\n", "is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home .\n", "powerful and reasonably fulfilling\n", "sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen\n", "halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it\n", "happy together shoots for -lrb- and misses -rrb-\n", "the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special\n", "'re not supposed to take it seriously\n", "it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due\n", "in full frontal\n", "scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug\n", "hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news\n", "... grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces .\n", "is sorely lacking\n", "any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them\n", "more timely than its director could ever have dreamed\n", "a funeral and bridget jones 's diary\n", "themed\n", "satiric fire and\n", "they are actually movie folk\n", "you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .\n", "begin\n", "to suffer '\n", "releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults ,\n", "mandel holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising ,\n", "the kids in the house\n", "if the movie were all comedy\n", "is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience .\n", ", preachy soap opera\n", "ends up being neither\n", "definite\n", "the ford administration 's complicity\n", "writing , skewed characters , and\n", "chilly predecessor\n", "motives\n", "an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter .\n", "throws one\n", "sole reason\n", "the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave 's career\n", "not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a matter of ` eh . '\n", "as tawdry trash\n", "it 's hard to stop watching\n", "this bond film\n", "engaging comedy\n", "the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself .\n", "absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores\n", "is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .\n", "is still good fun .\n", "them time and space to convince us of that all on their own\n", "about their daily activities\n", "inflate\n", "ever committed to film .\n", "into the exxon zone\n", "the band performances\n", "time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .\n", "show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better\n", "seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release\n", "wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers\n", "runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches .\n", "emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "olympia , wash.\n", "late-summer\n", ", sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .\n", "the rising place never quite justifies its own existence .\n", "perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing\n", "is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .\n", "and plastic knickknacks\n", "his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story\n", "gets harder and harder to understand her choices\n", "tosses\n", "are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does\n", "whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action\n", "most folks\n", "tightly\n", "is too optimistic a title .\n", "for the audience\n", "result in a movie that works against itself\n", "the overall fabric is hypnotic ,\n", "a nearly 21\\/2 hours , the film is way too indulgent .\n", "present an unflinching look\n", "troupe broken lizard 's\n", "somewhat hermetic\n", "cautionary\n", "the magic\n", "cusack\n", "uhhh\n", "a powerful sequel\n", "realism , crisp storytelling and\n", "rejects\n", "this jumbled mess\n", "suited to video-viewing\n", "the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure\n", "overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot\n", "wind up using them as punching bags\n", "by which time\n", ", but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid\n", "about ``\n", "for the gifted\n", "maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road\n", "you will likely prefer to keep on watching .\n", "with a budget\n", "sickening product placement\n", "spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his .\n", "comes to no good\n", "could have -- should have -- been allowed\n", "the last\n", "no special effects , and\n", "uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up\n", "it is twice as bestial but half as funny .\n", "the sum\n", "the film has some of the best special effects ever\n", "in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .\n", "an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector\n", "this film\n", "seems to be coasting\n", "'70s american sports movie\n", "many definitions of ` time waster '\n", "run for cover\n", "with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future\n", "devito 's\n", "demonic doings\n", "of pun and entendre and its attendant\n", "the wild thornberrys movie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .\n", "his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old .\n", "while he talks\n", "needing\n", "such a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important\n", "most consumers of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", ", it 's also somewhat clumsy .\n", "newfoundland\n", "ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but\n", "if you are willing to do this\n", "of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set\n", "i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that\n", "because we 're never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely\n", "and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "of life and loss\n", "than a hollow tribute\n", "gain\n", "that deserves more than a passing twinkle\n", "blend together as they become distant memories .\n", "if i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was\n", "can be viewed as pure composition and form --\n", "familiar rise-and-fall tale\n", "one academy award winning actor\n", "the only\n", "that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at\n", "whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "farrelly brothers '\n", "really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "decent attempt\n", "just too\n", "is plenty of fun for all .\n", "full , chilling advantage\n", "mergers\n", "with film noir and action flicks\n", "presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows\n", "is a pan-american movie ,\n", "seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .\n", "was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz\n", "groan and\n", "if nothing else\n", "the romance with ryder\n", "with others\n", "you ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .\n", "in your hands\n", "it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia\n", "without beauty or humor\n", "of the huge economic changes sweeping modern china\n", "feature film debut\n", "reunion mixer\n", "the highest power\n", "almost senseless\n", "if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .\n", "happy to have seen it\n", "i laughed so much that i did n't mind\n", "come when various characters express their quirky inner selves\n", "the pairing does sound promising in theory ... but\n", "-- far more often than the warfare itself --\n", "whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her\n", "as its director 's diabolical debut , mad cows\n", "unflappable '50s dignity\n", "has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity\n", "devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot\n", "ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia\n", "m. night shyamalan\n", "who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness\n", "most good-hearted\n", "about the characters\n", "she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile\n", "most of the actors involved\n", "granger\n", "important\n", "a great companion piece\n", "forget you 've been to the movies .\n", "in his chilling , unnerving film\n", "a lackluster script and substandard performances\n", "able to find better entertainment\n", "then you 're at the right film .\n", "is a tired one\n", "loony melodramatic denouement\n", "have already\n", "merely pretentious --\n", "wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too\n", "'s not very good\n", "bringing you\n", "a young american\n", "visceral and dangerously honest revelations\n", "a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's\n", "- i also wanted a little alien as a friend !\n", "is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "impossible to care\n", "its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff .\n", "to be a new yorker --\n", "a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend\n", "applauded\n", "heidi 's\n", "colorfully\n", "need to find each other\n", "set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to\n", "zhao\n", "chop\n", "lackluster script\n", "the darling\n", "there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but\n", "the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary\n", "is ultimately rather silly and overwrought\n", "is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors .\n", "as bad as you think\n", "the movie about the baseball-playing monkey\n", "a blinding\n", "throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken\n", "a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and\n", "taut\n", "scattered around a plot\n", "put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute\n", "the plot ` surprises\n", "be easy for critics to shred it\n", "convoluted plot\n", "gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances\n", "the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "jumps around with little logic or continuity\n", "of barris ' motivations\n", "self-empowering schmaltz\n", "serviceable melodrama\n", "a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell .\n", "'s one big point to promises\n", "-- forgive me --\n", "right propaganda machine\n", "those of you\n", "vulgar dialogue\n", "the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script\n", "the television series that inspired the movie\n", "i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays .\n", "einstein 's\n", "often literal riffs\n", "to work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer .\n", "the middle of hopeful\n", "hannibal would say\n", ", if also somewhat hermetic .\n", "in-jokes\n", "awfully deadly\n", "what gives human nature its unique feel\n", "dry and forceful way\n", "an adult\n", "to know\n", "jackal\n", "sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film\n", "if you find comfort in familiarity\n", "evoked\n", "maybe there 's a metaphor here\n", "were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you .\n", "think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch .\n", "means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .\n", "to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio\n", ", eloquent clarity\n", "know better than to rush to the theatre for this one\n", "most of the characters come off as pantomimesque sterotypes .\n", "a tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events .\n", "but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .\n", "bad and\n", "its own transparency\n", "the jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail .\n", "the relationship\n", "despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure\n", "our knowledge of films\n", "another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .\n", "make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts\n", "knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians\n", "plastic\n", "a perpetual sense\n", "damn fine\n", "lucia\n", "never knew\n", "pale xerox of other , better crime movies .\n", "as its own most damning censure\n", "is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism\n", "the usual movie rah-rah\n", "shafer 's feature\n", "works its magic with such exuberance and passion\n", "the muckraking , soul-searching spirit\n", "unslick\n", "its nauseating spinning credits sequence\n", "bloodsucker\n", "solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .\n", "you 've got seven days left to live .\n", "remains surprisingly idealistic\n", "is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn\n", "all this contrived nonsense\n", "on its own ludicrous terms\n", "oodles of charm\n", "a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration\n", "direct-to-video irrelevancy\n", "das\n", "sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose\n", "faint of heart or conservative of spirit\n", "unbearable when it is n't merely offensive\n", "producer john penotti\n", "a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .\n", "there is little question that 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 .\n", "to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island\n", "any depth of feeling\n", "period minutiae\n", "by it\n", "told a nice little story in the process\n", "in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable\n", "porthole\n", "on the final day of the season\n", "almost entirely\n", "would be entertaining , but forgettable .\n", "smart-aleck movie\n", "are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time\n", "help from the screenplay -lrb- proficient , but singularly cursory -rrb-\n", "parris '\n", "if standard issue\n", "as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care\n", "seriousness and\n", "who cares\n", "in his dancing shoes\n", "in die\n", "the complicated relationships\n", "x\n", "between the icy stunts\n", "an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more .\n", "an action icon\n", "all the values of a straight-to-video movie\n", "smack of a hallmark hall of fame ,\n", "visuals and enveloping sounds\n", "your cheeks\n", "a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr.\n", "a rather frightening examination of modern times\n", ", is fighting whom here\n", "that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal\n", "murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling .\n", "know the band or the album 's songs\n", "cause loads of irreparable damage\n", "another silly hollywood action film , one among a multitude 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full-bodied performance\n", "thinking man 's\n", "cloying moments\n", "daniel auteuil\n", "a semi-throwback ,\n", "the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "seems little different\n", "have produced sparkling retina candy\n", "the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be\n", "emotionally stirring\n", "has a needlessly downbeat ending that\n", "powerpuff girls\n", "the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow\n", "you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film\n", "the overcooked , ham-fisted direction ,\n", "actual story\n", "appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making .\n", "are so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything\n", "one of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i 've ever seen .\n", "a 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story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images\n", "typical sandler fare\n", "-rrb- tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end\n", "begins as a seven rip-off ,\n", "moving in many directions\n", "constant bloodshed\n", "family-friendly\n", "'s simply baffling\n", "the delivery that matters here\n", "but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps\n", "whole stretches\n", "cat-and-mouse\n", "an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation\n", "find it more than capable of rewarding them\n", "turning grit and vulnerability into light reading\n", "runs for only 71 minutes\n", "come in handy\n", "tv sitcom material\n", "more repetition than creativity throughout the movie\n", "inc. ,\n", "wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot\n", "see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity\n", "own dv poetry\n", "seem sincere , and just\n", "whitewash\n", "a doggie winks .\n", "rendering\n", "most closely\n", "low budget\n", "to give full performances\n", "sheets\n", "has this franchise ever run out of gas .\n", "plucking tension\n", "slam-dunk\n", "their 70s\n", "his first film\n", "punishable\n", "the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "fistfights\n", "eponymous\n", "pretty decent\n", "he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction\n", "most immediate and\n", "is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie\n", "cassavetes\n", "nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer\\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly\n", "no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes\n", "a cinematic corpse\n", "secretary is just too original to be ignored .\n", "is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs\n", "the warden 's\n", "still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .\n", "obvious even to those who are n't looking for them\n", "video director\n", "are\n", "to shred it\n", "to rise above its disgusting source material\n", "delicious\n", "has an infectious enthusiasm\n", "kung pow is oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that .\n", "mothers , daughters and their relationships\n", "provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending .\n", "you 'll want things to work out\n", "sharp slivers and\n", "saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture\n", "pickup skidding\n", "like its title character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also 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"races and\n", "in the same category\n", "sillier , not scarier\n", "on the edge of your seat\n", "shiner\n", "just watch bettany strut his stuff .\n", "scott baio\n", "if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .\n", "could have -- should have --\n", "phoniness\n", "the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it\n", "much about the ownership and redefinition of myth\n", "worth the look\n", "the talent\n", "fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative\n", "hippopotamus ballerina\n", "unemployment\n", "kevin pollak ,\n", "dogtown &\n", "to let your hair down\n", "ladder\n", "coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "a talking head documentary , but a great one\n", "anew\n", "-lrb- its -rrb-\n", "'s 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"plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy\n", "amiable aimlessness\n", "- however well intentioned -\n", "the smeared windshield\n", "is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous\n", "sport .\n", "lord 's\n", "'s barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", ", it is worth searching out .\n", ", hole-ridden plotting\n", "was as entertaining as the final hour\n", "an oily arms dealer ,\n", "moat\n", "genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .\n", "safe conduct\n", "a visionary marvel ,\n", "a striking new significance\n", "the chaos of france\n", "mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies\n", "most deceptively amusing\n", "stylish exercise\n", "after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks\n", "of don 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"into an idea of expectation\n", "which is often preachy and poorly acted\n", "definitive , if disingenuous , feature\n", "total lack\n", "give strong and convincing performances\n", "naughty\n", "strain adult credibility\n", "would seem to be surefire casting\n", "surprising flair\n", "with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel\n", "the first half bursts with a goofy energy previous disney films only used for a few minutes here and there .\n", "bouquet gives a performance that is masterly .\n", "violent and\n", "highly ambitious and personal project\n", "special\n", "intractable\n", "cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances\n", "one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and\n", "would have been better off staying on the festival circuit\n", "does not have\n", "in the moment\n", "suspended\n", "particularly scary\n", "gives us mostly fool 's gold\n", "rude lines of dialogue\n", "appalling\n", "the movie weighs no more 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kahlo as if her life did , too\n", "that real natural , even-flowing tone\n", "frank capra\n", "as a feature film\n", "despite its visual virtuosity\n", "skip but film buffs should get to know\n", "'s also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "queen alice krige 's\n", "the most unexpected material\n", "make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold\n", "is chillingly unemotive\n", "as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit\n", "its characters ,\n", "does n't make the movie any less entertaining\n", "like a documentary in the way\n", "lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "earnest as a community-college advertisement\n", "done all\n", "less entertaining\n", "ex-marine walter ,\n", "i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time 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struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have .\n", "gondry 's direction is adequate ...\n", "taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings\n", "-- strangely --\n", "the races and rackets\n", "the power of shanghai ghetto\n", "fangoria\n", "flounders under the weight of too many story lines .\n", "trek flick\n", "into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker\n", "a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .\n", "thinness\n", "foul up shum 's good intentions .\n", "similar fare\n", "yet far from\n", "you can taste it , but there 's no fizz\n", "mind\n", "an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension , and\n", "a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness\n", "ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "catch me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark .\n", "is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy .\n", "her material is not first-rate\n", "hollywood doing to us\n", "offer a fascinating glimpse\n", "from one visual marvel\n", "the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .\n", "richard gere\n", "the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes\n", "entertaining on an inferior level\n", "pics\n", "hoffman 's performance is great\n", "the best thing about the movie\n", "berg , michael j. wilson\n", "that 's all\n", "of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom\n", "dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ...\n", "be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "co-dependence\n", "assembles\n", "across the pat ending\n", "is wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .\n", "the pace\n", "a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .\n", "in copmovieland , these two\n", "watching e.t now ,\n", "the central story of brendan behan\n", "from anything else\n", ", painful , obnoxious\n", "the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .\n", "smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em\n", "punctuated\n", "marvelous verdu\n", "how pertinent\n", "b-movie revenge\n", "ice cube\n", "is perfect\n", "an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension\n", "eroticized gore\n", "references to faith and rainbows\n", "his hypermasculine element\n", "is amiss in the world .\n", "kangaroo\n", "watch snatch again .\n", "digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity\n", "has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance .\n", "on a 15-year old\n", "filipino-americans\n", "to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "myth\n", "fatale , outside of its stylish surprises\n", "at cheapening it\n", ", the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .\n", "are becoming irritating .\n", "are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\\/action hybrid\n", "the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue\n", "surprisingly juvenile lark\n", "willies\n", "energizes it\n", "the band performances featured in drumline are red hot\n", "crocodile hunter steve irwin\n", ", the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .\n", "is as predictable as can be\n", "bugged me\n", "better than mid-range steven seagal\n", "a movie that 's held captive by mediocrity .\n", "the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra\n", "funny and touching film\n", "has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market\n", "passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment\n", "feel like a sucker\n", "grand picture\n", "what could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .\n", "intractable , irreversible flow\n", "diss\n", "greasy little vidgame pit\n", "the alan warner novel ,\n", "toys and offers\n", "that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults\n", "a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "excitement in manufactured high drama\n", "daddy\n", "a guilt-free trip\n", "his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic\n", "created a masterful work of art of their own\n", "will have a showdown\n", "ex-marine\n", "is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .\n", "a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn\n", "solondz 's\n", "essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot\n", "they suffer the same fate\n", "precious and finely cut diamond\n", "of crap\n", "one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history\n", "closed-off\n", "a bronx tale\n", "tsai\n", "with phony imagery or music\n", "barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .\n", "one never overwhelms the other\n", "flabby\n", "creative , energetic and original\n", "kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair\n", "new testament stories\n", "shame on writer\\/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull\n", "4\n", "\\* h ''\n", "push them\n", "recalls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him\n", "the director ,\n", "every print\n", "marquis de sade set\n", "all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .\n", "own story\n", "making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull\n", "there 's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again\n", "that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "depraved\n", "hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone\n", "the rest of the cast is uniformly superb\n", "dazzle and\n", "are made of\n", "late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives\n", "bordering\n", "but a few seconds\n", "a movie just for friday fans , critics be damned .\n", "is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .\n", "any viewer , young or old\n", "bars\n", "bromides and slogans\n", "has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much\n", "bolstered by an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline\n", "of passion , grief and fear\n", "ever released by a major film studio\n", "guilt\n", "even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .\n", "at redemption\n", "unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .\n", "... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .\n", "black manhood\n", "freeman and\n", "you grew up with\n", "terrific performances , great to look at , and funny .\n", "in a flashy , empty sub-music video style\n", "like its title character\n", "the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you\n", "the same way\n", "completely awful iranian drama\n", "completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art\n", "pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie\n", "beginning to hate it\n", "should catch this imax offering\n", "you might want to think twice before booking passage\n", "adventure tale\n", "sly , sophisticated and surprising .\n", "indie feature\n", "can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log ?\n", "accident-prone\n", "are charged with metaphor\n", "imax camera\n", "a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder\n", "'s the sweet cinderella story\n", "of the two bewitched adolescents\n", "'ve only come face-to-face with a couple dragons\n", "drain\n", ": it 's not really funny .\n", "washington , as honest working man john q. archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher\n", "s1m0ne 's satire\n", "condition\n", "like many of his works\n", "a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief\n", "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\n", "accept it as life and\n", "'s worth the concentration\n", "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\n", "exhilaratingly\n", "this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper .\n", "can and will\n", "that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle .\n", "like legally blonde and sweet home abomination\n", "pesky\n", "presents us\n", "bucked the odds\n", "he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable\n", "hilary\n", "as powerful rather than cloying\n", "levels\n", "the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers\n", "halfway through the movie\n", "director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things ,\n", "unexpected twists\n", "of recent memory\n", "plot contrivances\n", "huge action sequence\n", "miike ... a cult hero\n", "seen as hip , winking social commentary\n", "i have a confession to make\n", "drudgery .\n", "the performances are amiable and committed , and\n", "its crack cast\n", "review life-affirming\n", "are pretty valuable these days .\n", "of a modern lothario\n", "whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily\n", "demonstrate\n", "her third feature\n", "boy puppet pinocchio\n", "i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down .\n", "delivery and\n", "'re out there !\n", "of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout\n", "insulted\n", "trickster spider\n", "this is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .\n", ", and by its subtly\n", "swear you\n", "unsympathetic hero\n", "the rare imax movie that you 'll wish\n", "hefty thematic material\n", "the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun\n", "its unadorned view of rural life\n", ", ugly and destructive little \\*\\*\\*\\*\n", "pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "by and large\n", "if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player\n", "its chilly predecessor\n", "the gags , the characters\n", "danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .\n", "rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes .\n", "a slice of american pie hijinks\n", "and gently humorous\n", "seem barely in the same movie\n", "just how these families interact may surprise you .\n", "mileage\n", "modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that 's hard to resist\n", "on the park\n", "of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes\n", "do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "laddish and\n", "terrific computer graphics\n", "'re as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you\n", "be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting\n", "chris fuhrman 's\n", "goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and\n", "chaotic insanity\n", "forceful drama\n", "exhuming\n", ", self-hatred and self-determination\n", "it 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it .\n", "a gift\n", "twist endings\n", "started in a muddle\n", "the other characters\n", "compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air\n", "behind the project\n", "a delightful surprise\n", "superb performers\n", ", namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .\n", "a classic story\n", "what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining\n", "growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body ,\n", "because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain\n", "really a true\n", "employs to authenticate her british persona\n", "break your heart many times over\n", "the antagonism\n", "director d.j. caruso 's grimy visual veneer and kilmer 's absorbing performance\n", "at least to this western ear -rrb-\n", "the storyline and\n", "keeps him at arms length\n", "strictly middle of the road\n", "the audience award\n", "its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally\n", "sketches\n", "the mark\n", "scooby doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .\n", "whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "the only young people who possibly will enjoy it\n", "one-dimensional characters\n", "americans\n", "the action here is unusually tame\n", "the story subtle and us in suspense\n", "tiniest\n", "that film is yet to be made\n", "learning but inventing\n", "of two rich women by their servants in 1933\n", "a rather unbelievable love interest\n", ", violent jealousy\n", "directed by charles stone iii ... from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis .\n", "that never quite delivers the original magic\n", "this distinguished actor\n", "about human infidelity and happenstance\n", "of means\n", "elusive\n", "an affluent damsel in distress\n", "a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in .\n", "payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .\n", "the inherent limitations\n", "who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes\n", "created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family\n", "nick\n", "various new york city locations\n", "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\n", "it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .\n", "this crude , this fast-paced and this insane\n", "she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain ,\n", "8\n", "forgoes\n", "intense and effective\n", "hard copy should come a-knocking\n", "'ll be much funnier than anything in the film ...\n", "with the rest of the film\n", "no chekhov\n", "are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable .\n", "fabian\n", "even analytical approach\n", "old age and grief\n", "... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .\n", "fairies\n", "the preposterous hairpiece\n", "swan\n", "for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and\n", "affected and boring\n", "shot largely\n", "viewers of barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it .\n", "has turned out nearly 21\\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .\n", "of characters and motivations\n", "too simple\n", "music and life\n", "will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus\n", "competing\n", "love and make\n", "'s enough to sustain laughs\n", "be embraced\n", "i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and\n", "a sports extravaganza\n", "music special\n", "a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "found a cult favorite\n", "though haynes ' style apes films from the period\n", "displays something\n", "'s quite diverting nonsense\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- crushing disappointment .\n", "thoroughly unrewarding all of this\n", "remember\n", "some interesting storytelling devices\n", "like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr.\n", "of hugh grant and sandra bullock\n", "scenario that will give most parents pause ... then , something terrible happens .\n", "familiar but utterly delightful .\n", "with its subjects\n", "after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock\n", "carpenter 's\n", "seems a prostituted muse\n", "disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects\n", "it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but\n", "thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering\n", "with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching\n", "triviality\n", "so compellingly with us is a minor miracle\n", "a fascinating profile\n", "greengrass -lrb- working from don mullan 's script -rrb- forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly 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of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care .\n", "a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous\n", "wheezing terrorist subplot\n", "who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie\n", "'ll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for\n", "scathing portrayal\n", "surviving invaders\n", "aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .\n", "seaside\n", "is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .\n", "a besotted and obvious drama\n", "logistically\n", "as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "studio-produced film\n", "the right ways\n", "yong\n", "co-writer\\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision\n", "... is hackneyed\n", "this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years\n", "to humanity\n", "feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime ' but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids\n", "guy ritchie 's\n", "that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next\n", "to destroy is also a creative urge\n", "takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope\n", "are rolling over in their graves\n", "how much they may really need the company of others\n", "to believe that something so short could be so flabby\n", "refined\n", "powerful and deeply moving\n", "regalia\n", "follows a predictable connect-the-dots course\n", "vulgar and\n", ", she should ask for a raise\n", "helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this 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kline 's -rrb- utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code ,\n", "ethos\n", "feminism\n", "memorable experience\n", "ca n't quite\n", "brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .\n", "gaudy\n", "any objective sense\n", "trappings\n", "beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances\n", "emphasized\n", "conventional level\n", "take on a great writer and dubious human being .\n", "constantly touching ,\n", "tough enough\n", "to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "it might not be 1970s animation , but everything else about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness\n", "pulling\n", "passed a long time\n", "you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "a variant\n", "plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film\n", "crashing a college keg party\n", "a jump cut !\n", "adam sandler assault\n", "car pileup\n", "on a remote shelf\n", "captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .\n", "of parent-child relationships\n", "suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action .\n", "dips key moments\n", "toward a crossover\n", "raymond burr\n", "the good fight\n", "playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "that she has n't been worth caring about\n", "is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream\n", "-- and complexities\n", "sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story\n", "the bulk\n", "determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero\n", "in the hands of woody allen\n", "a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally .\n", "could 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interested to care .\n", ", but it is a refreshingly forthright one .\n", "perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently\n", "denizens\n", "a cinematic fluidity and sense\n", "its tchaikovsky soundtrack\n", "on mumbo-jumbo\n", "hoped i would -- with moist eyes\n", "of every gangster movie\n", "fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre\n", "his opening scene encounter\n", "has his tongue in his cheek\n", "concession stand and\\/or restroom\n", "abysmal hannibal\n", "the 1950s sci-fi movies\n", "thematic\n", "he 's not laughing at them\n", "looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .\n", "link together\n", "because it has a bigger-name cast\n", "wanting more\n", "give us anything we have n't seen before\n", "a more annoying , though less angry\n", "attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire\n", "let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out\n", "hidden in the film 's thick shadows\n", "looking and stylish\n", "may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream\n", ", i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet .\n", "its predecessors proud\n", "superficially written characters ramble\n", "wasabi\n", ", humorous , illuminating study\n", "holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded ,\n", "criterion\n", "the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap\n", "the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''\n", "too long ,\n", "rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death\n", "of the qualities that made the first film so special\n", "the mantra\n", "cannibal lust\n", "that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "heralds\n", "young whippersnappers\n", "one adapted\n", "comedy performances\n", "the team\n", "than happiness\n", "trusts the story it sets out to tell .\n", "in favor of sentimental war movies\n", "a condition only the old are privy to\n", "any sting\n", "a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance .\n", "like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long\n", "the seat in front of you\n", "careless\n", "it 's exhausting to watch\n", "'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ...\n", "is neither dramatic nor comic\n", "... comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .\n", "after this film has ended\n", "flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation\n", "sentimentality and annoying stereotypes\n", "the emperor 's club any time\n", "the fat\n", "profile\n", "of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation\n", "into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss\n", "hallucinogenic\n", "may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film\n", "is improbable\n", "pretty convincing performance\n", "every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material\n", "... a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy ...\n", "ballsy\n", "` triumph '\n", "wary\n", "ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world\n", "excess in business and pleasure\n", "believe that something so short could be so flabby\n", "goodies\n", "even with harris 's strong effort\n", "so inadvertently sidesplitting it\n", "you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did\n", "the casual moviegoer\n", "a weird little movie\n", "the film 's past\n", "remind us of brilliant crime dramas\n", "older movies\n", "the holiday message\n", "things pokemon\n", "that is really funny\n", "all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .\n", "an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection\n", "while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces ,\n", "'d spend on a ticket\n", "a sha-na-na sketch\n", "based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was\n", "never succumbs to sensationalism\n", "'s awfully entertaining to watch\n", "sad evidence\n", "to enjoy good trash every now and then\n", "will be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental\n", "you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie\n", "an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle\n", "shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera .\n", "run out\n", "thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius strip\n", "contains no wit , only labored gags .\n", "but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ; it 's about a very human one\n", "free of her old life\n", "spirit\n", "from a groundbreaking endeavor\n", "mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh .\n", "-- whatever fills time --\n", "any insight\n", "it 's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert .\n", "psychological game\n", "very choppy and monosyllabic\n", "in that setting\n", "even if you do n't understand what on earth is going on\n", "charleston rhythms\n", "entertained by\n", "uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real\n", "end it\n", "know where all the buttons are , and how to push them\n", "if it belongs on the big screen\n", "quirky movie\n", "give committed performances\n", "group articulates a flood of emotion .\n", "movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world\n", "fizzability\n", "a big time stinker\n", "'s unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .\n", "padded as allen 's jelly belly\n", "me as unusually and unimpressively fussy\n", "i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short\n", "salvation\n", "the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy\n", "it 's soulful and unslick\n", "great over-the-top\n", "vibrant introduction\n", "feels like a life sentence\n", "energy and innovation\n", "and not worth\n", "it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain\n", "of control\n", "of lip-gloss\n", "in reality they are not enough\n", "raw urban humor\n", "cheese\n", "with your kids\n", "robert de niro performance\n", "gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .\n", "bites hard\n", "haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts\n", "on the engaging , which gradually turns what\n", "an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact\n", "gaining most of its unsettling force\n", "the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing\n", "this script\n", ", i hate to like it .\n", "love , longing ,\n", "the laughs are\n", "stasis\n", "second look\n", "too clear\n", "by storm\n", "moulin rouge\n", "watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises\n", "in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism\n", "more unattractive or odorous\n", "to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch\n", "easy feel-good sentiments\n", "'s not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn\n", "'' begins in saigon in 1952 .\n", "martyr\n", "of burkina faso\n", "creative\n", "visually stunning rumination\n", "does little here\n", "a few lingering animated thoughts\n", "cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man ,\n", "made .\n", "might have made a point or two regarding life\n", "shows crushingly little curiosity about , or\n", "will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` the ring .\n", "with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , -lrb- crane -rrb- becomes more specimen than character -- and\n", "crafted here\n", "distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "complete wash\n", "as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth\n", "chelsea\n", "does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain .\n", "a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point\n", "offers no new insight on the matter ,\n", "a rather tired exercise in nostalgia .\n", "takes a simple premise\n", "of the roses\n", "two leads\n", "if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow\n", "recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes\n", "conveying\n", "like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life\n", "special spark\n", "wanted and\n", "the dangers of ouija boards\n", "grown man\n", "it goes awry in the final 30 minutes\n", "this sappy script was the best the contest received\n", "the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona\n", "looney tunes\n", "good with people\n", "lousy direction\n", "will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess .\n", "less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "emphasising\n", "show-stoppingly hilarious\n", "a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity\n", "limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp\n", "of video\n", "more entertaining , too\n", "technically sumptuous but also\n", "is either\n", "is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation .\n", "conscience\n", "employ their quirky and fearless ability\n", "has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics\n", "crosses the finish line winded but still game\n", "klein 's\n", "an idea\n", "what it wants to be\n", "casualties\n", "martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying , i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .\n", "lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .\n", "a sad , sordid universe\n", "to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter\n", "convincing and\n", "economic\n", "tambor and clayburgh make an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic , she 's appealingly manic and energetic .\n", "complicated plotting and banal dialogue\n", "crooned his indian love call to jeanette macdonald has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest .\n", "draws the audience\n", "why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf\n", "kafka\n", "tensions\n", "likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans -lrb- as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb-\n", "become a bit tedious\n", "actors\n", "shapable\n", "patronizing\n", "each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial\n", "a theatrical simulation\n", "the film as a bonus feature\n", "high production values\n", "like explosions , sadism and seeing people\n", "that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely\n", ", knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .\n", ", prep-school quality\n", "crazed , overtly determined\n", "by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness\n", "meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia\n", "broomfield 's interviewees\n", "cherish\n", "the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .\n", "regimen\n", "good films\n", "settles in\n", "a stuttering script\n", "'s loud and boring\n", "china 's sixth generation of film makers\n", "when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny\n", "backyard sheds\n", "to have seen it\n", "irresistible\n", "is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand .\n", "mere disease-of\n", "lengthy\n", "norton is magnetic as graham .\n", "sorcerer\n", "more offended by his lack of faith in his audience\n", "very low\n", "'s supposed to feel funny and light\n", "shadows heidi 's trip\n", "title character\n", "a spiritual aspect\n", "if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "burnt\n", "mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience\n", "as it is derivative\n", "that could benefit from the spice of specificity\n", "too calm and thoughtful for agitprop\n", "` black culture '\n", ", dishonest\n", "honorably\n", "than the director\n", "drop everything\n", "is n't heated properly\n", "comic book films\n", "war ii action\n", "take a rocket scientist to 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dynamic\n", "'s little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity .\n", "the changing composition\n", "overall feelings , broader ideas ,\n", "parsing\n", "guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen\n", "of blood\n", "with exquisite craftsmanship\n", "romantic problems\n", "another fabuleux destin\n", "fairly unbelievable\n", "starry cast\n", "his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound\n", "the filmmakers\n", "sandler 's comic taste\n", "that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system\n", ", quitting hits home with disorienting force .\n", "'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 .\n", "crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness\n", "could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st\n", "is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes\n", "are short and often\n", "landing squarely\n", "spied with my little eye\n", "a study of the gambles of the publishing world\n", "ron howard 's apollo 13\n", "'s all gratuitous\n", "from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience\n", "for the sake of spectacle\n", "as life\n", "in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms\n", "adventure and song\n", "well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution\n", "endeavor\n", "it 's not half-bad .\n", "florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama\n", "decisive\n", "it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles ,\n", "for director gary fleder\n", "stoked\n", "not for 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''\n", "at one\n", "unwillingness\n", "who might enjoy this\n", "to speak up\n", "he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to ,\n", "hour-and-a-half-long\n", "found this a remarkable and novel concept\n", "who sees himself as impervious to a fall\n", "a breakthrough\n", "in which the talent is undeniable\n", "bring to imax\n", "otherwise bleak tale\n", "too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .\n", "its premise is smart , but\n", "'s one of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "than franchise possibilities\n", "us share their enthusiasm\n", "denied\n", "the flashback\n", "a gleefully\n", "find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her\n", "injects just enough freshness\n", "betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work\n", "like all of egoyan 's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .\n", "the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm\n", "the imagination of a big kid\n", "'s really done it this time\n", "the substance\n", "seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics\n", "there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day ,\n", "slightly crazed , overtly determined\n", "` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects\n", "slender plot\n", "vowing , `\n", "biggie and tupac\n", ", they 're ` they ' .\n", "you can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed .\n", "this is so de palma .\n", "father of the bride\n", "need not apply . '\n", "knocks\n", "adventure\n", "apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "carpenter 's the thing\n", "they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting\n", "with superb performances throughout\n", "kiddie flicks\n", "recorded\n", "fit all of pootie tang\n", "the outdated swagger\n", "skillful as he is , mr. shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .\n", "iwai 's gorgeous visuals\n", "more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch\n", "welcome and heartwarming\n", "wafer-thin\n", "enough of the creative process or even\n", "elizabeth hurley 's breasts\n", "returned from the beyond\n", "'m not sure\n", "patchy combination of soap opera ,\n", "is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .\n", "again if you 're in need of a cube fix\n", "ability to startle\n", "avenues\n", "have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role\n", "the under-10 set\n", "a lump of coal\n", "but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination\n", "poet\n", "warrior\n", "when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it .\n", "edward norton\n", "sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage\n", "repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .\n", "in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock\n", "see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! -rrb-\n", "imperfect ?\n", "asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically\n", "preposterousness\n", "sweet as greenfingers\n", "guy loses girl\n", "'s not a very good movie in any objective sense\n", "drug abuse , infidelity and death\n", "'re willing to have fun with it\n", "surprisingly\n", "meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced ,\n", "raised\n", "hmmmmm\n", "camera line\n", "gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .\n", "a nifty plot line\n", "to show up soon\n", "us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites\n", "motives and\n", "if legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire\n", "dampened through familiarity , -lrb- yet -rrb-\n", "there is a great deal of fun .\n", "of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city\n", "zings along\n", "after you 've seen it\n", "all the actors are good in pauline & paulette but van der groen , described as ` belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as pauline .\n", "your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door\n", "seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other\n", "some children who remain curious about each other against all odds\n", "film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "show-stoppingly hilarious ,\n", "just that it 's so not-at-all-good\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .\n", "fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs\n", "you can get past the taboo subject matter\n", "that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten\n", "even those with an avid interest in the subject\n", "sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and\n", "want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .\n", "a three hour running time\n", "as community-therapy spectacle\n", "rough edges\n", "harmon\n", "helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome\n", "warner bros.\n", "jams too many prefabricated story elements\n", "mat\n", "in black mayhem\n", "a film you will never forget\n", "the impulses that produced this project ... are commendable , but the results are uneven\n", "illustrates an american tragedy\n", "to absurd lengths\n", "at m.i.t.\n", "the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .\n", "a confusing\n", "take the latter\n", "its tucked away\n", "the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss\n", "give life\n", "of kung pow\n", "show-don ` t-tell stance\n", "famuyiwa 's feature\n", "... quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks .\n", "to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance\n", "its\n", "paint-by-numbers picture\n", "wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .\n", "chilling and unsettling\n", "dead poets society and\n", "on rough-trade homo-eroticism\n", "that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans\n", "incessant lounge music\n", "... but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .\n", "extremely languorous rhythms\n", "out there\n", "touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty\n", "tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks\n", "i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie\n", "i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone\n", "that pollyana would reach for a barf bag\n", "comic-book\n", "the set\n", ", amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .\n", "annoying , is n't it\n", "when -lrb- reno -rrb- lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al.\n", "i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back\n", "vile , incoherent\n", "gathering\n", "are more involving than this mess .\n", "its surface-obsession\n", "devoid of pleasure or sensuality\n", "new york 's finest and\n", "where something 's happening\n", "a host of splendid performances\n", "a side\n", "true study\n", "scandalous\n", "than it first sets out to be\n", "comedy ' scenes\n", "is to believe in something that is improbable\n", "the irwins '\n", "ourselves and each other\n", "punching\n", "you go\n", "keep people going in this crazy life\n", "than what 's been cobbled together onscreen\n", "george lucas can only dream of\n", "totally past his prime\n", "full theatrical release\n", "really did happen\n", "at only 26\n", "... a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardly memorable .\n", "remarkably cohesive whole\n", "debut shanghai noon\n", "gurus and\n", "turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental\n", "may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form\n", "the unexpected blast\n", "of the best of a growing strain of daring films\n", "an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group\n", "our deepest ,\n", "two weeks notice\n", "watch this movie and\n", "an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg\n", "features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever .\n", "give it considerable punch .\n", "it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers\n", "as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted\n", "to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves\n", "bodily function jokes\n", "press\n", "is 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.\n", "sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time\n", "the only young people\n", "marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .\n", "protect the code at all costs also\n", "behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd\n", "a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study ,\n", "as assembled , frankenstein-like\n", "to be oblivious to the existence of this film\n", "despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire .\n", "shooting fish\n", "rohmer 's\n", "fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "columbia\n", "diane lane 's sophisticated performance ca n't rescue adrian lyne 's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing .\n", "off the page\n", "are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy\n", "skip this dreck ,\n", "value cash above credibility .\n", 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"scenario\n", "are enthusiastic about something and then\n", "embellished\n", "the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence\n", "take you to outer space\n", "in such a gloriously goofy way\n", "with a large human tragedy\n", "get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees .\n", "instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza\n", "a copy of a copy\n", "jar-jar binks :\n", "with a funny person\n", "wall-to-wall\n", "comes back for more\n", "easy , cynical potshots\n", "is nonexistent\n", "that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this\n", "males\n", "worth particular attention\n", "shoot\n", "fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited\n", "measured or\n", "cd\n", "fights\n", "manner\n", "from kevin kline\n", "a tone poem of transgression\n", "the story , touching though it is\n", "what would you have done to survive ?\n", "feeds\n", "neil finn and edmund\n", "it 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period\n", "had all its vital essence scooped\n", "fussing over\n", "wildly unsentimental but flawed\n", "parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature .\n", "is off .\n", "by poor casting\n", "is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .\n", "an extraordinary poignancy , and\n", "a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '\n", "much interest\n", "for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .\n", "wasting away inside unnecessary films\n", "the cable-sports channel and\n", "pearl\n", "a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater\n", "than involving\n", "directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid ,\n", "revenge of the nerds revisited\n", "she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another\n", "chooses to present ah na 's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "legally blonde and\n", "to pure disney\n", "thought-provoking and often-funny drama\n", "is at once intimate and universal cinema\n", "the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .\n", "is a great deal of fun\n", "topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .\n", "would subtlety be lost on the target audience\n", "all too seriously\n", "movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being 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to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act\n", "singular artist\n", "'s an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again\n", "an intelligent , realistic portrayal\n", "hollywood too long has ignored\n", "ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama\n", "beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery\n", "family intensity\n", "were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor\n", "a pair of squabbling working-class spouses\n", "more depressing than liberating\n", "in a smoother , more focused narrative\n", "aplenty\n", "the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb-\n", "place to go since simone is not real\n", "in the place where a masterpiece should be\n", "cold , grey , antiseptic\n", "be lighter on its feet\n", "elevates the material above pat inspirational status and\n", "it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .\n", "a lively and engaging examination\n", "whose roots go back to 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existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick .\n", "eckstraordinarily lame and severely\n", "oscar-caliber\n", "sustain interest in his profession\n", "strolls through this mess with a smug grin\n", "'s just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance .\n", "blithe exchanges\n", "in the acting craft\n", "new life\n", "bastards , more power to it .\n", ", the best advice is : ` scooby ' do n't .\n", "enjoy on a certain level\n", "a participant\n", "i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that .\n", "atypically hypnotic\n", "not just ticking , but humming\n", "a charming , banter-filled comedy ...\n", "like michael jackson 's nose\n", "of a beautifully sung holiday carol\n", "be parodied\n", "fat greek wedding\n", "channel\n", "a nice coffee table book\n", "has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group\n", "plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before\n", "mamet 's `` house of games ''\n", "the cleverest\n", "to ` special effects\n", "apted\n", "no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek\n", "sordid to function as comedy\n", "reopens an interesting controversy\n", "of robert altman 's lesser works\n", "to entertain all ages\n", "adorns his family-film plot\n", "justice served\n", "special walk\n", "'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly\n", "is entertaining .\n", "take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .\n", "problems and\n", "asquith\n", "the earnest emotional core\n", "ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what -\n", "roiling pathos\n", "handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus\n", "to keep letting go at all the wrong moments\n", "a black comedy\n", "should get all five\n", "bad taste\n", "walks with a slow , deliberate gait ,\n", "be a shame\n", "it 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead .\n", "we 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .\n", "a terrific performance\n", "at 85 minutes it feels a bit long\n", "director nick cassavetes\n", "a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller .\n", "to hear\n", "a lisping , reptilian villain\n", "many barney videos\n", "scream .\n", "standup comedian\n", "the isolated moments\n", "just more\n", "is caddyshack\n", "modern lothario\n", "'s notably\n", "it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it\n", "like old , familiar vaudeville partners\n", "the finest films of the year\n", "it 's in danger of going wrong\n", "a return ticket\n", "get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .\n", "dead-undead genre\n", "some studios\n", "that revels in its own simplicity\n", "considered work\n", "both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable\n", ", it is undeniably that\n", "preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .\n", "the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery\n", "crushingly\n", "the book 's irreverent energy\n", "driver and\n", "better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least\n", "two 20th-century footnotes\n", "categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "classic cinema\n", "allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona\n", "seen on the screen\n", "goes , because it 's true\n", "cheapo animation\n", "great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art\n", "item\n", "its end\n", "come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream\n", "nearly ready\n", "lyne 's\n", "the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent --\n", "# 3\n", "much worse than bland\n", "find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting\n", "be in video stores\n", "in a slap-happy mood\n", "the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice\n", "beat that one , either\n", "as so silly\n", "are anguished , bitter and truthful\n", "may be enough to keep many moviegoers\n", "good documentary\n", "is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films\n", ", compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity\n", "both the horror\n", "initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience .\n", "or classical familiarity\n", "to say something about its subjects\n", "their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own\n", "wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy\n", "humble\n", "the brosnan bunch\n", "is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged\n", "instead of talking\n", "it 's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn .\n", "is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's ,\n", "travis\n", "few seconds\n", "the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us\n", "thought-provoking\n", "more balanced or fair\n", "about half of them are funny , a few are sexy\n", "decipherable\n", "joan\n", "un-bear-able '' project\n", ", remote , emotionally distant piece\n", "wannabe film --\n", "of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "imagine -lrb- if possible -rrb- a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma\n", "by the sketchiest of captions\n", "queen of the damned is too long with too little going on .\n", "`` ha ha ''\n", "meyjes ... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics .\n", "loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin\n", "it 's splash without the jokes .\n", "can seem tiresomely simpleminded .\n", "to that destination\n", "to an equally impressive degree\n", "the story 's emotional thrust\n", "stuart and margolo\n", "paradigm\n", "say tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser\n", "sorry to say that this should seal the deal\n", "its delightful cast\n", "dry wit\n", "achieving some honest insight\n", "his gags\n", "on both sides\n", "very stylish\n", "their environs\n", "what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely\n", "spindly\n", "a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment\n", "gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo\n", "are there tolstoy groupies\n", "in how medical aid is made available to american workers\n", "labored and unfunny\n", "more complex and honest\n", "us --\n", "nine bucks\n", "the dynamic first act\n", "'re - doing-it-for - the-cash\n", "funniest\n", "ears\n", "undoubtedly\n", "as a community-college advertisement\n", "by cattle\n", "has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere\n", "than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama\n", "if any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...\n", "so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another\n", "the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "tinsel\n", "resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon\n", "mature\n", "most anti-human\n", "an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off\n", "the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson .\n", "he 's afraid of his best-known creation\n", "the lyrics\n", "makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people\n", "private ryan\n", "that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original\n", "improvise\n", "no amount of imagination , no creature\n", "laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale .\n", "director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .\n", "in dough from baby boomer families\n", "it 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process .\n", "the expressive power of the camera\n", "at the end that extravagantly redeems it\n", "uncharted ground\n", ", sorority 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''\n", "the problems with the film\n", "'s never too late to believe in your dreams . '\n", "; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .\n", "either cracking up or throwing up\n", "to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory\n", "do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage\n", "introverted young\n", "are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "feel anything much while watching this movie ,\n", "expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him\n", "put together with the preteen boy in mind .\n", "door\n", "that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities\n", "like a blown-out vein\n", "act miscalculation\n", "perhaps the budget\n", "shakes you vigorously\n", "one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave ' .\n", "the ingenious construction -lrb- adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel -rrb-\n", "decidedly unoriginal\n", "breaking out\n", "to the civilized mind\n", "by chainsaw\n", "might not have gotten him into film school in the first place\n", "... plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family .\n", "modern city\n", "the geek generation\n", "is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .\n", "a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams\n", "of snow\n", "take you\n", "trouble-in-the-ghetto\n", "erin\n", "view a movie\n", "a taut , sobering film\n", "'s a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch .\n", "match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer\n", "then by all means check it out .\n", "the rampantly\n", "continues to improve .\n", "does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again .\n", "a series of abrasive , stylized sequences\n", "pronounce\n", "a few bits funnier than malle 's dud\n", "the entire family\n", "few ear-pleasing songs\n", "santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard\n", "macaroni\n", "a bittersweet film ,\n", "it 's a loathsome movie ,\n", "a project\n", "actually manages to bring something new into the mix\n", "mormon\n", "is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "-lrb- there 's -rrb- a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something\n", "yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination\n", "comes together as a coherent whole\n", "pseudo-philosophic twaddle\n", "of a handsome and well-made entertainment\n", "moment gems\n", "disappointingly generic nature\n", "a trove of delights\n", "adhering to the messiness of true stories\n", "a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie\n", "fighting hard for something that really matters\n", "are clinically depressed and\n", "it 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .\n", "the boys ' sparring\n", "teen movie concern\n", "zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and\n", "if not\n", "1993 classic\n", "reincarnation\n", "lurid and less\n", "'re going to feel like you were n't invited to the party\n", "her mother , mai thi kim , still lives\n", "is even better than the fellowship\n", "could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "heaven allows\n", "has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation\n", "is entirely too straight-faced\n", "is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often\n", "darkly funny and frequently insightful\n", "permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly\n", "of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being\n", "is really , really stupid\n", "an unimaginative screenwriter 's\n", "her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent .\n", "samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience .\n", "digested\n", "saved only\n", "this odd , distant portuguese import more or less borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film .\n", "younger audiences\n", "quieter middle section\n", "waste\n", "trying to get out\n", "pull -lrb- s -rrb- off the rare trick of recreating\n", "the deliberate\n", "brothers comedy\n", "for guys\n", "simple , sweet and romantic comedy\n", "television\n", "will capture the minds and hearts of many\n", "came\n", "at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated -lrb- depending upon where you live -rrb-\n", "without any redeeming value whatsoever .\n", "has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero\n", "about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season\n", "achero manas 's\n", "escape\n", "as the kind of film that should be the target of something\n", "it cold have been\n", "walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully\n", "the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "familiar but enjoyable\n", "something rare and riveting\n", "do n't bother .\n", "achingly honest and delightfully cheeky\n", "is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines\n", "calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored\n", "are you wo n't ,\n", "lagaan really is enormously good fun .\n", "real deal\n", "that transcends culture and race\n", "broomfield\n", "is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle\n", "adept direction\n", "the notion of deleting emotion from people ,\n", "is one word that best describes this film : honest\n", "as if it were the third ending of clue\n", "drug-induced bowel\n", "upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "be hard to burn out of your brain\n", "the blacklight crowd\n", "the subject 's mysterious personality\n", "on ice\n", "as enjoyable\n", "depends\n", "jolts of pop music\n", "skit-com material\n", "most will take away\n", "of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "the good and different idea -lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb- is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend `` never again . ''\n", "more forced than usual\n", "of '70s\n", "greatest adventure\n", "solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy\n", "conventional but heartwarming tale\n", "the uncertain girl\n", "more outre\n", ", it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .\n", "of this laughable dialogue\n", "teendom\n", "junk\n", "anonymity\n", "screen presence\n", "distant piece\n", "end up being very inspiring or insightful\n", "descend\n", "its running time\n", "staggering\n", "promising from a mediocre screenplay\n", "borscht belt schtick\n", "earlier films\n", "told with an appropriate minimum of means\n", "pat\n", "grow increasingly disturbed\n", "a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "were the people who paid to see it\n", "day-to-day basis\n", "graham greene 's novel\n", "about as fresh\n", "mostly wordless\n", "screed\n", "driver and goodfellas\n", "esther 's\n", "that storytelling has value can not be denied .\n", "succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .\n", "do you\n", "him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core\n", "disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it\n", "the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism\n", "98\n", "good actors , even kingsley ,\n", "the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb- and\n", "wildly inventive\n", "collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure\n", "goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it .\n", "sympathizing with terrorist motivations\n", "really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .\n", "art\n", "bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him\n", "hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is\n", "anime like this\n", "you grew up on scooby\n", "slight and obvious\n", "the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened\n", "for nba properties\n", "quitting\n", "the less charitable\n", "... plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .\n", "playing fair with the audience\n", "so pat it makes your teeth hurt\n", "if everyone making it lost their movie mojo\n", "a movie-industry satire\n", "their friendship is salvaged\n", "does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "what `` they '' wanted and quite honestly\n", "heartwarming film\n", "emerging in world cinema\n", "beneath the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost\n", "it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", "rather brilliant little cult item\n", "a bodice-ripper\n", "a momentum\n", "it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .\n", "a small gem\n", "are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug\n", "the longest 90 minutes\n", "hopes and dreams\n", "have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature\n", "clears the cynicism right out of you .\n", "mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances ,\n", "is it possible for a documentary\n", "this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year .\n", "a difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre\n", "complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold .\n", "on its own self-referential hot air\n", "a comedy to start a reaction\n", "achievements\n", "has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced\n", "that such a talented director as chen kaige\n", "is as innocuous as it is flavorless .\n", "desirable\n", "cross between xxx and vertical limit .\n", "is too crazy\n", "elm street\n", "' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .\n", "funny , smart ,\n", "in every regard except its storyline\n", "a stirring time\n", "could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .\n", "the credit for the film 's winning tone\n", "this emotional misery\n", "in the right frame of mind\n", "i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid\n", "of hype\n", ", son of the bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .\n", "to the titular character 's paintings and\n", "quite a nosedive\n", "acted -- and far less crass -\n", "draw\n", "about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay\n", "centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi\n", "corny sentimentality\n", "the idea of narrative logic or cohesion\n", "a huge amount of the credit for the film\n", "1952\n", "worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "niche hit\n", "about the specter of death , especially suicide\n", "easily forgettable film .\n", "life type\n", "his opportunity to make absurdist observations\n", "rank with its worthy predecessors\n", "is festival in cannes\n", "of marmite\n", "an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers\n", "get back\n", "an exquisite , unfakable sense\n", "can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself\n", "gadgets and\n", "the subculture\n", "part biography , part entertainment\n", "del\n", "that rings\n", "shows the promise of digital filmmaking\n", "alternately melancholic ,\n", "some combination\n", "barbara 's\n", "the war of the roses , '\n", "the picture 's\n", "for that matter\n", "that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people\n", "star trek was kind of terrific once ,\n", "recapitulation\n", "comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible\n", "that makes us\n", "standard issue\n", "old-fashioned values\n", "the genius of the work\n", "the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition\n", "`` clockstoppers\n", "encountered since at least pete 's dragon\n", "'ll wish\n", "this has the making of melodrama\n", "'s just adjusting\n", "of -lrb- woo 's -rrb-\n", "gay or straight\n", "jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat\n", "come even easier .\n", "the tale with bogus profundities\n", "pocket\n", "it plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness .\n", "of a very insecure man\n", "is this movie ?\n", "is left slightly unfulfilled .\n", "as gripping\n", "sweep\n", "watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through\n", "crisp psychological drama\n", "my inner nine-year-old\n", "the movie 's political ramifications\n", "m : i-2-spoofing title sequence\n", "comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh\n", "are moviegoers\n", "always ended with some hippie getting\n", "sick\n", "film work\n", "includes\n", "a complex web\n", "'s exhausting to watch\n", "a joint promotion for the national basketball association and\n", "nails hard - boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy\n", "water under a red bridge\n", "know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics\n", "a film director\n", "trembling and gratitude .\n", "to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "the way a good noir should\n", "quiet endurance , of common concern\n", "heartwarming yarn\n", "politically motivated\n", "freeing\n", "vh1\n", "lives of gay men .\n", "down to the key grip\n", "maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman\n", "is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force\n", "at all\n", "fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film\n", "footage\n", "'s best dramatic performance to date -lrb- is -rrb- almost enough to lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot .\n", "an escapist confection that 's pure entertainment .\n", "'s a pretty mediocre family film\n", "sheds\n", "grunge-pirate\n", "if i have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb- or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters , i 'll take the latter every time .\n", "transit\n", "black-and-white\n", "more recyclable\n", "sympathizing\n", "the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy\n", "aesthetically\n", "satisfy\n", "like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars\n", "the film never veers from its comic course\n", "scenery , vibe and\n", "the flash\n", "decides to fight her bully of a husband\n", "an american -lrb- and an america\n", "a ' list cast\n", "to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "sa\n", "bad rock concert\n", "what is essentially a contained family conflict\n", "the rich promise of the script\n", "all that funny\n", "42 minutes\n", "with great expectations\n", "it 's a big idea ,\n", "cold , sterile and lacking\n", "serious-minded the film\n", "skills\n", "resolutely without chills .\n", "very distinctive\n", "adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel\n", "individuals rather than types\n", "to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors\n", "highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial\n", "though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .\n", "new wave films\n", "mothers , daughters and\n", "more colorful\n", "by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .\n", "'ll still have a good time .\n", "purpose or even a plot\n", ", the movie is powerful and provocative .\n", "is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .\n", "deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen\n", "nasty aftertaste but little clear\n", "birthday girl 's calculated events\n", ", cleaner\n", "a heavy irish brogue\n", "the story and the actors\n", "important , original talent\n", "although it does n't always hang together -- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- `` cherish '' certainly is n't dull .\n", "hurt\n", "guess that\n", "total\n", "two things\n", "company once again dazzle and delight us\n", "infinitely more grace and eloquence\n", "funky look\n", "the zip is gone\n", "perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters\n", "separate them\n", "is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film\n", "roman\n", "telegraphed pathos ,\n", "nohe 's documentary about the event\n", "usually\n", "maneuvers\n", "a rock-solid little genre picture\n", "monster movies\n", "often incisive\n", "even its attitude\n", "puts them\n", ", genuine\n", "a fine , rousing , g-rated family film ,\n", "for a movie about the power of poetry and passion\n", "genuine ones\n", "insomnia is one of the year 's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances\n", "a wonderful account to work from\n", "the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .\n", "4 units of your day\n", "tear their eyes\n", "'s not a fresh idea\n", "stuffy , full of itself\n", "all of us\n", "splendid production design\n", "the three central characters\n", "of that ever-growing category\n", "cultivation and devotion\n", "and objective look\n", "that is not easily forgotten\n", "from a film with this title\n", "identity-seeking foster child\n", "a processed comedy chop suey .\n", "the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically\n", "death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets\n", "gives it\n", "they are to her characters\n", "the ownership and redefinition\n", "it a great movie\n", ", wit or innovation\n", "can not be acted .\n", "general public\n", "as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist\n", "the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .\n", "pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear\n", "vidgame\n", "rather special\n", "of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture\n", "you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored\n", "smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong ... it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera\n", "numbingly dull experience\n", "common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha .\n", "extraordinarily silly\n", "as both\n", "ivan character\n", "national lampoon film franchise\n", ", eerie film\n", "as for children\n", "receive a un inspector\n", "`` do n't care about the truth\n", "may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear .\n", "some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like\n", "in many other hands\n", "expose\n", "filled with love for the movies of the 1960s\n", "fresh and absorbing\n", "panic room\n", "the unexplored story opportunities of `` punch-drunk love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent but it is an interesting exercise by talented writer\\/director anderson\n", "marvelously entertaining and deliriously\n", "grew up with\n", "most watchable film\n", "a pleasant enough dish\n", "are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series\n", "hear the ultimate fate of these girls\n", "widowmaker\n", "would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles\n", "as it is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "less funny than it should be\n", "its title\n", "tucker a star\n", "in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings\n", "a creaky `` pretty woman ''\n", "intense indoor drama\n", "journalistic work\n", "patchy\n", "of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories\n", "lots of sloppiness\n", "than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending\n", "so short could be so flabby\n", "this movie makes one thing perfectly clear\n", "may leave you speaking in tongues\n", "lead\n", "a rat burger\n", "puff\n", "of the pros and cons of unconditional\n", "good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad\n", "to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise\n", "cuteness , amy 's career success\n", "rather sweet\n", "for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg\n", "is entertaining\n", "one hour photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .\n", "in the book\n", "that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though do n't ask still finds a few chuckles\n", "a melodrama narrated by talking fish\n", "devito 's misanthropic vision\n", "equals the sum of its pretensions\n", "flavor and spice\n", "developing any storytelling flow\n", "song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family\n", "or worth rooting against , for that matter\n", "from everyone in the cast\n", "would have saved this film a world of hurt .\n", "cold , nervy and memorable\n", ", shoot-em-up scene\n", "a story and\n", "fun for all\n", "faith and rainbows\n", "was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and\n", "outnumber the hits by three-to-one .\n", "indulged\n", "primal\n", "most original american productions\n", "the chemistry between freeman and judd\n", "it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good ,\n", "written\n", "lax and\n", "'s relentlessly folksy ,\n", "this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience .\n", "thoughtless ,\n", "tired , talky\n", "most\n", "arms length\n", "young talent\n", "first narrative film\n", ", almost generic\n", "a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy\n", "he could make with a decent budget\n", "pro and con , for adults\n", "the atlantic ocean\n", "the showdown\n", "australian actor\\/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation .\n", "ver wiel 's desperate attempt\n", "the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing\n", "the best drug\n", "make for one splendidly cast pair .\n", "depress you about life itself\n", "of moviegoing\n", "it 's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .\n", "are faithful to melville 's plotline\n", "and seeing people\n", "a good thing\n", "none of the happily-ever\n", "hannibal\n", ", often tender ,\n", "two-fifths\n", "soulless and\n", "ali 's graduation from little screen to big\n", "get made-up\n", "recognise\n", "to wittgenstein and kirkegaard\n", "would require many sessions on the couch of dr. freud\n", "graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful ,\n", "the winning shot\n", "is never\n", "stirs us as well .\n", "the film 's sense of imagery\n", "plumbed by martin scorsese\n", "a mall movie designed to kill time\n", "thought he need only cast himself\n", "his hero 's\n", ", stupid\n", "to dwell\n", "the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand ,\n", "things\n", "be a total loss\n", "is kissinger may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive\n", "is ballistic : ecks vs. sever .\n", "sweaty\n", "the mantra behind the project\n", "of clinical objectivity\n", "a really long , slow and dreary time\n", "tasty and sweet\n", "square\n", "sica\n", "the one bald and the other sloppy\n", "age-inspired\n", "situation imaginable\n", "conspiracy thriller jfk\n", "hard copy\n", ", smoky and inviting\n", "true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus\n", "more cerebral ,\n", "friedman\n", "'ll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness\n", "bittersweet camaraderie and history\n", "adultery\n", "stranger than fiction\n", "until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale\n", "is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring\n", "aranda\n", "'s my advice , kev .\n", "intelligent humor\n", "ryoko\n", "explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "comes wrapped\n", "that it makes one long for a geriatric peter\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys\n", "the obvious\n", "at fragile , complex relationships\n", "to its inevitable tragic conclusion\n", "also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth\n", "that you wo n't care\n", "least\n", "interesting subject\n", "looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles\n", "thematic material\n", "boyz n the hood ,\n", "van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material\n", "a pesky mother\n", "unsalvageability\n", "of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel\n", "of place metaphor\n", "when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` hey , kool-aid ! '\n", "us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "the real triumphs in igby\n", "fighters\n", "'s the perfect star vehicle for grant\n", "eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low - budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s\n", "it 's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long .\n", "expecting a slice of american pie hijinks\n", "dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film\n", "of an indulgent\n", "a nice girl-buddy movie\n", "salient\n", "does a disservice to the audience and to the genre\n", "for bad movies\n", "shakespeare 's better known tragedies\n", "death camp\n", "it is unwavering and arresting\n", "a bit undisciplined\n", "clashing cultures and\n", "photo\n", "'s relentlessly folksy\n", "a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look\n", "give performances of exceptional honesty .\n", "to good actors\n", "the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking ,\n", "these musicians\n", "the film is visually dazzling\n", "slugfest\n", "like a postcard\n", "a respectable but uninspired thriller that 's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact\n", "the most horrific movie experience\n", "utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "off the element of surprise\n", "the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years\n", "disgust ,\n", "if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter\n", "in ` life '\n", "of any number of metaphorical readings\n", "women 's augustine\n", "unscathed\n", "has carved from orleans ' story\n", "parrots raised on oprah\n", "term\n", "victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and\n", "would become `` the punk kids ' revolution\n", "will ever\n", "is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters\n", "-- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying\n", "for these characters\n", "is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .\n", "-lrb- and funnier -rrb-\n", "original conflict\n", "if a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .\n", "he plays\n", "the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery .\n", "a lame kiddie flick\n", "heart or conservative\n", "his setting\n", "precious circumstances\n", "the rich details\n", "tarkovsky\n", "fight your culture\n", "cheered\n", "stereo\n", "mournful\n", "humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him\n", "into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier\n", "as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ?\n", "an old woman\n", "enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film\n", "latest eccentric\n", "bedknobs\n", "clever pseudo-bio\n", "you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as\n", "slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", ", the film is more worshipful than your random e !\n", "it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time\n", "sharp writing\n", "anything but frustrating , boring\n", "a hokey piece of nonsense\n", "evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .\n", "a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing\n", "what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal\n", "flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity\n", "ballplayer\n", "separate crises\n", "slow and ponderous , but\n", "anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "the bottom line ,\n", "not that i mind ugly\n", "gawky actor\n", "will assuredly\n", "reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores\n", "since last week 's reign of fire\n", "all up\n", "nothing\n", "burnt out\n", "hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the halloween series has lost its edge\n", "sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match\n", "lost in the mail\n", "off-season\n", "the desert\n", "else slight\n", "a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane\n", "everlasting conundrum\n", "struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy\n", "the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them .\n", "that the journey is such a mesmerizing one\n", ", it 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at the beginning .\n", "are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .\n", "squaddie banter\n", "narcotized\n", "to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .\n", "emerges as powerful rather than cloying\n", "win the band a few new converts\n", "pretty much\n", "bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "hero\n", "i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too .\n", "there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but that 's ok\n", "lina wertmuller 's\n", "in northern ireland in favour of an approach\n", "powers ?\n", "a sweet , charming tale\n", "understated\n", "an unsuccessful attempt\n", "on the surface a silly comedy\n", "fast-forward technology\n", "decisions\n", "slopped\n", "why somebody might devote time to see it\n", "summer diversion\n", "at disneyland\n", "gurus and doshas\n", "has not so much been written as assembled , frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups .\n", "spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do\n", "of a pair of spy kids\n", "of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it\n", "hudlin\n", "intacto 's luckiest stroke\n", "difficult '' movies\n", "some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but\n", "gorgeous visuals\n", "handled affair , a film about human darkness but\n", "sad and reflective\n", "kurds\n", "la\n", "about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future\n", "hear you snore\n", "jeopardy question\n", "michael caine 's\n", "as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters\n", "stakes\n", "reverie\n", "about the worst thing\n", "as a numbingly dull experience\n", "like to ride bikes\n", "give shapiro , goldman , and\n", "to -lrb- watts -rrb- to lend 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"of sex in a bid to hold our attention\n", "the one-sided theme\n", "to striking a blow for artistic integrity\n", "slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .\n", "only upside\n", "idealism\n", "just how far his storytelling skills have eroded\n", "a melancholy ,\n", "totally past\n", "the feel of a fanciful motion picture\n", "'s plenty of evidence here\n", "terrifying angst\n", "latin music\n", "a retread story ,\n", "the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way\n", "make movies\n", "enigma -rrb-\n", "the movie is in a class by itself\n", "with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare .\n", "the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant 's woman\n", "perhaps the grossest movie\n", "the spirit of good clean fun\n", "the hypocrisies of our time\n", "woozy quality\n", "reptilian villain\n", "the story line may be 127 years old\n", "arwen\n", "-lrb- at 80 minutes -rrb-\n", "... 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women have curves does n't offer any easy answers .\n", "in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying\n", "is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start\n", "frontman\n", "is why i have given it a one-star rating\n", ", true story or not ,\n", "frightful\n", "could be a passable date film\n", "developers ,\n", "in the sky\n", "songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel\n", "ends with a large human tragedy\n", "with his fourth feature\n", "this 90-minute dud\n", "art drivel\n", "from josh koury\n", ", it 's the best sequel since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .\n", "a far corner\n", "a rip-roaring comedy action\n", "a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny\n", "in the shadows of motown\n", "well-made pb & j sandwich\n", "talk about\n", "foreman 's barking-mad taylor\n", "wrapped up in the characters ,\n", "the heart soar\n", "for 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"who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby\n", "unrecoverable life\n", "'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun .\n", "the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public\n", "have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon\n", "music business\n", "that this is n't something to be taken seriously\n", "lovely and amazing , '\n", "the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .\n", "white oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it\n", "amateurish\n", "only camouflage\n", "is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona ,\n", "a fascinating curiosity piece\n", "treats us\n", "good-looking but\n", "developed with more care\n", "a good-hearted ensemble comedy\n", "it 's the butt of its own joke\n", "falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '\n", "with melancholy richness\n", "were an extended short\n", "if you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry\n", "so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "galan\n", "hugely accomplished\n", "those places\n", "in its eroticized gore\n", "freudianism\n", "did n't particularly\n", "that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite :\n", "more busy than exciting\n", "lookin ' for sin\n", "in favour of an approach\n", "bring on the sequel .\n", "very well-written and very well-acted\n", "frightening\n", "lecherous\n", "hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "uncomfortable movie\n", "the inevitable\n", "the mixture\n", "more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution\n", "it falls far short of poetry\n", "instead of contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major - character-who-shall - remain-nameless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?\n", "realistically if not always fairly\n", "characterizations to be mildly amusing\n", "from oscar-winning master\n", "the performers are so spot on\n", "could ever have hoped to be\n", "effort and intelligence\n", "-lrb- screenwriter -rrb- pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation .\n", "reckless\n", "sit through --\n", "talky , artificial and opaque\n", "the 3-d vistas from orbit ,\n", "of russian history\n", "in vain for a movie\n", "that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and\n", "ai n't what it used to be .\n", "focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed\n", "sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but\n", "the bread , my sweet\n", "a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast\n", "ca n't compare friday after next to them\n", "by turns very dark and very funny .\n", "thurman\n", "movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family .\n", "lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless ,\n", "indictment\n", "wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses\n", "an erratic career\n", "majid\n", "aimless , arduous ,\n", "on spirituality\n", "overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael 's evolution .\n", "and engaging enough\n", "is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage\n", "fill\n", "like shrek , spirit '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 .\n", "not just unlikable .\n", "of the auteur 's professional injuries\n", "to justify the build-up\n", "visit\n", "horror film franchise\n", "retaining an integrity and\n", "use more of : spirit , perception , conviction\n", "of being too dense & about nothing at all\n", "chaos\n", "have a whale of a good time\n", "of how serious-minded the film is\n", "barney 's ideas\n", "this summer 's new action film\n", "of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort\n", "without ever explaining him\n", "perhaps paradoxically\n", "soulless techno-tripe\n", "a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .\n", "sweet home alabama ''\n", "a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone\n", "written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience\n", "permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .\n", "most moronic screenplays\n", "to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera\n", "the filmmakers lack the nerve ... to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor .\n", "freud\n", "the wit and revolutionary spirit\n", "death , especially suicide\n", "a soulless hunk\n", "the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .\n", "the unthinkable ,\n", "come in to the film with a skateboard\n", "his stuff\n", "juliette binoche 's sand\n", "engaging criminal\n", "-- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering\n", "some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen ,\n", "valid\n", "is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .\n", "exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film --\n", "leather warriors\n", "opens today in the new york metropolitan area\n", "troopers\n", "'s scarcely\n", "virtually plotless meanderings\n", "in stasis\n", "sensitive and astute\n", "narrative specifics\n", "the left of liberal on the political spectrum\n", "balancing its violence\n", "a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition\n", "familiar and predictable , and\n", "clint eastwood 's\n", "avalanches into forced fuzziness\n", "with emotional outbursts\n", "is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel ,\n", "and that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser .\n", "would be me : fighting off the urge to doze\n", "a potentially incredibly twisting mystery\n", "have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time\n", "probably should have\n", "enhance\n", ", the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .\n", "believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic\n", "tell its story\n", "the pure adrenalin\n", "'s no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it\n", "the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate\n", "really bad\n", "is n't complex enough to hold our interest\n", "wild ride ''\n", "fiery\n", "matron\n", "anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made\n", "of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "a diverse and astonishingly articulate\n", "the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but\n", "'s smooth and professional\n", "marveilleux\n", "speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons\n", "a-list\n", "metaphorical readings\n", "young japanese\n", "extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking\n", "going to love the piano teacher\n", "fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "initial momentum\n", "his brawny frame and\n", "it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out .\n", "your pulse\n", "on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving\n", "this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming\n", "gathering dust\n", "much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay\n", "wise\n", "an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement\n", "it 's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out ,\n", "semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .\n", "nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a\n", "dark , dull thriller\n", "moving in and out\n", "interesting controversy\n", "can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself\n", "all in the same movie\n", "with the assassin\n", "like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens\n", "surprising shots\n", "that 's being advertised as a comedy\n", "for sympathy\n", "as scary-funny as tremors\n", "doggie winks\n", "even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances\n", "gross\n", "the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate\n", "mib label\n", "of clashing cultures and a clashing mother\\/daughter relationship\n", "make this worth a peek\n", "than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style\n", "nasty aftertaste but\n", "to some eyes\n", "ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material\n", "was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", "lends\n", "run to ichi\n", "more accurately ,\n", "a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn\n", "a backstage must-see\n", "mildly enjoyable if toothless\n", "disappointed by a movie\n", "expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain\n", "out of reach\n", "strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances\n", "strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre\n", "these ambitions ,\n", "golf clubs over one shoulder\n", "the ya-ya 's have many secrets\n", "of superficiality\n", "your nightmares , on the other hand\n", "this relationship\n", "seen the remake\n", "how lame\n", ", fat , dumb\n", "if you can read the subtitles -lrb- the opera is sung in italian -rrb- and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes\n", "the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls\n", "perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "hopefully inspire action\n", "is a riot\n", "never less than pure wankery .\n", "makes little attempt\n", "want to laugh at it\n", "waiting for dvd and\n", "has to give to the mystic genres of cinema\n", "a subculture hell-bent\n", "upon layer\n", "the other '' and\n", "itself too thin\n", "school swimming\n", "is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive\n", "is wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe\n", "a twisting , unpredictable ,\n", "martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "it had the story to match\n", "which has a handful of smart jokes\n", "which allow us to view events as if through a prism\n", "nadia\n", "exceptional to justify a three hour running time\n", "in and\n", "innovation\n", "of any film more challenging or depressing\n", "music industry\n", "are we\n", "unhurried narrative\n", "only half\n", "vampire\n", "brave and\n", "out on video before month 's end\n", "schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm\n", "attuned\n", "do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "has become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past .\n", "are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...\n", "for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride\n", "everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more\n", "if it 's filmed tosca that you want\n", "suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers .\n", "gallery shows\n", "'ll go out on a limb\n", "unfathomable\n", "uh\n", "new age-inspired good intentions\n", "be measured against anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation\n", ", pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.\n", "these two people need to find each other\n", ", collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure\n", "padding\n", "pleasure or sensuality\n", "a kilted jackson\n", "from the teen-exploitation playbook\n", "the west african coast struggling against foreign influences\n", "swings and jostles\n", "the characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .\n", "it may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie ,\n", "very sincere\n", "than clyde barrow 's car\n", "to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might\n", "makes a wonderful subject for the camera\n", "i have two words to say about reign of fire .\n", "wish for\n", "characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "coughed ,\n", "death to smoochy is often very funny , but\n", "and inventive moments\n", "kathy\n", "is all portent and no content\n", "appreciate original romantic comedies like punch-drunk love\n", "i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "engaging , surprisingly\n", "to rush to the theatre for this one\n", "mrs.\n", "so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines\n", "expect more from director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan -lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb- than this cliche pileup\n", "worth a rental\n", "terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating\n", "new sequel\n", "threw\n", "kline 's\n", "cub\n", "your fears\n", "karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick\n", "good fun\n", "sweetly adventurous\n", "bypass a hip-hop documentary\n", "uncover\n", "sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour\n", "move with grace and panache\n", "force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers\n", "going to be something really good\n", "the writing in the movie\n", "individual moments of mood ,\n", "spirit and bite\n", "pay per view or rental\n", "yes , it 's as good as you remember .\n", "plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel\n", "which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "specialized\n", "the most notable observation\n", "to the confusion\n", "tension and unhappiness\n", "serve detention\n", "the only imaginable reason\n", "clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment\n", "it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but it is\n", "a flawed human\n", "hits home\n", "is 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\n", "inside it\n", "is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end\n", "gentle\n", "teenybopper\n", "to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore\n", "maybe it is formula filmmaking , but\n", ", elusive , yet inexplicably\n", "the complexities\n", "p.t.\n", ", you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard .\n", "behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense --\n", "about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay\n", "with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers\n", "rode\n", "i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese\n", "to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot\n", "-- or backyard sheds\n", "cruelly funny\n", "looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .\n", "any other year\n", "of the outstanding thrillers of recent years\n", "geneva\n", "is unashamedly pro-serbian and\n", "the little girls understand\n", "decidedly foul stylings\n", "the age of 12\n", ", enveloping affection\n", "spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .\n", "a real filmmaker\n", "deeply biased ,\n", "being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing\n", "malcolm mcdowell\n", "quickie\n", "to stand on their own\n", ", i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .\n", "valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious\n", ", it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .\n", "are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry\n", "a tenth installment in a series\n", "bob\n", "into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill\n", "flower-power liberation\n", "of talking\n", "mom and dad 's wallet\n", "call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace\n", "you had n't seen\n", "'s certainly an honest attempt to get at something\n", "in breaking codes and making movies\n", "a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "in her feature film acting debut as amy\n", "responsibility and care\n", "a greater attention\n", "is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "for easy , seductive pacing\n", "thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible\n", "is clearly not zhang 's forte\n", "falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers .\n", "split\n", "as violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen .\n", "to sit through\n", "occasionally bewildering\n", "brainer\n", "comin\n", "pageant\n", "imagined a movie ever could be\n", "comedy and heartbreaking\n", "inoffensive\n", "of e.t.\n", "could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .\n", "a clashing mother\\/daughter relationship\n", "little imagination\n", "that we have come to love\n", "a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director 's understanding of the expressive power of the camera .\n", "the full monty ,\n", "while it 's nothing we have n't seen before from murphy\n", "springing\n", "o.k. ,\n", "pesky moods\n", "not , difficult and sad\n", "arm\n", "by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment\n", "yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents .\n", "this junk\n", "a better lot\n", "sydow\n", "had been shot\n", "it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .\n", "demographically\n", "has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne .\n", "lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable\n", "takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .\n", "the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .\n", "out awards\n", "traffic\n", "whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "disreputable doings and\n", "homes\n", "of alexandre dumas ' classic\n", "to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence\n", "political climate\n", "personal loss\n", "to see three splendid actors\n", "raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit\n", "no pretensions\n", "which become strangely impersonal and abstract\n", "who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor\n", "a meal\n", "drowns out the promise of the romantic angle .\n", "comin ' at ya -- as if\n", "makes the grade as tawdry trash\n", ", despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .\n", "exceeds its grasp\n", "than its sunny disposition\n", "saddle\n", "its 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"are no less\n", "gets vivid performances\n", "badly edited\n", "likely to leave a lasting impression\n", "a portrait of two strong men in conflict\n", "slip into hokum\n", "are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door .\n", "may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles\n", "how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others\n", "ritchie 's film\n", "isabelle huppert\n", "far above\n", "yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .\n", "requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it\n", "a huge sacrifice of character and mood\n", "brit-com\n", "it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good\n", "of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots\n", "developed 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meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story .\n", "just about all of the film\n", "awfully entertaining\n", "urine\n", "been called freddy gets molested by a dog\n", "waterlogged script\n", "withstand\n", "what the movie lacks in action\n", "captivates and\n", "wise , wizened\n", "pink slip\n", "double portrait\n", "old people will love this movie , and i mean that in the nicest possible way :\n", "to day\n", "making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present\n", "has a built-in audience\n", "the sheer dumbness\n", "has far more impact\n", "dr.\n", "the curtain\n", "windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .\n", "use the word `` new ''\n", "raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before .\n", "showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge\n", "to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "with plenty\n", "could restage the whole thing in your bathtub\n", "the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .\n", "of business\n", "a return to form for director peter bogdanovich\n", "you feel good , you feel sad\n", "is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal .\n", "fool\n", "its seas\n", "become very involved in the proceedings\n", "its titular\n", "increase the gravitational pull considerably\n", "is certainly worth seeing at least once\n", "a choppy , surface-effect feeling\n", "what john does is heroic , but\n", "is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm\n", "tells -lrb- the story -rrb- with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems\n", "suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected\n", "god bless crudup\n", "a tasty slice of droll whimsy\n", "to be post-feminist breezy\n", "of the relationship between mothers\n", "suburban woman 's yearning\n", "wildlife\n", "of every bad action-movie line in history\n", "fulfill its own ambitious goals\n", "the full monty\n", "they '' looked like\n", "more accurately\n", "of movies starring ice-t in a major role\n", "us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories\n", "since the doors\n", "have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood\n", "thewlis 's\n", "in belly-dancing clubs\n", "to be somebody , and to belong to somebody\n", "is superficial and\n", "more answers\n", "inescapable conclusion\n", "in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .\n", "fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second\n", "flame-like\n", "goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .\n", "the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "-- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .\n", "plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out\n", "the story of trouble\n", "'s both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts\n", "about a cricket game\n", "with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera\n", "so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart\n", "thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait\n", "like kids\n", "captivating\n", "a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "of miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure\n", "featherweight\n", "ancient librarian\n", "period trappings\n", "of witnesses\n", "capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's\n", "'s up to you to decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal\n", "for with a great , fiery passion\n", "the situations\n", "drowns\n", "bad sound\n", "helmer hudlin\n", "credits like `` girl\n", "romantic comedy with a fresh point of view\n", "well\n", "get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that\n", "deserves recommendation\n", "satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation\n", "make this\n", "astounding performance\n", "never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments\n", "is life --\n", "try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .\n", "kong master john woo\n", "gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways\n", "know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money\n", "northern\n", "special fishy community\n", "range\n", "love the robust middle of this picture\n", "full of unhappy\n", "mishandled\n", "between passion and pretence\n", "usual tropes\n", "wladyslaw szpilman ,\n", "and crude film\n", "only two-fifths of a satisfying movie experience .\n", "his illness\n", "aladdin\n", "satisfying evening\n", "are more harmless pranksters than political activists .\n", "about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities\n", "inquisitiveness reminiscent\n", "hoping for a stiff wind\n", "overwhelming waste\n", "digital video ,\n", "average kid-empowerment fantasy\n", "one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it\n", "be an enjoyable choice for younger kids\n", "sitcom material\n", "precise nature\n", "a really solid woody allen film\n", "remarkable yet\n", "deliberate\n", "breezy caper movie\n", "vertical\n", "easily and , in the end , not well enough\n", "his ultimately losing cause\n", "the police\n", "again , as in the animal\n", "make anymore .\n", "a night\n", "life on the rez is no picnic :\n", "gorgeously strange\n", "30 years\n", "few early laughs\n", "debilitating\n", "fluids gag\n", "perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing ,\n", "the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy\n", "only mildly funny\n", "whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful\n", "no signs of life\n", "occupied amidst\n", "beyond the first half-hour\n", ", humour and pathos\n", "watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane\n", "but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster\n", "summer fluff\n", "extremely bad .\n", "more in love\n", "the very special type of badness that is deuces wild\n", "that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have -lrb- and probably should have -rrb- been a lighthearted comedy\n", "unexplained\n", "the job done\n", ", pale mr. broomfield\n", "sillier ,\n", "just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through\n", "find an escape clause\n", "86 minutes\n", "its lavish formalism and\n", "ralph\n", "get the distinct impression\n", "insightful moments\n", "the surprise ending\n", "on this dvd\n", "limited but enthusiastic\n", "coarse , cliched and clunky\n", "fantasies\n", "dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution . ''\n", "all of this , and more\n", "no hollywood villain\n", "the wrong character\n", "fall fast asleep\n", "serene\n", "ingest\n", "chips\n", "enticing and often funny documentary\n", "meticulous talent\n", "watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises .\n", "the expectation of laughter\n", "shake the thought\n", "this kind\n", "unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire .\n", "worldly-wise and very funny script\n", "killing me\n", "charming and\n", "margarita happy hour kinda\n", "when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans\n", "-lrb- `` safe conduct '' -rrb- is a long movie at 163 minutes\n", "of liveliness\n", ", here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation .\n", "only thing\n", "is no substitute for on-screen chemistry\n", "a poignant lyricism\n", "directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .\n", "that this is revenge of the nerds revisited\n", "is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest\n", "generate\n", "dim-witted and lazy spin-off\n", "lapel\n", "bad at it is cruel\n", "however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .\n", "eastwood is off his game\n", "cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents\n", "sorority\n", "be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002\n", "'s thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .\n", "rhino\n", "cross\n", "any time\n", "whose roots\n", "second installment\n", "long time dead\n", "makes the right choices at every turn\n", "their culture 's manic mix\n", "this animated adventure\n", "beautiful , self-satisfied\n", "your cup\n", "margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "wind up as glum as mr. de niro\n", "is an actor 's movie first and foremost .\n", "deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell\n", "disaster flick\n", "orchestrating\n", "of creating a screenplay\n", "slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --\n", "for the teens ' deviant behaviour\n", "whose sharp\n", "i\n", "was 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 -lrb- and no one -rrb-\n", "a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender\n", "authentically impulsive\n", "cast the magnificent jackie chan\n", "does n't exactly reveal what makes vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat\n", "a high-powered star pedigree\n", ", it 's a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .\n", "chafing\n", "rightly\n", "pity\n", "is just hectic and homiletic\n", "of a japanese monster\n", "attached to before\n", "in a way that verges on the amateurish\n", "a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being .\n", "moving , and adventurous\n", "is hard to resist\n", "is n't heated properly ,\n", "pinnacle to pinnacle\n", "forgets to make it entertaining\n", "uncertain film\n", "have never picked a lock\n", "agreeably startling\n", "this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes\n", "why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery\n", "obsessive behavior\n", "a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "rediscovering the power of fantasy\n", "rent from frame one\n", ", the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression .\n", "yahoo-ing\n", "hectic and\n", "mention `` solaris '' five years from now and i 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share\n", "a hardy group\n", "in all its strange quirks\n", "a summer\n", "inadvertently sidesplitting it\n", "a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending .\n", "others\n", "witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste\n", "lazy ,\n", ", you 're in luck .\n", "'s betting her third feature will be something to behold\n", "two skittish new york middle-agers\n", "my only complaint\n", "the forest for the trees\n", "the last exit\n", "more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- thoughtful , visually graceful work .\n", "as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .\n", "pretty linear and only makeup-deep\n", "in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star\n", "more\n", "without becoming one itself\n", "starts out\n", "the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .\n", "tricky tightrope\n", "proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .\n", "writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler\n", "cold , grey ,\n", "blame all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb- tells her father\n", "can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away\n", "the play\n", "hardship\n", "overall tomfoolery like this\n", "docu-drama\n", "is a children 's film in the truest sense\n", "also has many of the things that made the first one charming .\n", "what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "is ripe for all manner of lunacy\n", ", jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .\n", "in my eyes\n", "are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster\n", "weaves\n", "is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be\n", "mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material\n", "as directed by dani kouyate of burkina faso\n", "are trying to make their way through this tragedy\n", "ferrara 's\n", "by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "attracting audiences\n", "merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king\n", "the finish line winded but still game\n", "silly original cartoon\n", "-- the gangster\\/crime comedy --\n", "crawl\n", "patience\n", "to place blame\n", "'s a pale imitation .\n", "ayurveda\n", "'s very little hustling on view\n", "this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .\n", "... a light , yet engrossing piece .\n", "crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows\n", "the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing\n", "are more harmless pranksters than political activists\n", "the result , however well-intentioned ,\n", "anyone else in their roles\n", "routine shocker\n", "that governs college cliques\n", "none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "yet instantly recognizable\n", "the generous inclusiveness\n", "of raccoons\n", "stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "bid\n", "of his budget\n", "a meatier deeper\n", "the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered\n", "its emotional core\n", "suspense drama\n", "comfort and\n", "who enter here\n", "treating female follies\n", "the wayward wooden one\n", "done that ... a thousand times already\n", "rip through\n", "for unexpectedly giddy viewing\n", "unrelenting\n", "worst dialogue\n", "a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains ... crossroads is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential .\n", "does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream\n", "the dog\n", "sacre bleu\n", "i wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ...\n", "` black culture ' and\n", "regards\n", "each of her three protagonists\n", "some of those\n", "than we started with\n", "is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .\n", "to be proud of her rubenesque physique\n", "shipping\n", "a vampire\n", "sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay\n", "more interesting ways of dealing with the subject\n", "'s mostly a pleasure to watch .\n", "mind and\n", "readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "insults\n", "extremely unconventional\n", "a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it\n", "this nonsensical story\n", "lend some dignity\n", "theatrical sentiment\n", "the diner\n", "appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set\n", "wittgenstein\n", "gushing\n", "a deeply unpleasant experience\n", ", no-nonsense authority\n", "can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling .\n", "to the most enchanting film of the year\n", "et al.\n", "presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future\n", "the finish line winded but\n", "with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway\n", "the past 20 minutes looking at your watch\n", "someone like judd\n", "fathers\n", "battlefield\n", "this working woman --\n", "protective\n", "by accents thick as mud\n", "can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .\n", "lord\n", "the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and\n", "the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl\n", "the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective\n", "we spend with these people\n", "film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days\n", "one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works\n", "of my aisle 's walker\n", "foreshadowing\n", "just not\n", "the other sloppy\n", "eventually cloying pow drama\n", "of the couple 's bmw\n", "ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .\n", "tosses around sex toys and offers\n", "all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes\n", "enjoyable above average summer diversion\n", "studios\n", "that greasy little vidgame pit\n", "facing\n", "still , the pulse never disappears entirely ,\n", "could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt\n", "getting there is not even half the interest .\n", "romeo\n", "one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also\n", "director elie chouraqui ,\n", "bewilderingly brilliant and\n", "how bad his movie is\n", "anguished performance\n", "those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering .\n", "starts slowly , but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying\n", "the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and\n", "of the film 's virtues\n", "often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .\n", "one of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears .\n", "cruelty and\n", "je-gyu is\n", "futile scenario\n", "is what it is\n", "skillful and moving\n", "either effort in three hours of screen time\n", "despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances .\n", "along the way k-19\n", "takes the cake\n", "brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing . '\n", "something hip and transgressive\n", "two-bit potboiler .\n", "no way\n", "i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . ''\n", "coasting\n", "of job\n", "the cast , collectively\n", "shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but\n", "a reminiscence\n", "worn a bit thin\n", ", but it 's a sincere mess\n", "canon\n", "in unusual homes\n", "coping , in one way or another ,\n", "it pushes its agenda too forcefully\n", "an intelligent subtlety\n", "to whether you can tolerate leon barlow\n", "plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice\n", "nine\n", "maybe it is formula filmmaking\n", "excellent work\n", "a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad\n", "win any honors\n", "excellent\n", "enticing and\n", "a bodice-ripper for intellectuals .\n", "cameras and souls\n", "trying to do\n", "literature literal\n", "go ,\n", "aussie david caesar\n", "as a bonus\n", "a movie about passion\n", "squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had\n", "animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world\n", "by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense\n", "previous disney films\n", "its eccentric , accident-prone characters\n", "you would n't turn down a big bowl of that\n", "owen wilson\n", "too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy\n", "the story line\n", "beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .\n", "made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention\n", "porcelain\n", "what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log ?\n", "up the pieces\n", "featured\n", "too many ingredients\n", "anymore\n", "is the `` gadzooks\n", "ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold\n", "their imperfect , love-hate relationship\n", "blood work proves\n", "turn and devolves\n", "thoughtfully written\n", "much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but words do n't really do the era justice .\n", "a brutally honest documentary\n", "despite iwai 's vaunted empathy\n", "too human\n", "story to go but down\n", "getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic\n", "if you answered yes , by all means enjoy the new guy .\n", "we do n't like\n", "have been crisper and punchier\n", "flatula\n", "a recording\n", "with noticeably less energy and imagination\n", "a non-mystery mystery .\n", "if horses could fly , this is surely what they 'd look like .\n", "of anteing up some movie star charisma\n", "england 's roger mitchell\n", "web .\n", "lacks the spirit of the previous two , and\n", "as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type\n", "i killed my father\n", "solid acting\n", "'m not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller .\n", "over so often now\n", "program\n", "less as a documentary and more as a found relic\n", "hermitage\n", "one more\n", "nudity , profanity and violence\n", "for jonah\n", "are undeniably touched\n", "during her son 's discovery of his homosexuality\n", "a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident .\n", "is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest\n", "suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is .\n", "... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "meets goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs .\n", "they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either\n", "the year 's best\n", "compelling yarn\n", "seventeen\n", "it an above-average thriller\n", "the most oddly honest hollywood document of all\n", "a whole lot of fun\n", "true emotions\n", "dark to be decipherable\n", "documenting\n", "delivery and payoff\n", "opulent\n", "a backseat\n", "how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "if you grew up on scooby -- you 'll love this movie .\n", "holocaust literature\n", "were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject\n", "illuminating comedy\n", "place mostly indoors\n", "about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics\n", "devote time\n", "pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart\n", "would be a more appropriate location to store it\n", "the similarly themed\n", "sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .\n", "wear down possible pupils\n", "garbage\n", "just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap\n", "drawing me\n", "it 'll only put you to sleep .\n", "the 30-year friendship\n", "teddy\n", "of pre-9 \\/ 11 new york\n", "to believe if it were n't true\n", "provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee\n", "serving sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff\n", "successfully blended satire\n", "has the usual impossible stunts\n", "ticks off\n", "another film that praises female self-sacrifice\n", "definite room\n", "rot and\n", "ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "too loud and\n", "'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .\n", "hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "give themselves a better lot in life\n", "a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence\n", "too pat and familiar to hold my interest\n", "the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed\n", "` lovely and amazing , ' unhappily , is neither ... excessively strained and contrived .\n", "of flower-power liberation\n", "foreign city\n", "up more\n", "more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller\n", "a conventional\n", "holds\n", "zombie movie\n", "a point\n", "new-agey tone\n", "before us\n", "original running time\n", "just becomes sad\n", "cheesy backdrops ,\n", "you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor .\n", "tolerate\n", "its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism ,\n", "by the source material\n", "opposite each other\n", "the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .\n", "it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life\n", "not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece .\n", "does little\n", "one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good\n", "do it his own way\n", "across as lame and sophomoric\n", "nothing about them is attractive .\n", "just the measure\n", "a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge\n", "feathers\n", "better than it feels\n", "twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and\n", "slimed\n", ", labute continues to improve .\n", "reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining\n", ", the film has\n", "gasp , shudder and even\n", "acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge\n", "creates an overall sense of brusqueness\n", "actors '\n", "best you can with a stuttering script\n", "of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies\n", "that 's a liability .\n", "magic and\n", "written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald ,\n", "enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .\n", "to predict when a preordained `` big moment 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sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men .\n", "will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious\n", "it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "a hip-hop tootsie\n", "greatest star wattage\n", "touches the heart\n", "as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "chabrol 's best\n", "eccentric enough to stave off doldrums , caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .\n", ", this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .\n", ", the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life .\n", "in humanity\n", "a superior moral tone is more important\n", "project\n", "lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks ,\n", "all the closed-door hanky-panky\n", "consistent tone\n", "hey , those farts got to my inner 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vivid with color , music and life\n", "is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \\*\\*\\* off for an hour-and-a-half\n", "a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two\n", "it 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ... grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun\n", "george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king\n", "suicide\n", "the murk of its own making\n", "drag along the dead -lrb- water -rrb- weight of the other\n", "the adjective ` gentle ' applies\n", "the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye .\n", "chases for an hour\n", "leaves him shooting blanks\n", "reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise\n", "primitive in technique\n", "'ll still be glued to the screen\n", "you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off ,\n", "t -rrb-\n", "released\n", "a soul and\n", "coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be\n", "warm , moving\n", "lightness and\n", "'s a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good .\n", "as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter '\n", "the wild\n", "yawner\n", "a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "with enough eye\n", "no amount of imagination ,\n", "a dozen\n", "romantic comedies\n", "impressive fake documentary\n", "searing lead performance\n", "so larger than life\n", "more shots\n", "the same movie\n", "delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard .\n", "particularly memorable effect\n", "offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse\n", "the charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .\n", "adobo\n", "by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state\n", "his right mind\n", "comedy spectacle\n", "a pandora 's box\n", "ritchie imitation\n", "of the sopranos\n", "what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride .\n", "a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "feeling embarrassed\n", "that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is\n", "coughed\n", "my uncles\n", "is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus\n", "-lrb- their lamentations are pretty much self-centered -rrb-\n", "director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j. wilson\n", "witty , wistful new film\n", "the kid 's\n", "sabara\n", "that ends with truckzilla\n", "extended bedroom sequence\n", "that embraces its old-fashioned themes and\n", "shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes\n", "the very definition of epic adventure\n", "lumpen\n", "without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .\n", "alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .\n", "employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp .\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with cage 's best acting\n", "an average b-movie\n", "remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre\n", "but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .\n", "handled with such sensitivity\n", "is nonjudgmental , and\n", "15th century\n", "a low-key labor\n", "-rrb- best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "mateys\n", "... once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .\n", "a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .\n", "in large part\n", "madness ,\n", "the best date movie of the year\n", "any awards\n", "'s a very very strong `` b +\n", "this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .\n", "heart-breaking\n", "compared to das boot\n", "cohesion\n", "too bad kramer\n", "growing strange hairs\n", "a highly ambitious and personal project\n", "bielinsky 's great game ,\n", "the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes\n", "harder and harder\n", "shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention .\n", "fish-out-of-water\n", "but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video .\n", "action-and-popcorn\n", "our national psyche\n", "with incident\n", "drug\n", "solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me .\n", "for country music fans or\n", "gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic\n", "a dreary indulgence .\n", "a decomposition\n", "does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject\n", "like cheap hysterics\n", "to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies\n", "` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .\n", "a derivative collection\n", "fused\n", "make this a charmer .\n", "balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams\n", "does n't use -lrb- monsoon wedding -rrb- to lament the loss of culture\n", "you 'd never guess that from the performances .\n", "steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience .\n", "dark and bittersweet\n", "while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .\n", "gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry\n", "strikes a very resonant chord\n", "sequins\n", "-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .\n", "attract\n", "of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract\n", "in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine .\n", "been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's\n", "'s a p.o.w.\n", "is even better than the fellowship .\n", "done and\n", "charged music to the ears of cho 's fans .\n", "'s pauly shore awful .\n", "a monster movie\n", "lead performances\n", "powerful emotions\n", "give `` scratch ''\n", "stomach-churning gore\n", "that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "lipstick\n", "the book trying to make the outrage\n", "is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way .\n", "games , wire fu ,\n", "filmmaking methodology\n", "suspended between two cultures .\n", "one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels\n", "in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ...\n", "a thought-provoking\n", "is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously .\n", "too sappy\n", "ultimately undo him\n", "'ll never know .\n", "our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing\n", "partners\n", "never having seen the first two films in the series\n", "it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it\n", "it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s\n", "not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching .\n", "as well-acted and well-intentioned\n", "while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one\n", "a hit\n", "themes\n", "hand gestures\n", "the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes -lrb- of which they 'll get plenty -rrb- fills me with revulsion .\n", "has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s\n", "impressive talent\n", "thought-provoking and stylish\n", "black comedy\n", "seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''\n", "the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .\n", "of fatherhood\n", "behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance\n", "their looks\n", "more bizarre\n", "eating , sleeping\n", "a great script brought down by lousy direction .\n", "the movie possesses its own languorous charm .\n", "look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers .\n", "until dark\n", "lactating\n", "a matinee price\n", "the cornpone\n", "civics classes\n", "with much of its slender\n", "the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny\n", "west african coast\n", "rudimentary\n", "now computerized yoda\n", "cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .\n", "shrewd enough\n", "a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit\n", "mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .\n", "utter tripe\n", "telegraphed so far\n", "from the one most of us inhabit\n", "familiar you might as well be watching a rerun\n", "a pretty good overall picture\n", "onto his head\n", "been a hoot in a bad-movie way\n", "is n't a new idea\n", "unforgettable\n", "the temptations\n", "makes one thing abundantly clear\n", "rugrats movies\n", "pure of intention and passably diverting\n", "poor acting\n", "fascination ,\n", "numbing experience to watch\n", "an exciting plot\n", "mr. chicken\n", "looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes\n", "to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '\n", "ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation\n", "'s denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism\n", "that ultimately coheres into a 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mixed-up relationship\n", "genuinely satisfying\n", "change watching such a character ,\n", "sexual jealousy , resentment\n", "the brass soul\n", "puts the x\n", "is infused with the sensibility of a video director\n", "big screen\n", "consigliere\n", "with poetic imagery\n", "satirical touches\n", "grief and how truth-telling\n", "will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy .\n", "has intentionally left college\n", "unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , impostor is opening today at a theater near you .\n", "schlock merchant\n", "lee gifford\n", "make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything\n", "mouthpieces\n", "ask still\n", "this region\n", "the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and\n", "its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else is acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition .\n", "a film 's title\n", "they thought they 'd earn\n", "inconceivable\n", "and some staggeringly boring cinema .\n", "giving up\n", "delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them\n", "a serious critique\n", "a blair witch -\n", "the audience gets pure escapism\n", "go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "particularly slanted\n", "of a vh1 behind the music episode\n", "its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and\n", "be human\n", "thoroughly enjoyable .\n", "some fine sex onscreen , and\n", "more confident\n", "sensual and funny\n", "`` bowling for columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...\n", "one but\n", "a detailed historical document\n", "enter the theater\n", "but no-nonsense human beings they are and\n", "you had already seen that movie\n", "of a certain ambition\n", "mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and 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longing\n", "lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter .\n", "if you think it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes\n", "torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public\n", "such films as `` all that heaven allows '' and `` imitation of life\n", "relish\n", ", a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .\n", "frothy piece\n", "turns it\n", "about those years\n", "its uncanny tale\n", "viveka seldahl\n", "very sneaky\n", "heavy-handed indictment\n", "for a preemptive strike\n", "stuck around for this long\n", "pity anyone who sees this mishmash .\n", "remains a chilly , clinical lab report\n", "perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features\n", "`` 13 conversations about one thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .\n", "junk-calorie\n", "partnerships\n", ", even-flowing tone\n", "enveloping sounds\n", "of the finest\n", "made it all work\n", "energy and\n", "the simpering soundtrack and\n", "this new rollerball\n", "only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage\n", "recreating it an\n", "the u.s.\n", "like kissing jessica stein\n", "tendentious\n", "the eyes of aristocrats\n", "lousy one\n", "a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque\n", "of his performances\n", "my lunch\n", "who are smarter than him\n", "'ve never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots\n", "generations\n", "amidst the action\n", "dark , vaguely disturbing way\n", "defining philosophical conscience\n", "like one long\n", "missed .\n", "riveting documentary\n", "a distinct rarity , and an event\n", "a touching love story\n", "better advantage\n", "a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes\n", "a moratorium ,\n", ", modest comic tragedy\n", "that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece\n", "not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense .\n", "instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel .\n", "as often\n", "high-strung but flaccid\n", "play shaggy\n", "this film 's impressive performances\n", "family-film\n", "an energizing\n", "shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , -lrb- but -rrb- the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "pretentious eye-rolling moments\n", "thoroughly dull\n", "philosophical nature\n", "just ticking , but humming\n", "the proceedings\n", "durable\n", "to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself\n", "more smarts , but\n", "turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "at this beautifully drawn movie\n", "fifteen minutes\n", "to nicholson\n", "nonchalant grant\n", "eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made\n", "maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor .\n", "stortelling ,\n", "the plot device\n", "their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s\n", "the animation and backdrops\n", ", -lrb- goldbacher -rrb- just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .\n", "offbeat sensibilities\n", "passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel\n", "while it can be a bit repetitive\n", "not the great american comedy\n", "gut-wrenching style\n", "for jfk conspiracy nuts\n", "notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters\n", "lead actor phones\n", "athletes\n", "a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present\n", ", this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .\n", "messy , murky , unsatisfying\n", "a rancorous curiosity\n", "switches into something more recyclable than significant\n", "what ?!?\n", "kill a zombie\n", "'s perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "not a classic ,\n", "pregnant premise\n", "you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes\n", "chris columbus '\n", "is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans .\n", "of its characters\n", "the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself\n", "of the scenes\n", "piccoli 's\n", "principal\n", "of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all\n", "would have felt like a cheat\n", "its namesake\n", "palma 's\n", "is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers . '\n", "is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us\n", "his own screenplay\n", "remarkably\n", "five\n", "to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism\n", "self-aware\n", "skeletons\n", "colour and depth\n", "schoolers\n", "strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .\n", "shamefully\n", "his passe '\n", "a monstrous murk\n", "a nice belgian waffle\n", "it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic\n", "a day-to-day basis\n", "of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him\n", "in the mood for something\n", "almost everyone growing up\n", "of the 20th century\n", "captivating as the rowdy participants think it is\n", ", the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .\n", "huge disappointment coming\n", "observant , unfussily poetic meditation\n", "an `` o bruin , where art thou ?\n", "distant portuguese import\n", "far from\n", "replacing\n", "passions , obsessions , and\n", "bond-inspired ?\n", "'s meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree\n", "the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way\n", "part of her targeted audience\n", "sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time\n", "the potential for pathological study\n", "to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape\n", "of about six gags\n", "a comparison\n", "a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .\n", "the mountains\n", "enigma lacks it .\n", "direct hit\n", "the drive of a narrative\n", ", compelling story\n", "judging by those standards , ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .\n", "see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all\n", "the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .\n", "represents glossy hollywood at its laziest .\n", "relying on the usual tropes\n", "it may not be `` last tango in paris '' but ...\n", "a thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation .\n", "the quiet american brings us right into the center of that world\n", "collectively\n", "grips and\n", "told film\n", "is because - damn it !\n", "as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism\n", "amini\n", "hanging out at the barbershop\n", "to entertain or inspire its viewers\n", "eye-filling\n", "no problem\n", "and amir mann area\n", "the romantic problems\n", "satin rouge\n", "in the hue of its drastic iconography\n", "ritchie 's\n", "puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting\n", "there 's something there\n", "it is not what you see , it is what you think you see .\n", "mcwilliams 's\n", "dialogue and sharp\n", "save everyone\n", "made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half\n", "rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic\n", "documented\n", "the goods and audiences\n", "is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .\n", "miscalculations\n", "french revolution\n", "a familiar story\n", "is laid back\n", "have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense\n", "'s the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge .\n", "you 'll find in this dreary mess .\n", "the film 's plot\n", "shabby script\n", "demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone\n", "after decades\n", "most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics\n", "most of its unsettling force\n", "of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles\n", "against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor\n", "laissez-passer '' -rrb-\n", "but also more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .\n", "by dani kouyate of burkina faso\n", "has about 3\\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .\n", "watching the proverbial paint dry\n", "emotional tug\n", ", the pulse never disappears entirely\n", "a puritanical brand of christianity\n", "artistic\n", "stiff , ponderous and charmless\n", "fried in pork\n", "smitten\n", "great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense\n", "melt --\n", "whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure :\n", "dumb comedy\n", "a solid ,\n", "the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .\n", "uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .\n", "waltzed itself\n", "ca n't remember a single name responsible for it\n", "as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design\n", "a sharp , amusing study\n", "and sometimes dry\n", "bogus profundities\n", "some combination of the three\n", "a good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance .\n", "rediscovering\n", "brittle desperation\n", "makes time go faster\n", "a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring .\n", "'ll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again\n", "from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists\n", "of fascinating performances\n", "an aloof father and his chilly son\n", "belt\n", "an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay\n", "it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .\n", "bielinsky 's great game\n", "beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom\n", "chris rock ,\n", "dutiful\n", "guy ritchie\n", "desperately ingratiating\n", "smear\n", "falls short of first contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations\n", "her own work\n", "few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out ,\n", "about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away\n", "begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .\n", "a smart , compelling drama\n", "all the previous\n", "engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary\n", "play well then\n", "must have been astronomically bad\n", "freakshow\n", "pretty far from a treasure\n", "juicy soap opera\n", "of titles\n", "makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role\n", "will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of denmark 's dogma movement .\n", "a direct-to-void release ,\n", "would you\n", "new one\n", "rehashes several old themes\n", "by argentine director fabian bielinsky\n", "old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy\n", "will feel someday\n", "exactly worth\n", "pretty damn close\n", "premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings\n", "squanders its beautiful women\n", "hangover\n", "sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices\n", "terry george\n", "their gourd\n", "cliches and\n", "unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set\n", "terri\n", "gets added disdain\n", "have had\n", "none of his actors stand out , but\n", "could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ;\n", "will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .\n", "way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum\n", "did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "it is about irrational , unexplainable life and\n", "it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers .\n", "martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally\n", "the quaking essence\n", "most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and\n", "few kids\n", "baby boomer families\n", "as straight drama\n", "starts making water torture seem appealing\n", "mediocre horror film\n", "a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "new benchmark\n", "it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest .\n", "bowling for columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...\n", "two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", ", urgent\n", "'s no arguing the tone of the movie\n", "is more fun than conan the barbarian\n", "spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say\n", "short on plot\n", "did what ?!?\n", "now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers\n", "putting the weight of the world on his shoulders\n", "an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability\n", "love moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions\n", "make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school\n", "that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` we were soldiers\n", "step\n", "very slow\n", "that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that\n", "made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire\n", "one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "dave barry 's\n", "daring films\n", "dualistic\n", "50-year-old actor\n", "said ,\n", "the look and the period trappings right\n", "the contest received\n", "very people\n", "its title character\n", "no means\n", "very much like life\n", "odd and\n", "about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others\n", "'s all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .\n", "pat and familiar\n", "anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things\n", "frequently unintentionally\n", "tolerate leon barlow\n", "some real vitality and even art\n", "downplays\n", "processed\n", "of fahrenheit 451\n", "as simultaneously funny ,\n", "the not-too-distant future\n", "gem\n", "to describe the plot and its complications\n", "think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star .\n", "rather , er , bubbly\n", "becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it\n", "juwanna\n", "capable\n", "truly edgy\n", "period costume\n", "to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's\n", "posing as a real movie .\n", "sounding like satire\n", "pauly shore\n", "you have no interest in the gang-infested\n", "unpredictable character pieces\n", "martin lawrence 's latest vehicle\n", "andrei\n", "the film 's producers\n", "blowing through the empty theatres\n", "as last week 's episode of behind the music .\n", "the plot has a number of holes ,\n", "when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust\n", "spends more time with schneider\n", "longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation\n", "monsoon wedding -rrb- to lament the loss of culture\n", "if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing\n", "can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions\n", "what john does is heroic\n", "very thrilling\n", "on philip k. dick stories\n", "right thing\n", "so much as distill it\n", "this effort\n", "would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster\n", "my least favourite emotions ,\n", "starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true .\n", "the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale\n", "examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change\n", "may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does\n", "the unmentionable\n", "a bad movie\n", "lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .\n", "an interesting slice of history .\n", "alone , should scare any sane person away .\n", "its awkward structure and a final veering\n", "but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .\n", "on paper\n", "dominant\n", "irritates and saddens me\n", "in 1952\n", "witch-style\n", "prove to be too great\n", "of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "comic opportunities\n", "verite\n", "of its people\n", "better than the phantom menace\n", "fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story\n", "blacklight crowd\n", "all on their own\n", "extensive\n", "deeper realization\n", "has ever\n", "their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "the intelligence\n", ", sterile and lacking\n", "the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast\n", "ending\n", "below the camera line\n", "says ` i 'm telling you , this is f \\*\\*\\* ed\n", "-lrb- or\n", "is haunting\n", "manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems\n", "certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike\n", "peevish\n", "is haunting ... -lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction\n", "hunnam\n", "a well-defined sense\n", "rap\n", "notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness\n", "motivations\n", "something just outside his grasp\n", "for an eagerness\n", "of the unsung heroes of 20th century\n", "being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr\n", "love to hate .\n", "as it is repetitious\n", "transformed star\n", "thin soup\n", "opera antics\n", "of rock videos\n", "gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful\n", "it 's rambo - meets-john ford .\n", "is actually funny without hitting below the belt\n", "ensemble player\n", "dangerfield\n", "waiting to scream\n", "capacity to explain themselves\n", "a novel thought in his head\n", "paths\n", "the power\n", "books unread\n", "deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them\n", "play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen\n", "a funny , triumphant ,\n", "wit and hoopla\n", "generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters\n", "wedding feels a bit anachronistic .\n", "that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "is not really\n", "one of those ignorant\n", "reminded\n", "kirshner and\n", "meaningful or\n", "were already tired\n", "the 1970s\n", "that chatty fish\n", "crumb\n", "warm and winning central performance\n", "girlfriends are bad , wives are worse\n", "way more\n", "if anything\n", "old school\n", "serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue\n", "to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", "a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium .\n", "is infectious\n", "the movie any less entertaining\n", "in fairy tales and other childish things\n", "fun factor\n", "to the end\n", "troupe\n", "hardly an objective documentary\n", "its storytelling\n", ", he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them\n", "one form or another\n", "every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz\n", "all-star salute\n", "empowerment movie\n", "it challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should .\n", "be a human being --\n", "moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots\n", "endgame\n", "a case of masochism and an hour and a half\n", "you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life\n", "turned down .\n", "if it made its original release date last fall\n", "a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by one 's mother .\n", "to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency\n", "cautions\n", "olympia , wash. ,\n", "me want to scream\n", "the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year\n", "fun , curiously adolescent movie\n", "of one\n", "incisive enough\n", "as a bonus ,\n", "like a lonely beacon\n", "gushy episode\n", "reductive\n", "that our hollywood has all but lost\n", "michell 's\n", "kahlo 's\n", "manages to string together enough charming moments to work .\n", "its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication\n", "own responsibility\n", "is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography\n", "75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie\n", "a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth 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sinister happy ending\n", "gasp ,\n", "artworks\n", "about their lives , loves and the art\n", "dignity\n", "bone-dry\n", "it 's invaluable\n", "'s no accident\n", "an engaging , wide-eyed actress\n", "took in their work -- and in each other --\n", "excuse for a film\n", "packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother\n", "abbass\n", "we 're drawn in by the dark luster .\n", "a powerful performance\n", "the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and\n", "classic theater piece\n", ", touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot\n", "dark and\n", "that noble , trembling incoherence\n", "seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days ,\n", "moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction\n", "the tabloid energy embalmed\n", "for good intentions\n", "the project 's prime mystery\n", "greatest natural sportsmen\n", "uninvolving\n", "watch a movie in which a guy 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future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen\n", "of the holiday box office pie\n", "it 's deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there 's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag .\n", "their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", ", tender sermon\n", "the second half\n", "ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film\n", "a fun one\n", "a board\n", "meandering ,\n", "in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish\n", "the chelsea hotel\n", "up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched\n", "are smarter than him\n", "preachy parable\n", "demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment\n", "technological exercise\n", "a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation .\n", "there 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie\n", "space opera\n", "but a starting point\n", "lacks it .\n", "better advantage on cable\n", "a happy ending\n", "genre thrills\n", "happened already\n", "fabric\n", "committed\n", "such a blip\n", "made available to american workers\n", "played out in any working class community in the nation\n", "is definitely worth seeing\n", "pretty mediocre family film\n", "in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates\n", "like the big-bug movie\n", "ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour\n", "go straight to video\n", "hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful\n", "art-house to the core , read my lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema .\n", "all , a condition only the old are privy to ,\n", "kong action\n", "lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human\n", "unusual space\n", "an obvious copy of one of the best films\n", "as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream\n", "frank humanity\n", "a coming-of-age movie that hollywood\n", "you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience\n", "an ugly , mean-spirited lashing\n", "the path of good sense\n", "'50s sociology , pop culture or\n", "watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one\n", "below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished\n", "alarming\n", "about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family\n", "a wallop\n", "does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously\n", "comes off\n", "does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain\n", "exhilarating , funny and fun .\n", "the figures\n", "flow through the hollywood pipeline\n", "their often heartbreaking testimony ,\n", "paints\n", "like mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .\n", "reeboir\n", "tender and touching\n", "statham employs an accent that i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british .\n", "in color and creativity\n", "it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .\n", "cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments\n", "of the expressive power of the camera\n", "from little screen to big\n", "they have seen a comedy\n", "ebullient tunisian film\n", "-lrb- gosling 's -rrb- combination\n", "let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists\n", "all the wrong moments\n", "of miramax 's deep shelves\n", "and prom dates\n", "is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "of small victories\n", "director ramsay\n", "a tighter editorial process and\n", "was earnest\n", "weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces\n", "95 filmmaking\n", "heartbreakingly\n", "york\n", "young children\n", "animaton from japan\n", "material realm\n", "that implies\n", "monty\n", "a chance to prove his worth\n", "a dark pit\n", "slightest bit\n", "by the sight of someone\n", "an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work\n", "over and\n", "laughably predictable\n", "fast-paced\n", "for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love\n", "be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less\n", "smeary and blurry ,\n", "it happens to flat characters\n", "the neighborhood\n", "film that loses sight of its own story\n", "spiritless\n", "there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie\n", "'s a scorcher .\n", "film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch\n", "at the french revolution\n", "no special effects , and no hollywood endings\n", "thoughtlessly assembled\n", ", pack your knitting needles .\n", "even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another\n", "more and more\n", "of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record\n", "the screenwriter and\n", "parodied\n", "is n't subversive\n", "as you 'd hoped\n", "of good clean fun\n", "the u.n.\n", "fun to make than it is to sit through\n", "who knew ...\n", "all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability\n", "do n't need to try very hard\n", "admit xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure\n", "for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life\n", "craziness and child-rearing\n", "about this film\n", "workout\n", "children and adults enamored of all things pokemon\n", "the very least\n", "fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .\n", "surrounding himself\n", "once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed\n", "-lrb- soderbergh -rrb- tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and\n", "163 minutes\n", "waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office\n", "fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket\n", "in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care\n", ", that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...\n", "another gross-out college comedy\n", "art house pretension .\n", "great-grandson 's\n", "in imax in short\n", "right down to the population\n", "with his fake backdrops and stately pacing\n", "'s hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .\n", "loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves\n", "frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home\n", "journey into a philosophical void\n", "in its despairing vision of corruption\n", "birds\n", "the pleasure\n", ", frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten\n", "is much more p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb-\n", "immediate as the latest news footage from gaza\n", "gets to fulfill her dreams\n", "are big enough for a train car to drive through --\n", "a heart , mind or humor of its own\n", "a modestly surprising movie\n", "feels uncomfortably real ,\n", "'s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .\n", "the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before\n", "skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation\n", "even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece\n", "masterpiece ' and ` triumph '\n", "is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "mid-to-low\n", "confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .\n", "a lock\n", "for this sort of thing to work\n", "a pleasing verisimilitude\n", "the pianist -lrb- is -rrb- a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life .\n", "speaking in tongues\n", "will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .\n", "a knack\n", "only in its final surprising shots\n", "eight stories\n", "the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent\n", "drowned out\n", "if she 's cut open a vein\n", "grasp\n", "its world\n", "odoriferous thing\n", "but rather , ` how can you charge money for this ? '\n", "the kind of dramatic unity\n", "the living room than a night at the movies\n", "as there 's a little girl-on-girl action\n", "and -- sadly -- dull\n", "their post-modern contemporaries ,\n", "a precious and finely cut diamond\n", "apollo\n", "like a typical bible killer story\n", "of the hot chick\n", "randall wallace\n", "of `` punch-drunk love ''\n", "crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude\n", "would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor .\n", "resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather\n", "sexy , surprising romance\n", "film as music\n", "a painless time-killer\n", "as the title may be\n", "student\n", "wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime .\n", "hits all the verbal marks it should\n", "comes from its vintage schmaltz .\n", ", while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces ,\n", "terry is a 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 .\n", "antwone fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it\n", "transparency\n", "-lrb- sports -rrb-\n", ", she is merely a charmless witch .\n", "run-of-the-mill\n", "is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "melancholic\n", "proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "many things\n", "ai n't what it used to be\n", "give a spark\n", "cinematic snow cone\n", "to be ` fully experienced '\n", "a horrible movie\n", "and particularly the fateful fathers --\n", "a pedestrian , flat drama\n", "unusual but unfortunately also irritating\n", "not even solondz 's thirst for controversy\n", "is a successful one\n", "the `` real '' portions of the film\n", "suggests that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality\n", "funny feast\n", "pandemonium .\n", "wreak havoc in other cultures\n", "a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present\n", "grind to refresh our souls\n", "rush to the theatre for this one\n", "schwarzenegger\n", "the mood , look and tone of the film\n", "mugs his way through snow dogs\n", "has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player .\n", "hidden-agenda\n", "to be favorably compared to das boot\n", "succession\n", "an old-fashioned scary movie ,\n", "a quintet of actresses\n", "cross-dressing routines\n", "pointed personalities , courage , tragedy\n", "this director 's cut\n", "the back of your neck\n", "the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does\n", "of the characters or plot-lines\n", "butterflies that die\n", "this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight , and\n", "t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context\n", "have decades of life\n", "jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "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 .\n", "smart\n", "i have found in almost all of his previous works\n", "fast and funny ,\n", "upper\n", "rare and\n", "is a challenging film\n", "high humidity\n", "ricochets from humor\n", "its lack of poetic frissons\n", "the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and\n", "is still very much worth\n", "fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality\n", "to take the viewer inside the wave\n", "'s alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny\n", "greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility\n", "put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment\n", "8th grade boy delving\n", "a mean-spirited film\n", "other year\n", "is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous\n", "composed delivery\n", "plot line\n", "w british comedy ,\n", "i suspect it might deliver again and again\n", "a vivid , sometimes surreal ,\n", "contempt and\n", "wonderland adventure\n", "though not particularly scary\n", "is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british\n", "methodical\n", "its fairly ludicrous plot\n", "permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique\n", "he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .\n", "from ms. spears\n", ", the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .\n", "that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence\n", "must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '\n", "who has a good line in charm\n", "cellular phone commercial\n", "adventurous young talent\n", "are charming performers\n", "others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .\n", "to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "personable , amusing\n", "15 minutes\n", "this a superior movie\n", "'re in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging\n", "acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one\n", "though the story ... is hackneyed\n", "topple the balance\n", "is something in full frontal ,\n", "coulda been better , but it coulda\n", "have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation\n", "favors to their famous parents .\n", "the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp\n", "-- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily --\n", "force\n", "the art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "directed by one of its writers , john c. walsh\n", "something significant to say\n", "a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies\n", "put together a bold biographical fantasia\n", "'s fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland .\n", "to face frightening late fees\n", "the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness\n", "make a hip comedy\n", "underbelly\n", "complex and honest\n", "his mug\n", "at seventeen\n", "a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages --\n", "legal thriller\n", "such as notting hill to commercial\n", "the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .\n", "smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise .\n", "bolster\n", "pie movies\n", "a smile , just sneers\n", "of dr. freud\n", "of the ` korean new wave '\n", "visually striking\n", "demands and\n", "little moments\n", "its own rules\n", "and co-writer catherine di napoli\n", "for a film that has nothing\n", "more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "out-of-kilter\n", "director peter kosminsky\n", "own rules\n", "seems like a strange route\n", "with formalist experimentation in cinematic art\n", "solondz 's social critique\n", "self-centered\n", "taiwanese\n", "dance and\n", "is about as deep\n", "three sides of his story with a sensitivity\n", "juiced\n", "nostalgic\n", "predictable plot\n", "entertaining , but forgettable\n", "the waste\n", "an exploratory medical procedure\n", "something provocative\n", "should n't have laughed\n", "poise\n", "this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .\n", "created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .\n", "an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point\n", "for anyone\n", "the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up\n", "campion\n", "gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste\n", "control-alt-delete simone\n", "the next great thing\n", "love stories\n", "are framed in a drama so clumsy\n", "verbally pretentious as the title may be\n", "beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear\n", "of rage\n", "to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies\n", "`` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''\n", "a dearth\n", "as both shallow and dim-witted\n", "raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before\n", "the cannes film festival\n", "best-selling writer\n", "allow us\n", "as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago .\n", "bond movie\n", "a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper\n", "in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief\n", "as long as you discount its ability to bore\n", "operating\n", "comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale\n", "just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ?\n", "sketchy work-in-progress\n", "endearing .\n", "could easily wait for your pay per view dollar\n", "revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .\n", "the answer\n", "thoroughfare\n", "chicanery and self-delusion\n", "analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in .\n", "than it is in nine queens\n", "promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone\n", "filmmaker karim dridi\n", "in repugnance\n", "forgive the flaws and\n", "catch me\n", "especially compelling\n", "even flicks in general\n", "film franchise\n", "is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs .\n", "this cast\n", "analyze this , not even joe viterelli\n", "the most remarkable -lrb- and frustrating -rrb- thing about world traveler\n", "as the screenplay\n", "match their own creations\n", "zings all the way\n", "participatory event\n", "are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field\n", "its unique feel\n", "flash that loneliness can make people act weird .\n", "saves this deeply affecting film\n", "it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .\n", "moment '\n", "assume\n", "daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .\n", "of a growing strain of daring films\n", "biographical melodramas\n", "embraces\n", "the story to go on and on\n", "recycled paper\n", "those rare pictures\n", "to make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "ourselves\n", "commenting\n", "betrayed\n", "both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting\n", ", you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox\n", "with no unifying rhythm or visual style\n", "schneider 's mugging is relentless and\n", "` true story '\n", "treads predictably along familiar territory ,\n", "ferocity and\n", "it ca n't really be called animation\n", "thuds\n", "be an understatement\n", "too heady for children ,\n", "colour and\n", "delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story .\n", "living far too much\n", "treasure planet\n", "nothing to gain from watching they\n", "in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted\n", "the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod\n", "thinkers\n", "a superficial way ,\n", "nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining .\n", "of its slender\n", "appropriately cynical\n", "george 's\n", ", and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .\n", "-lrb- or robert aldrich\n", "on the author 's schoolboy memoir\n", "is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies .\n", "view or rental\n", "a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle\n", "a movie full of surprises\n", "arrive\n", "the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in\n", "catharsis\n", "the get-go\n", "sadism and seeing people\n", "filmmaking , with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .\n", "quixotic\n", "without killing its soul\n", "-lrb- very -rrb-\n", "novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .\n", "once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent\n", "with contemporary political resonance\n", "essentially ruined --\n", "that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion\n", "recipe\n", "hopkins\\/rock collision\n", "what they feel\n", "compensate for corniness and cliche .\n", "ripe recipe , inspiring\n", "if not memorable , are at least interesting .\n", "does n't beat that one , either\n", "many bona fide groaners among too few laughs\n", "games\n", "teenage comedies\n", "mean much to me\n", "waif\n", "a personal low for everyone\n", "terrorist attacks\n", "one bit\n", "like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .\n", "spending\n", ", it should pay reparations to viewers .\n", "movement and inside information\n", "the crowded cities and refugee camps\n", "and unsettling psychological\n", "wreak\n", "like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy\n", "smack in the middle of a war zone\n", "x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around\n", "a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away\n", "a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying\n", "otherwise comic narrative\n", "'s sincere to a fault , but ,\n", "that 's lived too long\n", "with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' , who needs enemies ?\n", "american productions\n", "be as intelligent\n", "will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts\n", "africa\n", "do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .\n", "must be an audience that enjoys the friday series\n", "undistinguished\n", "an ultra-loud blast\n", "though the film is well-intentioned\n", "to mention gently political\n", "return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad\n", "at sydney 's darling harbour\n", "computer industry\n", "breaking out ,\n", "an equally impressive degree\n", "the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay\n", "to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference\n", "incongruous\n", "the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd\n", "becomes a bit of a mishmash\n", "does n't really know or care about the characters\n", "made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby\n", "smaller one\n", "an absolute joy\n", "juice and delight\n", "interview\n", "bygone era\n", "such a low-key manner\n", "thin veneer\n", "any real emotional impact\n", "hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and\n", "of purpose and even-handedness\n", "questionable kind\n", "to effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown\n", "to be the next animal house\n", "a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers\n", "it 's about time .\n", "-lrb- if possible -rrb-\n", "if it were any more of a turkey\n", "dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters\n", "but not very imaxy\n", "colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you\n", "like a non-stop cry for attention\n", "spears '\n", "undoing\n", "of each other 's existence\n", "a loquacious videologue of the modern male\n", "'s a gag that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though do n't ask still finds a few chuckles .\n", "family values\n", "a mundane '70s disaster flick\n", "on television\n", "deadpan comic face\n", "these rehashes to feed to the younger generations\n", "what william james once called ` the gift of tears\n", "some of the worst dialogue\n", "of impact and moments\n", "of a paranoid and unlikable man\n", "the film , while not exactly assured in its execution ,\n", "those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi .\n", "the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .\n", "nicely combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream . '\n", "the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or\n", "another run-of-the-mill disney sequel\n", "a spot-on scottish burr\n", "-- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape\n", "all too clever complexity\n", "is astounding on any number of levels\n", "serviceability ,\n", "appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .\n", "it belongs on the big screen\n", "american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .\n", "lacking the slightest bit\n", "makes it look like a masterpiece\n", "a keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters\n", "'s not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .\n", "'s peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` miami vice '' checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks\n", "pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and\n", "orange prison jumpsuit\n", "precisely layered performance\n", "strands his superb performers in the same old story .\n", "animation enthusiasts of all ages\n", "too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed\n", "that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances\n", "an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness\n", "'s the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .\n", "single good film\n", "merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment\n", "mark romanek 's\n", "sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings\n", "lead you to believe\n", "directs with such patronising reverence\n", "straining to produce another smash\n", "relatively lightweight commercial fare\n", "a step further ,\n", "we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "true cinematic knack\n", "large-format\n", "with propulsive incident\n", "the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise\n", "the sorriest and most\n", "writer\\/director bart freundlich 's\n", "favor of sentimental war movies\n", "how very bad a motion picture can truly be\n", "promenade\n", "whether or not they 'll wind up together\n", "satisfyingly odd and intriguing\n", "contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past\n", "are familiar with\n", "the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", "screenwriting parlance\n", "point the way\n", "beautiful scene\n", "an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle\n", "something goes bump in the night and nobody cares\n", "be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three\n", "i can say about this film\n", "about what\n", "suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies\n", "when are they like humans , only hairier\n", "are odd and pixilated and sometimes both\n", "too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style\n", "captures a life interestingly lived\n", "manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton\n", "a bittersweet contemporary comedy\n", ", smart , savvy , compelling\n", "twice as powerful\n", "it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works\n", "the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor\n", "for throughout\n", "fans clamoring for another ride\n", "it preaches\n", ", subjective filmmaking\n", "painfully forced ,\n", "devise a parallel clone-gag\n", "is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period .\n", "a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "heard a mysterious voice\n", "its critical backlash and more\n", "couch\n", "'s black hawk down with more heart\n", "hollywood product\n", "- hour , dissipated length .\n", "sex life\n", "does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up\n", "is just an overexposed waste of film\n", "speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be\n", "films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller\n", ", excruciatingly tedious\n", "this one is a few bits funnier than malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks .\n", "grizzled\n", "this stuff\n", "by sudden shocks\n", "seem to find the oddest places to dwell\n", "sheer nerve\n", "received\n", "quick-witted than any english lit\n", "blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers\n", "a dickensian hero\n", "clinical lab report\n", "is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value\n", "an engaging ,\n", "all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .\n", "how to create and sustain a mood\n", "that it does n't make any sense\n", "the concession stand and\\/or restroom\n", "whitaker\n", "a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort\n", "meets\n", "huppert 's show to steal\n", "finally comes into sharp focus\n", "would hope for the best\n", "suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer\n", "xerox machine\n", "what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue\n", "close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots\n", "own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "stare and\n", "as if it belongs on the big screen\n", "a documentary\n", "back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .\n", "violent , vulgar and forgettably\n", "the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time .\n", "anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise\n", "is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut\n", "of writer craig bartlett 's story\n", "the audience to break through the wall her character erects\n", "a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film\n", "lawrence\n", "no. .\n", "one more celluloid testimonial\n", "jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience\n", "islanders\n", "mind-numbingly\n", "hold sway\n", "bielinsky 's\n", "we consume pop culture\n", "outwardly\n", "love , family and all that\n", "its drawbacks\n", "a setup\n", "rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her\n", "a twisting\n", "came at the expense of seeing justice served\n", "frequent outbursts of violence and noise\n", "works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful\n", "scenery , vibe\n", "lingering tug\n", ", will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .\n", "porky 's\n", "produces\n", "a single frame\n", "sequence\n", "american art house audiences\n", "every way imaginable\n", "paul thomas anderson 's magnolia\n", "unravels\n", "channel-style anthology\n", "on the island\n", "your mouth\n", "talking-animal\n", ", risky\n", "because the theater\n", "marked\n", "your time and money\n", "playing villains\n", "'s a masterpiece .\n", "a haunting sense of malaise\n", "the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick\n", "but certainly to people with a curiosity about\n", "' release\n", "might be seduced\n", ", intellectually and logistically a mess .\n", "resources\n", "take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane .\n", "they see in each other\n", "run the gamut from cheesy\n", "as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "the q in quirky\n", "of the best gay love stories\n", "make fun of me\n", "ms. shreve 's novel\n", "the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb- and\n", "the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack\n", "the lack of climax and , worst of all\n", "caper movie\n", "to a universal human impulse\n", "half mark\n", "disadvantage\n", "makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should\n", "look at morality , family , and social expectation\n", "with such exuberance and passion\n", "slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "cultural and\n", "women 's expense\n", "backstage drama\n", "in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute\n", "were n't true\n", "as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia\n", "less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series\n", "say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "disappears entirely\n", "plot twists\n", "the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction\n", "of the modern girl 's dilemma\n", "er\n", "is sappy and amateurish\n", "martha stewart\n", "the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting\n", "intrusion\n", "is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films\n", "more grueling and time-consuming\n", "one reality\n", "a compelling and horrifying story\n", "reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death\n", "the classics\n", "moving tale\n", "... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ...\n", "about half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal\n", "'s a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .\n", "crimes\n", "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 .\n", "without all these distortions of perspective\n", "becoming\n", "a quiet evening on pbs\n", "outer space\n", "amassed\n", "blond\n", "of particular value or merit\n", "mediocrity\n", "a very real and amusing give-and-take\n", "spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards ,\n", "one colorful event\n", "a walk to remember\n", "the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles\n", "the capable clayburgh\n", "a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind\n", "ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors .\n", "if taken in large doses\n", "an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone\n", "is left with\n", "an embarrassment .\n", "is that it does have a few cute moments .\n", "the raising\n", "believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy\n", "the director 's\n", "rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby\n", "it seem fresh again\n", ", funny humor\n", "done well\n", "shows signs\n", "emotionally complex\n", "that 's where the film ultimately fails\n", "that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "slow down , shake off your tensions\n", "and one fantastic visual trope\n", "long workout\n", "the only problem\n", "to resonate\n", "the acerbic repartee\n", "had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop\n", "is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama\n", "this crude ,\n", "a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\\/palestinian conflict as\n", "the present\n", "seen the remake first\n", "that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "a charming and funny story of clashing cultures and a clashing mother\\/daughter relationship .\n", "is impenetrable and dull\n", "'' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .\n", "executives\n", "miss something\n", "as subtle\n", "on three short films and two features\n", "give exposure\n", "big screen magic\n", "three-ring\n", "feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards\n", "that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop\n", "nanook\n", "examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country\n", "mildly entertaining\n", "a terrifying film\n", "benigni 's pinocchio at a public park\n", "growing up in a dysfunctional family\n", "reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .\n", "a lifestyle\n", "one of the best films i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .\n", "'re going through the motions\n", "it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative\n", "pronounced\n", "putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "feeling like a dope\n", "through it all\n", "the intentions are lofty\n", "one 's appetite\n", "the film 's strength is n't in its details\n", "to be liked sometimes\n", "a goofball movie ,\n", "feel something\n", ", the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit .\n", "by diane lane\n", "blunt\n", "another night of delightful hand shadows\n", "that you want it to be better and more successful than it is .\n", "raunchy as south park\n", "boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse\n", "tonal shifts\n", "at the lives of some of the 1.2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "call me a cynic ,\n", "spy-thriller\n", "the essayist\n", "the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes --\n", "killed my father compelling\n", "of our justice system\n", "the symbiotic relationship\n", "toilet-humor\n", "` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '\n", "its own aloof ,\n", "correct them\n", "change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "dispossessed\n", "would go back and choose to skip it .\n", "health\n", "worst of all --\n", "war ii experience\n", "perfectly competent and often imaginative\n", "henry thomas\n", "as the title\n", "cumulative effect\n", "... about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .\n", "were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public\n", "conceited pap\n", "the light -- the light of the exit sign\n", "it 's really more of the next pretty good thing\n", "the pity is that it rarely achieves its best\n", "of an alternative lifestyle\n", "he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .\n", "the near-fatal mistake\n", "of an iconoclastic artist\n", "makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness\n", "overly familiar material\n", "someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film\n", "relies on subtle ironies and visual devices\n", "pat storylines , precious circumstances\n", "the private existence of the inuit people\n", "the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .\n", "hell\n", "its fun\n", "of race\n", "a technically well-made suspenser\n", ", indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .\n", "of cultures and generations\n", "however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .\n", "boosted to the size of a downtown hotel\n", "who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb-\n", "watching the movie\n", "more enjoyable than its predecessor\n", "bloodwork\n", "to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "eric schweig and graham greene\n", "espionage thriller\n", "straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary\n", "his dependence\n", "swift\n", "hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction\n", "a very complex situation\n", "hoping for something entertaining\n", "confessions may not be a straightforward bio ,\n", "give a thought to the folks who prepare and\n", "of soft-core twaddle\n", "give the film\n", "a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit\n", "but a lot\n", "joy and energy\n", "you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie\n", "a limerick\n", "the world of our making\n", "will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "a simplistic narrative\n", "they will have a showdown\n", "the product of loving , well integrated homage\n", "gives us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows .\n", "questions cinema 's capability for recording truth\n", "that stops short of true inspiration\n", "an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "with binary oppositions\n", "transforms one of -lrb- shakespeare 's -rrb- deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy\n", "to people who normally could n't care less\n", "flourish\n", "nauseating\n", "the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half\n", "poorly-constructed\n", "a teenage boy\n", "few moments\n", "does n't make sense\n", "with their own eyes\n", "with pitch-perfect acting\n", "those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse\n", "gimmicky crime drama\n", "in a german factory\n", "it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .\n", "the good thing -- the only good thing -- about extreme ops is that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list .\n", "you feel pissed off\n", "takes its techniques into such fresh territory\n", "no classic\n", "a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration\n", "skid-row\n", "as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill\n", "is just lazy writing\n", "paid in full\n", "safely\n", "learned\n", "2002 summer season\n", "would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors .\n", "karim dridi\n", "manipulative film\n", "'s just that it 's so not-at-all-good\n", "intelligent and considered in its details\n", "leftovers\n", "robustness\n", "alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land '\n", "grisham\n", "'s not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor\n", "broadway 's the lion king and the film titus\n", "would benigni 's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ?\n", "the wall\n", "where no man has gone before\n", "gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear\n", "an inhalant blackout\n", "dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care\n", "narc is strictly by the book .\n", "that does n't make much\n", "through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920\n", "a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs\n", "the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies\n", "a lot smarter than your average bond .\n", "martin is a masterfully conducted work .\n", "the chateau\n", "the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "playwright , poet and drinker\n", "once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically\n", "the visual panache , the comic touch ,\n", "light-heartedness ,\n", "drama , suspense , revenge , and romance\n", "movie-goers\n", "it has considerable charm .\n", "like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand .\n", "may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive\n", "primitive animated special effects\n", "rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr.\n", "horrors ! -rrb-\n", "it 's still adam sandler ,\n", "few lingering animated thoughts\n", "succumbing to its own bathos\n", "it 's the delivery that matters here\n", "the city 's old-world charm\n", "listless , witless , and\n", "the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time\n", "poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography\n", "kid 's movie\n", "the looseness\n", "been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference\n", "1960 version\n", "return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and\n", "to turntablists\n", "have a hard time\n", "of first-timer hilary birmingham\n", "creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism .\n", "does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .\n", "not only satisfied\n", "be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work\n", "a yawn or\n", "reveals itself slowly\n", "debt miramax\n", "cheapen\n", "amateurish , quasi-improvised\n", "recycle old tropes\n", "shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team\n", "in chilling style\n", "talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise\n", "corpse count\n", "saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and\n", "sexual and romantic tension\n", "genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental\n", "a freshman fluke\n", "sentimental chick-flicks\n", "a dud\n", "canadian 's\n", "serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "dysfunctionally\n", "to simply\n", "of special effects\n", "perhaps the grossest movie ever made .\n", "that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium\n", "cultural and geographical\n", "`` intacto 's '' dangerous\n", "topics that could make a sailor blush\n", "adaptation is intricately constructed and\n", "run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest\n", "wit and empathy to spare\n", "large-scale action and suspense\n", "are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills\n", "delightful romantic comedy\n", "sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often\n", "is presented with universal appeal\n", "so fast\n", "craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison\n", "problematic documentary subject\n", "the simpering soundtrack\n", "is a far smoother ride .\n", "served up\n", "round eyes\n", "the big\n", "'s also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss .\n", "'' film\n", "are known for\n", "a movie of riveting power and sadness .\n", "onto the end credits\n", "left me\n", "structure and pacing\n", "is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game\n", "every possible angle\n", "for this movie\n", "soulless and -- even more damning --\n", "watch snatch\n", "becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates\n", "it achieves despite that breadth\n", "the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry\n", "gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels\n", "outrageous or funny\n", "with their fathers\n", "is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen\n", "if your toes wo n't still be tapping\n", "layer upon layer\n", "suffers because of its many excesses\n", "had thought\n", "has several strong performances .\n", "feminism by the book\n", "'s a cool event for the whole family .\n", "the heat of revolution\n", "the toilet\n", "captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head .\n", "that they 'd need a shower\n", "created a monster\n", "unnerving examination\n", "the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .\n", "an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes\n", "crime\n", "had entered\n", "where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace\n", "pacino is the best he 's been in years and keener is marvelous\n", "during the film\n", "trembling and\n", "new sides\n", "of largely improvised numbers\n", "all the familiar bruckheimer elements\n", "is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events\n", "to toback 's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue\n", "the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie\n", "for bartleby 's pain\n", "like the best of godard 's movies ... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .\n", "lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love\n", "two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected\n", "is elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world\n", "treads predictably\n", "that decade\n", "as action-adventure\n", "-- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch --\n", "spoil\n", "a lightweight escapist film\n", "that stuff\n", "means to\n", "proceed as the world implodes\n", "j. lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl .\n", "strangely enough\n", "delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted\n", "pender\n", "to have characters and a storyline\n", "drag the movie down .\n", "of the script\n", "live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve\n", ", and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life\n", "advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly\n", "to come by as it used to be\n", "iconography\n", "remembering his victims\n", "way anyone\n", "atmosphere\n", "make this worth a peek .\n", "is like a year late\n", "is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief\n", "goes along\n", "seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and\n", "the movie turns out to be -lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness .\n", "so inane\n", "in the spirits of these young women\n", "frank\n", "an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi 's\n", "lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and\n", "musset\n", "how to flesh either out\n", "thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest\n", "the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry\n", "dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect\n", "despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .\n", ", worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it\n", "give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once\n", "our interest ,\n", "will just\n", "the candidate\n", "strong themes of familial ties\n", "half-asleep\n", "signs\n", "that are sometimes bracing\n", "love and humility\n", "by trying\n", "neo-augustinian\n", "despite hoffman 's best efforts , wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher ;\n", "my eyelids ...\n", "steam\n", "feels a bit anachronistic\n", "be dealing with right now in your lives\n", "anything ever , and\n", "is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .\n", "low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and\n", "support\n", "a simple `` goddammit\n", "two genuinely engaging performers\n", "they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", ", i 'll at least remember their characters .\n", "shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --\n", "intrigued\n", "energetic and engaging film\n", "is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "all the buttons\n", "makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering\n", "this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .\n", "moral ascension\n", "than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb-\n", "character study\n", "been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill\n", "that a life like this can sound so dull\n", "there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy .\n", "nowhere\n", "it will be ,\n", "pretended not to see it\n", "the extent of their outrageousness\n", "is no denying the power of polanski 's film\n", "'re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film\n", "reveals itself\n", "the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul\n", "westbrook 's foundation and dalrymple 's film earn their uplift\n", "instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture\n", "a curiosity about\n", "with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy\n", "i hated myself in the morning .\n", "'s all bluster --\n", "signature style\n", "hollywood trip tripe\n", "any oscars\n", "it is not what you see\n", "with the subject of love head-on\n", "in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s\n", "there 's very little sense to what 's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash .\n", "that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel\n", "made me want to pack raw dough in my ears .\n", "that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick\n", "enamored of all things pokemon\n", "epics\n", "at least during their '70s\n", "create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\* , but also\n", "'s the very definition of epic adventure .\n", "part droll social satire\n", "seeing unless you want to laugh at it\n", "it 's provocative stuff , but\n", "indian film culture\n", "is so anemic\n", "tadpole ' was one of the films so declared this year , but\n", "is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .\n", "stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders\n", "tanks\n", "time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge\n", "is blood-curdling stuff .\n", "the film did n't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due .\n", "a sha-na-na sketch punctuated with graphic violence .\n", "is heartfelt and achingly real .\n", "continues to shock throughout the film\n", "this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism\n", "real heart\n", "the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny\n", "these people mattered\n", "by diane lane and richard gere\n", "'s a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .\n", "has gone before\n", "merit as this one come along\n", "be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "... -lrb- the film -rrb- works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .\n", "this one will due\n", "it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool\n", "'s better\n", "is so self-pitying\n", "damning and damned compelling\n", "for critics\n", "a fantastically vital movie\n", "a director\n", "looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way\n", "has a truncated feeling\n", "keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired\n", "something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes\n", "impeccable comic skill\n", "stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet\n", "its worthy predecessors\n", "as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die\n", "funny and , in the end , very touching\n", "for the film to be made\n", "nearly all the previous\n", "adrenalized\n", "an ignored people\n", "director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage\n", ", but wanes in the middle\n", "emotional tumult\n", "a wonderful , ghastly film .\n", "surprisingly flat\n", "invited to the party\n", "savvy , compelling\n", "the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie\n", "in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class\n", "executed comedy\n", "surprisingly juvenile\n", "'s a lot of tooth in roger dodger\n", "hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time\n", "a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .\n", "staged\n", "who want to appear avant-garde\n", "work from start to finish\n", "the thin veneer of nationalism\n", "the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is\n", "on aging , suffering and the prospect of death\n", "is a great film\n", "michel piccoli\n", "the equivalent\n", "seek justice\n", "a half hour\n", "gianni versace\n", "guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt\n", "some robust and scary entertainment\n", "`` ichi the killer '' ,\n", "damon brings the proper conviction to his role as -lrb- jason bourne -rrb- .\n", "christopher\n", "as deep\n", "as with most late-night bull sessions\n", "gripping\n", "nearly all the fundamentals\n", "the size\n", "the midst\n", "that bad movies make and is determined not to make them\n", "she 's\n", "no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .\n", "under his control\n", "an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb-\n", "on people and\n", "chuck jones\n", "before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy\n", "we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing\n", "schnieder\n", "born , or\n", "niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press\n", "-lrb- `` safe conduct '' -rrb- is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage .\n", "schepisi\n", "demands and receives\n", "tell the best story\n", "of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole\n", "if george romero had directed this movie\n", "weasels\n", "can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .\n", ", the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .\n", "the film 's shortcomings\n", "a young robert deniro\n", "for an adam sandler chanukah song\n", "china shop\n", "ol' ball-and-chain\n", "better crime movies\n", "am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here\n", "many shallower movies these days seem too long\n", "nostalgia for carvey 's glory days\n", "that works .\n", ", a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising\n", "it portrays , tiresomely regimented\n", "one 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 .\n", "female angst\n", "mummy and the mummy returns\n", "you to not only suspend your disbelief\n", "it is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film\n", "a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but\n", "sheer joy and pride\n", "has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .\n", "die\n", "a best-foreign-film oscar\n", "-lrb- but -rrb-\n", "truck-loving good ol' boys\n", "fat greek wedding look\n", "supposed to warm our hearts\n", "nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion .\n", "contrived plotting\n", "camouflage\n", "may surprise you\n", "is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .\n", "over-the-top , and\n", "disappoint\n", "utterly ridiculous\n", "... watching it was painful .\n", "portrays , tiresomely\n", "his tongue in his cheek\n", "his sister\n", "richard dawson\n", "and it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .\n", "that fill gallery shows\n", "a smile , just sneers and bile\n", "an out of place metaphor\n", "is revenge of the nerds revisited\n", "it is an interesting exercise by talented writer\\/director anderson\n", "in storytelling usually found in anime like this\n", "kill michael myers for good :\n", "venice\n", "initiation\n", "-lrb- sabara -rrb-\n", "we 've seen before\n", "dull and mechanical , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit\n", "before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg .\n", "clamorous\n", "understated piece\n", "a cautionary tale\n", "charming quirks\n", "manages sweetness largely without stickiness\n", "marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits .\n", "keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .\n", "1972 film\n", "to make such a worthless film\n", "in this elegant entertainment\n", "into theaters\n", "little curiosity about\n", "rose\n", "band wilco\n", "in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself\n", "for teens\n", "asparagus\n", "period story\n", "heartache\n", "clements\n", "drains his movie of all individuality\n", "play the two main characters\n", "stranded\n", "the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it\n", "exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ...\n", "monster movie\n", "most famous\n", "sermon\n", "the gates\n", "today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "the giant screen and\n", "an actor 's\n", "long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there\n", "more comfortable than challenging\n", "action-comedy\n", "does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .\n", "you 'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter ... '\n", "poorly cast , but beautifully shot .\n", "a boat\n", "think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble\n", "one of the funnier movies\n", "- character-who-shall - remain-nameless\n", "septic\n", "baker 's\n", "an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight\n", "of her film\n", "in manipulation and mayhem\n", "a product of its cinematic predecessors so\n", "of suspense\n", "his heritage\n", "his distance from the material\n", "the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days :\n", "indoctrinated\n", "that is where ararat went astray .\n", "of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe\n", "be a compelling\n", "be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "pure hollywood\n", "dazzling conceptual feat\n", "a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination\n", "bogged down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy\n", "sadness that pours into every frame\n", "the wrong places\n", "70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom\n", ", subordinate\n", "none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks '' , or even\n", "feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment\n", "examples\n", "the mothman prophecies\n", "on the usual tropes\n", "a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last\n", "good , solid storytelling .\n", "primarily relies on character to tell its story\n", "illustrated by a winning family story .\n", "the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .\n", "the leads are natural and lovely\n", "closely watched trains\n", "nails hard -\n", ", despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .\n", "both the crime story and the love story are unusual .\n", "a coming-of-age movie that hollywood would n't have the guts to make .\n", "with we were soldiers\n", "of clancy 's holes\n", "'s too much syrup and not enough fizz\n", "enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts\n", "some soul\n", "never catches dramatic fire .\n", "john carlen 's script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling .\n", "thriller remarkable only\n", "distinctly minor\n", ", plodding picture\n", "recipe book\n", "plot , characters ,\n", "would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes .\n", "is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .\n", "helpings\n", "goofy energy\n", "silver\n", "blown\n", "seen him before\n", "the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is .\n", "the best next generation episodes\n", "a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story\n", "the silliness of it all eventually prevail\n", "old\n", "grabowsky 's\n", "seen this exact same movie\n", "the part where nothing 's happening ,\n", "anticipated audience\n", "'s both charming and\n", "really sad\n", ", the film acquires 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 .\n", "case of fire\n", "contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what\n", "an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie\n", "more than a tepid exercise in\n", "the apple\n", "virulent and\n", "too textbook to intrigue\n", "bodily\n", "pal\n", "thrown in\n", "the hero of the story\n", "about 7 times during windtalkers\n", "visually and thematically\n", "urban comedy\n", "it 's pleasant enough and\n", "grips and holds you in rapt attention from\n", "with their 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see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence\n", "a living\n", "the basic plot of `` lilo ''\n", "effectively creepy-scary thriller\n", "a great cast and\n", "the creativity\n", "a case of masochism and\n", "in only one reality\n", "demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style\n", "is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .\n", "story 2\n", "is nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear\n", "the personal touch\n", "movie .\n", "succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad\n", "who dared to mess with some powerful people\n", "some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan\n", "canned humor\n", "elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "integrity and\n", "take care of my cat '' -rrb-\n", "defecates\n", "was trying to do than of what he had actually done\n", "the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron .\n", "the sea ' and\n", "art shots\n", "jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .\n", "i mean that as a compliment\n", "disney\n", "you can go home again .\n", "looking back\n", "the funnybone\n", ", yes , ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .\n", "another community\n", "of popcorn\n", "casts\n", "beyond the news\n", "homage pokepie hat ,\n", "as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets\n", "a stultifyingly obvious one\n", "latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling\n", "widescreen photography\n", "cuisine and palatable presentation\n", "the shadow\n", "is an earnest study in despair\n", "the best of godard 's movies\n", "who paid 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"such a good job\n", "a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but\n", "emotional edge\n", "a new scene ,\n", "mostly martha is mostly unsurprising\n", "latest pop thriller\n", "director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .\n", "the performances and\n", "was a long ,\n", "its political edge\n", "to betty fisher\n", "the good girl '' a film worth watching\n", ", tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape .\n", "feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago .\n", "was actually one correct interpretation\n", "justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival\n", "even more baffling is that it 's funny .\n", "made at least one damn fine horror movie\n", "on detail\n", "anyone else\n", "is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance\n", "achieved only by lottery drawing\n", "purports\n", "the film would be a total washout .\n", "so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it\n", "involve\n", "yet it 's potentially just as rewarding\n", "stale copy\n", "the movie 's something-borrowed construction\n", "... this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity .\n", "these ardently christian storylines\n", "together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love\n", "of other , better movies\n", "the powerful who have nothing\n", "deeply moving\n", "male-ridden\n", "was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon .\n", "this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism\n", "nothing we westerners have seen before\n", "to the silliness\n", "be mythic\n", "in waking life water colors\n", "thinks this conflict 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game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages .\n", "both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest\n", "this engaging mix of love and bloodletting\n", "pure movie\n", "film a must for everyone\n", "horror and\n", "to gang-member teens in brooklyn circa\n", "all ambitious films\n", "deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection\n", "oprah 's book club\n", "at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and\n", "the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .\n", "here\n", "cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs\n", "a comedy or\n", "a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism .\n", "all in this\n", "while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "only a true 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'\n", "dramatic nor comic\n", "'s very beavis and butthead , yet always\n", "the planet 's skin\n", "comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break\n", "unnecessary films\n", "then becomes bring it on\n", "spiritual quest\n", "is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie\n", "it is to be ya-ya\n", "figured out late marriage\n", "creating adventure out\n", "into the games\n", "ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .\n", "it switches gears to the sentimental\n", "the strength of the film\n", "the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large\n", "early and middle passages\n", "cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter\n", "for the best of hollywood 's comic-book\n", "supernatural thriller\n", "edged\n", "moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive\n", "hearst mystique\n", "smarter-than-thou wayward teen\n", "its ability to shock and amaze\n", "hayseeds-vs\n", "with considerable brio\n", "a niche audience\n", "aimlessness\n", "fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances\n", "very subject\n", "the best some directors\n", "urban professionals\n", "the good and different idea -lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb- is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances\n", "liberalism\n", "the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable .\n", "known as broken lizard\n", "human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one\n", "last reel\n", "it 's a real howler\n", "brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .\n", "hidden-agenda drama\n", "delight your senses and crash this wedding !\n", "with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime\n", "her dangerous and domineering mother\n", "of fantasy\n", "will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .\n", "the unknown\n", "barely shocking , barely interesting\n", "does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love\n", "chances are you wo n't , either .\n", "offers food for\n", "finding redemption\n", "into the margins\n", "vehicle\n", "of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure\n", "not the first ,\n", "incessant\n", "precisely\n", "saving ryan 's privates\n", "too blatant\n", "the exotic world of belly dancing\n", "atop\n", "glacially paced , and often just plain dull\n", "with the feral intensity of the young bette davis\n", "need messing with\n", "the lustrous polished visuals\n", "portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man\n", "film\n", "aggressively\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags\n", "amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .\n", "the kind of obnoxious\n", "the film for anyone\n", "motherhood and\n", "prim widow\n", "most amazing\n", "cold fish\n", "of competent performers from movies , television and the theater\n", "in the thin soup of canned humor\n", "with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "replete with stereotypical familial quandaries\n", "as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball\n", "guilty about it\n", "to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter\n", "in this picture\n", "of this italian freakshow\n", "... 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 ?\n", "truthful\n", "as in the animal\n", "is nonjudgmental\n", ", i can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .\n", "for universal studios and its ancillary products .\n", "actually make a pretty good team\n", "` rare birds ' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .\n", "enough inspired\n", "like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company\n", "critical backlash\n", "doltish and uneventful\n", "with a momentum that never lets up\n", "its own good\n", "the parade\n", "got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease\n", "goes native\n", "ho 's\n", "the film , flaws and all\n", "cynical and\n", "the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "are particularly engaging or articulate\n", "its proper home\n", "one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off\n", "crimes go\n", "with an original idea for a teen movie\n", "strong directorial stamp\n", "cute moments\n", "is degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage\n", "arcane area\n", "-lrb- yet unsentimental -rrb-\n", "a gushy episode of `` m\n", "on his movie-star\n", "may be more genial than ingenious\n", "error\n", "aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script\n", "autopilot\n", ", caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .\n", "like a young robert deniro\n", "steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience\n", "recreation to resonate\n", "a good chance\n", "any 12-year-old boy to see this picture\n", "sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .\n", "cast romances\n", "eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .\n", "confrontational stance\n", "beats\n", "lucks out\n", "'s full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s\n", "clown\n", "pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .\n", "a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .\n", "what it wants to be when it grows up\n", "in your chair\n", "impressive performances\n", "may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .\n", "a treasure\n", "a devastating indictment\n", "another silly hollywood action film ,\n", "skateboarder tony hawk\n", "'s much tongue in cheek in the film\n", "those so-so films that could have been much better\n", "drowsy drama\n", "it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy\n", "maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in\n", "one-note performance\n", "make a delightful comedy centering on food\n", "sound so dull\n", "... familiar and predictable , and 4\\/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc .\n", "creates a drama\n", "deadly\n", "a major role\n", "the dimming\n", "moore\n", "the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance\n", "a stand up and cheer flick\n", "that falls far short\n", "mere presence\n", "play a handsome blank yearning\n", "they live together\n", "victor rosa is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance .\n", "revisionism whose point\n", "discovery\n", "script is n't up to the level of the direction\n", ", derrida is all but useless\n", "giggle\n", "has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded\n", "steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology\n", "us is a minor miracle\n", "an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers\n", "hugely overwritten\n", "and pat storytelling\n", "snappy prose\n", "paxton\n", "alert , if not amused\n", "approaches the endeavor\n", "is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum\n", "of an already obscure demographic\n", "inside the mess that is world traveler\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated\n", "a lugubrious romance\n", "the e-graveyard\n", "jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder\n", "occupied for 72 minutes\n", "the light-footed enchantment the material needs\n", "the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time\n", "may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie\n", "of how sandler is losing his touch\n", "its impact\n", "fair amount\n", "like a wet burlap sack of gloom\n", "go anywhere new ,\n", "a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it 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 .\n", "an earnest moment\n", "it can easily worm its way into your heart . '\n", "left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose\n", "because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on\n", "quirky movie to be made from curling\n", "centering on food\n", "of variety\n", "prince\n", "have left the theatre\n", "have rarely seen\n", "'s been 20 years since 48 hrs .\n", "can be said of the picture\n", "see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "-lrb- jeremy renner -rrb-\n", "to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series .\n", "such a perfect medium\n", "has no real point\n", "gets full mileage\n", "genre offering\n", "10,000 times\n", "has no clue about making a movie\n", "understated performances of -lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb- career\n", "for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history\n", "market\n", "while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often .\n", "of a new york\n", "a generational signpost\n", "civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices\n", "an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- ,\n", "flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch\n", "indispensable peek\n", "just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be\n", "risks\n", "'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain .\n", "made all too clear in this schlocky horror\\/action hybrid\n", "the sea of holocaust movies\n", "so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "\\* a \\* s \\* h '' only this time from an asian perspective .\n", "did no one on the set have a sense of humor ,\n", "a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family\n", "figure out\n", "to his earlier films\n", "112-minute length\n", "lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .\n", "a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "the man\n", "a shock-you-into-laughter intensity\n", "see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience\n", "reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .\n", "small-town pretension\n", "is more accurately\n", "amy 's orgasm\n", "der groen\n", "martin lawrence lovefest\n", "no idea what in creation is going on\n", "deserves , at the very least ,\n", "he will once again be an honest and loving one\n", "too heavy for the plot\n", "'s just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance\n", "recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room\n", "tale thinly\n", "captive\n", "with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies\n", "a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and\n", "weirdness for the sake of weirdness\n", "of the multiplex\n", "to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor\n", "sheridan 's\n", "to record with their mini dv\n", "that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl\n", "himself\n", "the narration helps little\n", "gang-member teens\n", "scientist\n", "is something of a triumph .\n", "a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence\n", "acted\n", "do n't shoot the messenger\n", "perplexing\n", "shorter than the first\n", "queen of the damned as you might have guessed\n", "-lrb- reno -rrb-\n", "over reading a full-length classic\n", "this ricture\n", "invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series\n", "waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie\n", "that includes battlefield earth and showgirls\n", "personified\n", "the members of the various households\n", "of abuse\n", "author 's\n", "this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits .\n", "emotionally belittle a cinema classic .\n", "the good is very , very good ...\n", "than a provocative piece of work\n", "not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .\n", "picture-perfect\n", "lavishly\n", "an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise\n", "digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "new comedy\n", "are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by\n", "leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "buoyant feeling\n", "a wartime farce\n", "self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "snagged\n", "bother remembering it\n", "dungeons and\n", "you places you have n't been , and also places you have\n", "of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach\n", "modestly surprising movie\n", "is appealing\n", "about most\n", "with his words\n", "tender and\n", "a dark comedy\n", "ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her\n", "the sleeve\n", "more specifically\n", "103-minute\n", "single facet\n", "encouraging new direction\n", "for a riveting movie experience\n", "fairytale\n", "is all over the place\n", "from any country , but especially from france\n", "it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message ,\n", "constructed work\n", "proves a servicable world war ii drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances\n", "the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in\n", "the best film\n", "turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy\n", "the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence ,\n", "snail\n", "suggest\n", "'s a movie that gets under your skin .\n", "re-hash\n", "radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film\n", "is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .\n", "anything but compelling\n", "of typical love stories\n", "wo n't still\n", "the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon ... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt .\n", "may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "become a major-league leading lady , -lrb- but -rrb-\n", "after only three films , director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers\n", "anonymous\n", "are the norm\n", "down badly as we absorb jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance\n", "if it has made its way into your very bloodstream\n", "-- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch\n", "good gossip ,\n", "impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face\n", "paints a grand picture of an era and\n", "thoroughly recycled plot\n", "preferring\n", "the calories\n", "last tango\n", "gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste .\n", "action flick\n", "with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral\n", "closest friends\n", "while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart\n", "it '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 .\n", "20th century\n", "a shoddy male hip hop fantasy\n", "the bard 's\n", "values than in extreme ops\n", "is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .\n", "majority\n", "that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of\n", "propriety-obsessed family\n", "here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation .\n", "a director enjoying himself immensely\n", "sharper , cleaner camera lens\n", "to forget that they are actually movie folk\n", "honor the many faceless victims\n", "in for pastel landscapes\n", "ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles\n", "is as innocuous as it is flavorless\n", "of film entertainment\n", "experimentation and\n", "otto-sallies has a real filmmaker 's eye .\n", "to the awfulness of the movie\n", "screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity\n", ", the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .\n", "a morbid one\n", "really , really good things can come in enormous packages\n", "is oscar-worthy\n", "neglected over the years\n", "are too grave for youngsters\n", "suck ''\n", "'s not only dull because we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed\n", "skewed\n", "distinctly musty\n", "usually come up with on their own\n", "search\n", "glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum .\n", "i can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial .\n", "somber earnestness\n", "gross-out flicks\n", "in their cheap , b movie way\n", "alive and admirable\n", "muttering\n", "to perform entertaining tricks\n", "fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway\n", "in our lives and the emptiness one\n", "nothing special and , until the final act , nothing\n", "a gamble and\n", "much tongue-in-cheek\n", "while bollywood\\/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those -lrb- like me -rrb- who are n't .\n", "far-fetched premise , convoluted plot ,\n", "most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial\n", "a tendency to sag in certain places\n", "heavily\n", "a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture\n", "of his illness\n", "democracies\n", "of what 's going on with young tv actors\n", "be careful what you wish for ''\n", "illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love\n", ", you 'll cheer .\n", "moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it\n", "not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ?\n", "by its subject\n", "those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original\n", "rooted in that decade\n", "time building\n", ", however , is original\n", "a faster paced family flick .\n", "grain\n", "- '90s\n", "uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them .\n", "it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time .\n", "so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie .\n", "too daft by half ... but supremely good natured .\n", "ambiguous presentation\n", "transvestite\n", "mostly believable , refreshingly low-key\n", "the time machine\n", "admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time\n", "ultra-violent\n", "cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini\n", "to capture these musicians in full regalia\n", "not scary\n", "` it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '\n", "message-mongering\n", "an irrepressible passion\n", ", kinky fun\n", "the country bears\n", "required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects\n", "these guys when it comes to scandals\n", "the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture\n", "favorite musical\n", "a tad less\n", "is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .\n", "explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor\n", "the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers ,\n", "the world has to offer\n", "its own style\n", "american indians\n", "anti-\n", "do n't have to\n", "as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "stuart 's poor-me persona\n", "dull exposition\n", "good alternative\n", "drawings and\n", "ideas and special-interest groups\n", "shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement ,\n", "not one clever line\n", "after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand\n", "troubled\n", "deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch\n", "its modest , straight-ahead standards\n", "the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take\n", "a been-there , done-that sameness\n", "of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen\n", "and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .\n", "a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground .\n", "feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ...\n", "the capable cast\n", "martin 's deterioration\n", "the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse\n", "just another disjointed ,\n", "doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents\n", "is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .\n", "with an important message to tell\n", "it does n't work .\n", "elusive adult world\n", "is in the details\n", "iris ''\n", "is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "\\/ thinking\n", "is an anomaly for a hollywood movie\n", "yasujiro ozu\n", "-lrb- for seagal -rrb-\n", "this `` un-bear-able '' project\n", "hollywood career\n", "continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .\n", "ushered in by the full monty\n", "a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer\n", "of dullness\n", "in morton 's ever-watchful gaze\n", "slopped `\n", "pootie tang with a budget\n", "weeks notice\n", "what with the incessant lounge music playing in the film 's background\n", "is a pan-american movie\n", "australia\n", "the director 's many dodges and turns\n", "sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests\n", "in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation\n", "honest working man john q. archibald\n", "is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen\n", "us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher\n", "bad trip\n", "unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn\n", "post-feminist\n", "thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment\n", "this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .\n", "created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy .\n", "canvas\n", "whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes\n", "in afterlife communications\n", "a delightful lark for history buffs\n", "makes one long for a geriatric peter\n", "turn nasty and tragic\n", "a house\n", "more than a little\n", "the gifted pearce\n", "this masterful\n", "something meaningful about facing death\n", "these veggies\n", "by the last one\n", "with a hairdo like gandalf\n", "hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .\n", "if the last man were the last movie left on earth\n", "knockoff\n", "'s a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived\n", "a closet full of skeletons\n", "ever-watchful gaze\n", "the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen\n", "the film 's darker moments become\n", "all the verbal marks\n", "believe in them\n", "of fame\n", "that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves\n", "contemporary chinese life\n", "has all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability\n", "be seen\n", "'s the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene .\n", "should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause\n", "learning tool\n", "across the immense imax screen\n", "may or may\n", ", while past ,\n", "spider web .\n", "1.8\n", "unstinting\n", "wo n't be an\n", "strong themes of familial ties and\n", "while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .\n", "as the full monty , but a really strong second effort\n", "dictator-madman\n", "true wonder\n", "sometimes this modest little number clicks , and\n", "that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again\n", "dangerous libertine and agitator\n", "is so much plodding sensitivity\n", "the party\n", "the 30-year friendship between two english women\n", "it 's not a bad plot\n", "that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality\n", "inexpressive\n", "might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special\n", "there very\n", "be interesting\n", "mistaken-identity\n", "it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .\n", "succeeds with its dark 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silence\n", "work about impossible , irrevocable choices and\n", "boisterous , heartfelt comedy .\n", "by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "a spectacular performance - ahem\n", "of their lungs\n", "quick-buck sequel\n", "strangeness\n", "store it\n", "based on three short films and two features\n", "substitutes for a bathtub\n", "of excess and exploitation\n", "narrative banality\n", "do n't judge this one too soon - it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going\n", "the film shatters you in waves .\n", "'s funny\n", "'ll only put you to sleep .\n", "bungle their way\n", "family tradition and familial community\n", "a movie about it\n", "to the idiocy of its last frames\n", "refreshingly forthright\n", "environmental\n", "wendigo , larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller ,\n", "` chan moment '\n", "exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor\n", "chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity\n", "-- even as they are being framed in conversation --\n", "alcatraz '\n", "for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread\n", "by trying something new\n", "of great actors hamming it up\n", "he does best\n", "completely awful iranian drama ...\n", "is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .\n", "at the near future\n", "roberts\n", "roller-coaster ride\n", "beautiful work\n", "a spirited film and\n", "weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past\n", "ladies '\n", "it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ... but\n", "from movies with giant plot holes\n", "movie version\n", "a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles .\n", "proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent\n", "for jim carrey\n", "has a needlessly downbeat\n", "the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "as the filmmakers seem to think\n", "is intelligently\n", "catch it ...\n", "angles\n", "the workings of its spirit\n", "marks him\n", "reverent , and subtly different\n", "that he will once again be an honest and loving one\n", "of the difficulties\n", "the screen like a true star\n", "move over bond\n", "war-ravaged land\n", "running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference\n", "of `` personal freedom first ''\n", "enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits ,\n", "its execution and skill\n", "gutter\n", "big fat greek wedding\n", "american adobo has its heart -lrb- and its palate -rrb- in the right place\n", "than of what he had actually done\n", "had a sense of humor\n", "irrevocable choices\n", "it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .\n", "george w. bush , henry kissinger\n", ", few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .\n", "in the movie business\n", "film a must\n", "stunningly\n", "the percussion rhythm\n", "the now spy-savvy siblings ,\n", "can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex\n", "aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "depressing than entertaining\n", "sons , loyalty and duty\n", "both degrading and strangely liberating\n", "about the difference between human and android life\n", "a puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "cleverly\n", "leader\n", "'s won\n", "charlotte 's web\n", "20 years later\n", "intelligent and considered in its details ,\n", "charm , cultivation and devotion\n", "did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ?\n", "dirty jokes\n", "done in mostly by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment .\n", "celebrates universal human nature\n", "to feel contradictory things\n", "with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering\n", "60-second homage\n", "the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes\n", "an unnatural calm\n", "this follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric peter .\n", "beckett\n", "for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the character any good\n", "becomes bring it on\n", "of an era\n", "stuffy and pretentious\n", "'s something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "the knees should be\n", "e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone .\n", "pursuing\n", "whether we believe in them or\n", "a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern\n", "the next a turgid drama\n", "de niro 's\n", "these eccentrics\n", "storytellers\n", "than seem possible\n", "tunes\n", "empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles\n", "you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .\n", "warmed up to him\n", "bizarre piece\n", "of our own responsibility\n", "can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold .\n", "hopkins looks like a drag queen\n", "is the man .\n", "the whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels .\n", "indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest\n", "poo-poo jokes\n", "like done-to-death material\n", "might not even notice it\n", "blade runner\n", "by it -- the kind of movie\n", "anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts\n", "mandel holland 's direction is uninspired , and\n", "the studio\n", "we never feel anything for these characters , and\n", "the line between another classic for the company\n", "crazy french grandfather\n", "direct-to-video\n", "cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience\n", "engaging and exciting narrative\n", "in need of another couple of\n", "the selection of outtakes\n", "originality in ` life '\n", "making reference to other films and\n", "whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear .\n", "so unabashedly hopeful\n", "talented director\n", "number\n", "dresses it up\n", "a silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp through horror and hellish conditions\n", "the whole affair , true story or not ,\n", "'s old-fashioned in all the best possible ways\n", "is because - damn it\n", "the bellyaching\n", "ultimately falls prey to 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being a bumbling american in europe .\n", "'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied .\n", "family 's\n", "represents two of those well spent\n", "a selection appears in its final form -lrb- in `` last dance '' -rrb-\n", "screenwriters\n", "of dramatic unity\n", "it has a bigger-name cast\n", "moments of the movie\n", "excessively tiresome\n", "more salacious\n", "her eventual awakening\n", "old-fashioned screenwriting parlance\n", "about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility\n", "a column\n", "that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never\n", "ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head , but\n", "'s that good\n", "'s not too offensive\n", "sticks , really\n", "wide-awake all the way\n", "burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .\n", "that i just did n't care\n", "great way\n", "surprises or\n", "the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation\n", "-lrb- siegel -rrb-\n", "correct interpretation\n", "generic virtues\n", "small , intelligent eyes\n", "believes\n", "sounds and images\n", "modern era\n", "with tragic undertones\n", "cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "there are things to like about murder by numbers\n", "from\n", "comedic spotlights go\n", "unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "to start writing screenplays\n", "` red shoe diaries\n", "foot\n", "transgression\n", "maudlin\n", "power boats\n", "fancy split-screen\n", "not-very-funny comedy\n", "the man who wrote rocky\n", "coming into a long-running\n", "the holocaust escape story\n", "... less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .\n", "know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further\n", "hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness\n", "chouraqui\n", "will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned\n", "give him work\n", "that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field\n", "better than most of the writing in the movie\n", "that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort\n", "completely dry of humor , verve and fun\n", "fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .\n", "'s 51 times better than this .\n", "as unusually and unimpressively fussy\n", "high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \\/ marine\\/legal mystery ,\n", "fervid\n", "direct connection\n", "energy and imagination\n", "this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage\n", "rush right out\n", "full-blooded\n", "-lrb- out-of-field -rrb-\n", "depth or 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of men and women , now\n", "a captivating new film .\n", "talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "of talent\n", "becomes a ravishing waif\n", "very strong\n", "a small movie with a big heart\n", "arts master\n", "bisset delivers a game performance , but\n", "voices\n", "being wasabi 's big selling point\n", "be because it plays everything too safe\n", "psychological study\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and\n", "an excruciating demonstration\n", "goodly\n", "yellow streak\n", "you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain\n", "the salton sea\n", "its moments\n", "filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "has been remarkable about clung-to traditions\n", "watchable yet hardly memorable\n", "a suit\n", "leigh -rrb-\n", "deserve more\n", "as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star\n", "own fire-breathing entity\n", "ashamed\n", "why ?\n", "does n't disappoint .\n", "innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "to give them a good time\n", "spoken directly\n", "men from mars\n", "it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning .\n", "sociopaths and\n", "that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination\n", "seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight\n", "the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game\n", "the great crimes\n", "make such a worthless film\n", "a servicable world war ii drama\n", "nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english\n", "poor-me\n", "refreshingly undogmatic about its characters\n", "like brosnan 's performance\n", "have taken an small slice of history and\n", "lets you off the hook\n", "tear their eyes away from the screen\n", "some pretentious eye-rolling moments\n", "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\n", "liked klein 's other work\n", "odour\n", "if you 're not totally weirded - out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle\n", "it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "what 's nice\n", "'s truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible\n", "a superb performance in an admittedly middling film\n", "her man\n", "no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch\n", "the film ,\n", "for this\n", "this spy comedy franchise\n", "if you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors -lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb- , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there 's nothing very attractive about this movie\n", "cost\n", "includes the line\n", "on nachtwey\n", "to regain his life , his dignity and his music\n", "more than a movie\n", "leave much of an impression\n", "fit the incredible storyline\n", "there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all\n", "as the son 's room\n", "the film with their charisma\n", "buries\n", "'ve rarely been given\n", "terrific look\n", "of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "the talented cast\n", "is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination .\n", ", until the final act ,\n", "'s difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "stakes out the emotional heart of happy .\n", "occasionally fun enough to make you\n", "are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya\n", "ver wiel 's\n", "a wild ride that relies on more than special effects\n", "it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap\n", "under-10 set\n", "from lonely boy\n", "if you need to see it\n", "an unencouraging threefold expansion\n", "a fault , but\n", ", everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill .\n", "to see\n", "hijinks\n", "dark spots\n", "the sight\n", "so low\n", "win any academy awards\n", "sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it .\n", "substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite\n", "no apparent reason except\n", "if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "it probably should\n", "racial and cultural lines in the film\n", "`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , '' and i do n't mean that in a good way\n", ", meandering , and sometimes dry\n", "kids 2\n", "are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .\n", "busy\n", "its writers\n", "has been overexposed ,\n", "did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", "perennial\n", "could have been a daytime soap opera\n", "in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this , but\n", "every joke\n", "the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue ,\n", "are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work .\n", "timeless and\n", "pleasant distraction\n", "a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script\n", "damaged dreams\n", "under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction\n", "leaves a bitter taste\n", "both their inner and outer lives\n", "a time and place\n", "the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated ,\n", "do for a set\n", "epps\n", "i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real '\n", "yet , it must be admitted\n", "too familiar\n", "' trilogy\n", "dry humor\n", "overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy\n", "shaping the material to fit the story\n", "ackerman\n", "upon the audience\n", "a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling\n", "understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "quest to find an old flame\n", "entertaining itself\n", "'' trilogy\n", "is in its examination of america 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .\n", "is far from disappointing , offering an original\n", "extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .\n", 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"about the general absurdity of modern life\n", ", dazzling\n", "adrift , bentley and hudson\n", "loopy\n", "writers '\n", "concerned with cultural and political issues\n", "people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human\n", "reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem .\n", "murphy and\n", ", is a note of defiance over social dictates .\n", "less baroque and\n", "by countless filmmakers\n", "is credible and remarkably mature .\n", "go far enough\n", "cloyingly\n", "viewing for sci-fi fans\n", "maintaining consciousness\n", "wilco fans will have a great time , and\n", "date-night\n", "tops and hip huggers\n", "'s still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .\n", "something\n", "is for roman polanski\n", "that you can not help but get\n", "first bond movie\n", "so vivid a portrait of a woman\n", "its superstar\n", "& j sandwich\n", "-lrb- on the tv show -rrb-\n", "tom included ,\n", "hollywood confection\n", "rather than charming\n", "the writer\n", "on faith and madness\n", "tries to be ethereal , but\n", "trite , predictable rehash\n", "'s not a classic spy-action or buddy movie\n", "he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "146 minutes\n", "goes bump in the night and nobody cares\n", "see what he could make with a decent budget\n", "is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad\n", "a model\n", "balances real-time rhythms\n", "fills time\n", "when it should be most in the mind of the killer\n", "till then\n", "injects freshness and spirit\n", "a noble end\n", "is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk .\n", "the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .\n", "tells this very compelling tale with 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entertainment\n", "jeong-hyang lee 's film\n", "debrauwer\n", "is in there\n", "i thought it was going to be\n", "the only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film\n", "sensitive ensemble performances\n", "its heart\n", "petty thievery\n", "dreary expanse\n", "the sum of all fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb- .\n", "this is revenge of the nerds revisited\n", "to skip it\n", "suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc .\n", "plucks\n", "putters\n", "a few new converts\n", "an interesting bit of speculation\n", "give shapiro\n", "appointed\n", "who possibly will enjoy it\n", "well worth revisiting as many times\n", "new energy\n", "cheering as a breakthrough\n", "so desperately needs\n", "other than fling gags at it\n", "wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but\n", "to the younger generations\n", "a teen 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story as grand as the lord of the rings\n", "\\/ director m. night shyamalan 's\n", "a really cool bit --\n", "in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling\n", "signs is a good film ,\n", ", we need more x and less blab .\n", "is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale\n", "french new wave films\n", "messy , murky ,\n", ", at least it looks pretty\n", "davis has energy\n", "that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes ,\n", "witherspoon 's\n", "you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "enchanted with low-life tragedy\n", "engaging examination\n", "of an old dog\n", "recruiting\n", "outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie\n", "on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie .\n", "crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy\n", "to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "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\n", "undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\\/nurture argument in regards\n", "the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself\n", "scrap\n", "rose-tinted\n", "have an iq over 90\n", "leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach\n", "which makes its message resonate .\n", "running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "settled\n", "what sets ms. birot 's film apart from others in the genre\n", "tax accountant\n", "rooms\n", "metaphors abound\n", "haunted house\n", "much to recommend the film\n", "who all have big round eyes and japanese names\n", "a pasolini film without passion or politics\n", "pure adrenalin\n", "with his usual intelligence and subtlety\n", "like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr. wong 's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting .\n", "a failure of storytelling\n", "a generation\n", "hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived\n", "a stronger stomach\n", "begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain\n", "another useless recycling of a brutal mid\n", "will stay with you\n", "that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion\n", "on forced air\n", "high-powered\n", "one hollywood cliche\n", "all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .\n", "launch the new age .\n", ", meditative\n", "campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson .\n", "is pushed to one side\n", "generous and subversive\n", "deviously\n", "is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .\n", "brain-deadening hangover\n", "seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit\n", "until things fall apart\n", "the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett 's story is appealing .\n", "will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "a flat , plodding picture\n", "with an enormous amount of affection\n", "bittersweet comedy\\/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some\n", "extremely hard\n", "of people who are enthusiastic about something and then\n", "as two-day old porridge\n", "you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "it 's a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear .\n", "for a movie\n", "a gunfest\n", "it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .\n", "pointed personalities , courage ,\n", "loud , ugly , irritating\n", "fans of sandler 's comic taste\n", "the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie\n", "in their small-budget film\n", "giant screen\n", "of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films\n", "romanticized rendering\n", "long-on-the-shelf\n", ", surface-effect feeling\n", "an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues\n", "rabbit-proof\n", "tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence\n", "classic fairy tale\n", "is a small gem\n", "a little tired\n", "into charm\n", "feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy\n", "is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks\n", "equally derisive clunker\n", "'s face is -rrb- an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .\n", "funny or entertaining\n", "wry , winning , if languidly paced ,\n", "'re not merely watching history\n", "to exist only for its climactic setpiece\n", "terror by suggestion ,\n", "pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and\n", "cast and crew\n", "far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful\n", "a tasty\n", "venus\n", "it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america .\n", "ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "of friendship\n", "suggestion\n", "lilia\n", "lots of boring talking heads , etc.\n", "as hopeful or optimistic\n", "cloaked\n", "of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness\n", "an odd show\n", "murder-on-campus\n", "'s definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .\n", "bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made .\n", "is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .\n", "loose , poorly structured\n", "a bad rock concert\n", "the suckers\n", "elements are dampened through familiarity , -lrb- yet -rrb-\n", "casting mick jagger\n", "how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "re-fried\n", "is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking :\n", ", cynical\n", "the hype , the celebrity , the high life\n", "touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes ,\n", "between calvin and his fellow barbers\n", "drag it down to mediocrity\n", "silly rather than\n", "so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower\n", "for grit\n", "ache with sadness\n", "does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard\n", "kraft\n", "fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work\n", "is difficult to fathom .\n", "anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all\n", "in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other\n", "do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes\n", "bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes\n", "the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .\n", "which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director\n", "'n\n", "do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ?\n", "humor ''\n", "your local video store for the real deal\n", ", you 're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid .\n", "it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .\n", "the pace and the visuals\n", "you wish for\n", "forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be\n", "the casting of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke .\n", "prehistoric hilarity\n", "pokemon videos\n", "the lie\n", "confusing on one level or another\n", "gripping performances\n", "from stock situations and characters\n", "takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going\n", "ireland\n", "adam sandler 's heart\n", "of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing\n", "that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything\n", "comforting fantasies about mental illness\n", "the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and\n", "founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .\n", "originality to make it a great movie\n", "rough-hewn\n", "the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread .\n", "the full price for a date\n", "go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship\n", "to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi\n", "its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and\n", "likely wound up a tnt original\n", "new star wars movie\n", "clever , offbeat\n", "much stranger than any fiction\n", "made about the life of moviemaking\n", "brow\n", "are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances\n", "the gorgeous piano and\n", "soured\n", "of those films that seems tailor\n", "great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi\n", "indulging its characters ' striving solipsism\n", "treacly films\n", "introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers\n", "technically superb film\n", "as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion\n", "old people will love this movie ,\n", "the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else\n", "ladies\n", "barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it\n", "the excesses\n", "gifted crudup\n", "graced with its company .\n", "supporting characters\n", "armenian genocide\n", "as you discount its ability to bore\n", "offbeat humor\n", "spikes of sly humor\n", "are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine .\n", "a note\n", "miscast leads , banal dialogue and\n", "on it\n", "the opera 's\n", "the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while\n", "` plex\n", "absurdities\n", "keeps throwing fastballs\n", "who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns\n", "a soft drink\n", "found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "this waste\n", "feeling 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stands for milder is n't better .\n", "is -rrb- looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through .\n", "the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent\n", "hold our attention\n", "is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .\n", "a huge amount\n", "is off his game\n", "the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time\n", "'s funniest and most likeable movie in years\n", "truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored\n", "abound\n", "is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy\n", "director doug liman\n", "just a string of stale gags\n", "it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .\n", "the filmmakers were worried\n", "combines improbable melodrama -lrb- gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -rrb- with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched .\n", "i have always 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flick\n", "elliptically loops back to where it began .\n", "out-outrage or out-depress\n", "that puts\n", "fighting whom\n", "sausage\n", "'s better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades .\n", "bill paxton\n", "these three films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people .\n", "xtc\n", "finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality\n", "emotional level\n", "to a pulp in his dangerous game\n", "than it thinks it is\n", "as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth\n", "frustrating yet\n", "suited to a quiet evening on pbs\n", "more important\n", "peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids\n", ", well , funnier .\n", "can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music\n", "of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes\n", "of weird performances and direction\n", "length\n", "bearable\n", "an interesting character\n", "the first and last look at one\n", "entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis\n", "is boring\n", "to enjoy for a lifetime\n", "is somewhat entertaining\n", "the plot is both contrived and cliched\n", "expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption\n", "filmmaker\n", "in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain\n", "to look like a good guy\n", "that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo\n", "you 're in a slap-happy mood\n", "you second-guess your affection for the original\n", "an incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been\n", "be a boy truly in love with a girl\n", "presented with great 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a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project .\n", "... a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school .\n", "using a video game as the source material movie\n", "period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans\n", "project real-time roots\n", "dass 's\n", "the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers\n", "oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't\n", "dialogue and inventive moments\n", "the alien\n", "other side\n", "despite besson 's high-profile name being wasabi 's big selling point\n", "about stealing harvard\n", "barrels along at the start\n", "the high-concept scenario\n", "the film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but\n", "a few tasty morsels\n", "the fallibility of the human heart\n", "less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .\n", "desultory\n", "ever appear\n", "thinks-it-is\n", "this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .\n", "ask for a raise\n", "a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty\n", "yet hardly memorable\n", "all of it\n", "while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .\n", "reeked\n", "every one\n", "one of the most incoherent\n", "gay culture\n", "poetry\n", "but like shooting fish in a barrel\n", "vs. the man\n", "used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies\n", "salma goes native and\n", "and altogether creepy\n", "to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers\n", "is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and\n", "is about as deep as that sentiment\n", "that you want\n", "all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another\n", "the movie 's quick 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of dullness\n", "his most vital work since goodfellas\n", "a young woman 's breakdown , the film\n", "all the stops\n", "various levels of reality\n", "of ` sacre bleu\n", "if he or she has missed anything\n", "martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline .\n", "sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile\n", "than atmosphere\n", "the depicted events\n", "situations and dialogue\n", "is just too original to be ignored .\n", "frosting\n", "establishes a wonderfully creepy mood\n", "and rote exercise\n", "a tarantino movie\n", "inspired\n", "sweat\n", "feels at odds with the rest of the film\n", "lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude\n", "all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat .\n", "a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .\n", "on your mind\n", "in other cultures\n", "he so stringently takes to task\n", "sheer force of charm\n", "two-dimensional characters\n", "all the signs\n", "freewheeling\n", "inventive director\n", "is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .\n", "quest to be taken seriously\n", "comedy '\n", "the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet\n", "800\n", "a more generic effort\n", "showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches\n", "a rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation .\n", "they film performances\n", "seems to want to be a character study , but apparently ca n't quite decide which character\n", "it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny\n", "spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .\n", "a message\n", "little jokes\n", "judith and zaza 's extended bedroom sequence\n", "sees .\n", ", state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .\n", "dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated\n", "a workable primer\n", "-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism\n", "iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin\n", "in its wake\n", "rally\n", "a strange film ,\n", "been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf\n", "affirm\n", "humorous , artsy , and even cute\n", "to rip through\n", "feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful\n", "sentimentalizing it\n", "are underwhelming\n", "it lacks in originality\n", "surrounded by open windows .\n", "chillingly unemotive\n", "cockettes '\n", "leap\n", "although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "thought , ``\n", "a buoyant , expressive flow of images\n", "-rrb- lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al.\n", "the film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome .\n", "this overproduced piece of dreck\n", "of culture\n", "cruel and\n", "is so pat it makes your teeth hurt\n", "the most fluent\n", "this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch ,\n", "insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original\n", "fidel\n", "drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice\n", "the credit for the film\n", "very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble\n", "by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music\n", "a bracing truth\n", "will nevertheless 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surface\n", "ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .\n", "an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture\n", "fanciful motion picture\n", "gap\n", "these guys ' superhuman capacity\n", "buck or\n", "lunar\n", "it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama\n", "a holiday in venice\n", "'s serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .\n", "the martial arts master to top form\n", "the appointed time\n", "shootings\n", "the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless\n", "a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is ,\n", "aptly named , this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production does n't work for me .\n", "as good ,\n", "to feel good about\n", "fans of british cinema\n", "is what we call the ` wow ' factor\n", "directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them\n", "than any summer blockbuster\n", "the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming\n", "to squeeze by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy\n", "wins my vote for ` the 2002 enemy of cinema ' award\n", "with a smug grin\n", "source 's\n", "all in all , a great party\n", "an urban jungle\n", "deep-sixed by a compulsion\n", "the queen 's men\n", "of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact\n", "it 's loud and boring\n", "could have sprung from such a great one\n", "may seem disappointing in its generalities\n", "direction , story and pace\n", "painted on their largest-ever historical canvas\n", "of \\* corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space\n", "a weepy melodrama\n", "either the north or south vietnamese\n", "as one of the great submarine stories\n", "in despite their flaws\n", "if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra\n", "valiantly keep punching up the mix .\n", "clearly believe\n", "a terrific b movie\n", "brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans\n", "late-inning\n", "of building to a laugh riot\n", "that kate is n't very bright\n", "the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure\n", "rowdy\n", "while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads\n", "the works of an artist\n", "though it is\n", "it 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .\n", "how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line\n", "or three times\n", "little more\n", "a stitch\n", "'s so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "a wild ride\n", "remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops\n", "shiny new bow\n", "circus\n", "permits laughter\n", "gulpilil\n", "-- to its own detriment -- much\n", "anachronistic phantasms\n", "it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film ,\n", "that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it\n", "'s been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our hollywood has all but lost .\n", "theories\n", "recreating\n", "enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis\n", "prisoner\n", "actorly existential\n", "definitely worth 95 minutes\n", "a film worth watching\n", "rent those movies instead , let alone\n", "for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time\n", "i loved the look of this film .\n", "this contrived nonsense\n", "has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but\n", "popular culture\n", "a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary\n", "its audacious ambitions\n", "hack nick davies\n", "you 're not\n", "watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire\n", "though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab\n", "frontal\n", "attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons\n", "that graze the funny bone\n", "linking\n", "'s touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .\n", "of a cheat in the end\n", "playing the obvious game\n", "been deeper\n", "aliens and\n", "are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy\n", "bill morrison 's decasia\n", "modern motion picture\n", "loud , ugly , irritating movie\n", "is , to some degree\n", "pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .\n", "the making of this movie\n", "is one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .\n", "the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension\n", "be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star ,\n", "'s insanely violent and very graphic\n", "new direction\n", "that frenetic spectacle -lrb- on the tv show -rrb- has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout .\n", "story to tell : his own\n", "fully english\n", "the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .\n", "of clever moments and biting dialogue\n", "being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good\n", "about three\n", "ambitious ` what if ?\n", "more damning\n", "simple misfire\n", "guise\n", "iran\n", "harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .\n", "coming-of-age film\n", "become almost as operatic\n", "acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence\n", "frame\n", "eagle 's\n", "a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone\n", "evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video\n", "wildly undeserved\n", "the film 's shooting schedule\n", "letting the mountain tell you what to do\n", "the stage show\n", "putrid\n", "great companion piece\n", "thriller jfk\n", "flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha\n", "owes frank\n", "'re drawn in by the dark luster\n", "as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre ,\n", "genial than ingenious\n", "a wild comedy\n", "than people\n", "beautiful canvas\n", "trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' .\n", "heart or conservative of spirit\n", "new yorkers and\n", "will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other\n", "going through the motions , beginning with the pale script\n", "of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls\n", "feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark .\n", "shocking in its eroticized gore\n", "muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch\n", "you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes\n", "has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time\n", "uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter\n", "these shenanigans exhausting\n", "born ,\n", "lunatic invention\n", "of a story largely untold\n", "'s not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd\n", "dench\n", "it 's not a motion picture ;\n", "young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse\n", "it makes up for with its heart .\n", "what the hell\n", "the cleverest ,\n", "expand a tv show\n", "a mix\n", "familial community\n", "are still unconcerned about what they ingest\n", "to have earned a 50-year friendship\n", "would be impossible to believe if it were n't true\n", "like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has .\n", "chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body\n", "seemingly eternal\n", "cinema ' award\n", "its smallness\n", "fleshed-out\n", "work yet\n", "students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .\n", "has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers\n", "the pre-teen crowd\n", "seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic\n", "lost twenty-first century america\n", "good yarn\n", "the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork\n", "is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september\n", "luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing\n", "gives assassin a disquieting authority .\n", "a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant\n", "virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension\n", "hong kong action cinema\n", ", ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .\n", "most magical and\n", "'s likely to irk viewers\n", "no `` waterboy\n", "worked too hard\n", "modern hitler-study\n", "that by the end\n", "comes across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo .\n", "airless cinematic shell games\n", "pleasing way\n", "of a thriller\n", "is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .\n", "leading a double life in an american film\n", "hurry up\n", "park and\n", "von sydow ...\n", "same blueprint\n", "for a silly hack-and-slash flick\n", "wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .\n", "spends more time with schneider than 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drown yourself in a lake afterwards .\n", "scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv\n", "omission\n", "first hour\n", "slips from the grasp of its maker .\n", "the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison\n", "defuses\n", ", instantly disposable\n", "a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat ,\n", "be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget\n", "an ideal love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre .\n", "in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy\n", "exaggeration\n", "captures the raw comic energy of one\n", "reduces wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon .\n", "screwing\n", "it has n't gone straight to video\n", "most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ;\n", "makes the movie fresh\n", "mere suggestion\n", "in agreement\n", "dvd release\n", "commended for illustrating the 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''\n", "could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking\n", "'s unique or memorable\n", "no more\n", "an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending\n", "almost generic\n", "flick that scalds like acid .\n", "great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex .\n", "a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny\n", "how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .\n", "realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through\n", "civic\n", "is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises\n", "asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means\n", "carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda\n", "dysfunction\n", "diggs -rrb-\n", "rob minkoff\n", "epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , die another day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller\n", "inexplicable\n", "weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .\n", "tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart\n", "most inexplicable sequels\n", "your taste for jonah - a veggie tales movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit .\n", "in my opinion\n", "make it human .\n", "tom green and an ivy league college\n", "best described as i know what you did last winter .\n", "their genitals\n", "a certain degree\n", "terminally bland ,\n", "critics need a good laugh , too ,\n", "disguising this\n", "all through\n", "acting\n", "to everyone else\n", "yarns ever\n", "shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives\n", "familial ties\n", "strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder\n", "replaced by goth goofiness\n", "irish pub scenes\n", "film to watch\n", "and family warmth\n", "the good intentions\n", "road movie , coming-of-age story\n", "computer-generated images\n", "lame romantic comedy\n", "might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ?\n", "to reassure\n", "belgian\n", "a hands-off approach\n", "to make this silly con job sing\n", "space-based\n", "8-year-old\n", "terrific casting and solid execution give all three stories life .\n", "self-critical\n", "orientation\n", "colgate u. -rrb-\n", "a persistent theatrical sentiment\n", "sit through ,\n", "without being memorable\n", "a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed ,\n", "his character 's abundant humanism\n", "amuse\n", "their parents ,\n", "suffered through the horrible pains of a death\n", "of your local video store for the real deal\n", "human comedy\n", "her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael\n", "about young brooklyn hoods\n", "you see robin williams and psycho killer , and\n", "choquart\n", "'s petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars\n", "uncomfortable\n", "that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action\n", "role , or edit , or score ,\n", "pie hijinks\n", "they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material\n", "a pious , preachy soap opera\n", "delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land\n", "gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild\n", "despite slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing\n", "i have a confession to make : i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy\n", "put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school\n", "this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking .\n", "mcwilliams\n", "is at work here\n", "lazily and glumly\n", "cynicism\n", "rare animal\n", "a film -- rowdy ,\n", "their parents , wise folks that they are ,\n", "play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special\n", "is in its examination of america 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence\n", "every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat .\n", "the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept\n", "like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and\n", "of middle eastern world politics\n", "of this movie\n", "that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done\n", "of a 65th class reunion mixer\n", "goes easy on the reel\\/real world dichotomy that -lrb- jaglom -rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\\/venice\n", "the late show\n", "this increasingly pervasive aspect\n", "'s a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen\n", "a long movie\n", "its lead\n", "the silliness\n", "take care of my cat\n", "-rrb- profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment\n", "emerges a radiant character portrait .\n", "would have thought possible .\n", "though nijinsky 's words grow increasingly disturbed\n", "culture clash\n", ", incomprehensible , vicious and absurd\n", "the warnings\n", "overcomes the script 's flaws\n", "the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with\n", "it may not be a huge cut of above the rest ,\n", "'s neglected over the years\n", "dungeons and dragons\n", "find an old flame\n", "uninventive\n", "bitter end\n", "alternative lifestyle\n", "its language and locations\n", "an unsettling sight ,\n", "fixating on a far corner of the screen at times\n", "i just saw this movie ...\n", "the scary parts in ` signs '\n", "'s kind of sad\n", "treads\n", "as back\n", "two hours better watching\n", "is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .\n", "more than flirts with kitsch\n", "a kick\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense ,\n", "on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .\n", "daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope\n", "to stand in for true , lived experience\n", "a fierce lesson\n", "wounding uncle ralph\n", "on his nimble shoulders\n", "that its own action is n't very effective\n", "the nonchalant grant\n", "this funny film\n", "with it all\n", "france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace\n", "the girls ' amusing personalities\n", ", intelligent\n", "thinking it\n", "satisfying\n", "of self-importance\n", "a witty , whimsical feature debut .\n", "pointless extremes\n", "reveals meaning\n", "'s dry\n", "despite the surface attractions\n", "from the i-heard-a-joke\n", "almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more\n", "how inseparable the two are\n", "a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood 's comic-book adaptations .\n", "that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck\n", "peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales\n", "a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long\n", "that the casualties of war\n", "along 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\n", "dyslexia\n", "`` ending ''\n", "is even\n", "this slow-moving swedish film\n", "liking\n", "its literarily talented and notorious subject\n", "homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry\n", "brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama\n", "that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own\n", "94 minutes\n", ", that 's precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does .\n", "it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second\n", "out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles\n", "it gets to you .\n", "dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .\n", "feels when it is missing\n", ", at 66 , has stopped challenging himself\n", "most brilliant and brutal\n", "teen-gang\n", "wrestler chyna\n", "sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists\n", "is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally\n", "on personality\n", "directed and convincingly acted\n", "keep you watching\n", "there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "of its source\n", "minor omission\n", "that tells you there is no sense\n", "fork that rings\n", "even lazier and\n", "your mind is being blown\n", "carlen\n", "signs is a good film\n", "can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance\n", "agitprop\n", "the performances are so overstated\n", "the the wisdom and humor of its subjects\n", "cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.\n", "'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''\n", "scenes and\n", "in ` the ring\n", "are pretty much self-centered\n", "a dramatic comedy as pleasantly\n", "epic adventure\n", "brosnan\n", ", i wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` hey , kool-aid ! '\n", "emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers\n", "of its last frames\n", "gimmicky\n", "a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog\n", "of 1992\n", "stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions\n", "interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity\n", "the huge stuff\n", "admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace\n", "that it 's far too sentimental\n", "no unforgettably stupid stunts\n", "michael caine\n", "father goose\n", "the viewer 's\n", "allows\n", "bang-the-drum\n", "stunning visuals\n", "reaching for the back row\n", "pokemon\n", "better reason\n", "a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya\n", "of his first film , the full monty ,\n", "of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants\n", "sung\n", "a few rather than dozens\n", "surprisingly similar teen drama\n", "perfectly pitched\n", "even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison\n", "some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies\n", "such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable\n", "uproariously\n", "` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '\n", "reaction\n", "the best date movie\n", "appreciate\n", "on its empty head\n", "also does it by the numbers\n", "acute expressiveness\n", "shockingly\n", "from his own screenplay\n", "leigh 's daring\n", "overcome his personal obstacles\n", "new , fervently held ideas and\n", "whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint\n", "has some of the best special effects ever\n", "the origins\n", "recommend big bad love\n", "has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs ...\n", "collateral damage offers formula payback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly\n", "vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings\n", "much funnier than anything\n", "an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut\n", "-lrb- franco -rrb- has all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .\n", "that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material\n", "the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "comedian '\n", "i have given this movie a rating of zero .\n", "if you 're up for that sort of thing\n", "the kind of low-key way\n", ";\n", "-lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent\n", "define\n", "drink from a woodland stream .\n", "'s worse , routine\n", "to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "good action ,\n", "has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn .\n", ", even queasy\n", "best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution\n", "bled\n", "to the head of the class of women 's films\n", "to respond\n", "his own ego\n", "in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality\n", "use of aaliyah\n", "in tight pants and big tits\n", ", the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .\n", "i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring\n", "all the hype\n", "'s not a film to be taken literally on any level\n", "notting\n", "brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy\n", "the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb- do everything he can to look like a good guy\n", "his movie\n", "while american adobo has its heart -lrb- and its palate -rrb- in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .\n", "a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece\n", "both deserve better .\n", "if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise\n", "is the filmmakers ' point ?\n", "not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers --\n", "much baked cardboard\n", "a balding 50-year-old actor\n", "are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front\n", "without much surprise\n", "maintained throughout\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ;\n", "marvel\n", "looks and plays\n", "teeny-bopper\n", "desolate\n", "'s a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence\n", "thirteen conversations about one thing\n", "the embarrassment\n", "the last 100 years\n", "real magic ,\n", "deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .\n", "their quirky and fearless ability\n", "the execution of these twists\n", "they help increase an average student 's self-esteem\n", "espn the magazine\n", "making it\n", "made me feel uneasy , even queasy , because -lrb- solondz 's -rrb- cool compassion\n", "watching a walk to remember\n", "halloween 's\n", "its plots and characters\n", "of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing\n", "a grown man\n", "uses a totally unnecessary prologue ,\n", "the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .\n", "a glass\n", "any depth\n", "'re ready to hate one character\n", "there 's only one problem\n", "gut-busting laughs\n", "actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "christopher walken kinda\n", "documentaries\n", "splendid singing\n", "takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and\n", "a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil\n", "obvious escape\n", "an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening .\n", "loyal\n", "as a scary movie\n", "earth mother\n", "she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place ,\n", "desire and desperation\n", "places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective\n", ", emotionally devastating piece\n", "a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "frightening war scenes\n", "wishing , though\n", "is stark , straightforward and deadly\n", "every single one\n", "the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents .\n", "in tattered finery\n", "in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario\n", "is far less mature\n", "like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "unsentimental\n", "no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle\n", "seems suited neither to kids or adults\n", "are well worth revisiting as many times as possible\n", "as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --\n", "the so-bad-it 's - good camp\n", "enigmatic features\n", "tenderness ,\n", "intelligence and verve\n", "depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept .\n", "moviegoing experience\n", "whether you 're into rap\n", "infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm\n", "a nice little story in the process\n", "change the sheets\n", ", revolting\n", "in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story\n", "the mood for something\n", "with on any deeper level\n", "l.a.\n", "of percolating mental instability\n", "seemingly sincere\n", "more harmless pranksters\n", "emotional and moral departure\n", "common tenet\n", "full of skeletons\n", "that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously\n", "better film 's\n", "trenchant satirical jabs\n", "the comedy we settle for\n", "did n't get our moral hackles up\n", "little fleeing\n", "scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach\n", "'' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "realities\n", "make them redeemable\n", "doing its namesake proud\n", "reggio 's\n", "so grainy and rough , so\n", ", movie .\n", "texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings ,\n", "vs. the snowman\n", "pandering palaver\n", "does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark\n", "goods and\n", "a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal\n", "big-fisted\n", "your culture\n", "futility\n", "takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way\n", "just plain silly .\n", "provocative piece\n", "spooky yarn\n", "mannerisms and self-indulgence\n", "better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations .\n", "ruminations\n", "-lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany\n", "slowly\n", "sandler 's\n", "and `` terrible\n", "devos and\n", "off-center\n", "your pay\n", ", doing its namesake proud\n", "in depth and breadth\n", "exposing the ways\n", "see piscopo\n", "stuffy ,\n", "uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels .\n", "disappointingly generic\n", "some cute moments ,\n", "an energizing ,\n", "no feelings of remorse\n", "compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness .\n", "wonderfully funny moments\n", "self-help\n", "bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness ,\n", "get to the closing bout ...\n", "a comedic moment in this romantic comedy\n", "feminine energy\n", "charisma and chemistry\n", "well paced and satisfying little drama\n", "slo-mo\n", "doubling subtexts\n", "the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her .\n", ", i have given this movie a rating of zero .\n", "best script\n", "windshield\n", "documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "hollywood road\n", "challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .\n", "sounds , and\n", "female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael\n", "good chance\n", "find her way\n", "posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse\n", "hit their marks , pyro-correctly\n", "given a pedestrian spin\n", "race and justice\n", "it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread .\n", "of `` dead poets ' society\n", "least bit\n", "is how long you 've been sitting still\n", "tart tv-insider humor\n", "wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals\n", "a knowing sense of humor\n", "i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and\n", "a silly hack-and-slash flick\n", "a chilly ,\n", "do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director\n", "it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression\n", "spoiler alert ! -rrb-\n", "is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice .\n", "of sly humor\n", "rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness\n", "more than a run-of-the-mill action flick .\n", "this film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion .\n", "pet\n", "in ` signs\n", "'s never dull and always looks good\n", "every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and\n", "unintended\n", "an ungainly movie ,\n", "both ugly and mindless\n", "screeching-metal\n", "the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run\n", "because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope\n", "respectable venture\n", "shrill , simple and soapy\n", "exploitive array\n", "at once laughable and\n", "disguise 24\\/7\n", "i know that i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again\n", "tells her father\n", "indulging\n", "before month 's end\n", "nostalgic , twisty yarn\n", "simpleminded\n", "has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .\n", "it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation .\n", "to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick\n", "a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor\n", "no one on the set\n", "a warm , enveloping affection\n", "at the acting\n", "a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images\n", "smoothly\n", "closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel\n", "narrative gymnastics\n", "much of jonah simply , and gratefully ,\n", "as a gut punch\n", "the most positive comment\n", "kid-pleasing\n", "bastards\n", "an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface\n", "the physical setting\n", "fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat\n", "will have you talking 'til the end of the year\n", "over social dictates\n", "few dynamic decades\n", "throws in a fish-out-of-water gag\n", "less-is-more approach\n", "to think too much about what 's going on\n", "tries to make sense of its title character\n", "radical\n", "makes it worth checking out at theaters\n", "talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be ,\n", "may not be the worst national lampoon film\n", "tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly\n", "to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change\n", "most unpleasant\n", "is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues\n", "carries it\n", "asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well\n", "who loves both dance and cinema\n", "in steaming , visceral heaps\n", "their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people\n", "unintended laughs\n", "good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .\n", "should see this movie\n", "25\n", "offbeat humor , amusing characters , and\n", "'s nothing interesting in unfaithful\n", "reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .\n", "a photographic marvel\n", "democracie\n", "some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and\n", "appealing veneer\n", "our tears , our sympathies\n", "growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and\n", "lush and beautifully photographed -lrb- somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book -rrb- ,\n", "loads of irreparable damage\n", "working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding\n", "the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "can comfortably\n", "life 's harshness\n", "turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf\n", "'s just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it .\n", "miss you\n", "that background for the characters\n", "its abrupt drop in iq\n", "added clout to this doc\n", "an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot\n", "forrest\n", "cleaner , and deeper\n", "ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film\n", "weaves us\n", "a lot of ways\n", "boyd 's screenplay\n", "is plenty fetching enough\n", "the darker elements\n", "to the story to fill two hours\n", "big selling point\n", "is up to you to decide if you need to see it .\n", "as best i remember -rrb-\n", "than life\n", "watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix --\n", "the timeless spectacle\n", "his personal horrors\n", "this little-known story of native americans and\n", "becoming mired in sentimentality\n", "swim team\n", "the scorpion king is more fun than conan the barbarian .\n", "world-renowned\n", "love and terrorism\n", "that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema\n", "dark comedy\n", "time fillers\n", "i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "distress\n", "why blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is\n", "cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but\n", "if the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , jacquot preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .\n", "doing 20 years ago\n", "were n't silly\n", "laid\n", "left to live\n", "miscellaneous\n", "unsubtle and\n", "-lrb- orlando jones -rrb-\n", "the black-and-white archival footage\n", "this material\n", "an acting exercise or\n", "close to being exciting\n", "characters must come first\n", "the working class to life\n", "simply stupid , irrelevant and\n", "is provided\n", "with the hot oscar season currently underway\n", "quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "to be mythic\n", "for the art houses\n", "sex with strangers\n", "mel gibson\n", "the dead\n", "johnny knoxville 's stomach\n", "the sheer lust\n", "be even worse than its title\n", ", murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .\n", "wisdom and humor\n", ", however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .\n", "every punchline\n", "of dead bodies\n", "becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course\n", "the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "stop buying tickets\n", "this tuxedo ... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .\n", "a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter\n", "the mummy returns\n", "most audacious , outrageous\n", "has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel\n", "closely watched\n", "does n't generate a lot of energy\n", "takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy\n", "hate myself most mornings\n", "blight\n", "cool , composed delivery\n", "vibrant\n", "ancient faith\n", "strongest performance\n", "artsy ,\n", "the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion\n", "mystic genres\n", "the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .\n", "this performance\n", "the good thing -- the only good thing -- about extreme ops\n", "of the baader-meinhof gang\n", "that some people\n", "squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations\n", "'s less of a problem\n", "unblinkingly pure as\n", "to work as straight drama\n", "this is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet .\n", "whimsical humor\n", "work because there is no foundation for it\n", "one 's imagination\n", "even less\n", "seen it all before\n", "alert\n", "it ca n't help but engage an audience\n", "stagey\n", "can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost\n", "while entertaining them\n", "it 's lousy\n", "this queen a thoroughly modern maiden\n", "a turkey\n", "masterfully calibrated\n", "come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm\n", "consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment\n", "pushiness\n", "heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning\n", "the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess\n", "cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack\n", "pause and think\n", "of father-and-son dynamics\n", "unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles\n", "are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time\n", "are not enough\n", "the movie is amateurish , but\n", "is n't entirely persuasive\n", "new zealanders\n", "there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit\n", "a life like this can sound so dull\n", "preciousness\n", "inhuman\n", "as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes\n", "throws in enough clever and unexpected\n", "sick sight\n", "next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "by paul pender -rrb-\n", "of abrasive , stylized sequences\n", "list\n", "the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling -lrb- though no less horrifying for it -rrb- .\n", "this debut venture\n", "copenhagen\n", "this film 's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .\n", "mostly honest\n", "those people live in\n", "has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and\n", "boom\n", "is better .\n", "deliver a great story\n", ", one imagines the result would look like something like this .\n", "mesmerize\n", "is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite\n", "dog lovers\n", "a great story ,\n", "as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women\n", "shines on all the characters\n", "that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all\n", "its flawed , crazy people\n", ", hypocritical\n", "this might not seem like the proper cup of tea\n", "the results , if not memorable , are at least interesting .\n", "everything in maid in manhattan\n", "belinsky\n", "an almost unbearably morbid\n", "ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .\n", "accomplished work\n", "folks , it does n't work .\n", "it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come\n", "women to heal\n", "elevate `` glory ''\n", "one terrific story with lots of laughs\n", "what made you love it\n", "believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action\n", "hawke 's film\n", "an opinion to share\n", "who ca n't quite live up to it\n", "there are n't many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes\n", "postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like\n", "the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here\n", "-- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape --\n", "when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but\n", "the famous director 's life\n", "grotesquely\n", "female self-sacrifice\n", "cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters\n", "abstract frank tashlin comedy\n", "time , death , eternity\n", "a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending\n", "a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill\n", "lounge\n", "nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while .\n", "we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen\n", "phony baloney movie biz\n", "suits the script\n", "insanely hilarious\n", "heartbreakingly beautiful\n", "with hyper-artificiality\n", "make a nice coffee table book\n", "a bitter taste\n", "lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience\n", "strange and compelling\n", "the knees\n", "complications\n", "a weak script\n", "the only belly laughs\n", "for detail\n", "to be passionate and truthful\n", "delicious and\n", "teen comedy\n", "to a picture-perfect beach\n", "is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn\n", "a perfectly competent and often imaginative film\n", "unfulfilled\n", "the contrivances and overwrought emotion\n", "shows why , after only three films , director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers .\n", "'s just another sports drama\\/character study\n", "the kids in the audience at the preview screening\n", "barbs\n", "that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of\n", "were doing 20 years ago\n", "coming-of-age comedy\n", "its central figure ,\n", "jeong-hyang lee 's\n", "that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does\n", "saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now\n", "davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air\n", "has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved\n", "which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival\n", "the screenplay ,\n", "from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "see previous answer .\n", "completely serviceable and quickly forgettable\n", "the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .\n", "merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way\n", "from its unsettling prognosis\n", "it 's sort of in-between\n", "lux , now in her eighties ,\n", "even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits\n", "sickly sweet\n", "imagine -lrb- if possible -rrb- a pasolini film without passion or politics ,\n", "become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world\n", "ultimately lifeless\n", "most surf movies\n", "its dreamworks makers\n", "of predictable narrative rhythms\n", "deuces wild , which was shot two years ago\n", "why anybody picked it up\n", "south korean cinema\n", "bravery and\n", "is why i have given it a one-star rating .\n", "capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance\n", "become a major-league leading lady ,\n", "would rather live in denial about\n", "is a pretty good job\n", "about schmidt a lot\n", "it makes you feel like a chump\n", "style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "eric rohmer 's\n", "first film 's\n", "an 83 minute document of a project\n", "precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end\n", "spent an hour\n", "of re-fried green tomatoes\n", "there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction\n", "by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck\n", "of being\n", "topnotch\n", "solemn insights\n", "pop-cyber\n", "revisionism\n", "a decent budget\n", "almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in\n", "contraption\n", "it 's not very good either .\n", "glee\n", "need n't waste their time on it\n", "to his son 's home\n", "provide\n", "that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought\n", "social\n", "mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story\n", "characterized\n", "a lot of flavor and spice\n", "reconstruction\n", "knows ,\n", "my problem\n", "interesting matters\n", "wilco fans will have a great time ,\n", "ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format\n", "any of the clients\n", "magazine\n", "consider\n", "despairing\n", "bank\n", "small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "story 's\n", "this dreadfully earnest inversion\n", "that 'll put hairs on your chest\n", "`` unfilmable '' novels\n", "cold , pretentious ,\n", "it may be in presentation\n", "fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\\/reappearing acts\n", "for the big screen , some for the small screen\n", "thankfully goes easy on the reel\\/real world dichotomy that -lrb- jaglom -rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\\/venice .\n", "an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism\n", "pegged into the groove of a new york dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify\n", "smoking\n", "it ` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates\n", "potential success\n", "of your neck\n", "it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .\n", "from the selection of outtakes\n", "an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances\n", "the apparent skills of its makers and\n", "very special type\n", "... has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency .\n", "that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song\n", "one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters\n", ", it is twice as bestial but half as funny .\n", "years and years of costly analysis\n", "it 's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .\n", "without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "in their graves\n", "care to understand\n", "the always hilarious meara and levy\n", "boy weirdo role\n", "female camaraderie\n", "` girls gone wild '\n", "directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin\n", "to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "streamed across its borders ,\n", "modern male\n", "of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal\n", "ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip\n", "shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "coral reef adventure\n", "familiar , funny\n", "fingered\n", "the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it\n", "of the oscar wilde play\n", "relays\n", "the boomer\n", "another kind\n", "unimaginative and\n", "it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .\n", "a totally unnecessary prologue\n", "his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes\n", "farcical elements\n", "tuck\n", "trying to comprehend it\n", "itself takes\n", "without clobbering the audience over the head\n", "are what will keep them awake\n", "computer effects\n", "make the most out\n", "particularly vexing handicap\n", "its characterization of hitler and\n", "the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film\n", "have to see this !\n", "sucking you\n", "back and forth ca n't help but\n", "the tuck family themselves\n", "the script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .\n", "to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy\n", "more appealing\n", "the el cheapo margaritas served within\n", "'s mildly amusing\n", "deserve better\n", "great gift\n", "that , finally , is minimally satisfying\n", "a fully developed story\n", "most ravaging\n", "so bland\n", "its not very informative about its titular character\n", "it takes you somewhere\n", "the walled-off but combustible hustler\n", "been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness\n", "overstays its natural running time\n", "a feature film\n", "to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "looks elsewhere ,\n", "discover that seinfeld 's real life is boring\n", "if you 're going to alter the bard 's ending\n", "form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .\n", "he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy\n", "conceptual exercise\n", "consistently intelligent\n", "used to be\n", "encounter\n", "respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it\n", "putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .\n", "entry\n", "van der groen\n", "of four fine\n", "83 minute document\n", "blood work\n", "comic setups\n", "this all works out\n", "ultimate demise\n", "really bad imitation\n", "part psychological case study\n", "flamboyant style\n", ", this is a must !\n", "its idiocy\n", "pulp fiction and get shorty\n", "the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice\n", "to a courageous scottish lady\n", "that made the story relevant in the first place\n", "best man ''\n", "is tuned in to its community\n", "a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy\n", "going to face frightening late fees\n", "cop comedy\n", "laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor\n", "howard 's appreciation\n", "for godard\n", "is able to overcome the triviality of the story\n", ", deliberate\n", "an achingly enthralling premise\n", "large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride .\n", "gone straight to video\n", "it 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense\n", "does strong , measured work .\n", "merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .\n", "few raw nerves\n", "essentially a collection of bits\n", "successful -rrb-\n", "dislikable\n", "gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character\n", "alain choquart 's\n", "does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .\n", "moratorium\n", "in the film industry\n", ", and inconsequential romantic\n", "is greatness here\n", "a worthy addition\n", "enactments ,\n", "a provocateur\n", "take it any more\n", "the generation gap\n", "an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail\n", ", violent movie\n", "too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming -lrb- without a thick shmear of the goo , at least -rrb-\n", "the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .\n", "i thought was rather clever\n", "aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives ,\n", "drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .\n", "been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie\n", "all work\n", "scant place for the viewer\n", "clever ways\n", "the film sometimes flags ... but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace\n", "radar screen\n", "soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics\n", "imagine -lrb- if possible -rrb- a pasolini film without passion or politics\n", "the point of it\n", "tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .\n", "most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "in pauline and paulette\n", "the struggle for self-esteem\n", "thumbing his nose at convention\n", "'s ever done\n", "feels contrived\n", "collateral damage is trash , but\n", "he ever knew about generating suspense\n", "susan\n", "supposedly based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents , the film ends with a large human tragedy .\n", "the end of it all\n", "-- that you should never forget\n", "the holes in this film remain agape\n", "performances\n", "doing very little\n", "to introduce video as art\n", "avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "gay and lesbian children\n", "there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans -lrb- as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb-\n", "sadly\n", "clayburgh\n", "although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming\n", "so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through\n", "both shallow and dim-witted\n", "excellence\n", "it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length\n", "atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad\n", "not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street\n", "this unique and entertaining twist\n", "blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "on a far corner of the screen at times\n", "does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy\n", "merely lacks originality to make it a great movie\n", "gays\n", "raw\n", "delivers\n", "just about the best straight-up\n", "were a suit\n", "more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less\n", "jaw-droppingly superficial\n", "has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos\n", "civil disobedience , anti-war movements and\n", "there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .\n", "collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .\n", "the picture 's fascinating byways\n", "assets\n", "haunting ode\n", "sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get .\n", "costly divorce\n", "as in real life\n", "presses familiar herzog tropes\n", "the enjoyable undercover brother\n", "decisively\n", "its multi-character story\n", "artsy pretensions\n", "`` minority report '' astounds .\n", "fairy\n", "foxworthy 's\n", "1970s skateboard revolution\n", "because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out\n", "be a drama\n", "in this pretentious mess\n", "of all about lily chou-chou\n", "see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but\n", "of its own joke\n", "to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row\n", "assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .\n", "clean\n", "many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "low-brow humor\n", "is `` new ''\n", "jane\n", "'s always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .\n", "good while\n", "mind you\n", "this english-language version ... does full honor to miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .\n", "into your holiday concept\n", "gosling 's\n", "the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller\n", "by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "long as\n", "she should ask for a raise\n", "might like and more experimental in its storytelling\n", "feel the love\n", "the director , mark pellington\n", "that 's neither completely enlightening\n", "the story 's\n", "chilling and heart-warming\n", "it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role .\n", "so perfect\n", "titled\n", "to this project\n", "antidote\n", "to get wherever it 's going\n", "the dramatic potential\n", "his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", ", endearing , masterful\n", "it 's worth taking the kids to .\n", "an earnest try\n", "this silly con job\n", "if familiar\n", "sloppily\n", "is nearly impossible to look at or understand\n", "veers into corny sentimentality\n", "mel brooks -lrb- at least during their '70s heyday -rrb-\n", "recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal\n", "that elusive , lovely place\n", "it 's far from being this generation 's animal house .\n", "is terrifying\n", "hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire .\n", "sex and lucia\n", "the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just\n", "apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film\n", "admiring this bit or that , this performance or that\n", "inability to stand in for true , lived experience\n", "does n't deliver a great story ,\n", "there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling ,\n", "wiseman 's\n", "a confusing drudgery .\n", "a strangely tempting bouquet\n", "films are made of little moments .\n", "she 's doing in here\n", "of manners and misanthropy\n", "took the farrelly brothers comedy and\n", "evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun .\n", ", thoroughly 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''\n", "of crystal and de niro\n", "going out and\n", "anyone and works\n", "cuts all the way down\n", "high school setting\n", "270\n", "'s the scarlet letter .\n", "a warm , moving message\n", "fundamentally on every conventional level\n", "rising place\n", "missteps\n", "ludicrous '\n", "a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "rodriguez ... was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .\n", "hollywood-ized\n", "the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .\n", "conceited\n", "his slop\n", "adopts\n", "ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative\n", "for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls\n", "by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices\n", "capture\n", "is as 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death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication .\n", "the act is still charming here .\n", "writer plot\n", "undeterminable\n", "infiltrated every corner of society\n", "pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected\n", "everybody else is in the background and\n", ", obnoxious 88-minute\n", "out strongly\n", "sustained intelligence\n", "though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous .\n", "several years\n", "focus\n", "that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home\n", "plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision\n", "rinzler 's\n", "bad action movie\n", "psychological drama\n", "is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .\n", "-lrb- haynes ' -rrb- homage to such films as `` all that heaven allows '' and `` imitation of life ''\n", "reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one\n", "the art demands\n", "rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death ,\n", "a clear sense of purpose\n", "see some interesting storytelling devices\n", "the dead horse of surprise\n", "i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale\n", "however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash .\n", "disney classic\n", "expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women\n", "dark theater\n", "marginal competence\n", "oeuvre\n", "than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison\n", "come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes\n", "a cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall\n", "flat ,\n", "the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . '\n", "like its subjects\n", "in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did\n", "'ll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper\n", "the overall feeling is genial and decent\n", "the ` plex\n", "in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape\n", "for our lives\n", "` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .\n", "dislocation and\n", "a film , and such a stultifying ,\n", "thematic resonance\n", "is god\n", "joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .\n", "except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .\n", "the acting is robotically italicized ,\n", "link\n", "recommend `` never again\n", "roberto\n", ", if them .\n", "parachutes down onto a moving truck\n", "unsettling images\n", "brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression\n", "a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and\n", "take her spiritual quest at all\n", ", the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .\n", "rescue -lrb- the funk brothers -rrb-\n", "marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances\n", "be done cinematically\n", "merit\n", "giggling\n", "previous answer\n", "endless scenic shots\n", "a bittersweet drama\n", "even when crush departs from the 4w formula\n", "is the edge of wild , lunatic invention\n", "as are the scenes of jia with his family\n", "of the papin sister\n", "trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes\n", "1930s\n", "in the form of dazzling pop entertainment\n", "by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world\n", "reside primarily\n", "undeniably fascinating and playful fellow\n", "development and\n", "of kitsch hard going\n", "in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off\n", "the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year\n", "interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic\n", "outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today\n", "a remake by the numbers ,\n", "there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment\n", "a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact .\n", "manage to keep things interesting\n", "` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation\n", "never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment\n", "an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising\n", "falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer\n", "that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "of the show 's trademark\n", "` matrix ' -\n", "fulford-wierzbicki ... deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen .\n", "amusing , but ultimately so\n", "nice\n", "lends itself\n", "any of the pretension associated with the term\n", "endure instead of\n", "-- but bad -- movie\n", "non-britney person\n", "heavy-handed moralistic\n", "one clever line\n", "servitude\n", "bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer 's energy and\n", "your affection\n", "floating in their cabins\n", "shrewd facade\n", "the throes of their first full flush of testosterone\n", "triple x is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude .\n", "a jerry bruckheimer\n", "double-barreled\n", ", wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .\n", "school undergrad\n", "impressive hybrid .\n", "might just\n", "takes a potentially trite and overused concept -lrb- aliens come to earth -rrb- and\n", "combine easily\n", "more time\n", "any chekhov is better than no chekhov ,\n", "most parents\n", "does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter\n", "the hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork .\n", "could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent\n", "and withholds delivery\n", "made one\n", "the script , which has a handful of smart jokes\n", "take you down a familiar road with a few twists\n", "lingual\n", "while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision\n", "will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .\n", ", spiritual challenge\n", "good -lrb- successful -rrb-\n", "even solondz 's thirst for controversy\n", "concert footage\n", "a technical triumph\n", "with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "ate\n", "enticing and often funny documentary .\n", "its sudsy\n", "through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes\n", "the tumult\n", "turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy\n", "real people\n", "that one never overwhelms the other\n", "cliche-ridden\n", "the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction\n", "an awful snooze .\n", "in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic\n", "spider-man '' certainly\n", "not a bad choice here , assuming that ... the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly .\n", "she lets her love depraved leads meet , -lrb- denis ' -rrb- story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle\n", "exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax\n", "unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity\n", "the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes ,\n", "the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks\n", "in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery\n", "among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations .\n", "than by anything on display\n", "is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime .\n", "dissing the film\n", "the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance\n", "to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once\n", "in korea\n", "fast-moving and\n", "whirl\n", ", schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .\n", "a heck\n", "into every frame\n", "been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now\n", "trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead\n", "in seattle\n", "life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities .\n", "does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .\n", "absorbing characters\n", "slack execution\n", "old people will love this movie\n", "legally\n", "the gorgeously elaborate continuation\n", "have your head in your hands wondering why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery\n", "drivel\n", "aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once\n", "the best movies of the year\n", "mythmaking\n", "pace and lack\n", "of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy\n", "initially gripping\n", "look cool\n", "friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia\n", "with three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations , it 's enough to make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective .\n", "precious at the start and\n", "everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill\n", "the mark of a documentary that works\n", "visual delight\n", "truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable\n", "repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness\n", "spears ' -rrb-\n", "bit from the classics\n", "independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop\n", "exemplify\n", "is merely a charmless witch .\n", "the dysfunctional family\n", "jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation\n", "a thrill\n", "uplifting , funny and wise\n", "turned out\n", "this amiable picture talks tough , but\n", "knowledge , education , and the\n", "teen-targeted action tv series\n", "twenty-first century\n", "coherent game\n", "is our story\n", "about crime\n", "molested\n", "a splendid job\n", "-lrb- johnnie to and wai ka fai are -rrb- sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .\n", "stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \\*\\*\\*\\* .\n", "arliss\n", "at hardass american\n", ", if good-hearted , movie .\n", "dramatize\n", "m.i.t.\n", "robert john burke\n", "schaefer 's ...\n", "the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "called a solid success\n", "in the swinging\n", "delivers fascinating psychological fare\n", "beautiful paean\n", "work ,\n", "4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .\n", "redneck-versus-blueblood cliches\n", "aimed at kids\n", "it 's forrest gump , angel of death\n", "a biting satire that has no teeth\n", "is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch .\n", "a good surprise ending\n", "bedside\n", "have made for better drama\n", ", virulently unpleasant excuse\n", "giant step backward\n", "sag in certain places\n", "month 's\n", "non-narrative\n", "the duration\n", "a particularly 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absurd\n", "it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "blending entrepreneurial zeal\n", "a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all\n", "this one escaped the lifetime network\n", "considerable skill and determination ,\n", "hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .\n", "uses some of the figures\n", "though it was written for no one\n", "15 years old\n", "rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes\n", "slapping extreme humor\n", "director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon\n", "most watchable\n", "as brave and challenging\n", "as one of the worst films of the summer\n", "juliet\\/west\n", "resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail\n", "moments of revelation\n", "stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .\n", "stale retread of the '53 original\n", "angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi ,\n", "delivers a powerful commentary\n", "whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone\n", "vast enterprise\n", "even halfway scary\n", "grant and hoult\n", "the most incoherent\n", "it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest\n", "und drang\n", "some of the camera work\n", "the end that extravagantly redeems it\n", "your problems\n", "this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie .\n", "is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ...\n", "julia roberts wannabe\n", "they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film\n", "of the year selection\n", ", only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch\n", "the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece .\n", "artificial structure\n", "vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .\n", "that extra little something\n", "the best since the last waltz\n", "best straight-up\n", "there are no special effects , and no hollywood endings .\n", "would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture\n", "at once emotional and richly analytical , the cosby-seinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .\n", "does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong\n", ", with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it\n", ", then becomes 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as it is interminable\n", "cast adrift in various new york city locations\n", "has severe body odor\n", "-lrb- and probably should have\n", "that the answer is as conventional as can be\n", ", but rather by emphasizing the characters\n", "real filmmaker 's\n", "behind the music\n", "does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .\n", "the results are underwhelming\n", "'s a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say\n", "genial but never inspired\n", "with slightly above-average brains\n", "are terribly convincing , which is a pity , considering barry 's terrific performance .\n", "material that is generally\n", "as it searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say\n", "a visually compelling one\n", "have made to our shared history\n", "finally reveals his martial artistry\n", "in new york\n", "the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while ,\n", "the delivery\n", "ranks as the most original in years .\n", "the story line may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment .\n", "dwell\n", "graduated\n", ", unlikeable people\n", "yank\n", "bland hollywood romance\n", "none of this sounds promising and\n", "'ll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is\n", "seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol\n", "if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature\n", "what lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks\n", "with its love of life and beauty\n", "the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste .\n", "or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self\n", "a faraway planet\n", "of enigma\n", "hellish\n", "opaque\n", "too many\n", "contrived , overblown and 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.\n", "on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", "the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock .\n", "benigni 's italian pinocchio\n", "this 20th anniversary edition\n", "engaging film\n", "humane and important\n", "mentally `` superior '' friends\n", "of its own making\n", "throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation\n", "teen-pop exploitation\n", "technology\n", "a head-turner -- thoughtfully written\n", "equation\n", "inspire\n", "a 100-year old mystery\n", "film footage\n", "of virtually plotless meanderings\n", "the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers\n", "the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt\n", "action-movie line\n", "englishmen\n", "while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty\n", "interdependence\n", "it 's about a very human one\n", "a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage\n", ", the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell .\n", "when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense\n", "is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them !\n", "jokes\n", "pelosi knows it\n", "aims so low\n", "rooting interest\n", "the trademark of several of his performances\n", "does n't try to surprise us with plot twists ,\n", ", they ca n't go wrong .\n", "an unexpectedly adamant streak\n", "of a big kid\n", "at the dollar theatres\n", "tactic\n", "reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "like a glossy rehash\n", "may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all\n", "frida with a visual style unique and inherent\n", "satisfies\n", "10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice\n", "the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an 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"a foreign culture only\n", "for even one minute\n", "the wake of saving private ryan\n", "the hardy spirit\n", "your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !\n", "yet completely familiar\n", "'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche\n", "curtains\n", "refuses to spell things out for viewers\n", "is n't heated properly , so that it ends up\n", "trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness .\n", "film criticism\n", "tu\n", "battle and action sequences\n", "the first shocking thing\n", "slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth\n", "bogdanovich puts history in perspective and\n", "`` chicago ''\n", "do its characters exactly spring\n", "well-paced and ultimately\n", "butthead\n", "unattractive or\n", "classics\n", "kurys seems 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you\n", ", clean-cut dahmer -lrb- jeremy renner -rrb- and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .\n", "its humor or stock ideas\n", "are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores\n", "this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story\n", "anti-catholic\n", "captures ,\n", "babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy\n", "confuse\n", "as 9\n", "enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games\n", "baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .\n", "is also a work of deft and subtle poetry\n", "too much power , not enough puff .\n", "alienating most\n", "like commiserating\n", "tribute\n", "losses\n", "the otherwise good-naturedness of mr. deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less -\n", "forgettably pleasant from start to finish\n", ", potentially ,\n", "feel anything\n", "shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention\n", "box office money\n", "texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings\n", "to the familiar topic of office politics\n", "been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey\n", "129-minute\n", "a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears\n", "a comedic moment\n", "the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down .\n", "villainous vampires are your cup of blood\n", "undo him\n", ", fun cheese puff\n", "juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films\n", "scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .\n", "bizarre developments\n", "since i found myself howling more than cringing , i 'd say the film works\n", "makes them\n", "of the swashbucklers\n", "coming down off\n", "thrives\n", "hallelujah for small favors\n", "an action movie that actually has a brain\n", "is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale\n", "toys\n", "sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell\n", "a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly\n", "there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself .\n", "four main actresses\n", "a single character worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "painful and refreshing\n", "'s an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing\n", "religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution\n", "ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .\n", "seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper ,\n", "better than the tepid star trek : insurrection\n", "seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play\n", "of human decency\n", "ingeniously\n", "blind , crippled , amish people\n", "times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp\n", "cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images\n", "rough\n", "gross-out flicks , college flicks , or\n", "a teenybopper ed wood film\n", "to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek\n", "'s neither too erotic nor very thrilling ,\n", "a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day\n", "a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere .\n", "sorts , and\n", "narrow , fearful view\n", "forgivable\n", "murky\n", "the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable\n", "a fairly straightforward remake\n", "of its characters ' lives\n", "for smokey robinson\n", "money-grubbing\n", "farcical and loathsome\n", "it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity .\n", "great dragons !\n", "river\n", "on par\n", "paid to the animation\n", "sets out to tell\n", "weak and strong\n", "a few zingers aside\n", "when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "never knew what the hell was coming next\n", "is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by diane lane .\n", "pretension\n", "leave it\n", "admirable storyteller\n", "the story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .\n", "embraces it , energizes it\n", "and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --\n", "it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s\n", "every bad action-movie line in history\n", "powerful success\n", "the perfect movie\n", "smart and taut\n", "poor casting\n", "retail\n", "think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies\n", "too bad to be good and\n", "rhapsodize cynicism ,\n", "the best sequel\n", "meets goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs\n", "sparkling\n", "watching queen\n", "maryam is more timely now than ever .\n", "protecting her cub\n", "fleet-footed and\n", "a notorious reputation\n", "trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence .\n", "shlockmeister ed wood\n", "a premise ,\n", "the uninitiated\n", "seriously intended\n", "no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was making no sense at all\n", "six musical numbers\n", "really interesting to say\n", "is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .\n", "'' movies\n", "to traverse\n", "coming-of-age genre\n", "streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , `` big trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .\n", "old silliness\n", "with this claustrophobic concept\n", "it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent\n", "sturdiest\n", "strikes a potent chemistry\n", "by its intimacy and precision\n", "with a moving camera\n", "to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .\n", "buoyant delivery\n", "a sweet treasure and something well worth\n", "89\n", "the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "'s not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller .\n", "a minor-league soccer remake of the longest yard\n", "real americans\n", "becomes lifeless\n", "the title may be\n", "i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film ,\n", "than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film\n", "sincerity\n", "more chaotic than entertaining\n", ", it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .\n", "zhang 's last film\n", "surefire , beloved genres\n", "thoughtful , visually graceful\n", "is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry .\n", "our perspective\n", "seems as tired as its protagonist\n", "reverence\n", "being very funny\n", "his superb actors\n", "love-struck\n", "modern\n", "so much passion\n", "fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "another review\n", "oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between .\n", "were paying dues for good books unread\n", "would really buy this stuff\n", "10,000\n", "this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island\n", "supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil\n", "definitive answers\n", "have characters and a storyline\n", "italian neorealism\n", "all for that\n", "garbus -rrb-\n", "ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .\n", "takes chances that are bold by studio standards\n", "say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets\n", "'s a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .\n", "among partnerships\n", "a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots\n", "the best advice is : ` scooby ' do n't .\n", "film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly\n", "before i saw this movie\n", "torn away from the compelling historical tale\n", "do with it\n", "the more lascivious-minded\n", "sung in italian\n", "maladjusted teens\n", "than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions\n", "the planet 's\n", "her heroine 's book sound convincing ,\n", "a great writer and dubious human being\n", "this rich and luscious\n", "is : ` scooby ' do n't .\n", "directed by kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut\n", "forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession\n", "clear-eyed chronicle\n", "leguizamo 's best movie work\n", "war-torn jerusalem\n", "superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .\n", "not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act\n", "'s not little nicky\n", "without the peanut butter\n", "the film 's moral compass\n", "with plenty of action and almost no substance\n", "if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's -lrb- and its makers ' -rrb- credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves\n", "the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking\n", "about female friendship that men can embrace and women\n", "dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time ,\n", "wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made\n", "scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "the fast runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space\n", "funniest jokes\n", "good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat .\n", "director fabian bielinsky\n", "undergo radical changes when it suits the script\n", "take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "a transit city\n", "happen along the way\n", "a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing\n", "whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "a poorly scripted , preachy fable\n", "expressive face\n", "the best of herzog 's works\n", "the novelty\n", "flat , flat dialogue\n", "almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ... ``\n", "pious\n", "sleeper\n", "dresses it\n", "go where the moment takes them\n", "that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style\n", "long and eventful spiritual journey\n", "-lrb- swimfan -rrb- falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .\n", "has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery\n", ", made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .\n", "directorial career\n", "want it to be\n", "a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big\n", "in the right b-movie frame of mind\n", "stoop so low\n", "of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting\n", "to anti-semitism and neo-fascism\n", "stunning\n", "rain\n", "the floor with a sickening thud\n", "you can 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 .\n", "the venezuelans\n", "an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise\n", "that ca n't totally hide its contrivances\n", ", it 's no classic\n", "proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness .\n", "sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story\n", "jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor\n", "hardass american\n", "gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .\n", "made literature literal without killing its soul\n", ", unusual , even nutty\n", "hardly over\n", "it 's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness\n", "merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press\n", "clearly mythic structure\n", "a hilarious kenneth branagh\n", "that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party\n", "yes , soar .\n", "plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line\n", "decidedly\n", "going nowhere fast\n", "would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? '\n", "as a flawed human\n", "than it is\n", "is in the background\n", "bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality\n", ", what an idea , what a thrill ride .\n", "of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse\n", "that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,\n", "torturing each other psychologically and\n", "felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .\n", "bludgeoning the audience\n", "is good ,\n", "hoping that it would be sleazy and fun\n", "the latest\n", "of merit as this one come along\n", "sha-na-na sketch\n", "fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films\n", "to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time\n", "expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women .\n", "left the theatre\n", "is still worth\n", "occur and not `` if\n", "the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers\n", "is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau .\n", "' should never have been brought out of hibernation\n", "said about stealing harvard\n", "decibel\n", "fly with most intelligent viewers\n", "i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but\n", "this as a smutty guilty pleasure\n", "jack nicholson 's -rrb-\n", "for those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .\n", "that vision is beginning to feel\n", "unsure\n", "economical antidote\n", "by its own solemnity\n", "more emotional force\n", "stress ` dumb .\n", "in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "a distinctly musty odour ,\n", "wise enough\n", "ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made\n", "the artist\n", ", saved only by its winged assailants .\n", "make this a charmer\n", "of the opera\n", "disorienting force\n", "goes straight to video\n", "is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .\n", "seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before\n", "make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey\n", "beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .\n", "find something new to add to the canon of chan\n", "henry\n", "reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .\n", "a brilliant piece\n", "of nature , of man or of one another\n", "of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance\n", "may take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going\n", "a sense of wonder\n", "despite juliet stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela 's emotional roller coaster life\n", "confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor\n", "brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock\n", "mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff\n", "bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state\n", "to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter\n", "caffeinated , sloppy\n", "makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,\n", "cheese , ham and cheek\n", "be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen\n", "of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "shakespeare 's eloquent language\n", "the respect they\n", "with reality\n", "is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy\n", "by the bad idea\n", "major-league leading lady\n", "takes one character we do n't like and\n", "just plain awful\n", "lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ...\n", "ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil\n", "personal reflection\n", "violence and\n", "on which it operates\n", "joel silver and robert zemeckis\n", "win some hearts\n", "'s all derivative\n", "has crafted with harris goldberg\n", "deserving\n", "one feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism .\n", "to gurus and doshas\n", "espn\n", "the insightful writer\\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy\n", "witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but\n", "a world of boys\n", "on extreme urgency\n", "american pie-like irreverence\n", "her beloved genre\n", "'s got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .\n", "characters are both overplayed and exaggerated\n", "wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie\n", "sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama\n", "confirms tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence\n", "charming and quirky\n", "hawk\n", "of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles\n", "your favorite pet get buried alive\n", "recent chinese immigrant 's experiences\n", "nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me .\n", "banged their brains into the ground so frequently\n", "real women\n", "it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .\n", "glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .\n", "has made its way into your very bloodstream\n", "filter\n", "a weird ,\n", "some fantastic moments and scenes\n", "friday the 13th by way of clean and sober\n", "than our lesser appetites\n", "- and\n", ", crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .\n", "will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?\n", "bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago\n", "susan sarandon\n", "for the candidate\n", "many more that graze the funny bone\n", "hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale\n", "a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb-\n", "muy loco , but\n", "the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders\n", "caruso 's\n", "lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .\n", "a visual delight\n", "great expectations\n", "to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time\n", "efficiently\n", "low-budget hybrid\n", "other rowdy raunch-fests\n", "comedic agony\n", "wisegirls\n", "to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate\n", "is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears .\n", "maintain\n", "ridiculous wig\n", "a rather shapeless good time\n", "is still worth hearing\n", "will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey\n", "organic way\n", "the tabloid energy\n", "go-for-broke\n", "is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .\n", "'s exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making\n", "odds with the rest of the film\n", "the original film virtually scene for scene and\n", "communicating\n", "most haunting about `` fence '' is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen .\n", "the history\n", "another arnold vehicle\n", "feels strange\n", "postapocalyptic setting\n", "is undoubtedly\n", "internal combustion engine\n", "the rollicking dark humor so necessary\n", "issues\n", "wrenching performances\n", "about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .\n", "long limbs\n", "alienating most viewers\n", "while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone\n", "'' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .\n", "open-ended and composed of layer upon layer , talk to her is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .\n", "the little mermaid\n", "romantic and serenely\n", "about cal\n", "public restroom\n", "of its cinematic predecessors\n", "killer jeffrey dahmer\n", "smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "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\n", "portugal\n", "tea\n", "kiddies\n", "disappointment\n", "funny , puzzling movie\n", "shallow rumination\n", "dickensian\n", "something like nostalgia\n", "hades\n", "in ` baran\n", "expects something special\n", "an indelible epic american story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives\n", "is hartley 's least accessible screed yet .\n", "to the mystic genres of cinema\n", "rare drama\n", "haunting sense\n", "scarlet letter\n", "there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair\n", "piscopo\n", "expertly plucking tension from quiet\n", "is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it\n", "comedies like american pie\n", "there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances ,\n", "the real triumphs\n", "all hope of a good movie ye who enter here\n", "seen in the many film\n", "to the story 's morals\n", "'s endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage\n", "are great rewards here .\n", "is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states .\n", "anyone who 's ever\n", "except its timing\n", "295\n", "this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` why ?\n", "two year affair\n", "love , lust , and\n", "the immense imax screen\n", "asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .\n", "another kind of chinese\n", "calm and thoughtful\n", "gorgeously elaborate continuation\n", "being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema\n", "soderbergh 's best films , ``\n", "is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears .\n", "violence\n", "norrington-directed predecessor\n", "haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and\n", "breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill\n", "and audacious moments\n", "the previous pictures\n", "irreparable damage\n", "informative and breathtakingly spectacular\n", "kitsch hard going\n", "a castrated\n", "despairing vision\n", "gets\n", "a satisfying well-made romantic comedy\n", "entity\n", "would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings\n", "neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers\n", "good actors ,\n", "by hollywood\n", "with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .\n", "please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state\n", "the events\n", "pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "the picture does n't know it 's a comedy .\n", "a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set .\n", "ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design\n", "a shiny new bow\n", "smartly directed , grown-up film\n", "the other hannibal movies\n", ", miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop\n", "a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect .\n", "of the 30-year friendship between two english women\n", "mccrudden\n", "as saccharine movies go\n", "every indulgent , indie trick in the book\n", "there is n't much to it .\n", "be ` easier\n", "coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul\n", "artfully\n", "invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games\n", "what 's hard to understand\n", "it appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making .\n", "siege\n", "the film 's maudlin focus on the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking .\n", "only unsatisfactorily\n", "involvement\n", "questions\n", "her own screenplay\n", "sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent\n", "denis\n", "a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors\n", "stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .\n", "of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence\n", "electoral\n", "to the story\n", "like it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness\n", "is fascinating\n", "do n't see often enough these days\n", "made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money .\n", "the spell\n", "and it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .\n", "go see this delightful comedy\n", "the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and\n", "an attraction it desperately needed\n", "overtake the comedy\n", "by that measure , it is a failure .\n", "tweaked version\n", "sidewalks\n", "of spiritual inquiry\n", "'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet\n", "i did n't find much fascination in the swinging .\n", "in hell\n", "that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about\n", "with 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bears\n", "'s good enough\n", "outstanding originality\n", "see who can out-bad-act the other\n", "gorgeous exterior photography\n", "do a little fleeing of its own\n", "so low in a poorly\n", "of plucky british eccentrics\n", "so much a struggle of man vs. man as brother-man vs. the man\n", "'s attempts to heal after the death of a child\n", "to me\n", "had this much imagination and nerve\n", "speaking even one word to each other\n", "he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", "to great performances\n", "to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject\n", ", not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it\n", "with its story\n", "finishes half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations\n", "ended up in a movie this bad\n", "unholy hokum\n", "eyes , repressed smile\n", "feature directing debut\n", "it wo n't hold up over the long haul ,\n", "jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory --\n", "some weird 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"straight-ahead thriller\n", "the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations ,\n", "perfectly pitched web\n", "bare-bones narrative\n", "it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor\n", "thoughtful , reverent\n", "'s far from being this generation 's animal house\n", "'s hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before\n", "exasperating\n", "who have nothing\n", ", and altogether creepy\n", ", lucky break is -lrb- cattaneo -rrb- sophomore slump .\n", "by splendid performances\n", "this movie must surely be one of them\n", "the sundance film festival has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing .\n", "gets his secretary to fax it\n", "at `` the real americans ''\n", "the emigre experience\n", "most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics\n", "between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows\n", "cassel\n", "another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film ,\n", "the screenplay level\n", "it 's worth the concentration .\n", "'s kinda dumb\n", "102-minute film\n", "the snowman\n", "this ready-made midnight movie\n", "of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative\n", "is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .\n", "the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette\n", "to eat up these veggies\n", "weaving themes\n", "figure out what makes wilco a big deal\n", "'s not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie\n", "the point of real interest - -- audience sadism --\n", "have carved their own comfortable niche in the world\n", "too good to be bad\n", "modesty\n", "that it ca n't really be called animation\n", "could have been crisper and punchier ,\n", "groupies\n", "pull out\n", "the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze\n", "wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .\n", "to sentimentality\n", "of piffle\n", "practically\n", "paid to make it\n", "a career-defining revelation\n", "fan\n", "troubling and\n", "is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness\n", "left us cold\n", "special type\n", "knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest\n", "have always\n", "six-time\n", "as cho may have intended or\n", "littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .\n", "admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "strange guy things\n", "more than a tepid\n", "worst possibilities\n", "a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place\n", "its welcome with audiences several years\n", "you 're in need of a cube fix\n", "around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life\n", "there 's a heaven for bad movies\n", "the movie gods\n", "the time the credits roll across the pat ending\n", "sexes\n", "permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions\n", "for monsters to blame for all that\n", "mournful undercurrent\n", "little ones\n", "of above the rest\n", "the film is explosive , but\n", "10th film\n", "'s usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them\n", "will find it more than capable of rewarding them\n", "is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway\n", "as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career\n", ", evans is no hollywood villain\n", "to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films\n", "a speed\n", "several scenes run\n", "than the inside column of a torn book jacket\n", "four sisters\n", "the only one laughing at his own joke\n", "excruciatingly literal\n", "has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue\n", "most people\n", "can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .\n", "replace\n", "that can be seen in other films\n", "taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving\n", "a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more .\n", "with moist eyes\n", "giant pile\n", "is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart\n", "really funny movie\n", "offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close\n", "the few\n", "that the picture is unfamiliar , but\n", "bouncing bravado\n", "which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "its dark , delicate treatment of these characters\n", "with graphic violence\n", "disoriented\n", "socially\n", "... silly humbuggery ...\n", "thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy\n", "sounding like arnold schwarzenegger\n", "20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine\n", "nothing less\n", "recently\n", "it 's boring\n", "girls\n", "written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze\n", "'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 .\n", "robin williams and\n", "stand on its own\n", "to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything\n", "nonstop images\n", "home video market\n", "is felt ; not the craven of ' a 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the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake .\n", "down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "the minds and hearts of many\n", "65\n", "it 's only a peek\n", "'s stylishly directed with verve ...\n", "wet\n", "get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell .\n", "know the picture is in trouble .\n", "melodramatic moviemaking\n", "few laughs but nothing else\n", "the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire\n", "'s definitely worth taking a look\n", "in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty\n", "at the expense of his narrative\n", "of contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major\n", "'s not merely\n", "subject as monstrous and\n", "you have no affinity for most of the characters .\n", "takes big bloody chomps out\n", "mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant\n", "-lrb- witherspoon 's 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story derisions\n", "somewhat entertaining\n", "is about the subject\n", "savor\n", "it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "unveil it until the end ,\n", "a portrait of alienation so perfect ,\n", "formulaic film\n", "movie biz\n", "agency\n", "those who paid for it\n", "a tenacious , humane fighter\n", "preview screenings\n", "eric schaeffer\n", "real contenders arrive in september\n", "win many fans over the age of 12\n", "of innocence\n", "fanciful drama\n", "the hype , the celebrity\n", "on\n", "intermingling\n", "what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper\n", "emotional danger\n", "participants\n", "what 's going to happen\n", "keg party\n", "anyone who is not a character in this movie\n", "exercise in style and mystification\n", "gentle comic treatment\n", "that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september\n", "soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence\n", "one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .\n", "it throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` look at this !\n", "has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .\n", "enjoyment\n", "nonfiction film\n", "propaganda machine\n", "a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy\n", "genial is the conceit\n", "a sort\n", ", tender and heart-wrenching\n", "danger of going wrong\n", "is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .\n", "about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80\n", "duke something\n", "make people act weird\n", "-lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters .\n", "might actually want to watch .\n", "shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city\n", "some genuine 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other films\n", "the proficient , dull sorvino has no light touch\n", "the film makes it seem ,\n", "to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil .\n", "is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears\n", "a brutal and funny work .\n", "its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor\n", "of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies\n", "cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative\n", "before watching this film\n", "the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight .\n", "is no more than\n", "life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor\n", "good and different\n", "as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences\n", "derivativeness\n", "confessions is n't always coherent ,\n", "is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul\n", "about high crimes\n", "pixar 's\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem\n", "return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief\n", "therapy-dependent\n", "this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists\n", "i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies .\n", "innocence and\n", "blemishes\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted .\n", "generic villains\n", "you 've seen it\n", "drawing to a close\n", "the animation master\n", "energy humming\n", "discovery and layers\n", "absolutely no sense\n", "in us\n", "single stroke\n", ", unforced\n", "all your mateys , regardless of their ages\n", "symbolically\n", "a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties .\n", "laughing in the crowd\n", ", this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .\n", "plods along\n", "mark him\n", "some sense\n", "guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .\n", "male intrigue\n", "medical\n", "there 's no fizz\n", "is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking\n", "an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals\n", "urbane\n", "'ll wonder if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit\n", "screwball thriller\n", "a bracingly nasty accuracy\n", "rymer does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects .\n", "for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty\n", "the material is so second-rate\n", "as rude and profane as ever\n", "prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense\n", ", salvation and good intentions\n", ", the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .\n", "the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle '\n", "'s no classic\n", "affection for its characters\n", "guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution\n", "taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus ,\n", "the life out\n", "as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro\n", "a solid formula for successful animated movies\n", "like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series\n", "as all or nothing is\n", "`` pretty woman ''\n", "the primal fears\n", "is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be\n", "tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls\n", "rodrigues 's\n", "puppets\n", "serious weight\n", "mcbeal-style\n", "are an absolute joy\n", "is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers\n", "it 's difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion .\n", "like a dope\n", "would have killed him\n", "screen been so aggressively anti-erotic\n", "gasp for gas ,\n", "quarter\n", "styled\n", "that is impenetrable and dull\n", "as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .\n", "that woman 's doubts\n", "or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb-\n", "older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "beneath\n", "the cliches with considerable dash\n", "schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression .\n", "is one dumb movie\n", "welcome with audiences several years\n", "far less\n", "honest and loving\n", "bogs down\n", "a black comedy ,\n", "inspiring , ironic\n", "hollow ,\n", "reasonably well-done\n", "so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .\n", "director chris eyre\n", "unsettling force\n", "even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains oddly detached .\n", "both painterly and literary\n", "hailed\n", "nature\n", "is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism .\n", "'s almost worth seeing\n", "was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star\n", "vocalized\n", "skillful as he is\n", "check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door\n", "much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .\n", "all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new\n", "interesting , even sexy\n", "derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant\n", "broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all\n", "the film is flat .\n", "marvelous film\n", "forget about it by monday ,\n", "ironically killer soundtrack\n", "that -- when it comes to truncheoning --\n", "for teens to laugh , groan and hiss\n", "the gags ,\n", "by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh\n", "is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .\n", "payne\n", "inadequately\n", "she ,\n", "make fun of me for liking showgirls\n", "viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .\n", "14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas\n", ", there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .\n", "crushingly little curiosity about\n", "` tradition\n", "one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny\n", "whatever your orientation .\n", "is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "indomitability\n", "religious films are n't your bailiwick\n", "merit it\n", "witch video-cam footage\n", ", we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes .\n", "another gross-out college comedy -- ugh\n", "than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low\n", "pb & j sandwich\n", "dry of humor , verve and fun\n", "like evans\n", "more inadvertent ones\n", "the element of surprise\n", "lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve .\n", "unbreakable\n", "that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement\n", "is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable\n", "with enough unexpected twists\n", "sticky\n", "actually means to face your fears\n", "is powerful in itself\n", "occasionally flawed ,\n", "a fascinating character study\n", "it were a person\n", "is fascinating , though\n", "a documentary and more as a found relic\n", "it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery ,\n", "a prolonged extrusion\n", "this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed\n", "nausea\n", "creates a new threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise\n", "an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle\n", "no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously\n", "i expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch .\n", "contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major\n", "people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 .\n", "or corny conventions\n", "the visual flourishes\n", "thomas wolfe was right\n", "fill an almost feature-length film\n", "plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air .\n", "suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener\n", "fluidity and\n", "mother and\n", "to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", "that will get you thinking , ` are we there yet\n", "of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing\n", "are wasted in it\n", "is surely what they 'd look like .\n", "the delusional personality type\n", "the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake\n", "intended and otherwise\n", "an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character .\n", "has at last decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil .\n", "will probably\n", "got it right the first time\n", "one terrific story\n", "fell apart\n", "presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency .\n", "diverting -- if predictable -- adventure\n", "a work\n", "break\n", "sure of its own importance\n", "surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness\n", "the chase\n", "characters or plot-lines\n", "its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism\n", "postapocalyptic\n", "tone poem\n", "downright\n", "feel as the credits roll\n", "what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure\n", "last frames\n", "insinuating , for example ,\n", "a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past\n", "to be embraced\n", "slowly away\n", "is worth a look , if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment\n", "that is n't fake fun\n", "grand fart\n", "of life type\n", "be a power outage during your screening\n", "that is actually funny without hitting below the belt\n", "stand in for true , lived experience\n", "them ,\n", "overblown , and entirely implausible\n", "have intended\n", "squanders\n", "is both\n", "pretty moments\n", "the ` ick '\n", "it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but\n", "wait\n", "through love\n", "be dismissed as mindless\n", "a certain charm\n", "plays like the work of a dilettante .\n", "to american psycho\n", "but without any more substance ...\n", "muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .\n", "the typical problems of average people\n", "most breezy movie steven spielberg\n", "in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine\n", "interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience\n", "killers\n", "stretch\n", "short on larger moralistic consequences\n", "no-frills\n", "word-of-mouth\n", "singer\\/composer\n", "of pure craft and passionate heart\n", "make anymore\n", "-- and disposable story\n", "since chesterton and lewis\n", "'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen .\n", "the catalytic effect a holy fool\n", "makes many of the points\n", "by romance-novel platitudes\n", "brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day .\n", "a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ;\n", "chimes in on the grieving process and\n", "to get anywhere near the story 's center\n", "with love for the movies of the 1960s\n", "peter out midway\n", "no matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus , accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way .\n", "the grade\n", "a collision between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie\n", "a death\n", ", director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers\n", "like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions .\n", "it 's a dark , gritty story but\n", "ron seal the deal\n", "is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast\n", "morton 's\n", "throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us\n", "mending\n", "ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van\n", "tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film\n", "to the core of his being\n", "it 's supposed to feel funny and light\n", "in trapped\n", "harrowing\n", "a lot of running around , screaming and death\n", "so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway\n", "said about the new rob schneider vehicle\n", "a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one\n", "anything discordant would topple the balance\n", "perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty\n", "boldly engineering a collision between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie\n", "'s mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity\n", "deny\n", "amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest\n", "flirts\n", "little sticky and unsatisfied\n", "eyre ,\n", "but fans of the show should not consider this a diss .\n", "would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative\n", "innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good\n", "is just as likely\n", "impacting\n", "construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "industrial-model\n", "does her best\n", "so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "anything\n", "that afflicts so many movies about writers\n", "is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch\n", "from dyslexia\n", "about women since valley of the dolls\n", "two hours gained\n", "its initial excitement\n", "as pathos\n", "moonlight mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .\n", "quick-cuts ,\n", "banal script\n", "carmen\n", "proverbial\n", "feels labored ,\n", "revelled in the entertaining shallows\n", "after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .\n", "undeniably touched\n", "great job\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- real pleasure in its laid-back way\n", "you 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you 'll laugh\n", "deserves from him\n", "an imitation movie\n", ", his secret life will leave you thinking\n", "geniality\n", "the movie 's blatant derivativeness\n", "that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time\n", "of a vietnam picture\n", "longer exposition sequences between them\n", "you think , zzzzzzzzz\n", "have big round eyes and japanese names\n", "make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season\n", "wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text\n", "commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material\n", "i for one\n", "we get another scene , and then another .\n", "brisk is wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .\n", ", it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .\n", "of ` who 's who '\n", "is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions\n", "parris\n", "richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing\n", "the emotional arc\n", "striking about jolie 's performance\n", "tarantino movie\n", "folks started hanging out at the barbershop\n", "that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america\n", "long , intricate ,\n", "the scenes of torture and self-mutilation\n", "sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits\n", "is a note of defiance over social dictates\n", "a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end\n", "winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .\n", "the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me\n", "until then\n", "accomplished oscar winners\n", "real question this movie poses is not ` who ? '\n", "worked five years ago but\n", "bile\n", "black culture '\n", "stay with the stage versions\n", "his capricious fairy-tale\n", "teen pregnancy ,\n", "a powerful look at a failure of our justice system\n", "has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .\n", "be a new mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "of making a film\n", "the movie is our story as much as it is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale .\n", "as good as the original\n", "ba\n", "original in its base concept that you can not help but get\n", "beautiful , unusual music\n", "unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .\n", "everyone else\n", "even less capable trio\n", "a canny crowd pleaser , and\n", "temple\n", "on `` the mothman prophecies ''\n", "extremely well acted by the four primary actors\n", "about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice\n", "mastering\n", "two words\n", "` why ? '\n", "homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie\n", "evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat\n", "encounter in a place\n", "after next is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans .\n", "manages to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level .\n", "regular shocks and bouts\n", "is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .\n", "i know what you did last winter\n", "down to mediocrity\n", "our own responsibility\n", "written the screenplay or something\n", "numbingly\n", "placid\n", "sudden lunch rush\n", "provincial bourgeois french society\n", "is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them ''\n", "like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts\n", "a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers\n", "baby-faced\n", "have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb- or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters\n", "sweet , funny , charming , and\n", "a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy\n", "slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing\n", "... the one thing this wild film has that other imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .\n", "would i\n", "the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and\n", "the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge\n", "deserve to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .\n", "of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "plenty to impress about e.t.\n", "glosses\n", "danny huston gives\n", "its finale\n", "caved in\n", "hollywood fairy-tale\n", "with nothing but net\n", "is worth seeking\n", "1984 and farenheit 451\n", "savvy director robert j. siegel and\n", "offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past\n", "very handsomely produced let-down\n", "british children\n", "at times sublime ,\n", "seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense\n", "pedro rodrigues '\n", "a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides\n", "felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them .\n", "lament the loss of culture\n", "made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones\n", "taxicab\n", "a sincerely crafted picture\n", "and not a hollywood product\n", "offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded\n", "garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man\n", "the film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet .\n", "saving graces\n", "for most people\n", "the name bruce willis\n", "the cracks of that ever-growing category\n", "30 minutes into a slap-happy series\n", "frozen tundra soap opera\n", "have curves\n", "succeeded beyond all expectation\n", "pretty mediocre\n", "a giant commercial\n", "'re far better served by the source material\n", "the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons\n", "many `` serious issues ''\n", "carl\n", "strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose ,\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap\n", "his enthusiasm\n", "narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess .\n", "toward engendering audience sympathy\n", "has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .\n", "the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "'s no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair\n", "besotted and obvious drama\n", "that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for\n", "a term\n", "product 's\n", "his life\n", "much lower\n", "revenge\n", "yes , that 's right\n", "ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise .\n", "made the first film so special\n", "best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .\n", "all of the elements are in place for a great film noir ,\n", "s1m0ne 's\n", "from an american director in years\n", "its parts\n", "several of them\n", "irresistible junior-high way\n", "a common tenet in the world 's religions\n", "crafted\n", "jury\n", "reaffirming\n", "is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .\n", "eagerness\n", ", the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride .\n", "like reading a research paper\n", "a kilt\n", "human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was ,\n", "marvin\n", "switchblade\n", "to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers\n", "distorts reality\n", "ease sharing the same scene\n", "seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting\n", "- , irish\n", "demands acting that borders on hammy at times\n", "-lrb- shyamalan -rrb-\n", "lisa rinzler 's cinematography\n", "the true intent of her film\n", "all time\n", "its cast full\n", "an unresolved moral conflict jockey\n", "ultra-cheesy\n", "are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable\n", "one of the better video-game-based flicks ,\n", "i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material\n", "is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow\n", "was not\n", "when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself\n", "demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .\n", "be forewarned , if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film\n", "that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s\n", "hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired .\n", "someone gets clocked .\n", "take place\n", "reyes ' word processor .\n", "which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "salma\n", "its satirical\n", "by one 's mother\n", "lopez himself\n", "first film something\n", "contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .\n", "the pace of the film is very slow -lrb- for obvious reasons -rrb- and\n", "generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull\n", ", semimusical\n", "a woefully dull ,\n", "if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts\n", "each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense\n", "normally , rohmer 's talky films fascinate me\n", "broad\n", "enigmatic\n", "the big shear\n", "m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema\n", "gets tiresome\n", "ca n't really be called animation\n", "thornberrys movie\n", "an overwhelming sadness\n", "can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence\n", "vintage spielberg\n", "it desperately needed\n", "to mind : so why is this so boring ?\n", "leaping into digressions of memory and desire\n", "encountering\n", "what is missing from it\n", "jones and snipes are enthralling\n", "the cast is phenomenal , especially the women .\n", "in restrictive and chaotic america\n", "with leonine power\n", "the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and\n", "but a little too smugly\n", "quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism\n", "intolerable company\n", "a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen\n", "you 'll enjoy the hot chick .\n", "most of whom\n", "i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .\n", "$ 40\n", "a coming-of-age movie\n", "wertmuller 's social mores\n", "they are not enough\n", "between jolie and burns\n", "both heartbreaking and heartwarming ...\n", "skullduggery and politics\n", "the jackal , the french connection , and heat\n", "jumbo ants\n", "wartime\n", "-rrb- matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "toback\n", "a mechanical apparatus\n", "the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .\n", "manifestation\n", "about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall\n", "a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing\n", "the film 's length\n", "is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .\n", "boisterous\n", "stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe\n", "buttons\n", "the o.k. court\n", "fairly trite narrative\n", "for our taste\n", "it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy .\n", "it should be most in the mind of the killer\n", "of boys\n", "all about the original conflict\n", "i realized that i just did n't care\n", "delicate interpersonal\n", "its ominous mood and tension\n", "i liked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further\n", "ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending\n", "'ll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness\n", "the phrase ` life affirming '\n", "appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting\n", "it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic\n", "pretty linear\n", "to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire\n", "the dose\n", "we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works\n", "unnerving suspense\n", "can go home again .\n", "packed with just as much intelligence\n", "follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films\n", "help\n", "find her husband\n", "historic legal battle\n", "merry friggin ' christmas !\n", ", japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman ...\n", "are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it\n", "sell us on this twisted love story\n", "funny , ultimately heartbreaking\n", "an unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach to material that is generally\n", "strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly\n", "compelling dramatic means\n", "this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but\n", "has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs\n", "spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together\n", "an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief\n", "the message of our close ties with animals\n", "sports-movie triumph\n", "some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb- -\n", "his voice\n", "'s fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .\n", "this ludicrous film is predictable at every turn .\n", "wheedling\n", "a changing world\n", "the first mistake , i suspect , is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college student -- where 's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ?\n", "dodgy\n", "about the hard-partying\n", "magic\n", "consider the looseness of the piece\n", "it did n't try to\n", "criminal world\n", "a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow\n", "of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times\n", "dates\n", "the result is more depressing than liberating ,\n", "normally is expected to have characters and a storyline\n", "to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers\n", "takes you by the face\n", "its excellent storytelling\n", "this is a nervy , risky film ,\n", "2002 children 's\n", "the lion king ''\n", "classic story\n", "during the first hour\n", "feel sad\n", "flat characters\n", "but every bit as filling as the treat of the title\n", "jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set .\n", "distance\n", "the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "terrible film\n", "come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story\n", "is actually quite entertaining\n", "almost as offensive\n", "frequently insightful\n", "extraordinarily good\n", "imply\n", "cowering poverty to courage and happiness\n", ", sweet and romantic\n", "decasia\n", "of a good time\n", "a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action .\n", ", the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .\n", "so quietly\n", "scenes brim\n", "hopelessly juvenile\n", "devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special\n", "relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .\n", "with washington\n", "of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general\n", "might otherwise\n", "the thesis\n", "what it 's trying to do\n", "restrictive and\n", "ambience\n", "magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death ,\n", "pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson\n", "seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings\n", "of television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up\n", "of their personalities\n", "sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit ,\n", "angela\n", "distinctly sub-par\n", "will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it .\n", "it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .\n", "made , how could it not be ?\n", "have a cute partnership in i spy\n", "how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "is a hoot ,\n", "domestic tension and unhappiness\n", "their surroundings\n", "kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go\n", "the times\n", "cue\n", "sinise\n", "as generic as its title\n", "dwells\n", "are asking of us\n", "the balance\n", "sentiment is slathered on top\n", "was when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "documentarian\n", "it 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but\n", "an hour and a half\n", "filled with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience .\n", "khan\n", "substantive\n", "more suggestive\n", "as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .\n", ", ' i think ,\n", "two cinematic icons\n", "the heavy subject matter\n", "heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and\n", "-- or offer any new insight into --\n", "recent film\n", "many of the little things right\n", "frat boy 's\n", "'m the one that i want\n", "to the enduring strengths of women\n", "made herself\n", "contrived situations\n", "a horrible , 99-minute stink bomb .\n", "the worst kind\n", "than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking\n", "a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro 's participation ,\n", "to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets\n", "the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists --\n", "which presumes that high school social groups are at war\n", "a wonderful subject for the camera\n", "stephen earnhart 's\n", "is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining\n", "by behan\n", "is still straining to produce another smash\n", "on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "a remarkable film by bernard rose .\n", "wave '\n", "'s dark but\n", "as surely\n", "any intrigue -lrb- other than their funny accents -rrb-\n", "as this one\n", "to see this\n", "this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party .\n", "finds its humour\n", "top form\n", "margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .\n", "five years\n", "is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "extraordinary life\n", "contain\n", "speculative history ,\n", "deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .\n", "the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "of that day\n", "an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders\n", "is certainly easy to watch\n", "'s also not very good\n", "the experiences of most battered women\n", "'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching ,\n", "is delicately narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann .\n", "freshness and modesty\n", "tom tykwer\n", "very goofy\n", "old-fashioned ,\n", "perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter .\n", "entirely implausible\n", "you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film\n", "other arnie musclefest\n", "martin scorcese 's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .\n", "work in a mcculloch production\n", "deserves , at the very least\n", "a very\n", "convincing and radiant\n", "a retread story , bad writing , and\n", "not very informative about its titular character\n", "moves between heartbreak and rebellion\n", "the movie special\n", "is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .\n", "contenders\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas '\n", "while somewhat less than it might have been\n", "visually dazzling\n", "just too silly and\n", "that 's right\n", "walk away\n", "cliffhanger\n", "guilt-trip parents\n", "interesting in unfaithful\n", "whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do\n", "because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others\n", "take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "tv-cops\n", "deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "sees this\n", "directed by scott kalvert\n", "excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .\n", "the next big thing 's not-so-big -lrb- and not-so-hot -rrb- directorial debut .\n", "12-year-old\n", "and self-mutilating sideshow geeks\n", "accuse kung pow for misfiring\n", "all in the era of video\n", "been slowed down by a stroke\n", "at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation\n", "frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution\n", "this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .\n", "the death penalty\n", "meandering and pointless\n", "wasting away\n", "you 've never heard of chaplin\n", "does n't completely\n", "is ``\n", "imbecilic\n", "they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack\n", "has at least one more story to tell : his own .\n", "turning grit and vulnerability\n", "with a fresh point of view\n", "predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king .\n", "about specific scary scenes or startling moments\n", "getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy\n", "by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm\n", "the gravitational pull\n", "will indie filmmakers\n", "a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals\n", "has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players\n", "its tone and several scenes run\n", "national\n", "a flick boasting this many genuine cackles\n", "pastiche\n", "'s left of his passe ' chopsocky glory\n", "about women\n", "be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "aside from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view\n", "are made for each other\n", "the little things right\n", "lows\n", "'d probably turn it off , convinced\n", "may one day\n", "her cast\n", "the only bit of glee\n", "a particularly amateurish episode\n", "that could be any flatter\n", "respectable but uninspired thriller\n", "breaking codes and\n", "under the weight of too many story lines\n", "daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .\n", "honest\n", "is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "represents something\n", "enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem\n", "c'mon\n", "a clean , kid-friendly outing\n", "be that rarity among sequels\n", "that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill\n", "the hot topics of the plot\n", ", incoherent , instantly disposable\n", "about an inhuman monster\n", "to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level\n", "this is n't a terrible film by any means , but\n", "politics and aesthetics\n", "funny person\n", "behind the little mermaid\n", "a sermon\n", "dogma\n", "shawn\n", "wars fans\n", "of the papin sisters\n", "admiring\n", "you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away ,\n", "wrapping\n", "than its pedestrian english title\n", "have read like a discarded house beautiful spread\n", "so sloppily written and\n", "in the final reel\n", "the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream\n", "haynes ' -rrb- homage\n", "it had just gone that one step further\n", "appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "blank-faced\n", "putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank\n", "predictable plotting and\n", "origin story\n", "weirdly\n", "you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards .\n", "did n't just\n", "the modern day hong kong action film\n", "fine job\n", "ultimately delivers\n", "in the best irish sense\n", "christ allegory\n", "pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry\n", "a projector 's\n", "its celeb-strewn backdrop well used\n", "who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --\n", "jokester\n", "to comprehend it\n", "affluence\n", "that rare creature --\n", "the upper echelons of the directing world\n", "it was put on the screen , just for them\n", "too dark to be decipherable\n", "a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner\n", "most famous previous film adaptation\n", "storyteller\n", "the national lampoon film franchise ,\n", "shorter\n", "of such a minute idea\n", "is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue .\n", "while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .\n", "grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .\n", "human interaction rather than battle and action sequences\n", "ice-t\n", "drama fare\n", "are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked\n", "use that term as often as possible\n", "-lrb- the mask , the blob -rrb-\n", "this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however\n", "profundity\n", "dogtown & z-boys\n", "bad stage dialogue\n", "the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture\n", "that keeps you\n", "absence\n", "a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance\n", "sillier , cuter , and\n", "upsets the novel 's exquisite balance\n", "being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good\n", "well done , but slow\n", "video stores\n", "thematic ironies\n", "b picture ,\n", "sometimes hilarious -rrb-\n", "you root for throughout\n", "rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son .\n", "filmmaking\n", "'ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement .\n", "that keep people going in this crazy life\n", "chasing amy '' and ``\n", "frank parachutes down onto a moving truck\n", "well-trod\n", "limpid\n", "shows -- reality shows for god 's sake !\n", "an uplifting , largely bogus story\n", "you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .\n", "it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down .\n", "the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent\n", "his art ,\n", "i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies\n", "triumph of love is a very silly movie\n", "bernard\n", "delivered in grand passion\n", "oversexed ,\n", "in a black and red van\n", "a film like the hours as an alternative\n", "a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser\n", "turntablists\n", "on semi-stable ground\n", "forced drama in this wildly uneven movie\n", "black austin\n", "tryingly\n", "a blank screen\n", "you can feel the love .\n", "dating comedy\n", "is n't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure\n", "courage\n", "has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong\n", "shell games\n", "light of his recent death\n", "inane ramblings\n", "batch\n", "the adventure\n", "in reno\n", "bothers\n", "heroism\n", "full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s\n", "koepp 's\n", "make movies and\n", "this romantic\\/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .\n", "besson 's high-profile name being wasabi 's big selling point\n", "this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension .\n", "house party\n", "does n't galvanize its outrage the way\n", "is spooky and subtly\n", "make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .\n", "been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture\n", "to put up with 146 minutes of it\n", "on the kiosks\n", "the square edges\n", "to an issue\n", "an expiration date passed a long time ago\n", "of big papa\n", "marvelously entertaining and\n", "the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters\n", "fails\n", "top of the same old crap\n", "two-way time-switching myopic mystery\n", "is n't one true ` chan moment '\n", "irritating at first\n", "likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise\n", "it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .\n", "wimps\n", "-lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent ,\n", "what once was conviction\n", "very compelling\n", "be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense .\n", "swoony music and\n", "a tenth installment\n", "navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness .\n", "is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .\n", "the peep booths\n", ", stylized humor throughout\n", "amazingly evocative film from three decades ago\n", "the vertical limit\n", "quasi-shakespearean\n", "cross between xxx and vertical limit\n", "it is a good and ambitious film\n", "for it\n", "does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up\n", "the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "let alone conscious of each other 's existence .\n", "innovations and\n", "mr. polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival .\n", "rather average action film\n", "americanized\n", "is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them\n", "a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .\n", "star performances\n", "what could 've been an impacting film\n", "lilo\n", "the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking\n", "jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology\n", "servicable world war\n", "holly and marina\n", "earnest study\n", "its high-minded appeal\n", "regret and , ultimately , finding redemption\n", "no explanation or even\n", "for this otherwise challenging soul\n", "less enjoyable\n", "my wife is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy .\n", "than you could have guessed at the beginning\n", "fan to appreciate scratch\n", "reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .\n", "visually flashy but\n", "dollar\n", "the urge to destroy is also a creative urge\n", "the luck\n", "and general tso 's\n", "around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "1986\n", "betty\n", "be to believe\n", "actress\n", "trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "that time\n", "made it an exhilarating\n", "that they did n't mind the ticket cost\n", "touches to\n", "rhetoric , which are included\n", "the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play\n", "strongly reminiscent\n", "this mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .\n", "they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "most importantly\n", "fetishistic violence\n", "weaving\n", "comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings\n", "more perceptive\n", "well-done supernatural thriller\n", "with little style\n", "pokemon 4\n", "'s like an all-star salute to disney 's cheesy commercialism\n", "his film crackles\n", "nearly every minute\n", "sketched\n", "uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade\n", "the living hell\n", "photography\n", "a michael jackson sort\n", "as ` wayne\n", "in ages that is n't fake fun\n", "a low-budget movie\n", "maelstrom is strange and compelling\n", "a non-britney person\n", "ghastly\n", "sex toys and offers\n", "the tiny revelations\n", "presents a frightening and compelling ` what if ?\n", "altman 's\n", "low-rent\n", "from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "office\n", "sy ,\n", "any less psycho\n", "particularly memorable or even all that funny\n", "some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but ,\n", "like most of jaglom 's films\n", ", straight-ahead standards\n", "supposed to shriek\n", "he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .\n", "their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact\n", "o matter how much good will the actors generate\n", "more of a sense of deja vu\n", "as beautifully shaped\n", "dare i say , entertaining !\n", "hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the halloween series has lost its edge .\n", "is engaged\n", "roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .\n", "understand her choices\n", "like a veteran head cutter\n", "a better vehicle\n", "thanksgiving\n", "a strong pulse\n", "this shower\n", "so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or\n", "fiction\n", "the nadir\n", "is way too full of itself\n", "much better mother-daughter tale\n", "plot device\n", "predictable storyline and\n", "go for movie theaters\n", "paul\n", "the preachy circuit turns out to be\n", "tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can\n", "shaking your head all the way to the credits\n", "worse stunt editing or\n", "curiously tepid and choppy recycling\n", "perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen\n", "of a really solid woody allen film\n", "high crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort .\n", "call to jeanette macdonald\n", "is not a jackie chan movie .\n", "too complex to be rapidly absorbed\n", "athleticism\n", "sway\n", "moving and stark reminder\n", "the rest of her cast\n", "laurence\n", "the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and\n", "nerve\n", "call me a cynic\n", "more smarts\n", "of not much else\n", "similar theme\n", "well integrated homage\n", "naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated\n", "self-conscious and gratingly\n", "recommend read my lips\n", "arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .\n", "the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire\n", "kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book .\n", "concentrates far too much\n", "the radar screen\n", "offers no new insight\n", "who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him\n", "trove\n", "concepts\n", "its underlying themes\n", "cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything .\n", "never 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.\n", "` snow dogs ' has both .\n", "wry and\n", "had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear\n", "a martial-arts flick\n", "poetry and passion\n", "barry sonnenfeld owes frank the pug big time\n", "ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but\n", "strangely tempting bouquet\n", "an alternative lifestyle\n", "the flash of rock videos\n", "more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms\n", "mess\n", "one hour photo lives down to its title .\n", "new york middle-agers\n", "convinces\n", "a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .\n", "closing scenes\n", "have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort\n", "thoughtfully\n", "political and\n", "irresistibly uncanny ambience\n", "the physical demands\n", 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after-school special .\n", "there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming -lrb- without a thick shmear of the goo , at least -rrb- , but `` elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases\n", "his scenes\n", "kong action cinema\n", "seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine\n", "that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "has any sting to it\n", "overly old-fashioned\n", "watchable stuff\n", "is rather\n", "future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "the working\n", "in order\n", "zombie-land\n", "that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime\n", "is ultimately thoughtful without 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deportment .\n", "oddly humorous\n", "leave fans clamoring for another ride\n", "a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory\n", "animation and game phenomenon\n", "'s just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar\n", "it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time .\n", "ca n't help but\n", "christelle\n", "evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat .\n", "gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...\n", "the challenges\n", "the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan\n", "listless and\n", "more problematic\n", "the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself .\n", "its formula\n", "wit and revolutionary spirit\n", "changing times , clashing cultures and\n", "no-surprise\n", "cocky\n", "by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,\n", "'ll still have a good time . ''\n", "of evidence\n", "'s as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast\n", "the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .\n", "criticism\n", "knowing sense\n", "chris ver weil 's\n", "madonna is one helluva singer .\n", "volatile performance\n", "malik\n", ", not smart and not engaging\n", "gives us half an hour of car chases\n", "their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life\n", "the dignity\n", "bond thriller\n", "the detail of the book\n", "could have spent more time in its world\n", "adam sandler assault and\n", "year\n", "provide it\n", "esoteric\n", "action flicks\n", "the performances of the children , untrained in acting ,\n", "dumb down the universe\n", "adams , with four scriptwriters\n", "what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it 's icky .\n", "ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon\n", "many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , -lrb- yet -rrb- are worthwhile .\n", "a jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game\n", "in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time\n", "melodramatic\n", "be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title\n", "is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .\n", "literary ' filmmaking style\n", "war ii\n", "director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and\n", "finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search\n", "in the world 's religions\n", ", repressed and twisted\n", "when carol kane appears on the screen\n", "stabbing\n", "like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump\n", "a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades .\n", "it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly\n", "offer any new insight into\n", "with considerable wit\n", "infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .\n", "one viewing\n", "slain rappers\n", "looking out\n", "our eyes\n", "for carvey 's glory days\n", "a sentimental mess\n", "a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable\n", "the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .\n", "to hardened indie-heads\n", "begun\n", "than two\n", "comes out\n", "- , chinese - , irish -\n", "smug or sanctimonious\n", "boost\n", "as a legendary professor and kunis\n", "madonna has made herself over so often now , there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose .\n", "this rush\n", "would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good\n", "of ` jason x '\n", "are all aliens ,\n", "economical grace\n", "the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense\n", "pushed to their most virtuous limits\n", "one that 's been told by countless filmmakers\n", "for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence\n", "funny and beautifully\n", "although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain\n", "have reinvigorated the romance genre\n", "because you get it\n", "of either\n", "belgium\n", "the male academic\n", "like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has\n", "director patricio guzman 's camera\n", "deserving of its oscar nomination\n", "pretence\n", "then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .\n", "loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess .\n", "are along for the ride\n", "powerfully evocative mood\n", "so much\n", "that is part biography , part entertainment and part history\n", ", flat dialogue\n", "it 's tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and\n", "fans ,\n", "is a horrible movie\n", "touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable ,\n", "surrender $ 9\n", "the sum of all fears\n", "more a cinematic collage\n", "watching e.t now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .\n", "larky chase movie\n", "more intellectually scary than dramatically involving .\n", "lyrical pessimism\n", "in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff\n", "figures prominently in this movie , and\n", "becomes compulsively watchable\n", "poignant and delicately complex .\n", "'re in for a painful ride .\n", "mpaa\n", "wildly careening\n", "'s a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .\n", "and a very rainy day .\n", "through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "an unsettling sight , and\n", "clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .\n", "maid\n", "implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses\n", "is worthy of our respect\n", "slapping its target audience in the face\n", "the relationship between reluctant\n", "another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but\n", "post ,\n", "pie-like\n", "on the plot\n", ", my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .\n", "engage children\n", "that bind us\n", ", fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "trying to be more complex than your average film\n", "helped change a nation\n", "my feet\n", "please .\n", "frequent laughter\n", "a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works\n", "pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey\n", "from elfriede jelinek 's novel\n", "the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious\n", "calvin jr. 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side\n", "is an uncompromising film .\n", "can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them\n", "a cold blanket\n", "liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts\n", "no reason to exist\n", "mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as\n", "the unbearable lightness of being\n", "c.\n", "the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "that parents love to have their kids\n", "attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight\n", "of demographic groups\n", "to a satisfying crime drama\n", "mr. spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .\n", "a soft porn brian de palma pastiche .\n", "reconciliation\n", "the characterizations turn more crassly reductive\n", "padded\n", "proud in its message\n", "can not help but get\n", "more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops , but there 's not enough to the story to fill two hours\n", "of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural\n", "its fair share of saucy\n", "the dramatic conviction\n", "of a truly frightening situation\n", "schwentke\n", "will have a barrie good time\n", "goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .\n", "friday the 13th by way of clean and sober ,\n", "are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector\n", "may be disappointed\n", "softly\n", "bueller 's\n", "one of the smartest\n", "mounting tension\n", "been patiently waiting for\n", "disney films\n", "become a cult classic\n", "living far too much in its own head\n", "clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...\n", "on the next wave\n", "ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice\n", "little violence and lots\n", "screenful\n", "beauty\n", "the journey is such a mesmerizing one\n", "stacy peralta\n", "the premise other than fling gags at it\n", "with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else\n", "the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .\n", "most beautiful , evocative\n", "the creative animation work\n", "raises\n", "it does in trouble every day\n", "french cinema 's\n", "fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... well before the end , the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .\n", "a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and\n", "the cold light of day\n", "very valuable\n", "of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities\n", "ideas original\n", "stunt cars\n", "humorless soap opera\n", "'s cuteness , amy 's career success -lrb- she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb- , and amy 's neuroses when it comes to men .\n", "try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching\n", "like mike shoots and scores\n", "to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue\n", "a sudden turn and devolves\n", "signals\n", "reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm\n", "middle-of-the-road mainstream\n", "a thoughtful and unflinching examination\n", "big moment ''\n", "its visual appeal\n", "secretly\n", "are not an eighth grade girl\n", "dare\n", "if that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong\n", "is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell\n", ", marginally better shoot-em-ups\n", "rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language .\n", "murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie , but\n", "to sensationalize his material\n", "labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes\n", "the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue\n", "in something that is improbable\n", "of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating\n", "dan schneider and director shawn levy\n", "melancholy\n", "a vivid imagination\n", "the story itself is actually quite vapid .\n", "extracting\n", "stacks\n", "light meter\n", "occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive ,\n", "of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries\n", "profound\n", "a church , synagogue or temple\n", "you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already .\n", "of charlotte 's web\n", "eardrum-dicing gunplay\n", "hideous\n", "ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother\n", "honest working man john q. archibald , on a pedestal ,\n", "a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium .\n", "all in all , a great party .\n", "surprise ending\n", "pinochet 's\n", "the concentration\n", "devotees\n", "provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1.2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong ... it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera .\n", "will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss .\n", "desire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story\n", "its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks\n", "graze\n", "is quieter\n", "with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack\n", "mesmerizing cinematic poem\n", "colgate\n", "that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "that most frightening\n", "took of the family vacation\n", "mixed-up films\n", "is rather choppy .\n", "better characters ,\n", "finds\n", "san francisco\n", "between the film 's creepy\n", "your subject\n", "writer\\/director alexander payne\n", "of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick\n", "hudlin comedy\n", "an atypically hypnotic approach\n", "invites\n", "a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents\n", "reopens an interesting controversy and\n", "kitsch\n", "it looks good , sonny\n", "that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid 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countless filmmakers\n", "one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep\n", "selection\n", "many records\n", "utah\n", "of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children\n", "40 years\n", "of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd\n", "mexico 's\n", "as a spoof\n", "the big guys\n", "been-there\n", "dustin hoffman that is revelatory\n", "almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination .\n", "unexpected ways\n", "cineasts\n", "hilariously , gloriously alive ,\n", "this sort of cute and cloying material\n", "company office\n", "revelatory\n", "of which\n", "with humor , warmth , and intelligence\n", "we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile\n", "be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year\n", "mehta\n", "hipness\n", "moretti ... is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .\n", "snipes\n", "the funniest and most accurate depiction\n", "young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig ,\n", "to a bank manager\n", "a broken family\n", "fit in\n", "'re `\n", "that just does n't have big screen magic\n", "his secret life\n", ", i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris .\n", "since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .\n", "negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm\n", "at times\n", "book sound convincing\n", "an oddity , to be sure , but one\n", "inconclusive ending\n", "a web\n", "from people\n", "than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably\n", "manchild ,\n", "a disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants .\n", "world traveler\n", "of their own\n", "the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time\n", "effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation\n", "feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .\n", "dominate the story\n", "slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "self\n", "even when it aims to shock\n", "be patient with the lovely hush !\n", "300 years of russian history\n", "tosses at them .\n", "named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort\n", "what 's invigorating about\n", "and derivative horror\n", "for this region and its inhabitants\n", "geriatric peter\n", "the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better\n", "that set the plot in motion\n", "in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen\n", "that it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie\n", "goofily endearing and well-lensed\n", "the porky 's revenge\n", "seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .\n", "stale and\n", "still thumbing his nose at convention\n", "to care who wins\n", "the acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff .\n", "finds its tone and several scenes run too long\n", "found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .\n", "of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life\n", "a derivative plot\n", "two gifted performers\n", "shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance\n", "a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it\n", "at the edge of your seat for long stretches\n", "as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time ,\n", "woo bullet ballet\n", "100-minute running time\n", "a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness\n", "the movie 's major and\n", "of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play\n", "your benjamins\n", "the film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time\n", "ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .\n", "target demographic\n", "a remarkably cohesive whole\n", "another scene\n", "in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective\n", "loyalty\n", "a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb\n", "so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment ,\n", "of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves\n", "decadent urbanity\n", "disgusted\n", "allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot 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down\n", "cuba\n", "little too obvious\n", "the form of dazzling pop entertainment\n", "arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love\n", "difficult but worthy\n", "wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances\n", "relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and\n", "runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .\n", "is , at its core\n", "of these girls\n", "this likable movie\n", "the nearly\n", "sadistic bike flick\n", "the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based .\n", "a mysterious voice\n", "reggio\n", "all that\n", "this '60s caper film\n", "this 10th film in the series\n", "bewildered\n", "is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting .\n", "cheesier\n", "an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century .\n", "for all that\n", "kaufman and\n", "a searing\n", "all movies\n", "the title , alone , should scare any sane person away .\n", "he 's not making fun of these people ,\n", "absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers\n", "the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance\n", "a fresh infusion\n", "windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .\n", "consistently amusing\n", "i 'm not ,\n", "to steal a movie not only from 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\n", "millisecond\n", "in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay\n", "deadpan comedy and heartbreaking\n", "better known tragedies\n", "a domestic unit\n", "killer soundtrack\n", "will be hard to burn out of your brain\n", "itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol\n", "'s where this film 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ambiguous presentation\n", "better than ` shindler 's list '\n", "is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries\n", ", 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .\n", "was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon\n", "dampened\n", "meant the internet short\n", "a lush , swooning melodrama\n", "the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine\n", "twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels\n", "alike\n", "the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .\n", "enormously endearing\n", "much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle\n", "gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb-\n", "city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast .\n", "deem\n", "a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself .\n", "as good\n", "it searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say\n", "allegedly inspiring and easily marketable\n", "about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "of a brutal mid\n", "which time\n", "on the menu\n", "coen brothers\n", "in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising ,\n", "were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one\n", "` alternate reality '\n", "are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .\n", "slackers ' jokey approach\n", "photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time .\n", "a good and ambitious film\n", "yourself praying for a quick resolution\n", "just what -lrb- aniston -rrb- has always needed to grow into a movie career\n", "directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion .\n", "a tradition-bound widow\n", "the search for redemption\n", "a rich stew of longing\n", "sentimental\n", "every once in a while a film\n", "salma goes native\n", "partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle\n", "perhaps more than he realizes\n", "it will probably be a talky bore .\n", "amazing finesse\n", "with dirty deeds\n", "a great and a terrible story\n", "poignant and\n", "might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans\n", "going out\n", "'s tough being a black man in america ,\n", "into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary\n", "to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama\n", "its own aloof\n", "cinematic razzle-dazzle\n", "see scratch for the history\n", "-rrb- had , lost , and got back\n", "perfectly serviceable\n", "men would act if they had periods\n", "we miss you .\n", "the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .\n", "unintentional parody\n", "excellent latin actors of all ages\n", "to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun\n", "was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict ,\n", "see `` simone , ''\n", "a one-of-a-kind work\n", "has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing\n", "wonderfully sympathetic\n", "quite a bit of heart ,\n", "the special spark\n", "a modestly made\n", "` scratch '\n", "supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british\n", "falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject\n", "the screenplay falls somewhat short\n", "full well what 's going to happen\n", "a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .\n", "who is this movie for ?\n", "that powerhouse of 19th-century prose\n", "gong show addict\n", "is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film .\n", "around a plot\n", "of faith versus intellect\n", "to get his man\n", "waiting for frida to just die already\n", "banged their brains into the ground\n", "are drying out from spring break\n", "weird \\/ thinking about all the bad things in the world \\/ like puppies with broken legs \\/ and butterflies that die \\/ and movies starring pop queens\n", "her life did , too\n", "though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks\n", "vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm\n", "a love story\n", "bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances\n", "are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,\n", "take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness\n", "with premise and dialogue\n", "corrupt and hedonistic\n", "drugs and rock\n", "cliff\n", "way shainberg\n", "all very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble than it 's worth , with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion .\n", "a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers .\n", "sorrowfully\n", "loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion\n", "hoffman 's performance\n", "one splendidly cast pair\n", "family chaos\n", "road warrior\n", "on the other hand\n", "is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable\n", "heartbreaking subject\n", "the wholesome twist of a pesky mother\n", "expect more from director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan -lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb-\n", "writing and direction\n", "loud , low-budget and tired\n", "acted and directed\n", "become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them\n", "and bouncing bravado\n", "more focused\n", "good laughs\n", "the grandiosity\n", "the stripped-down dramatic constructs\n", "inextricably\n", "dues\n", "fabulously funny and\n", "new significance\n", "is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down .\n", "right questions\n", "give the film the substance it so desperately needs\n", "shaking your head\n", "quite a comedy nor\n", "the movie for me\n", "is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu\n", "that something 's horribly wrong\n", "much to our dismay\n", "shootings ,\n", "a sensitive and astute first feature by anne-sophie birot .\n", "long time ago\n", "after the most awful acts are committed\n", "all at once\n", "it funny\n", "the suspense\n", "about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ?\n", "of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans\n", "of the film 's problems\n", "were , well\n", "earnest and heartfelt\n", "aboriginal aspect\n", "unsentimental treatment\n", "stirs the emotions\n", "not always a narratively cohesive one .\n", "the film revels\n", "making this character understandable ,\n", "walsh ca n't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm .\n", "the plates spinning as best he can\n", "a silent , lumpish cipher\n", "this movie 's servitude\n", "that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name\n", "lets the pictures do the punching\n", "a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment\n", "affectingly\n", "temperamental child\n", "cinematically powerful\n", "in constant fits of laughter\n", "have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue\n", "make-believe\n", "nothing to sneeze at these days\n", "powder blues\n", "the chronically mixed signals\n", "beat-the-clock thriller\n", "wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama\n", "tons and tons\n", "his resume\n", "left an acrid test\n", "per\n", "the whole affair is as predictable as can be .\n", "-lrb- tries -rrb- to parody\n", "the cockettes -rrb- provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '\n", "bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .\n", "the best script that besson has written in years .\n", "folds under its own thinness\n", "credits\n", "as steamy as\n", "yet , it must be admitted , not\n", "to rest any\n", "a spellbinding serpent 's smirk\n", "super-dooper-adorability intact\n", "on the surface a silly comedy , scotland , pa would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .\n", "closer to two\n", "the heat of the moment prevails .\n", "with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances\n", "'s something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life\n", "the serial murders\n", "steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious\n", "all the spaces in between\n", "hepburn and grant\n", "want my money back\n", "riveting , brisk delight\n", "whipping out the dirty words and\n", "gotten more out of it than you did\n", "burn themselves\n", "the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating\n", "entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level\n", "the hero\n", "consistent embracing\n", "that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues\n", "both ways\n", "what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script\n", "the film sometimes flags ... but\n", "with the misconceived final 5\n", "that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature\n", "animated filmmaking\n", "but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , is n't really one of resources .\n", "the difference\n", "important developments of the computer industry\n", "'m sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .\n", "devote\n", "is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice\n", "to steal\n", "project 's\n", "my own minority report\n", "one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - , indian - , russian - and\n", "see this turd squashed\n", "that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other\n", "debut feature\n", "to frighten and disturb\n", "for tearing up on cue\n", "the pantheon of great monster\\/science fiction flicks\n", "is meaningful or memorable\n", "although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey\n", "analyze that '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .\n", "it 's fun\n", "that is routinely dynamited by blethyn\n", "we have n't seen before from murphy\n", "ago\n", "-lrb- grant -rrb-\n", "cliche to call the film ` refreshing\n", "'s crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "over a probation officer\n", "the year 's\n", "be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "a modest masterpiece .\n", "the film is full of charm .\n", "enabling\n", "crawling\n", "rather sad\n", "helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats\n", "does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .\n", "very much like a brand-new\n", "zoning ordinances\n", "no problem with `` difficult '' movies , or\n", "it 's not bad prose\n", "the fizz of a busby berkeley musical\n", "griffin & co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous .\n", "an incoherent jumble\n", "curious sick poetry\n", "watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable\n", "made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars\n", "spider\n", "who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick\n", "but what is virtually absent\n", "up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "quiet desperation\n", "an eminently engrossing film\n", "'s just not much lurking below its abstract surface\n", "carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .\n", "serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films\n", "is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .\n", "its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "a terrific b movie --\n", "fun with it all\n", "is credible\n", "good-hearted\n", "reminds us\n", "this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted .\n", "need not\n", "a black and red van\n", "to see `` sade ''\n", "this noble warlord\n", "of anyone\n", "total recall and blade runner -rrb-\n", "moving portrait of an american -lrb- and an america -rrb- always reaching for something just outside his grasp\n", "the difference between cho and most comics\n", "the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings .\n", "his latest effort\n", "duvall 's throbbing sincerity and\n", "mr. wollter and ms. seldhal\n", "animal\n", "of , well ,\n", "stealing harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure\n", "shrewdly\n", "a bad movie ,\n", "so preachy-keen and\n", "first-class , thoroughly involving\n", "there are also some startling , surrealistic moments\n", "american war\n", "the faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel ,\n", "and creepy atmosphere\n", "trying to have it both ways\n", "depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then\n", "acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake .\n", "together familiar themes\n", "the show 's concept\n", "has the marks of a septuagenarian ; it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick\n", "easy\n", "a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall\n", "something darker\n", "the boys ' sparring ,\n", "to chew on\n", "if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you .\n", "spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence\n", "no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half .\n", "soderbergh 's concentration\n", "his ambition\n", "lounge music\n", "hugh grant , who has a good line in charm\n", "companionable couple\n", "faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco\n", "a total lack of empathy\n", "rather poor\n", "which has all the actors reaching for the back row\n", "lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma ,\n", "slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze\n", "-lrb- gayton 's script -rrb- telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience .\n", "dares , injuries , etc.\n", "about grief\n", "is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be\n", ", but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker\n", "dumbed-down approach\n", "a beautifully\n", "a theater\n", "blown-out\n", "has worked wonders with the material .\n", "-- when it comes to truncheoning --\n", "is n't going to win any academy awards\n", "comic face\n", "enjoyable\n", "than a traditionally structured story\n", "are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script\n", "treads heavily into romeo and juliet\\/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going\n", "the o2-tank\n", "simply becomes a routine shocker\n", "its chosen topic\n", "we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile ,\n", "the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences\n", "undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it\n", "kissinger 's record\n", "laughing at ' variety\n", "shattering it\n", "want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film\n", "there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day\n", "a certain style and wit\n", "romantic nor\n", "much humor\n", "layered richness\n", "with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects\n", "their own immaturity\n", "nationwide\n", "passable enough\n", "the action scenes are poorly delivered\n", "so here it is\n", "at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered\n", "give a movie\n", "its apparent glee\n", "extreme action-packed film\n", "obscenity is at hand\n", "history buffs\n", "i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .\n", "the movie is n't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave .\n", "to the level of the direction\n", "this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable\n", "english women\n", ", the film is well worthwhile .\n", "engagingly\n", "faceoff\n", "duking it\n", "is the filmmakers ' point\n", "wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .\n", "is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once\n", "action , cheese , ham and cheek\n", "any movies of particular value or merit\n", "quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks .\n", "should have been a sketch on saturday night live\n", "minac\n", "authentic feel\n", "sand 's masculine persona ,\n", "see her esther blossom\n", "the lazy material and\n", "artistic significance\n", "yes ,\n", "matinee-style\n", "personal tragedy and also\n", "-- and far less crass -\n", "hostile\n", "checking\n", "holds its goodwill close ,\n", "it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie -\n", "from the simple fact\n", "like many of his works , presents weighty issues\n", "this movie a lot\n", "quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films\n", "speak\n", "chewy lump\n", "have been astronomically bad\n", "of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name\n", "engrossing film\n", "the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it\n", "same sledgehammer appeal\n", "seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne 's ' 20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine\n", ", the characters move with grace and panache\n", "its flaws\n", "we 're never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely\n", "` matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy\n", "a mostly magnificent directorial career ,\n", "hippopotamus\n", "into the girls ' confusion and pain\n", "staged for the marquis de sade set\n", "of 1952\n", "mere 84 minutes\n", "make this surprisingly decent flick\n", "is they have a tendency to slip into hokum .\n", "derailed by a failure\n", "the best performance\n", "the exiled aristocracy\n", "a not-so-divine secrets\n", "-lrb- the stage show -rrb-\n", "are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films\n", "is n't much of a mystery ,\n", ", its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier\n", ", we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .\n", "pow\n", "piece ,\n", "the second world war\n", "to its clever what-if concept\n", "a great deal in his performance\n", "same scene\n", "overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful\n", "take nothing seriously\n", "52\n", "sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that\n", "have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident\n", "is better than no chekhov\n", "to his closest friends\n", "leys ' fable\n", "more contemporary , naturalistic tone\n", "if not entirely wholesome -rrb-\n", "the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .\n", "poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .\n", "a reminder of dickens ' grandeur\n", "his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role\n", "by half\n", "your heart makes\n", "still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game\n", "no rest period ,\n", "needing other people to survive\n", "i 'm the one that i want , in 2000 .\n", "to discover that seinfeld 's real life is boring\n", "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\n", "skims the fat from the 1972 film\n", "'s what i liked about it\n", "thing to fear about `` fear dot com ''\n", "in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug\n", "believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge\n", "with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral .\n", "are just so\n", "that puts the sting back into the con\n", "the enticing prospect\n", "boozy self-indulgence\n", "to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "a reasonable landscape\n", "a young actress\n", "a note of defiance over social dictates\n", "just two of the elements that will grab you\n", "robert dean klein\n", "'s best dramatic performance to date -lrb- is -rrb- almost enough to lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot\n", "1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered\n", "to everyone looking in\n", "sucker\n", "own situations\n", "gets vivid performances from her cast\n", "ca n't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary\n", "develops\n", "-lrb- jeff 's -rrb- gorgeous ,\n", "-- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king .\n", "breathing part of the movie\n", "up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film\n", "immersed in love , lust , and sin\n", "a soul\n", "pace\n", "conjured\n", "much worth\n", "so stupid\n", "in the second great war\n", "the monster 's path of destruction\n", "but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .\n", "its leaden acting ,\n", "evacuations\n", "disguised as a tribute\n", "wide-eyed\n", "a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh\n", "about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "concentrate\n", "does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal .\n", "is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture\n", "sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .\n", "on some levels\n", "this year 's version of tomcats\n", "you ca n't miss it .\n", ", i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal\n", "glorious chicanery and self-delusion\n", "is not easily dismissed or forgotten\n", "properties\n", "plodding mess\n", "movie audiences both innocent and jaded\n", "the uneasy bonds\n", "post-modern\n", "may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "making water torture seem appealing\n", "the flick\n", "handiwork\n", "he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "does cathartic truth telling\n", "a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay\n", "harshness\n", "saddled\n", "of view\n", "good-for-you quality\n", "maybe even its inventiveness\n", "is a movie that understands characters must come first\n", "` grandeur ' shots\n", "provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought\n", "of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "visual treat\n", "cries .\n", "not amused by the sick sense of humor\n", "in the way of slapstick sequences\n", "glimpse\n", "the fact that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be\n", "to put the struggle into meaningful historical context\n", "narrated by talking fish\n", "against 21st century reality so hard\n", "turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .\n", "more faith\n", "-lrb- madonna -rrb-\n", "a topic\n", "love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre .\n", "cloaks\n", "pretty good little movie .\n", "van wilder\n", "next project\n", "combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration\n", "use of his particular talents .\n", "is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior\n", "zingers\n", "whatever your orientation\n", "before , from the incongruous but chemically\n", "only open new wounds\n", "play fine\n", "brother hoffman 's script\n", "reveal\n", "marginally\n", "patient and tenacious\n", "be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality\n", "documentary space station 3d\n", "abstract guilt\n", "as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile .\n", "to be measured against anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation\n", "texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare\n", "the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion\n", "the transparent attempts at moralizing\n", "breathtakingly assured and stylish work\n", "started hanging out at the barbershop\n", "powerful young actor\n", "berlin\n", "done with noticeably less energy and imagination\n", "a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull\n", "bloody beauty\n", "might be called iranian .\n", "topical excess\n", "is a bit cloying\n", "romantic crime comedy\n", "grotesque and boring\n", "to sustain interest to the end\n", "auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report\n", "comes from the heart .\n", "meaningful cinema\n", "that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth\n", "tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .\n", "brady 's\n", "star vehicle\n", "laughable dialogue\n", "splendid actors\n", "is n't downright silly\n", "his audience an epiphany\n", "absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters\n", "no matter how\n", "were sending up .\n", "nor will he be ,\n", "contributed\n", "about the thousands of americans who die hideously\n", "'s rarely\n", "is frequently\n", "his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot\n", "the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .\n", "wise men\n", "believing in something\n", "the script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis\n", "is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful\n", "at its worst , the movie is pretty diverting ; the pity is that it rarely achieves its best .\n", "only to record the events for posterity , but to help us\n", "half-naked women\n", "of dead-end distaste\n", "the art and\n", "even when it drags\n", "about whose fate\n", "new york locales and sharp writing\n", "a terrible film\n", "into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable\n", "wo n't win many fans over the age of 12\n", "the first two films in the series\n", "the kind of 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"reminds you just how comically subversive silence can be .\n", "down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito\n", "it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't\n", "never so vividly\n", "matches the page-turning frenzy\n", "behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles\n", "it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here\n", "vaporize from your memory minutes\n", "into an inhalant blackout\n", "allen 's -rrb-\n", "quirky and recessive charms\n", "offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .\n", "intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery .\n", "latest gimmick\n", "it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .\n", "lame and sophomoric\n", "hokey piece\n", "is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year\n", "fair warning\n", "two young men\n", "refreshingly realistic , affectation-free\n", "signs is a good film , and it is\n", "the 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hope\n", ", chilling , and affecting study\n", "at 85 minutes\n", "deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this\n", "road-trip drama\n", "this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot\n", "when it 's this rich and luscious\n", "for all the time we spend with these people\n", "leave us with a sense of wonder\n", "are both excellent ,\n", "assuming that ... the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly .\n", "fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer\n", ", observant\n", "formal settings with motionless characters\n", "quitting hits home with disorienting force .\n", "adult 's\n", "kaufman and jonze\n", "insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake\n", "it 's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive .\n", "some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .\n", "none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\\/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal ''\n", "skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "creepiest\n", "is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying\n", "kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities .\n", "churn out one mediocre movie\n", "only half-an-hour long\n", "westbrook 's\n", "of blue , green and brown\n", "ownership and\n", "the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .\n", "his co-stars\n", "to storytelling\n", "dramatically lackluster\n", "one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it '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\n", "bio-drama\n", "you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does\n", ", to some extent ,\n", "once a guarantee of something\n", "a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .\n", "its source 's\n", "a young artist 's\n", "enliven\n", "immensely ambitious ,\n", ", secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .\n", "has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises\n", "studiously inoffensive\n", "heavy-duty\n", "we assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low .\n", "chance to see three splendid actors\n", "tired , unimaginative and derivative\n", "workplace\n", "girl-on-girl action\n", "enhances the personal touch of manual animation\n", "never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free\n", "holds limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp .\n", "is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface\n", "makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .\n", "the cinema world 's great visual stylists\n", "some creepy scenes\n", "an anomaly\n", "of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence\n", "that that implies\n", "gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson\n", "none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising\n", "populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes\n", "are some movies that hit you from the first scene\n", "for finding a new angle on a tireless story\n", "a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie\n", "recreational\n", "insomnia is one of the year 's best films and\n", "breathe out of every frame\n", "smokey robinson\n", "adventure and\n", "accurate than anything\n", "less baroque\n", "unknowable\n", "has rewards\n", "the husband , the wife\n", "as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man\n", "head-trip\n", "why these people mattered\n", "lift the material\n", "c.h.o.\n", "the bride\n", "the preteen boy in mind\n", "seldahl\n", "grainy and\n", "there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and\n", "wild comedy\n", "sane and breathtakingly creative film\n", "'s so laddish and juvenile\n", "the best straight-up\n", "his family\n", "scary scenes\n", "one man 's downfall\n", "firth\n", "but no sense of pride or shame\n", "sake half-sleep\n", "sweet , funny\n", "there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry\n", "as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller\n", "make trouble\n", "would go back and choose to skip it\n", "does have a few cute moments\n", "documentaries ever .\n", "all summer\n", "invited to a classy dinner soiree\n", "... hypnotically dull .\n", "forgot\n", "adults , other than the parents\n", "joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "slow-moving swedish film\n", "it was a dark and stormy night ...\n", "the dullest science fiction\n", "wo n't be an -rrb-\n", "without having much dramatic impact\n", "seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .\n", "enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary .\n", "discerned from non-firsthand experience , and\n", "'s '\n", "has had a successful career in tv\n", "away\n", "action film\n", "'s next\n", "communication\n", "'s never\n", "its many out-sized ,\n", "knows how to take time revealing them\n", "they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused\n", "indifference\n", "blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves .\n", "filler\n", "the heat\n", "a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout\n", "so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but\n", "devoid of anything\n", "of martin\n", "terrifying message\n", ", intelligent eyes\n", "at a window\n", "constructed a film so labyrinthine\n", "you were thinking someone made off with your wallet\n", "a glorified episode\n", "an equally miserable film\n", "colin\n", "clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years\n", "more of a career curio\n", "a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival\n", "director m. night shyamalan\n", "between members of the cultural elite\n", "very interesting\n", "this should keep you reasonably entertained .\n", "the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "deserving of its critical backlash and more\n", "does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen\n", "there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by\n", "its humour\n", "with a degree of affection rather than revulsion\n", "boyz\n", "damn unpleasant\n", "is impressive\n", "jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing\n", "in analyze this , not even joe viterelli\n", "the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians .\n", "film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure\n", "any after-school special\n", "that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other\n", "unexplained baboon cameo\n", "and 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's garbage .\n", "something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers\n", "the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .\n", "as the music industry\n", "elect\n", "examines general issues of race and justice among the poor ,\n", "focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground\n", "cinematic stylings\n", "war-movie\n", "grating\n", "kitten britney spears\n", "the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .\n", "of its mission\n", "dreamlike ecstasy\n", "of many\n", "by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh\n", "plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself\n", "the road\n", "is anyone else out there getting tired 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of digital filmmaking .\n", "predictability is the only winner\n", "it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .\n", "'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly .\n", "a joint promotion for the national basketball association\n", "substantial depth\n", ", 91-minute trailer\n", "it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality\n", "the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy\n", "exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision .\n", "is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise\n", "into a complex web\n", "'s geared toward an audience full of masters of both\n", "'d want to smash its face in\n", "keeps lifting the pedestal higher\n", "as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons\n", "by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .\n", "most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings\n", "the potential for touched by an angel simplicity\n", "slow , dry ,\n", "too loud\n", "at its worst , the movie is pretty diverting\n", "headed east , far east ,\n", "mistake it\n", "normative narrative\n", "suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing\n", "horror spoof\n", "of japanese animation\n", "too hard to be emotional\n", "of thousands of vietnamese\n", "the absence of narrative continuity\n", "washington ,\n", "a conscience reason\n", "original nor terribly funny\n", "fax it\n", "there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling .\n", "the masterful british actor ian holm\n", "wretched movie\n", "proceeds to flop\n", "edge or personality\n", "platinum-blonde hair\n", "heartfelt performances\n", "james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb-\n", "frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled\n", "was\n", "japan 's wildest filmmaker\n", "the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .\n", "is off-putting ,\n", "law enforcement\n", "directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage\n", ", unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles .\n", "is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low\n", "auto\n", "` moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '\n", "is no picnic\n", "one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else\n", "its courage ,\n", "amusedly , sometimes impatiently\n", "imogen kimmel\n", "'s based\n", "it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations .\n", "boiled hollywood argot\n", "drang\n", "of john f. kennedy\n", "is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .\n", ", terminally\n", "run away from home , but your ego\n", "`` the tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey .\n", "a leash --\n", "a whole other meaning\n", "the oddest places\n", "which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful\n", "inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack\n", "schaefer 's ... determination to 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implausible\n", "britney\n", ", in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", ", you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours\n", "win any awards\n", "be , by its art and heart ,\n", "is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels\n", "maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine\n", "takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights\n", "the lack-of-attention span\n", "romance\n", "best and\n", "marking off the `` miami vice '' checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks\n", "limbs\n", "manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material\n", "1958 .\n", "both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .\n", "is essentially empty\n", "it 's sweet\n", "too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but\n", "appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions\n", "unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons\n", "enjoyable feel-good family comedy\n", "almost dozing\n", "teen-sleaze equivalent\n", "it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both\n", "the good thing -- the only good thing --\n", "shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story\n", "lost and desolate\n", "to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile\n", "different and emotionally reserved\n", "cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly ,\n", "working for chris cooper 's agency boss close\n", "mr. soderbergh 's direction\n", "` praise the lord\n", "maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature\n", "let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best\n", "political prisoners\n", "filled\n", "another man 's\n", "'s the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent\n", "the rather simplistic filmmaking\n", "useless actioners\n", "deeply pessimistic or\n", ", they never wanted to leave .\n", "to heal after the death of a child\n", "its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies\n", "the target of something\n", "to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", ", it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .\n", "anything fresh\n", "a reasonably good time with the salton sea\n", "urinates on the plants at his own birthday party\n", "considerably\n", "from a decided lack\n", "bracingly\n", "because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience\n", "to give a movie a b-12 shot\n", "a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion\n", "it 's hardly watchable\n", "ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another\n", "nostalgia or\n", "comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter\n", "refreshing\n", "'s coherent , well shot , and tartly acted\n", "berry 's saucy ,\n", "this colorful bio-pic\n", 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"niro and\n", "feel like you were n't invited to the party\n", "the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble\n", "sentimentalized\n", "delivers on the promise of excitement\n", "a prince of a fellow\n", "plant smile-button faces\n", "blade runner ,\n", "its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves\n", "anything quite\n", "can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure\n", "thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners\n", "filmed partly in canada\n", "for something new\n", "is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients\n", "of revolution os\n", "art-house crowd\n", "hatfield and hicks\n", "'ll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .\n", "the visuals , even erotically frank ones\n", "introspective\n", "a film less\n", "the dv revolution\n", "of the most interesting writer\\/directors\n", "it 's smooth and professional\n", "of gigantic proportions\n", "the two leads\n", "to win viewers ' hearts\n", "a historically significant , and personal , episode\n", "churns\n", "will play the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher .\n", "intimate and\n", "to avoid\n", "keeps it fast\n", ", through it all , human\n", "it will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .\n", "uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely\n", "one of the best\n", "found the perfect material\n", "a characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie\n", "swooping aerial shots\n", "gives the neighborhood --\n", "to restore -lrb- harmon -rrb- to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience .\n", "know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket\n", "music of the men\n", "a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make ` cherish ' a very good -lrb- but not great -rrb- movie .\n", "shockingly bad and\n", "nice little story\n", "little cleavage\n", "why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free\n", "little farm melodrama .\n", "of sanity\n", ", period-perfect biopic hammers\n", "the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment\n", "haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .\n", "as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .\n", ", love and power\n", "... a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .\n", "jungle\n", "-lrb- spears ' -rrb-\n", "sooooo\n", "the springboard\n", "that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format\n", "an old-fashioned scary movie\n", "pass off as acceptable teen entertainment\n", "are your cup of blood\n", "a shakespearean tragedy or\n", "he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does\n", "it 's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .\n", "is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes .\n", "young adult life\n", "your abc\n", "wake up in the morning\n", "is , in a word , brilliant\n", "denzel washington 's fine performance in the title role\n", "deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "craziness\n", "patronizing a bar\n", "that , in itself , is extraordinary .\n", "its comedy is generally mean-spirited\n", "in the year 2455\n", "gone in for pastel landscapes\n", "develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide\n", "staggeringly dreadful romance .\n", "wacky and inspired\n", "director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo .\n", "extravaganzas\n", "as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences\n", ", savvy , compelling\n", "an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys\n", "and flat-out farce\n", "refuses to give us real situations and characters\n", "numbered 52 different versions\n", "to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch\n", "does\n", "non-stop\n", "yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film .\n", "the movie 's progression\n", "michael jackson 's nose\n", "you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson\n", "holland lets things peter out midway , but 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"the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery\n", "homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry ,\n", "it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements\n", "little wit and no surprises\n", "a movie theater\n", "made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers\n", "movie splitting up in pretty much the same way\n", "indian american cinema\n", "decadent\n", "... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .\n", "the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy\n", "damage\n", "like a great missed opportunity\n", "concubine love triangle\n", "with tension\n", "have chosen a fascinating subject matter\n", "that kidman has become one of our best actors\n", "indelible\n", "living under a rock\n", "quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls\n", "lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but\n", "happy times\n", "low-key , 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destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself\n", "the sci-fi comedy spectacle\n", "turn out a small , personal film\n", "are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\\/action hybrid .\n", "a well paced and satisfying little drama\n", "allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap .\n", "a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters\n", "to their death-defying efforts\n", "an exercise in chilling style ,\n", "minimalist style\n", "animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .\n", "to instruct without reeking of research library dust\n", "zelda\n", "choppy ending\n", "barely interesting\n", "is more interesting\n", "surprisingly charming and even witty match\n", "is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .\n", "under my feet\n", "'s likely to 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comedy .\n", "about all the queen 's men\n", "think about them\n", "this kind of whimsy\n", "go from stark desert\n", "costume shop\n", "its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and\n", "bubba\n", "less than atmosphere\n", "with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb- and emilie -lrb- le besco -rrb-\n", "acted ,\n", "spotty script\n", "the violence\n", "creepy and believable\n", "full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists\n", "aimlessly\n", "retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence\n", "and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated\n", "her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael ,\n", "no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni\n", "hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action\n", "the goo ,\n", "two-hour-and-fifteen-minute\n", "timing\n", "crosses sexual identity\n", "through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause\n", "too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .\n", "they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot\n", "a compelling yarn ,\n", "your own cleverness\n", "'' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .\n", "payne has created a beautiful canvas\n", "mumbo jumbo\n", "require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture\n", "strength\n", ", it 's a bargain-basement european pickup .\n", "retrograde\n", "seem bound and determined\n", "eighties\n", "spooky and subtly\n", "cackles\n", "who is simply tired\n", "the campaign-trail press\n", "truly good stuff\n", "is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just\n", "place and age --\n", "unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles .\n", "do bad things\n", "online\n", "for some robust and scary entertainment\n", "'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately ,\n", "smug and\n", "serves as auto-critique\n", "on its own preciousness\n", "is n't a fangoria subscriber\n", "liked about it\n", ", irredeemably awful .\n", "open wound\n", "makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans\n", "fessenden continues to do interesting work , and\n", "hard-hearted person\n", "moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time\n", "a dreadful day in irish history\n", "-lrb- toback 's -rrb- fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material\n", "negate\n", "are so old-fashioned\n", "from stark desert\n", "for all its moodiness\n", "a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters\n", "misleading title\n", "that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "studio hack\n", "a fine character study\n", "bloodsucker computer effects\n", "no substitute for on-screen chemistry\n", ", it can easily worm its way into your heart . '\n", ", it might just be the movie you 're looking for .\n", "its examination of america 's culture of fear\n", "the matter\n", "the crassness of this reactionary thriller\n", "the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd\n", "its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life\n", "can get\n", "pleasure or\n", "sleeping\n", "thumbs friggin '\n", "casting excellent latin actors of all ages\n", "immature provocations\n", "are few and far between\n", "inspiring hope\n", "comparatively sane and healthy\n", "to pull it back on course\n", "well-put-together\n", "daydreams\n", "a frankenstein-monster\n", "helps create a complex , unpredictable character .\n", "as fresh\n", "hits home with disorienting force .\n", "tick-tock pacing\n", "pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love\n", "19 stays afloat\n", "a word of advice\n", "from king hunk\n", "silly humbuggery ...\n", "a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy\n", "bees\n", "play the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher\n", "droll social satire\n", "an act of cinematic penance\n", "these characters ' foibles\n", "`` nicholas nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year .\n", "hollywood romantic comedies\n", "an exercise in cynicism every bit\n", "spooky action-packed trash\n", "lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies\n", "at home\n", "that you want to slap it\n", "legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire\n", "goofily\n", "enormously\n", "a single frame had been shot\n", "of direct-to-video nash\n", "tired old setting\n", "this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story\n", "polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling\n", "grateful\n", "directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured\n", "it to sell us on this twisted love story\n", "talented people\n", "it turned me\n", "broad , mildly fleshed-out characters\n", "direction and especially charm\n", "scare the pants off you\n", "a loony melodramatic denouement\n", "if you do n't ...\n", "-lrb- allen 's -rrb- been making piffle for a long while , and\n", "his groove\n", "that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act .\n", "calm , self-assured portrait\n", "to be a different kind of film\n", "to fly\n", "amc\n", "a clever adaptation\n", "rare and lightly entertaining\n", "with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .\n", "like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art\n", "minor-league soccer remake\n", "russian mail-order bride\n", "dinner '\n", "your cool-j\n", "crossing-over mumbo jumbo ,\n", "friday after next spreads them pretty thin\n", "many other hands\n", ", you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort\n", "send it to cranky\n", "great deal\n", "you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea .\n", "source\n", "perhaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis tout ?\n", "credit writer-producer-director\n", "more puzzling than unsettling\n", "of our time\n", "-lrb- crudup -rrb-\n", "serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue ,\n", "play out\n", "four-hour\n", "a sitcom apparatus\n", "style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy\n", "defeated but defiant\n", "no way original\n", "the charismatic jackie chan\n", "the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written\n", "not so much a struggle of man vs. man as brother-man vs. the man\n", "an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness\n", "of the three\n", "treachery\n", "grief\n", "important as humor\n", "too-conscientious adaptation\n", "as shameful\n", "welles\n", "is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .\n", "even gritty enough\n", "candid , archly funny\n", "the kind of energy it 's documenting\n", "intermittently\n", ", surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .\n", "put away the guitar ,\n", "in the theaters this year\n", "a farcically bawdy fantasy\n", "road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire\n", "perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good\n", "idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise\n", "symbolic images\n", "you 're just the mark\n", "more interesting ways\n", "an interesting bit\n", "complex sword-and-sorcery plot\n", "of a straight-to-video movie\n", "like ``\n", "to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it\n", "conflicted gay coming-of-age tale\n", "an intriguing story\n", "of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg\n", "whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level\n", "maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips\n", "are puerile .\n", "the weight of the world on his shoulders\n", "jackie chan\n", "find enough material\n", "any kind\n", "misses its emotions\n", "the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism\n", "busy than exciting\n", "the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion\n", ", retrospectively , his most personal work yet .\n", "from movie comedies\n", "'s a fairly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride\n", "'s in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie\n", "cause parents a few sleepless hours --\n", "are , with the drumming routines\n", "a mere disease-of -\n", ", the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .\n", "falls prey\n", "exudes the urbane sweetness\n", "so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails\n", "keep our interest\n", "that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself\n", "hot air\n", "there 's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm .\n", "pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear\n", "are totally estranged from reality\n", "a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core\n", "is nearly incoherent\n", "in nearly every scene\n", "like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop\n", "instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull\n", "are ever\n", "i-heard-a-joke\n", "hymn and\n", "complaining\n", "of the best silly horror movies\n", "adamant\n", "be in the genes\n", "a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .\n", "of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up\n", "cheap hysterics\n", "the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families\n", "do not automatically equal laughs\n", "this is a nervy , risky film , and villeneuve has inspired croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi\n", "a breathtakingly assured and stylish work\n", "looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships .\n", "a new , self-deprecating level\n", "matured quite a bit\n", "sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama\n", "jeremy renner\n", "ineptly\n", "it ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors .\n", "best indie of the year , so far .\n", "does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .\n", "his performances\n", "stare and sniffle ,\n", "that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny\n", "does dickens as it should be done cinematically .\n", "he 's not making fun of these people\n", "the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .\n", "familiar and\n", "sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy\n", "as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpan .\n", "you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .\n", "a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path\n", "this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ;\n", "aristocrats\n", "about it\n", "is 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amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "marvelous first 101\n", "khouri\n", "giddy and whimsical and relevant today\n", ", though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .\n", "will enjoy themselves .\n", "put so much\n", "a toddler\n", "badly made on every level\n", "it 's talking and\n", "scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic\n", "what 's really so appealing about the characters\n", "'' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel\n", "is that her confidence in her material is merited .\n", "... there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .\n", "serving\n", "smart new comedy\n", "noir movie\n", "an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action\n", "slight but sweet\n", "old , familiar vaudeville partners\n", "watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say ,\n", "for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown .\n", "a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .\n", "time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .\n", "to liberation\n", "developmentally\n", "studio-produced\n", "overstimulated minds\n", "a movie that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .\n", "seem pretty unbelievable\n", "you know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ?\n", "a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex\n", "just want the ball and chain\n", "be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds\n", ", comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .\n", "the 2002 summer season\n", "some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time .\n", "that celibacy can start looking good\n", "jolted out\n", "the woods\n", "too much of a plunge\n", "zhang\n", "some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options\n", "known as ' a perfect family film\n", "fairy tales and\n", "real reason to see it\n", "acted .\n", "'re in a slap-happy mood\n", "'s not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .\n", "a tedious picture\n", "pop music .\n", ", ' i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .\n", "more successful\n", "is dark , brooding and slow ,\n", "fincher 's -rrb-\n", "seldahl and\n", "you forget you 've been to the movies .\n", "under-rehearsed and\n", "simplistic .\n", "kang tacks on three or four more endings\n", "quite makes it to the boiling point ,\n", "the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest , most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years .\n", "boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy\n", "jock\n", "danny huston gives -rrb- an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .\n", "a powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man\n", "gravitational\n", "shimmeringly lovely\n", "its two central performances\n", "modern action movie\n", "the elements which contributed to it\n", "really sympathize with another character\n", "a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinseltown assembly line .\n", "bad of a movie\n", "city reductions\n", "because it was particularly funny\n", "reveals its first-time feature director\n", "a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera ...\n", "a minute idea\n", "it 's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head\n", "thin line\n", "open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers\n", "mann ? ''\n", "the movie dawdle\n", "the most original american productions this year\n", "seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof\n", "take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year .\n", "heart and unsettling subject matter\n", "fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr.\n", "one of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt doodled steamboat willie .\n", "unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction\n", "stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .\n", "has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit !\n", "an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players\n", "any number of levels\n", "weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne\n", "conniving\n", "which gradually turns what\n", ", this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .\n", "this picture shows you why\n", "went undercover as women in a german factory\n", "cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects\n", "a more than satisfactory amount of carnage\n", "that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes\n", "exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be\n", "who 's dying for this kind of entertainment\n", "a family-friendly fantasy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise .\n", "will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .\n", "are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt\n", "delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "life , hand gestures\n", "be in a martial-arts flick\n", "to spend an hour or two\n", "an uplifting drama\n", "for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd\n", "agent decoder ring\n", "without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise\n", "the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes --\n", "halfway\n", "coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno\n", "even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm .\n", "needy\n", "to be too great\n", "its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway .\n", "as nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "going to be really awful\n", "vanity\n", "commend\n", "the film did n't move me one way or the other , but\n", "can\n", "our lives and the emptiness one\n", "then this should keep you reasonably entertained .\n", "jiri menzel 's\n", "on the target audience\n", "flip-flop\n", "tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm\n", "rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .\n", "to be more\n", "completely empty entertainment\n", "cooler\n", "of extreme athletes\n", "a cogent defense of the film as entertainment\n", "even though her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his\n", "paeans to empowerment\n", "'s a movie about it anyway .\n", "gets -lrb- sci-fi -rrb- rehash\n", "a snail 's\n", "` direct-to-video ' release\n", "broken bone\n", "planned for\n", "with reality and actors\n", "condensed version\n", "' actors\n", "excellent job\n", "and ,\n", "lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable\n", "a love letter for the slain rappers\n", "stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter\n", "made its original release date last fall\n", "self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable .\n", "justify evil means\n", "no problem with `` difficult '' movies\n", "will please eastwood 's loyal fans --\n", "one of the best gay love stories ever made\n", "most likeable\n", "is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , despite a few whopping shootouts\n", "wanting more out\n", "a brief amount\n", "like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .\n", "buried , drowned and\n", ", amusing , sad and reflective\n", "critic-proof\n", "smuggling drugs inside danish cows\n", "live only\n", "a driver 's license\n", "the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "president\n", "... a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet .\n", "'s similarly\n", "kurt\n", "documentary subject\n", "although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants\n", "several scenes of this tacky nonsense\n", "after two decades\n", "are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .\n", "simple-minded and contrived\n", "on the viewer\n", "current\n", "pretty much self-centered\n", "payami 's\n", "if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess\n", "is fascinating , though ,\n", "obnoxious and didactic burlesque\n", "the pairing does sound promising in theory ... but their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners .\n", "understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "lord of the rings '' trilogy\n", "'s a heck of a ride\n", "by all\n", "far away .\n", "at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls\n", "but a great one\n", "might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .\n", "indigestion sets\n", "of the workplace\n", "poignant\n", "'s a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story\n", "jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform\n", "a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at\n", "more than satisfactory amount\n", "a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics .\n", "dumb fart\n", "other childish things\n", "paced and satisfying\n", "dreams and\n", "has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement .\n", "a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .\n", "enough to keep men\n", "someone crosses arnie\n", "made the ridiculous bolero\n", "tambor and clayburgh\n", "writer-director david jacobson and\n", "more about that man\n", "the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works\n", "assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him\n", "alchemical\n", "you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "-lrb- goldbacher -rrb- just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .\n", "often exciting\n", "the film 's maudlin focus on the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams\n", "other carmen\n", "wrong reasons besides .\n", "purge\n", "30\n", "no apparent joy\n", "a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility\n", "felt performances across the board\n", "with a few new swings thrown in\n", "clue you in that something 's horribly wrong\n", "boarders\n", "reveals itself slowly , intelligently\n", "holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and\n", "this deeply affecting film\n", "certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts\n", "cliche\n", "chris columbus\n", "a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters .\n", "specifically urban sense\n", "clarity and emotional\n", "i know i should n't have laughed , but\n", "goes wrong thanks\n", "parallel clone-gag\n", "passably diverting\n", "cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape\n", "risk and\n", "hanks '\n", "if you will\n", "the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell\n", "a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been\n", "noticed\n", "library dust\n", ", i have just one word for you - -- decasia\n", ", is minimally satisfying\n", "pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill\n", "the ability\n", "sumptuous but intellectually stultifying\n", "a great american adventure and\n", "the artificial structure\n", "elegance\n", "kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb-\n", "all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject\n", "to the finish line\n", "clear-cut\n", "a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", "figuring out who 's who\n", "being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff\n", "creative storytelling\n", "avant\n", "all life centered on that place , that time and that sport\n", ", seamless and sumptuous stream\n", "deep chords\n", "appealing leads\n", "it 's contrived and predictable\n", "every single facet\n", "it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored\n", "unsettling prognosis\n", "joel schumacher\n", "dead ii\n", "one of the most original american productions this year\n", ", some of it is honestly affecting\n", "gifted performers\n", "funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb-\n", "discovered , indulged in\n", "sneak out\n", "to expose the life of male hustlers\n", "a forceful drama\n", "brutally labored and unfunny\n", ", point and purpose\n", "personal tragedy and\n", "this is even better than the fellowship .\n", "sexual references\n", ", distracted rhythms\n", "of saying something meaningful about facing death\n", "a kid\n", "cheap thriller\n", "a thought\n", "of varying ages in my audience\n", "rise\n", "a french film with a more down-home flavor .\n", "a nostalgic , twisty yarn\n", "the film lapses\n", "the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers\n", "see it then\n", "in extreme ops\n", "criminals\n", "george orwell\n", "are decent\n", "provides a strong itch to explore more .\n", "wish\n", "more credible script\n", "is duly impressive in imax dimensions\n", "to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved\n", "cute animals and\n", "filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby\n", "that diverges from anything\n", "with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises\n", "uncommonly ambitious\n", "the scriptwriters\n", "sustain\n", "have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and\n", "as much as it is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", "with honest performances and exceptional detail\n", "understand everyone 's point of view\n", "a lot to recommend read my lips\n", "drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing\n", "lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ...\n", "an enjoyable\n", "a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "right\n", "the warnings to resist temptation in this film ... are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean .\n", "its storytelling prowess\n", "that ... the air-conditioning in the theater\n", "a spring-break orgy\n", "a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side\n", "'ve yet\n", "gorgeous to look at\n", "as soon\n", "whatever one makes of its political edge\n", "jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance\n", "feeling conned\n", "odd , intriguing wrinkles\n", "a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day .\n", "of these guys\n", "officially\n", "the six-time winner\n", "insiders\n", "negligible british comedy .\n", "nailbiter\n", "feel more like a non-stop cry for attention\n", "of mental illness\n", "beware the quirky brit-com\n", "exploring value choices\n", "good will hunting\n", "to sustain interest\n", "contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems\n", "can render it anything but laughable\n", "the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why .\n", "surveyed high school students\n", "through than in most ` right-thinking ' films\n", "going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber -\n", ", painful improbability\n", "easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and\n", "fresh or enjoyable\n", "that everlasting conundrum\n", "spectacularly outrageous\n", "have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .\n", "the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point\n", "disneyland\n", "michel gondry\n", "that result\n", "are at least interesting .\n", "in my seat\n", "the only question\n", "the 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\n", "a toss-up\n", "arrives in the skies above manhattan\n", "something awfully deadly\n", "first cartoon\n", "'s much to recommend the film .\n", "marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it\n", "the right conditions\n", "much colorful eye candy ,\n", "that interweaves individual stories\n", "the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment\n", "both the physical setting\n", "to warn you\n", "purgatory\n", "the recording sessions\n", "misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche\n", "find much fascination in the swinging\n", "yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack\n", "directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...\n", "one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people\n", "sags\n", "the rare sequel\n", "visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction .\n", "go home\n", "to the flowering of the south korean cinema\n", "through the angst\n", "effortlessly filled with authority\n", "ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb-\n", "for kids or their parents , for that matter\n", "a sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception\n", ", endless\n", "silver screen\n", "same-sex culture\n", "of awakening and ripening\n", "also nicely done\n", "snipes is both a snore and utter tripe .\n", "the hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .\n", "your consciousness\n", "the facts of cuban music\n", "for the beloved-major\n", "bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen\n", "wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers\n", "simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad\n", "hagiographic\n", "testosterone-charged\n", "is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb-\n", "resuscitate\n", "me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .\n", "dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff\n", "sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness\n", "a battle\n", "lyrical and\n", "wearing a kilt and\n", "you want to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from\n", "i 'll put it this way : if you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the movie for you .\n", "to have any right to be\n", "is , however ,\n", "summer playoff\n", "deceptively\n", "certainly does n't disappoint .\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a mix of cheech and chong\n", "of martha stewart decorating program run amok\n", "some good laughs but not enough\n", "the feel\n", "'s no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year\n", "done too much\n", "louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and\n", "only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be\n", "it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "being\n", "narrative strength\n", "that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls\n", "head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes\n", "gags , pranks , pratfalls , 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it off the screen\n", "general family chaos to which anyone can relate\n", "the play more has partly closed it down .\n", "rapturous after all these years\n", "while hoffman 's performance is great , the subject matter goes nowhere .\n", "this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .\n", "the plot `\n", "has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches\n", "four primary actors\n", "hopeless\n", "character and viewer\n", "steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good\n", "so solidly connect with one demographic while\n", "with spikes of sly humor\n", "margolo\n", "many a hollywood romance\n", "burlap\n", "facetious smirk\n", "lovebirds\n", "an ugly , revolting movie .\n", "'s really sad\n", "forcefulness\n", "a compassionate , moving portrait of an american -lrb- and an america -rrb- always reaching for something just outside his grasp .\n", "it 's not 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by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon .\n", "the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn .\n", "knowing fable\n", "a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in\n", "is the man\n", "a story largely untold\n", "during the reagan years\n", "fully formed\n", "a human volcano\n", "their lives , loves\n", "yet it proves surprisingly serviceable\n", "then biting into it and\n", "can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored\n", "tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .\n", "nothing else happening\n", "wants you to feel something\n", "very complex\n", "these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties 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trying to distract us with the solution to another\n", "the promise of excitement\n", "terminal\n", "awarded\n", "because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie\n", "to reveal his impressively delicate range\n", ", the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .\n", "bad and baffling\n", "increasingly amused irony\n", "come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron\n", "wish windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story\n", "a cross between boys\n", "though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never\n", "raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up\n", "the atmospheric weirdness\n", "screen adaptation\n", "a dualistic battle\n", "with its unblinking frankness\n", "to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man\n", "a self-reflection or cautionary tale\n", ", in this 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sentiment .\n", "that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as\n", "made herself over so often now\n", "of hours\n", "the subject of tolerance\n", "the overall fabric\n", "his funniest moment\n", "the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way .\n", "it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years ,\n", "wised-up kids\n", "cardoso\n", ", martin scorcese 's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .\n", "large-frame\n", "visual influence\n", "as self-aware movies go\n", "quietude , and room noise\n", "a strong directorial stamp\n", "he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery\n", "it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .\n", "prolonged and\n", "bag\n", "bind\n", "it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .\n", "so compelling\n", "break free of her old 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pleasure\n", "dreamy and evocative\n", "conniving wit\n", "of moviemaking\n", "is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .\n", "poor quality\n", "for both kids and church-wary adults\n", "as a hole in the head\n", "is that it rarely achieves its best\n", "another new film\n", "some good material\n", "woody\n", "ascends\n", "made a difference\n", "crack you\n", "something akin to an act of cinematic penance\n", "just for them\n", "booths\n", "told it feels accidental .\n", "with its flow\n", "aspects\n", "a corn dog\n", "i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british\n", "the directive to protect the code at all costs also begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge\n", "should have been made for the tube .\n", "the performers\n", "weirder\n", "is not edward burns ' best film\n", "it should pay reparations to viewers .\n", "poetic force\n", "of decent gags\n", "to the secret 's eventual discovery\n", "modern military weaponry\n", "chou\n", "a telephone book\n", "which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "exist only for its climactic setpiece\n", "it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but\n", "the stylistic rigors of denmark 's dogma movement\n", "is just as obvious as telling a country skunk\n", "crack a smile at\n", "fellowship 's\n", "its despairing vision\n", "in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz\n", "envious of\n", "honest working folk\n", "if you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor\n", "'s sweet .\n", "shamelessly enjoyed it\n", "predictable thriller\n", "hugh goo\n", "hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .\n", "life on the island\n", "i 've 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"political broadcast\n", "be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb-\n", "freaky bit\n", "unfolding crisis\n", "the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .\n", "call ` too clever by half\n", "kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .\n", "vardalos\n", "squanders as much as it gives out\n", "sidesteps them\n", "going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby\n", "actor\n", "avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation\n", "blurry\n", "is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .\n", "as fun\n", "movie that franz kafka would have made\n", "than the original could ever have hoped to be\n", "is enormously good fun\n", "portrays ,\n", "ballroom scene\n", "most compelling\n", "disappoints\n", "of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure\n", "and i 'm not even a fan of the genre\n", "decomposition\n", "he 's the god of second chances '\n", "employ hollywood kids\n", "so thoroughly\n", "bagatelle\n", "the cast ...\n", "engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution .\n", "you bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .\n", "bottom-of-the-bill fare\n", "has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .\n", "but\n", "with right\n", "in for a painful ride\n", "were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", "recycled aspects\n", "spielberg ,\n", "lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious\n", "'s funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .\n", "i mean\n", "monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the 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for young women\n", "admire the ensemble players and\n", "equally distasteful\n", "draws us in\n", "lux , now in her eighties\n", "more a gunfest than a rock concert .\n", "has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew\n", "prickly\n", "1994 's surprise family\n", "were making\n", "like a pack of dynamite sticks\n", "chicken\n", "is dudsville\n", "sentiment\n", "hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .\n", "makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .\n", "'s most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise\n", "has 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 .\n", "salton\n", "has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself\n", "-lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb-\n", "xxx is a 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legal thriller\n", "shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , -lrb- but -rrb-\n", "the hero might wind up\n", "it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .\n", "explosive physical energy and\n", "nails\n", "of in the theater watching this one\n", "is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing\n", "than hiding under your seat\n", "in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon\n", "-- in the title role --\n", "has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt\n", "is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness\n", "often pointless\n", "see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue\n", "you 've seen pornography or documentary\n", "cinematic pollution\n", "they will have a showdown , but\n", "is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life .\n", "make of this italian freakshow\n", "an emotional tug\n", "affectionately goofy satire\n", "certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .\n", "hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples\n", "notion\n", "standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull\n", "inescapably gorgeous ,\n", "passionate , if somewhat flawed ,\n", "are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .\n", "i did n't smile .\n", "succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory .\n", "about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man\n", "of specificity\n", "these women 's\n", "a movie that keeps throwing fastballs\n", "we imagine\n", "table\n", "arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism\n", "love a disney pic\n", "releasing it\n", "well-crafted film\n", "herzog has fallen\n", "every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy\n", "is a mediocre movie trying to get out\n", "the inanities of the contemporary music business and\n", "superbly nuanced performance\n", "!?\n", "a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film .\n", "by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best .\n", "an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\\/nurture argument in regards\n", "you 're not merely watching history\n", "heightened , well-shaped dramas\n", "the dysfunctional family it portrays\n", "anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations\n", "unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france .\n", "childish things\n", "cheapening it\n", "almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off\n", "penetrating\n", "make a point with poetic imagery\n", "none of this sounds promising and ,\n", "succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture\n", "unexpectedly moving\n", "own cremaster\n", "by this case\n", "soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore\n", "the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy\n", "pre-9\n", "was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo .\n", "slight and obvious effort\n", "table manners\n", "that ca n't support the epic treatment\n", "disgrace it , either\n", "dismal\n", "very well-written\n", "strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre .\n", "coheres\n", "devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity\n", "the effort is sincere and the results are honest\n", "moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but\n", "trying something new\n", "one true ` chan moment '\n", "so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "the answer is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough .\n", "the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of\n", "funny and irritating\n", "how could it not be ?\n", "tenor\n", "utterly absorbing\n", "a movie like this\n", "jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "execution and skill\n", "tremendous chemistry\n", "capra and cooper\n", "humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .\n", "this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it\n", "dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it\n", "as wiseman 's previous studies\n", "delightful lark\n", "a plethora of engaging diatribes on 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"a life in stasis\n", "somewhere lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .\n", "a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch\n", "with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't\n", "to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering\n", "armed with a game supporting cast\n", "wise-beyond-her-years\n", "with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy\n", "a lightweight , uneven action comedy\n", "`` bladerunner ''\n", "a wretched movie\n", "perry\n", "nine queens\n", "those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give `` scratch '' a second look .\n", "like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties\n", "could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .\n", "surehanded\n", "own pretentious self-examination\n", "melancholic film noir\n", "quieter domestic scenes\n", "adhere\n", "a guiltless film for nice evening out\n", "cinephile\n", "has secrets buried at the heart of his story and\n", "beloved genre\n", "old-fashioned escapism\n", "of a sports bar\n", "this unexpectedly moving meditation\n", "let 's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .\n", "misty even when you do n't\n", "banality and\n", "serve up the cliches with considerable dash\n", "the tone\n", "video , and\n", "rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .\n", "does n't\n", "though there are entertaining and audacious moments\n", "after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb-\n", "c.i.\n", "rote sentimentality\n", "just like a splendid meal , red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .\n", "about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log\n", "likely to enter the theater\n", "of important developments of the computer industry\n", "no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but\n", "lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spielberg 's schindler 's list\n", "time and space to convince us of that all on their own\n", "over this `` un-bear-able '' project\n", "interesting and accessible\n", "dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity\n", "fellowship 's heart\n", "surviving members\n", "several attempts\n", "landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs .\n", "as estrogen-free\n", "a damn fine and\n", "sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her life did , too .\n", "star trek ii : the wrath of khan\n", "can actually\n", "the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .\n", "credits roll\n", "athlete\n", "barry convinces us\n", "is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter\n", "for ambrose 's performance\n", "shot all the way\n", "opening -rrb- dance\n", "a suffocating rape-payback horror\n", "politics ,\n", "kieran culkin\n", "'' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .\n", "is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way\n", "ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action\n", "ring hollow\n", "had a lot of problems with this movie\n", ", painful\n", "to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism\n", "filmgoing\n", "the joyous , turbulent self-discovery\n", "a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation\n", "rises to its clever what-if concept .\n", "have that option .\n", "made on a shoestring and unevenly\n", "you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .\n", "there 's nothing exactly wrong here ,\n", ", however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with cage 's best acting\n", "aiming for\n", "sword-and-sorcery plot\n", "developed hastily\n", "an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes\n", "front-loaded\n", "the vital action sequences\n", "is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers\n", "erin brockovich\n", "has been hoping for\n", "splashy\n", "the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up\n", "some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life\n", "suspenseful enough for older kids but not\n", "a tribute\n", "comedy troupe broken lizard 's first movie\n", "no wit , only\n", "kline 's superbly nuanced performance\n", "it 's a sad , sick sight\n", "has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed\n", "'s a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look\n", "of changing taste and attitude\n", "thoughtful examination\n", "it 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", ", this is the ultimate movie experience\n", "of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time\n", "gives his best screen performance\n", "'' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .\n", "because reno\n", "prep-school\n", "warm , inviting , and\n", "have come to a point in society\n", "the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts\n", "best actor\n", "return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad .\n", "conspiracy\n", "amusement\n", "occasional\n", "a screenplay more\n", "polanski 's film\n", "a gut\n", "revolutionary\n", "into light reading\n", "the explosion\n", "different -lrb- and better -rrb-\n", "sulky teen drama\n", "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\n", "of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "we westerners\n", "badly\n", "the difference between this\n", ", `` dead circus performer '' funny\n", "'re ` they '\n", "psychological fare\n", "it familiar and insufficiently cathartic\n", "will keep them guessing\n", "some problems\n", "dangerous , secretly unhinged guy\n", "your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute\n", "the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted\n", "are so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything .\n", "go for la salle 's performance , and make do as best you can with a stuttering script .\n", "countless\n", "those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today\n", "the ` laughing with\n", "that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "'s refreshing to see a romance this smart .\n", "convincing about the quiet american\n", "resonant film since the killer\n", "to a superior crime movie\n", "lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise\n", "a feeble tootsie knockoff .\n", "the feat with aplomb\n", "the update is dreary and sluggish .\n", "gets too cloying\n", "good camp\n", "toilet seat\n", "alien\n", "for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already\n", "distillation\n", "the first place\n", "in the story of matthew shepard\n", "if you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining\n", "maudlin or\n", "woefully\n", "one of those\n", "a well-put-together piece of urban satire .\n", "onion\n", "banal and\n", "brilliant performances\n", "cute alien creature\n", "awarded mythic status\n", "to get excited about on this dvd\n", "french cinema at its best\n", "an all-time low for kevin costner\n", "had actually done\n", "broken\n", "best-sustained ideas\n", "the stories are quietly moving .\n", "between bizarre comedy and pallid horror\n", "eat up these veggies\n", "blacken that organ with cold vengefulness\n", "'s why sex and lucia is so alluring\n", "interesting concept\n", "that place , that time\n", "tear-jerking demands\n", "an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema .\n", "deeds\n", "young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents ,\n", "taylor 's doorstep\n", "an earnest study\n", "peculiar and\n", "loathe\n", "a tired one\n", "war-torn croatia\n", "while no art grows from a vacuum\n", "of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree\n", "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 .\n", "train of a film\n", "in sap\n", "its extremely languorous rhythms ,\n", "witty expose\n", "at any cost\n", ", she 's really done it this time .\n", "rare docs\n", "daily\n", "lightweight escapist film\n", "and sugary little half-hour\n", "to do most of the work\n", "most of his budget\n", "a lovely film ...\n", "a total washout\n", "placed on any list of favorites\n", "troubled and determined\n", "a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns\n", "frighteningly fascinating contradiction\n", "something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities\n", "if the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying\n", "wit , humor and snappy dialogue\n", "of sad in the middle of hopeful\n", "plenty of glimpses at existing photos\n", "horrors !\n", "amusements\n", "beyond 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"turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable\n", "moody male hustler\n", "find\n", "if you can\n", "thought-provoking new york fest\n", "leaves you giddy\n", "the right bands for the playlist\n", "moments of spontaneous intimacy\n", "curmudgeon\n", "though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .\n", "the exuberant openness\n", "that has something to say\n", "with a screenplay to die for\n", "those who just want the ball and chain\n", "directed , grown-up film\n", "a low-budget hybrid of scarface or\n", "more appropriate location to store it\n", "or not ram dass\n", "warm , inviting\n", "in the face\n", "almost makes this movie worth seeing\n", "this mild-mannered farce ,\n", "of hibernation\n", "much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes ,\n", "other words , about as bad a film\n", "per view dollar\n", "if you 've the patience , there are great rewards here .\n", "a sentimental hybrid\n", "every\n", "ms. hutchins\n", "linking the massacre\n", "races\n", "to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "elbowed aside by one-liners\n", "tragic coming-of-age saga\n", "lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns\n", "stylish\n", "'s too long and unfocused .\n", "than it needs to\n", "amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it .\n", "is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking\n", "a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time\n", "jolie 's hideous yellow\n", "de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up 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art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .\n", "2002 's\n", "pompous and\n", "directed ,\n", "sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance\n", "going to take you\n", "a wry , affectionate delight\n", "no discernible feeling\n", ", barely there bit of piffle .\n", "general family chaos\n", "half-naked\n", "some extent\n", "still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .\n", "sportsmen\n", "constructed than `` memento ''\n", "her process\n", "as happy gilmore or the waterboy\n", "the reaction\n", "it may not be a great piece of filmmaking ,\n", "pass a little over an hour\n", "the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy\n", "it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan\n", "clear and\n", "mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no 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stones weep -- as shameful as it\n", "could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451\n", "the new film\n", "the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom\n", "in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", "the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine .\n", "a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures .\n", "blind eye\n", "every other carmen\n", "help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact .\n", "intrigued by politics of the '70s\n", "for the most part , the film does hold up pretty well .\n", "gruesome\n", "-lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb-\n", "this movie tries to get the audience to buy just\n", "beautifully animated epic\n", "have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand\n", "an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .\n", "no one involved\n", "laughs -- sometimes a chuckle\n", "a one liner as well as anybody\n", "moonlight mile , better judgment\n", "and sven wollter\n", "crooks\n", "cutesy romantic tale\n", "disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions\n", "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\n", "is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "fascination\n", "someone 's crazy french grandfather\n", "to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "that loneliness can make people act weird\n", "boll\n", "darker moments\n", "the word , even if you\n", "big studio\n", "of a reprieve\n", "maggie g. makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .\n", "freight\n", "got some pretentious eye-rolling moments\n", "their daily activities\n", ", he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading\n", "a laughable -- or rather\n", "another clever if pointless excursion\n", "even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks\n", "the usual tropes\n", "that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated\n", "mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction .\n", "going\n", "a hippopotamus ballerina\n", "candid , archly funny and deeply authentic\n", "that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next\n", "that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what\n", "a quaint , romanticized rendering .\n", "to shout insults at the screen\n", "a very sincere work\n", "is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film\n", "like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- delivers a magnetic performance .\n", "leaden and predictable\n", "if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious\n", "easily one\n", ", cage manages a degree of casual realism\n", "is that it 's a brazenly misguided project .\n", "mandel holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising\n", "its strategies and deceptions\n", "both stars\n", "writer\\/director vicente aranda\n", "is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture\n", "the victims of domestic abuse\n", "makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "are far worse\n", "by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing\n", "crudities\n", "from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16\n", "for the film 's winning tone\n", "rake\n", "little like a chocolate milk\n", "have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened\n", "one of resources\n", "bullseye\n", "of a fully realized story\n", "who die hideously\n", "the makings\n", "the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''\n", "unsettling\n", "will anyone who is n't a fangoria subscriber\n", "to gorgeous beaches\n", "overplayed and exaggerated\n", "the dog days\n", "is amateurish\n", "no chemistry\n", "elicits strong performances from his cast\n", "slow for a younger crowd\n", "of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time\n", "can sound so dull\n", "does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes .\n", "one summer film that satisfies\n", "one of the great films about movie love\n", "'s already done way too often\n", "unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely\n", "irresponsible\n", "it 's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '\n", "you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .\n", "might be called iranian\n", "slash-fest\n", "if tragic -rrb-\n", "my precious new star wars movie\n", "credible and remarkably mature\n", "dwarfs\n", "more good than great but freeman and judd make it work .\n", "all very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble\n", "for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything\n", "a film that will probably please people\n", "indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character\n", "herzog 's -rrb-\n", "is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals .\n", "goes by quickly ,\n", "find it uninteresting\n", "in our lives\n", "it 's an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes .\n", "provocateur\n", "mishandled here\n", "overacted\n", "a case in point : doug pray 's scratch .\n", "your holiday concept\n", "-lrb- crystal and de niro -rrb- manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing .\n", "seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie .\n", "hand shadows\n", "ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies\n", "no rooting interest\n", "is , by itself , deserving of discussion .\n", "made the full monty a smashing success ...\n", "may or may not\n", ", teeth-gnashing actorliness\n", "it might have held my attention\n", "-- and at times , all\n", "messing with\n", "aspired to\n", "what is told as the truth\n", "spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .\n", "can certainly not be emphasized enough\n", "deleted scenes\n", "struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious\n", "robert altman , spike lee ,\n", "sweetest thing\n", "superlative\n", "for intelligibility\n", "on the fact\n", "needing other people\n", "most interesting\n", "paid\n", "like friday in miami\n", "life-affirming moments\n", "no major discoveries ,\n", "marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity\n", "its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end\n", "embalmed\n", "a special kind of movie\n", "most colorful and controversial artists\n", "the 1960s\n", "light the candles\n", "'s not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?\n", "for the love of a good woman\n", "insightful enough\n", "from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing\n", "admirably ambitious but self-indulgent .\n", "is the one established by warner bros. giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release\n", "not only suspend your disbelief\n", "playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ...\n", "ram dass 's latest book\n", "a pleasant , if forgettable , romp of a film .\n", "be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "southern blacks\n", "viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants\n", "for dvd\n", "the innocence of holiday cheer\n", "iris\n", "incredible storyline\n", ", and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill\n", "into the atlantic ocean\n", "shadyac\n", "what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .\n", "turn away\n", "hyper-real\n", "an adventurous young talent\n", "bottomlessly\n", "heavy subject matter\n", "is just the ticket you need\n", "-lrb- carvey 's -rrb- characters are both overplayed and exaggerated ,\n", "is magnificent\n", "like puppies with broken legs\n", "annoyed me most about god is great\n", "a meatier deeper beginning\n", "star jake gyllenhaal\n", "connect the dots\n", "an ease in front of the camera\n", "wishing ,\n", "truly awful\n", "hated myself in the morning\n", "make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .\n", "fails to gel together\n", "of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows .\n", "rare depth\n", "the austin powers films\n", "glorified a term\n", "to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick\n", "a general air\n", "of serious athletes\n", "same premise\n", "heal : the welt\n", "page\n", "to our basest desires\n", "of too much kid-vid\n", "as jules verne 's ' 20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine\n", "marshall keeps the energy humming ,\n", "hitman\n", "latest entry\n", "melodramatic paranormal romance\n", ", charming and quirky\n", "if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play\n", "sitting next to you for the ride\n", "sex ironically has 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 .\n", "... an interesting slice of history .\n", "hardass\n", "all your problems go with you\n", "will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "a good performance\n", "is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow\n", "the previous film 's\n", "h.g. wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version\n", "several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie\n", "s.\n", "you love it\n", "many conclusive answers in the film\n", "he 'd gone the way of don simpson\n", "cinematic car wreck\n", "hitchcockian suspense\n", "the runaway success\n", "21\\/2\n", "as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "her mother , mai thi kim\n", "challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means\n", "meanders from gripping to plodding and back\n", "the sundance film festival\n", "hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles\n", "with lots of somber blues and pinks\n", "writing and slack direction\n", "infinitely\n", "14-year-old robert macnaughton\n", ", potent exploration\n", "the film 's strength\n", "starts out mediocre ,\n", "will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .\n", "often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself .\n", "balances both traditional or modern stories together\n", "all the loss we\n", "to work as a piece of storytelling\n", "pedestrian as\n", "dramatized pbs program\n", "throat\n", "distinctly mixed bag\n", "a paranoid and unlikable man\n", "robert rodriguez\n", "characterized by its surface-obsession -- one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom\n", "make you think about existential suffering\n", "the notion of deleting emotion from people\n", "sleek advert\n", "of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.\n", "fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord\n", "run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers ,\n", "pronounced monty pythonesque flavor\n", "the roses\n", "i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and\n", "an ironic manifestation\n", ", japanese and hollywood cultures\n", "american scorn\n", "to learn , to grow , to travel\n", "long after this film has ended\n", "weird relative\n", "is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona\n", "you 're into that\n", "in late marriage\n", "it will warm your heart ,\n", "settles\n", "a biopic\n", "is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend . '\n", "generic as its title\n", "of the manipulative engineering\n", "let slide\n", "the paces\n", "heavy sentiment\n", "man ethos\n", "'re not a fan\n", "swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .\n", "breen 's script\n", "of will\n", "its audience giddy with the delight of discovery\n", "greek writer\n", "twinkly-eyed close-ups and short\n", "the morning\n", "if the plot seems a bit on the skinny side\n", "a delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .\n", "sweeping , dramatic ,\n", "who becomes fully english\n", "the joy\n", "the movie has a script -lrb- by paul pender -rrb- made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions .\n", "print\n", "mean-spirited and\n", "any of derrida 's\n", "at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten\n", "of individuals\n", "are engaged in a romance\n", "a legendary professor and\n", "the very people who are intended to make it shine\n", "the right choices at every turn\n", "anyone and\n", "in hormonal melodrama\n", "spy-savvy siblings\n", "with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count\n", "russo\n", "surprisingly sensitive script co-written\n", "with style and empathy\n", "in the worst sense of the expression\n", "the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .\n", "when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type\n", "so many bad romances out there\n", "should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor .\n", "pre\n", "gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid\n", "does a solid job of slowly\n", "the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema\n", "reading your scripts before signing that dotted line\n", "thank me for this\n", "maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back .\n", "the mountain tell\n", "has befallen every other carmen before her\n", "of a woman\n", "does have its charms\n", "more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance\n", "if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing .\n", "a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you\n", "middling\n", "also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime\n", "motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story .\n", "solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .\n", "both evolve\n", "better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel\n", "usually achieved only by lottery drawing\n", "bullock bubble and hugh goo\n", "be friends\n", "a limerick scrawled in a public restroom\n", "than coke\n", "a work of extraordinary journalism , but\n", "the big screen ,\n", "sorry\n", "what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days\n", "is the director 's talent\n", "a revealing alienation\n", "on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "deceptively casual ode\n", "vivre even as he creates\n", "far from being this generation 's animal house\n", "the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .\n", "the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman\n", "an enormous amount\n", ", home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .\n", "have finally aged past his prime ...\n", "baby\n", "terrier\n", "after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .\n", "of the pierce brosnan james bond\n", "fast and\n", "pig\n", "such blatant and sickening product placement\n", "the high-buffed gloss\n", "in small doses\n", "the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension\n", "like a short stretched out to feature length\n", "atrocious\n", "punch-and-judy\n", "less on forced air\n", "ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic\n", "of tolerance\n", "any movies\n", "we were\n", "the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say ,\n", "heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this\n", "jaglom 's films\n", "by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy\n", ", despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema\n", "the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role\n", "made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby .\n", "in total\n", "treacly\n", "were in high school\n", "way imaginable\n", "almost arbitrary\n", "action-packed trash\n", "one of the funnier movies in town .\n", "the fantastic kathy bates\n", "the way of don simpson\n", "defend\n", "though her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his\n", "is a general air of exuberance in all\n", "in world traveler and in his earlier film\n", "hackneyed and meanspirited\n", "a war criminal\n", "does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins\\/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas\n", ", it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .\n", "purports to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging .\n", "loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .\n", "weak dialogue and biopic\n", "england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing\n", "employ\n", "there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending\n", ", the old mib label stands for milder is n't better .\n", "meter\n", "exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk ,\n", "a fun adventure movie\n", "of the sophomoric and the sublime\n", "the time or\n", "` refreshing\n", "for the characters\n", "their uplift\n", "the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension .\n", "reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating\n", "entirely witless and inane\n", "'s too long\n", "chemistry and complex relationship\n", "miller ,\n", "the one bald and\n", "the understated comedic agony\n", "to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "a lousy script ,\n", "often self-mocking ,\n", "a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and\n", "makes the move\n", "it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone\n", "about mothers , daughters and their relationships\n", "full-bodied characterizations\n", "a feel-good movie can still show real heart\n", "american sexual landscape\n", ", it 's all surprisingly predictable .\n", "restate\n", "rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences ,\n", "you reasonably entertained\n", "from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal\n", "very talented but\n", "just one word for you - --\n", "her love depraved leads meet ,\n", "worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .\n", "accumulates\n", "and engaging film\n", "a risky venture\n", "is just as much a document about him\n", "pander to our basest desires for payback\n", "puts an exclamation point\n", "at least one\n", "that 's made a difference to nyc inner-city youth\n", "despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste\n", "traditionally\n", "very root\n", "new trick\n", "did n't mind\n", "willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching\n", "afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn\n", "artificial and soulless\n", "james bond movie\n", "different from the apple\n", "the projection television screen of a sports bar\n", "apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program .\n", "an unlimited amount\n", "via surrealist flourishes\n", "pub scenes\n", "cia\n", "of h.g. wells ' time machine\n", "uphill or\n", "a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary .\n", "inauthentic\n", "that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it\n", "much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo .\n", "without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script\n", "absolute\n", "they 're simply not funny performers\n", "dead horse\n", "the usual fantasies hollywood produces\n", "ambitious movie\n", "gentle into that good theatre\n", "blithe rebel fantasy\n", "messianic bent\n", "in recent memory\n", "terrific flair\n", "makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place\n", "the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why , after only three films , director\\/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers .\n", "liyan 's backyard\n", "pop\n", "belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "take this film\n", "jeffrey tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator is oscar-worthy .\n", "used it\n", "is somehow making its way instead to theaters\n", "a huge gap\n", "the roots\n", "loco\n", "director\\/co-writer jacques audiard\n", "mildly sentimental\n", "to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness\n", "spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy\n", "goldie\n", "shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure\n", ", half-naked women\n", "the dramatic weight\n", "is about as humorous as\n", "the philadelphia story\n", "delightful mix\n", "spouting\n", "mctiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet\n", "think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer\n", "kazan\n", "nuance and character dimension\n", "of faith just\n", "generous inclusiveness\n", "bowl\n", "a familiar neighborhood\n", "relatively serious\n", "skip to another review .\n", "for love -- very much a hong kong movie\n", "world events\n", "napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility\n", "one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern\n", "that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "for originality of plot\n", "have n't been thoroughly debated in the media\n", "pat storytelling\n", "into its own\n", "is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems\n", "background or motivations\n", "indulgence\n", "evoke childish night terrors\n", "emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "sake communal spirit\n", "jean-luc\n", "super-powers\n", "maintain interest\n", "indian musical\n", "a love song\n", "passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type of flick .\n", "to a chosen few\n", "and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .\n", "but then again , i hate myself most mornings .\n", "on cue\n", "from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others\n", "immigrant 's\n", "with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "one appreciate silence of the lambs\n", "it has no affect on the kurds , but\n", "otherwise excellent\n", "grew up on scooby\n", "all its plot twists , and\n", "a game cast\n", "fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism .\n", "cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set\n", "the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful\n", "52 different versions\n", "sets this romantic comedy apart\n", "not\n", "-lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films\n", "has arrived from portugal .\n", "the phenomenal , water-born cinematography\n", "is a deeply unpleasant experience .\n", "sad and rote exercise\n", "makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "dream world\n", "this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that\n", "next to little insight\n", "it takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about .\n", "are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending\n", "of elder bueller 's time out\n", "inappropriate and wildly undeserved\n", "of the longest yard\n", "charmless and vacant\n", "the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable\n", "be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame\n", "tries to be ethereal\n", "own aloof\n", "radioactive hair\n", "adolescent dirty-joke book\n", "a rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation\n", "if you 're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again .\n", "is a plodding mess .\n", "self-defeatingly decorous\n", "virtually no understanding of it\n", "intricate , intimate and intelligent\n", "modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare\n", "disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh\n", "two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "will be two hours gained\n", "nationalist\n", "the film as entertainment\n", "absolutely unnecessary\n", "about a teacher\n", "wilde 's play\n", "has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea\n", "see with their own eyes\n", "two strong men\n", "action and\n", "is n't a movie\n", "a decent draft\n", "hours\n", "settle for\n", "the filmmaker would disagree , but ,\n", "make the attraction a movie\n", "money-oriented\n", "involving one\n", "calls\n", "the essayist at work\n", "to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "this sort of thing to work\n", ", elliptically loops back to where it began .\n", "-lrb- ferrera -rrb-\n", "ingenious\n", "robert john burke as the monster\n", "it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers\n", "a classic mother\\/daughter struggle\n", "folktales\n", "odd and weird .\n", "turned out nearly 21\\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing\n", "cult favorite\n", "the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ...\n", "broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity\n", "its shape-shifting perils ,\n", "of french cinema\n", "is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .\n", "is `` ballistic '' worth the price of admission ?\n", "there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it .\n", "scariest\n", "holds you in rapt attention from\n", "of summertime\n", "and self-conscious seams\n", "of race and justice\n", "come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago\n", "will never forget\n", "is its energy\n", "i-2-spoofing title sequence\n", "property\n", "`` gory mayhem ''\n", "the obligatory outbursts of flatulence\n", "ensures the film never feels draggy\n", "gets you riled up\n", "movie-making\n", "cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .\n", "inquisitiveness\n", "all of pootie tang\n", "'s lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another .\n", "the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor\n", "characterization matters less than atmosphere\n", "in her first starring role\n", "panic\n", "road trip\n", ", sordid universe\n", "by the piano teacher\n", "courts\n", "by its stars\n", "done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez\n", "you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .\n", "it raises\n", "for britney 's latest album\n", "romantic comedy boilerplate from start\n", "justify his exercise\n", "these performers\n", "of imparting knowledge\n", "a joke in the united states\n", "teetering\n", "they took in their work -- and in each other --\n", "a taste for exaggeration\n", "to generate a single threat of suspense\n", "to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies\n", "'s the perfect cure for insomnia .\n", "train wreck\n", "an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop\n", "as well-characterized\n", "derivative plot\n", "that old adage about women being unknowable\n", "oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and\n", "justify a three hour running time\n", "the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", "the mayhem in formula 51\n", "a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", ".\n", "moves\n", "tunisian film\n", "such reflections\n", "i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "of society\n", "a no-holds-barred cinematic\n", "if it were less densely plotted\n", "who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "fun of me\n", "hawaiian shirt\n", "a fresh idea\n", "the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much\n", "pastiche winds\n", "sometimes inspiring ,\n", "might not be as palatable as intended .\n", "argentinian thriller\n", "has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying\n", "any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast\n", "crash\n", "small-town\n", "yes , but also intriguing and honorable ,\n", "rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .\n", "a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .\n", "'s a quirky , off-beat project .\n", "a delightful entree in the tradition\n", "to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context\n", "often silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .\n", "its archival prints and film footage\n", "rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy\n", "childlike dimness\n", "virtually scene for scene\n", "its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings\n", "sharp as a samurai sword\n", "sandra bullock\n", "romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief\n", "once again , the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .\n", "unexpected flashes\n", "know what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "charm or\n", "memories and emotions which are anything\n", "humdrum approach\n", "to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet\n", "deep inside righteousness\n", "in good measure\n", "klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .\n", "brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience\n", "is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story\n", "a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion\n", "awards animals the respect they\n", "left well enough alone and just\n", "fun and nimble\n", "movie compendium\n", "'s remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre\n", "a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous\n", "i found myself howling more than cringing\n", "build any interest\n", "bad alternative music\n", "diversity and\n", "`` orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .\n", "funniest and most accurate depiction\n", "stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner\n", "footing\n", "explosive\n", "little to be learned from watching ` comedian '\n", "plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties\n", "are both superb ,\n", "directorial debut .\n", "urban china\n", "like it or not\n", "probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals\n", "laugh therapy '\n", "to make the most of a bumper\n", "better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp\n", "most brilliant work\n", "ca n't begin 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 ...\n", "trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", "you 'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold .\n", "paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation\n", "short in building the drama of lilia 's journey\n", "on their own\n", "certain cues\n", "it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes\n", "reign of fire\n", "of entertainment that parents love to have their kids\n", "brilliant in this\n", "the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ...\n", "with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption\n", "within the seas of their personalities\n", "lacey\n", "the performances of pacino , williams , and swank\n", "grub\n", "secretary to fax it\n", "a random series\n", "on the latter\n", "cuts against this natural grain ,\n", "with irony\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap ,\n", "is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...\n", "oscar-winning master\n", "is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast .\n", "no one in the audience or the film\n", "wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson\n", "wahlberg\n", "that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time\n", "in his autobiographical performance\n", "totally unnecessary\n", "come to the point\n", "the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but\n", "the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and\n", "mr. deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly\n", "war flick\n", "prone to indignation\n", "i am baffled by jason x.\n", "this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts\n", "of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while\n", "is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us\n", "sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager\n", "look so appealing on third or fourth viewing\n", "trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax einstein 's brain .\n", "too heady for children , and too preachy\n", ", like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud\n", "tainted\n", "santa claus\n", "short-story\n", "hanging\n", "what makes salton sea surprisingly engrossing is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion .\n", "no surprises\n", "very different from our own\n", "the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard -lrb- which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog -rrb- is that it 's not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered .\n", "underdog\n", "'s 86 minutes too long\n", "'s insecure in lovely and amazing ,\n", "spinning\n", "britney 's cutoffs\n", "in the company 's previous video work\n", "a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle\n", "flourishes and\n", "little-remembered\n", "is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import\n", "so-so entertainment .\n", "moral compass\n", "character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her\n", "insider movie\n", "like `` girl\n", "both a detective story and a romance\n", "most depressing movie-going experiences\n", "cheering\n", "no matter how you slice it , mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .\n", "critic\n", "drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and\n", "though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .\n", "brought about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "at the level of kids ' television and plot threads\n", "an album\n", "some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck .\n", "bristles with passion and energy\n", "the visual panache ,\n", "good , dry , reliable textbook\n", "the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games\n", "robotic sentiment\n", "there 's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .\n", "unsolved murder\n", "wrong reasons\n", "a guilty pleasure at best , and not worth seeing unless you want to laugh at it\n", "three words :\n", "textbook lives\n", "emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results\n", "writer\\/director achero manas 's film is schematic and obvious .\n", "it 's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics .\n", "uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave\n", ", is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .\n", "solid success\n", "it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy\n", "stayed\n", "quite another\n", "be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming\n", "than\n", "undeserving\n", "last 100 years\n", "psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds\n", "`` frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different -lrb- and better -rrb- than most films with this theme .\n", "of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg\n", "awash\n", "pop music\n", "plainness\n", "have preceded it\n", "of acidity\n", "though there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction , the drama feels rigged and sluggish .\n", "denouement\n", "mora 's\n", "if you stick with it\n", "the gifted\n", "imparted\n", "about amy 's cuteness , amy 's career success -lrb- she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb- , and amy 's neuroses when it comes to men .\n", "is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences\n", "two different movies\n", "a jackie chan movie\n", "trimmed\n", "schmidt 's ,\n", "catches you up in something bigger than yourself\n", "incorporate them into his narrative\n", "give it considerable punch\n", "the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive\n", "for this signpost\n", "with complicated plotting and banal dialogue\n", "the impression\n", "transports\n", "on top of a foundering performance\n", "a feel-good movie that\n", "that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill\n", "comedy action\n", "engaging characters\n", "the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half\n", "jackie chan movies\n", "'s wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness\n", "social drama\n", "best movie\n", "carrying this wafer-thin movie\n", "fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "as he does\n", "by the actor\n", "the more glaring signs\n", "that feels five hours long\n", "you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty\n", "susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter ,\n", "the distance\n", "the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph\n", "a child 's interest and\n", "the same time\n", "is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet\n", "shockers since the evil dead .\n", "the wonder\n", "a trenchant critique\n", "john sayles\n", "closing line\n", "cultures\n", "jane campion might have done ,\n", "meditative and lyrical\n", "tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns .\n", "be the worst national lampoon film\n", "for genre fans\n", "vintage shirley temple script\n", "to keel over\n", "than it would be in another film\n", "frida kahlo\n", "worldly-wise\n", "necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing\n", "few cute\n", "shum\n", "byplay and bickering\n", "a low-rent retread\n", "a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women .\n", "amiss in the world\n", "frenetic , funny , even punny 6\n", "with fewer gags to break the tedium\n", "time go faster\n", "is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie\n", "handsomely\n", "what a great way to spend 4 units of your day\n", "an alternate version , but as\n", "pearls\n", "on his life\n", "give themselves a better lot in life than the ones\n", "good old-fashioned adventure\n", "was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson\n", "being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar\n", "eat popcorn\n", "-lrb- and funnier\n", ", see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .\n", "about all\n", "before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults\n", "armchair\n", "'d probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .\n", "a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap\n", "its gender politics , genre thrills or\n", "compete for each others ' affections .\n", "with table manners\n", "will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .\n", "assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony\n", "may even\n", "getting into too many pointless situations\n", "i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd .\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap\n", "pop manifestations\n", "nolan\n", "scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular\n", "the sight of the name bruce willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much .\n", "of alienation\n", "the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you\n", "past year\n", "the cliff-notes\n", "wooden dialogue\n", "up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '\n", "once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .\n", "this forgettable effort\n", "one battle followed by killer cgi effects\n", "offers hope\n", "the way -- myriad signs , if you will --\n", "sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .\n", "verges on the amateurish\n", "terrible .\n", "informed\n", "as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs ,\n", "a backbone\n", "take rob schneider\n", "on any life of its own\n", "may not always work\n", "a heartfelt conviction\n", "'s supposed to be post-feminist breezy\n", "as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth\n", "this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb- ,\n", "boys and wrestling fans\n", "some members\n", "sugar\n", "cinematic poem\n", "of softheaded metaphysical claptrap\n", "dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting\n", "spend an hour or two\n", "of cautionary tale\n", "by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway\n", "from which no interesting concept can escape\n", "bravado --\n", "you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out\n", "trashy\n", "director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .\n", "so earnest ,\n", "escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny\n", "now , told by hollywood\n", "the evidence\n", "day-old\n", "of brown 's life\n", "its gaudy hawaiian shirt\n", "yelling\n", "still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .\n", "incredibly narrow in-joke\n", "becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .\n", "... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .\n", "perfectly formed\n", "for a documentary\n", "most in the mind of the killer\n", "revives\n", "been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran\n", "one big blustery movie\n", "it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .\n", "later this year\n", "bad luck\n", "by top-billed star bruce willis\n", "plays out with a dogged and\n", "turns a blind eye\n", "would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range , as is\n", "come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count\n", "disturbed genius\n", "value whatsoever\n", "reserved but existential poignancy\n", "of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm\n", "submerged here , but who the hell cares\n", "the young bette davis\n", "the secrets\n", "foreign shores\n", "has put in service\n", "brawn\n", "funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful\n", "projector 's\n", "stepped\n", "to rote sentimentality\n", "are still\n", "at all clear\n", "el crimen del padre amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors .\n", "thulani\n", "the way of barris ' motivations\n", "perfunctory conclusion\n", "any passion\n", "exciting and\n", "acquainted\n", ", mannered\n", "a teen movie with a humanistic message\n", "-lrb- haneke -rrb- steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .\n", "spelled\n", "enthronement\n", "tonally uneven\n", "that offers no easy , comfortable resolution\n", "it 's not the worst comedy of the year\n", "to escape their maudlin influence\n", "this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and\n", "spiritual anomie\n", "'s probably not easy to make such a worthless film ...\n", "a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age .\n", "other levels\n", "is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "most parents had thought\n", "testament stories\n", "nick davies\n", "texan\n", "no longer has a monopoly on mindless action\n", "is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies\n", ", but also\n", "on its way\n", "they love and make\n", "cold vacuum\n", "in the pile of useless actioners\n", "kathie\n", "the loud and the ludicrous '\n", "any opportunity\n", "including some of its casting\n", "become wearisome\n", "in abc africa\n", "the film oozes craft .\n", "to understand a complex story\n", "your appreciation of it will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make .\n", "both the physical setting and\n", "overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration\n", "provides an invaluable service\n", "form a string\n", "that the 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reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "'s difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting\n", "the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen ,\n", "wo n't see the next six\n", "broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient .\n", "decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive\n", "a gamble and last orders\n", "tavernier 's\n", "overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper\n", "mixed messages , over-blown drama\n", "care\n", "is , overall ,\n", "is -rrb- the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein\n", "vintage schmaltz\n", "stuart little 2 is still a no brainer .\n", ", kitchen-sink homage\n", "racing to the rescue in the final reel\n", "thirteen conversations about one thing ,\n", "far short\n", "ultimately offers nothing more than people 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deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it .\n", "wraps up\n", "certain movies\n", "mein and general tso 's\n", "once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb-\n", "rampant\n", "lesbian children\n", "not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .\n", "a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most\n", "both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations\n", "proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books\n", "famous prima donna floria tosca ,\n", "of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene\n", "a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout --\n", "reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness\n", "he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink\n", "grungy\n", "'til the end of the year\n", "to justify a three hour running time\n", "hits\n", "with the television series that inspired the movie\n", "the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ...\n", "wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy\n", "the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals\n", "the wife and\n", "the human race splitting\n", "give them credit for : the message of the movie\n", "polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .\n", "sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz ,\n", "of two rowdy teenagers\n", "air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch\n", "anything really interesting to say\n", "infectiously\n", "an empty , purposeless exercise .\n", "the best description\n", "big hair\n", "effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles\n", "the best of the swashbucklers\n", "to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing\n", "a grisly corpse\n", "was longer than an hour .\n", "that appeals to me\n", "find the authority it 's looking for\n", "williams ' anarchy gets tiresome\n", "will thrill you , touch you and make you\n", "while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music\n", "assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne\n", "the worst\n", "continuum\n", "may really need the company of others\n", "is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful .\n", "character development\n", "have been made for the tube\n", "'s a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .\n", "a copout\n", "frightening late fees\n", "the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout\n", "after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "the toughest ages\n", "dick\n", "bazadona\n", "adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter\n", "` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set\n", "' girl\n", "an exit sign\n", "hey arnold !\n", "complex and\n", "never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .\n", "seem weird and distanced\n", "of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates\n", "the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action\n", "edgy camera work\n", "somewhat standardized ,\n", "breezy blend\n", "it was plato who said\n", "saturday matinee brain\n", "its logical loopholes ,\n", "'ll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others\n", "the nifty premise\n", "talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture\n", "can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art\n", "it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .\n", "a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns\n", "a bit from the classics `` wait until dark ''\n", "irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time\n", "one anecdote for comparison\n", "florid biopic\n", "to compromise his vision\n", "a hack script\n", "i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie\n", "would not likely be so stupid as to get\n", "the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed\n", "conned right up\n", "upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents\n", "through snow dogs\n", "is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .\n", "adam sandler 's latest attempt\n", "hill\n", "the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series\n", "recent history\n", "work , especially\n", "spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie .\n", "the genuine ones barely register\n", "prescribed\n", "be ploughing the same furrow once too often\n", "'50s sociology , pop culture\n", "a handful\n", "running on empty\n", "the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise , ...\n", "simple , poignant and leavened\n", "the cornpone and\n", "though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` look at this !\n", "not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak\n", "you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school\n", "denzel washington 's\n", "voyeuristic spectacle\n", "flesh either\n", "leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless\n", "even life on an aircraft carrier\n", "to lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot\n", "the profoundly devastating events\n", "arthouse .\n", "unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .\n", "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\n", "computerized\n", "this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend\n", "is a challenging film ,\n", "exploitative for the art houses and too cynical\n", "it 's a bargain-basement european pickup .\n", "jennifer\n", "without stickiness\n", "like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long :\n", "but it was n't .\n", "a fascinating but flawed look\n", "wow .\n", "told almost entirely from david 's point of view\n", "to scoring high for originality of plot\n", "relentless\n", "accent uma\n", "be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks\n", "ploddingly\n", "changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie\n", "'s informative and breathtakingly spectacular\n", "my interest\n", "long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying\n", "butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees\n", "one can forgive the film its flaws\n", "'s a nice girl-buddy movie\n", "indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard -lrb- eileen walsh -rrb- when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant\n", "-lrb- denis ' -rrb- bare-bones narrative more closely\n", "tv 's big brother\n", "of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house\n", "a successful career\n", "a story and a script\n", "borders on facile\n", "systematically\n", "in equal measure\n", "give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works\n", "most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain\n", "roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list '\n", "arty and jazzy\n", "has a script -lrb- by paul pender -rrb- made of wood\n", "the smartest kids\n", "clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set\n", "is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .\n", "a riveting story\n", "captivates\n", "is needed to live a rich and full life .\n", "the historical , philosophical ,\n", "oversexed , at times overwrought comedy\\/drama that\n", "payne screenplay\n", "'s no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes\n", ": very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters .\n", "of the cutes\n", "there 's no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again .\n", "double life\n", "a role\n", "love its fantasy and adventure\n", "these unfairly\n", "the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight\n", ", purposeless\n", "at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones\n", "solondz 's thirst for controversy\n", "decided to stand still\n", "uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "for the taking\n", "support the epic treatment\n", "shallow and dim-witted\n", "creepy\n", "some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darker .\n", "ugly and mindless\n", "crudely\n", "consider it ` perfection .\n", "lingering death\n", "tourists\n", "is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese\n", "if you were paying dues for good books unread\n", "been a daytime soap opera\n", "` blade ii ' just does n't cut it\n", "one carried by a strong sense of humanism\n", "parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core .\n", "harmed during the making of this movie\n", "as it was 270 years ago .\n", "boasts\n", "back-stabbing , inter-racial desire\n", "with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics\n", "lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail\n", "of the proceedings\n", "where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical\n", "old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "its characters ' decisions\n", "48\n", "brisk hack job .\n", "is -- forgive me -- a little thin\n", "... 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\n", "successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters\n", "world cinema\n", "it 's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed .\n", "fit well together\n", "your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit\n", "hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch\n", "that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey\n", "goofy -lrb- if not entirely wholesome -rrb-\n", "be enjoyed as a daytime soaper\n", "my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .\n", "unexpected places\n", "at his 12th oscar nomination\n", "of the war\n", "more original story\n", "weirdly likable\n", "would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is\n", "to remain true to the original text\n", "holden\n", "resists the intrusion\n", "predictable , manipulative\n", "of what we see\n", "galvanize\n", "seems like done-to-death material\n", "of authenticity\n", "it 's just too too much\n", "could possibly find it funny\n", "explore more\n", "less concerned with cultural and political issues\n", "on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "affirmational\n", "message-mongering moralism\n", "with an astoundingly rich film\n", "in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectable sequel\n", "'s being advertised as a comedy\n", "it may be a no-brainer , but at least it 's a funny no-brainer .\n", "equally great robin williams performance\n", "trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit\n", "infusing into the story\n", "the signposts\n", "spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream\n", "keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore\n", "30-year friendship\n", "a delightful romantic comedy with plenty\n", "this concept and\n", "obligations\n", "ride around\n", "then just fell apart\n", "it 's a good film\n", "biggie and\n", "the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe ,\n", "possibility\n", "french film industry\n", "just die already\n", "a powerful young actor\n", "major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera\n", "puts old-fashioned values\n", "from their incessant whining\n", "try to convince us that acting transfigures esther\n", "it ,\n", "three or four more\n", "non-techies can enjoy\n", "its aspects\n", "realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .\n", "undergo\n", "is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "one-sided , outwardly sexist or\n", "explosions , jokes ,\n", "is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product\n", "mana gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt .\n", "stark\n", "that baird is a former film editor\n", "john waters and\n", "humour and lightness\n", "with a `` 2 ''\n", "plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "reserved but existential\n", "of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat\n", "fine line\n", "astonishingly vivid\n", "it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny .\n", "curio\n", "be a trip\n", "of seeping into your consciousness\n", "hero days\n", "expected flair\n", "gone a long way\n", "a searing album\n", "in a series\n", "-- and only\n", "the evening to end\n", "the most original in years\n", "battered\n", "card sentimentality\n", "it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .\n", "searching to do\n", "one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches\n", "hossein amini\n", "the script and characters hold sway\n", "convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic\n", "director julie taymor\n", "the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes\n", "if you love him , you 'll like it .\n", "whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep\n", "on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", "welcome perspective\n", "indie trick\n", "crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .\n", "would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .\n", "leguizamo and jones are both excellent\n", "when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .\n", "action thriller\n", "then found its sweet spot\n", "benefit enormously\n", "greatest triumph\n", "lifts\n", "a very distinctive sensibility\n", "give you brain strain\n", "anciently\n", "that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic\n", "is of the darkest variety\n", "stupefying\n", "can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "if forgettable\n", "especially the\n", "overuse\n", "baseball movies\n", "resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within\n", "epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be\n", "fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .\n", "ripe\n", "time living in another community\n", "is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded\n", "family togetherness\n", "is neither ... excessively strained and contrived .\n", "nothing new\n", "whether or not you buy mr. broomfield 's findings , the film acquires 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 .\n", "the company 's\n", "go but down\n", "relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs\n", "too stupid\n", "guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen .\n", "rabbit-proof fence\n", "at least it 's a funny no-brainer\n", "pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.\n", "capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances\n", "twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "give some of the characters\n", "is deadpan .\n", "intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak\n", "did n't care\n", "plot\n", "evening to end\n", "slathered on crackers\n", "fumbles away\n", "unattractive\n", "unoriginal mess\n", "the look\n", "pop-influenced\n", "fistfights , and\n", "cultural elite\n", "designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus\n", "distract us with the solution to another\n", "the whole of the proceedings\n", "dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects\n", "latest vehicle\n", "maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score\n", "of phocion 's attentions\n", "unfortunately , one hour photo lives down to its title .\n", "insecure about its capacity\n", "heartfelt story\n", "are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior\n", "is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor\n", "have done in half an hour\n", "is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .\n", "his films so memorable\n", "by blethyn\n", "the art houses\n", "abstract characters\n", "being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .\n", "jolie 's hideous yellow ` do\n", "capturing\n", "amusing and unsettling\n", "putting\n", "'s also a failure of storytelling\n", "make something bigger out\n", "an intensely lived time\n", "a single theater company and\n", "shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .\n", "paints an absurdly simplistic picture .\n", "-lrb- cho 's face is -rrb- an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .\n", "anarchist\n", "tax\n", "even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films\n", "low-grade cheese standards\n", "woody , what happened ?\n", "sweeping ,\n", "been a lighthearted comedy\n", "ambrose 's\n", "where this was lazy but enjoyable\n", "the subject\n", "clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line\n", "that praises female self-sacrifice\n", "could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty ,\n", "to frida kahlo\n", "this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait\n", "it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up\n", "be playing out\n", "was entranced .\n", "are making sense of it\n", "did n't find much fascination in the swinging\n", "an uneven film for the most part\n", "planet documentary series\n", "thinks it is\n", "soulful development\n", "nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ... it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break .\n", "female bonding\n", "like the tuck family themselves\n", "your knitting needles\n", "ruin\n", "quite touching\n", "sterile and\n", "of it all\n", "is that it goes nowhere\n", "feature-length film\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he script is n't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .\n", "hollywood story .\n", "vanessa\n", "88-minute\n", "wholesale ineptitude\n", "hit something for once\n", "` angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938\n", "frida is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance .\n", "are funny\n", ", he staggers in terms of story .\n", "` synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .\n", "of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images\n", "teleprompter\n", "takes expressionistic license\n", "collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence\n", "their careers\n", "niche audience\n", "a serious contender\n", "law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey\n", "too many elements\n", "long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken\n", "the way chekhov is funny\n", "unfussily poetic\n", "the best in recent memory\n", "agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals\n", "of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins\n", "sincerely\n", "succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries\n", "create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "what they did\n", "light-hearted way\n", "as well as a masterfully made one\n", "a good video game movie is going to show up soon\n", "a slightly dark look\n", "labored\n", "biopic hammers\n", ", delicate treatment\n", "enjoyable randomness\n", "coupling\n", "text\n", "director shekhar kapur\n", "admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "this unique director 's\n", "a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that .\n", "of that already-shallow\n", "this dark tale of revenge\n", "exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength .\n", ", dull thriller\n", "figured\n", "represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .\n", "unschooled\n", "mr. zhang 's\n", "that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers\n", "ushered\n", "with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller\n", "do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes ,\n", "replacing john carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage .\n", "of his own coolness\n", "rubenesque\n", "the sloppy slapstick comedy\n", "who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "most basic\n", "to swallow\n", "by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion\n", "deferred and desire\n", "mad love looks better than it feels .\n", "the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover\n", "it 's pretty stupid .\n", "interesting exercise\n", "of wit and dignity\n", ", he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to ,\n", "also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .\n", "the name says it all .\n", "some kid who ca n't act , only\n", "taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "shot like a postcard and\n", "11 years ago\n", "labels\n", "of pacino , williams , and swank\n", "the best short story writing\n", "is so often nearly nothing\n", ", the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability\n", "sweeping\n", "more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes\n", "is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .\n", "julianne moore\n", "denying the power of polanski 's film\n", "will probably be a talky bore\n", "coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and\n", "not .\n", "davis has energy ,\n", ", ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...\n", "laughter\n", "the pleasures that it does afford\n", "more holes than clyde barrow 's car\n", "-lrb- madonna -rrb- within the film 's first five minutes\n", "cockeyed\n", "a flourish\n", "joy\n", "mesmerizing one\n", "unrelentingly grim\n", "like having an old friend for dinner '\n", "winger fans\n", "a work of extraordinary journalism ,\n", "pretty enjoyable\n", "and sickening product placement\n", "26-year-old\n", "disney movies\n", "appeal much to teenagers\n", "of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year\n", "an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship .\n", "emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .\n", "they might actually want to watch .\n", "someone understands the need for the bad boy\n", "surprise !\n", "a standard-issue crime drama\n", "would n't want to live waydowntown\n", "completists\n", "curmudgeonly british playwright\n", "tongue-tied screen persona\n", "a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows\n", "of the picture\n", "a no-surprise series\n", "film entertainment\n", "of dumas 's story\n", "truly and\n", ", it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .\n", "eudora\n", "more 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 .\n", "may puzzle his most ardent fans .\n", "hastily dubbed disaster\n", "his debut\n", "creative sequel\n", "may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry\n", "some fairly pretty pictures\n", "and ` terrorists\n", ", the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .\n", "homework\n", "a way that is surprisingly enjoyable\n", "'s not too fast and not too slow .\n", "madonna 's -rrb-\n", "somber conclusion\n", "thin -- then out --\n", "even when it aims to shock .\n", "smarter offerings\n", "the rush\n", "returned from the beyond to warn you\n", "joyless ,\n", "that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out\n", "half as entertaining\n", "is in a class by itself\n", "of the very human need\n", "there were one for this kind of movie\n", "fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies ,\n", "first two films '\n", "have to\n", "the values of knowledge , education , and the\n", "meandering ending\n", "as kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair\n", "the connected stories\n", "of a physician who needs to heal himself\n", "now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it\n", "the digitally altered footage\n", "the avengers and the wild wild west\n", "torn\n", "also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives\n", "light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl\n", "as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise\n", "gives gifts\n", "much tongue\n", "are as contrived and artificial\n", "imbecilic mafia\n", "a good ear for dialogue\n", "it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain\n", "manhunter\n", "two big things\n", "intense and engrossing head-trip\n", "fondness and respect\n", "misbegotten\n", "artificial\n", "of itself\n", "plot and 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minutes\n", "i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .\n", "a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look\n", "to make than it is to sit through\n", "seem like something to endure instead of enjoy\n", "about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia\n", "of the word , even if you don ' t\n", "slippery slope\n", "for an hour and a half\n", "these\n", "terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates\n", "a dream is a wish your heart makes\n", "the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .\n", "civilized\n", "an overall sense\n", "wines\n", "it dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .\n", "journalistic or historical\n", "feel genuinely good\n", "this odd , distant portuguese import\n", "to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations\n", "is often very funny\n", "a laugh-out-loud way\n", "its insanely staged ballroom scene ,\n", "momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable\n", "apparent reason except\n", "an episode\n", "you need to see it\n", "look and tone\n", "the complications\n", "from squirming in their seats\n", "dutiful efforts\n", "watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance\n", "naomi watts is terrific as rachel ;\n", "flatly\n", "through the constraints of its source\n", "to the bloated costume drama\n", "... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror .\n", "over and over again .\n", "the midway point\n", "to blandly go where we went 8 movies ago\n", "overstated\n", "hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as\n", "fuel our best achievements and other times\n", "in a good way\n", "is powerful and provocative .\n", "i like it .\n", "that 's hardly any fun to watch\n", "as his circle of friends keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead\n", "ca n't save it\n", "even a little\n", "much of its running time\n", "that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album\n", "cruelty and suffering\n", "likably\n", "kind , unapologetic ,\n", "with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity\n", "more accomplished\n", "feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism\n", "recommend big bad love only\n", "for skin\n", "making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation\n", "is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it .\n", "sword-and-sorcery\n", "enjoyable basic minimum\n", "` you 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied .\n", "assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height\n", "sacrificing its high-minded appeal\n", "a life-size reenactment\n", "to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one\n", "with low-life tragedy\n", "schlock\n", "is cletis tout ?\n", "impossible as it may sound\n", "raffish charm and piercing intellect\n", "this poor remake of such a well loved classic\n", "nothing to show\n", "does , in fact ,\n", "the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe\n", "about the man and his country\n", "america speaking not a word of english\n", "truly wonderful tale\n", "the overall feel\n", "casting , often\n", "got a david lynch jones\n", "and crude storyline\n", "makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart\n", "his dad\n", "the most offensive thing about the movie\n", "given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart\n", "in terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused .\n", "punctuated by sudden shocks\n", "to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt\n", "the buoyant energy level\n", "to call the film ` refreshing\n", "actually watching the movie\n", "quite makes it to the boiling point\n", "in january\n", "in the genre\n", "your nightmares\n", "glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .\n", "in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny\n", "one of these days\n", "zealand\n", "flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do .\n", "doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves\n", "in a grisly sort of way\n", "loud and thoroughly\n", "'d do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action ...\n", "lifestyle\n", "fervently\n", "mr. hundert\n", "the cosby-seinfeld encounter\n", "ignored it\n", "despite juliet stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela 's emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .\n", "of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth\n", "like puppies with broken legs \\/ and butterflies that die \\/ and movies starring pop queens\n", "the very issues\n", "quirkily appealing minor movie\n", "'s so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through\n", "balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .\n", "ai n't\n", "the culprit early-on\n", "logic or\n", "personal\n", "woods\n", "nasty\n", "mannerisms and\n", "both character study and symbolic examination\n", "a young american ,\n", "irreversible flow\n", "impressed upon it\n", "depth .\n", "pornographic way\n", "a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur\n", "its relaxed , natural-seeming actors\n", "the territory\n", "flinging\n", "with an amateurish screenplay\n", "for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference\n", "in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it\n", "too many wrong turns\n", "an hour long\n", "an amazing slapstick instrument\n", "we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold .\n", "saving\n", "star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up --\n", "in full\n", "refreshing to see a romance this smart\n", "make you misty even when you do n't\n", "oscar-nominated\n", "the movie does not do them justice\n", "in advancing this vision\n", "the travail\n", "let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best ,\n", "loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them\n", "will laugh their \\*\\*\\* off for an hour-and-a-half\n", "has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .\n", "a ringside seat\n", "the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "on-camera interviews\n", "a little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged .\n", "asphalt\n", "makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary\n", "hour and\n", "the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings\n", "oversimplification , superficiality and silliness\n", "appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .\n", "well made\n", "with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "the simplicity\n", "time and\n", "like a quickie tv special than a feature film\n", "skins has a desolate air , but\n", "often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view\n", "they love themselves\n", "the chase sequence\n", "immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful\n", "edge\n", "of the way\n", "stare and sniffle , respectively ,\n", "step backward\n", "enough and worth\n", "his founding partner , yong kang ,\n", "is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever\n", "the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .\n", "there 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes\n", "mostly repetitive\n", ", as in the animal\n", "american culture\n", "as decent drama\\/action flick\n", "the supernatural trappings\n", "evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but\n", "the goo\n", "a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative\n", "the hastily and amateurishly\n", "has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .\n", "the three leads produce adequate performances , but\n", "only had a week to live\n", "covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature\n", "another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '\n", "should n't be half as entertaining as it is\n", "-lrb- has -rrb- an immediacy and\n", "saigon\n", "does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations\n", "does anyone much think the central story of brendan behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ?\n", "of longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie\n", "a grinning jack o '\n", "cheesy commercialism\n", "'s a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident\n", "mediocre cresting\n", "'s a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's .\n", "sedate pacing\n", "nicky\n", "provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable .\n", "one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities ,\n", "it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing\n", "every line and sag\n", "just might turn on many people to opera , in general\n", "works ,\n", "laugh-out-loud funny\n", "otherwise appalling , and downright creepy\n", "find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour\n", ", you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down\n", "proves a servicable world war ii drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored .\n", "those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us\n", "chilly anonymity\n", "of `` m\n", "a retooling\n", "locales\n", "devoid of joy and energy\n", "'s the perfect cure for insomnia\n", "a good music documentary , probably one of the best since the last waltz .\n", "talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be\n", "about old age and grief\n", "little else\n", "such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much\n", "an alienated executive\n", "a solid , unassuming drama\n", "plays like a tired tyco ad .\n", "nothing original\n", "pre-credit\n", "an american film\n", "of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau\n", "the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans\n", "coughed , fidgeted\n", "the film 's cheeky charm\n", "who sometimes defies sympathy\n", "30 or 40 minutes\n", "i enjoyed .\n", "they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .\n", "beautiful , evocative\n", "` topless tutorial service\n", "where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable .\n", "ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film\n", "bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .\n", "commercialism all in the same movie ...\n", "this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but\n", "town\n", "builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy\n", "than flesh-and-blood humans\n", "the ouzo\n", "the iranian new wave\n", "shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .\n", ", despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,\n", "close encounters of the third kind\n", "subtle , and resonant\n", "as a detailed personal portrait\n", "compare friday after next to them\n", "at shopping mall theaters across the country\n", "is n't especially realistic\n", "to hold our attention\n", "narrative rhythms\n", "best film\n", "no such thing is a big letdown .\n", "howard 's film\n", "eminently engrossing film\n", "is a success in some sense\n", "to mention absolutely refreshed .\n", "the film is not only a love song to the movies but\n", "do n't care about being stupid\n", "stomach-churning\n", "brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher\n", "clarity\n", "of other films\n", "the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered --\n", "a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale .\n", "though the film never veers from its comic course , its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .\n", "finch\n", "a divine monument\n", "this is an interesting movie ! ''\n", "connect and express\n", "gets the tone just right --\n", "designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret\n", "who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces\n", "costuming\n", "you too may feel time has decided to stand still .\n", "an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences\n", "as overbearing and over-the-top as the family\n", "that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama\n", "left me feeling refreshed and hopeful\n", "gradually turns what\n", "should n't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience\n", "than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds\n", "rigor\n", "bouncy score\n", "complex ,\n", "both character study\n", "a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and\n", "due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity\n", "chan 's films\n", "pinks\n", "kosashvili\n", "could make you weep\n", "is that there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise\n", "they have made to our shared history\n", "even an engaging mystery\n", "vaguely resemble their celebrity parents\n", "becoming irritating\n", "the appeal\n", "joseph heller\n", "his larger purpose\n", "the human spirit\n", "thin writing proves its undoing\n", "compassion , sacrifice\n", "naked women\n", "in a collectively stellar performance\n", "bit of piffle .\n", "more rewards\n", "of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people\n", "cake\n", "movie that franz kafka would have made .\n", "grooved\n", "to come to life\n", "the imagery in her paintings\n", "inclination\n", "very humble opinion\n", "bodily fluids gag\n", "clue\n", "speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .\n", "every child 's\n", "setup , delivery and payoff\n", "in collision\n", "good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess\n", "its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic\n", "mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "flattening\n", "an old pickup skidding\n", "the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive\n", "they\n", "i liked the movie\n", "warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer\n", "appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits\n", "entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment\n", "a poor fit\n", "there 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted .\n", "with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated\n", "them , tarantula\n", "obscure the message\n", "these shootings are concerned\n", "dicaprio 's best performance\n", "anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists :\n", "sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then\n", "very end\n", "a serious movie with serious ideas .\n", "love boat\n", "powerful and deeply moving example\n", "that has preceded it\n", "with a toddler\n", "being real\n", "watch too many barney videos\n", "for fans of thoughtful war films and those\n", "hallelujah\n", "the negative and\n", "mama africa\n", "commands attention\n", "of nonconformity\n", "of independent-community guiding lights\n", "of much stock footage of those days\n", "of tastelessness and gall\n", "drags\n", "for pop manifestations of the holy spirit\n", "that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies .\n", "thumbs down .\n", ", dishonorable history\n", "movie-of-the-week tearjerker\n", "does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 .\n", "photographic\n", "good teachers\n", "itself are little more than routine .\n", "the underworld urban angst\n", "it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides\n", "destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics\n", "that movie 's intermittent moments\n", "its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places\n", "pimental\n", "cut glory\n", "rat burger\n", "you laugh\n", "the rare imax movie\n", "end credits\n", "gryffindor scarf\n", "make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation .\n", "mib\n", "monty pythonesque flavor\n", "pool substitutes for a bathtub\n", "more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film\n", "like a tarantino movie with heart , alias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .\n", "the narration\n", "abandon the theater\n", "this movie has the usual impossible stunts ... but\n", "be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms\n", "adolescent violence\n", "... there is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .\n", "so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn\n", "crikey indeed .\n", "billy crystal and\n", "any teen\n", "does n't know it 's a comedy\n", "'s hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile\n", "would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility .\n", "riffs on the diciness of colonics\n", "every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but\n", "analyze this movie\n", "'s no working girl\n", "have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn\n", "that are damned in queen of the damned\n", "the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions ,\n", "those well spent\n", ", drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "on the hardwood\n", "will just as likely\n", ", absurd collection\n", "with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie .\n", "want to crawl up your own \\*\\*\\* in embarrassment\n", "of laughter\n", "this overlong infomercial ,\n", "too shallow for an older one\n", "corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago\n", "flashback\n", "is cloudy , the picture making becalmed\n", "shocking\n", "offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party .\n", "seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing\n", "wind chimes\n", "at the french film industry during the german occupation\n", "mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding\n", "collaborative\n", "despite the title\n", "falls short of first contact\n", "a remarkable new trick\n", "discursive but oddly\n", "could n't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen\n", "although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .\n", "of a young person\n", "the situations and the dialogue\n", "scarcely\n", "'s suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary\n", "is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character\n", "clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients\n", "historical document thanks\n", "do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages\n", "as original and insightful\n", "treated\n", "fine star performances\n", "tax einstein 's brain\n", "of the saccharine\n", "worth rooting against , for that matter\n", "from unintentional giggles -- several of them\n", ", sensitive story\n", "for prevention rather than\n", "exercise in nostalgia .\n", "the voice-over hero\n", "its own detriment\n", "of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written\n", "just what you get\n", "more emotional force than any other recent film\n", "the stones\n", "takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition\n", "in this film\n", "spy\n", "especially the frank sex scenes\n", "all for the mentally\n", "pixilated\n", "not because it was particularly funny\n", "the dramatic substance\n", "cahill\n", "as crimes go\n", "be a character study\n", "shine .\n", "caruso 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\n", "key strength\n", "tortuous comment\n", "'s get this thing over with\n", "an easy film\n", "it 's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .\n", "generally smart casting\n", "may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick\n", "examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less\n", "with his clamorous approach\n", "in its own right\n", "a dreary movie .\n", "compassion , good-natured\n", "welled up\n", "heavyweights\n", "a gentle , unforced intimacy\n", "is so insanely dysfunctional\n", "giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun .\n", "insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through\n", "all its botches\n", "deserves a sequel\n", "lang\n", "the enterprise\n", "a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue\n", "couples\n", "almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .\n", "get lost in the murk of its own making\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies ,\n", "that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''\n", "potent and riveting\n", "never inspired\n", "has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day\n", "spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams ,\n", "just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .\n", "most fish stories\n", "polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and\n", "toward the end\n", "dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue\n", "two brothers\n", ", is painterly .\n", "in passing\n", "to be a compelling\n", "ego-destroying\n", "of compassion\n", "pascale bailly 's\n", "its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but\n", 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teendom\n", "just as likely\n", "her real-life persona\n", ", inoffensive fluff\n", "keep it from being simpleminded\n", "to his series of spectacular belly flops\n", "the chocolate factory without charlie\n", "dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet\n", "reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "of female angst\n", "adorably ditsy but\n", "hollywood 's\n", "this nervy oddity , like modern art should .\n", "1990\n", "of cute animals and clumsy people\n", "takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .\n", "tropes\n", "to form for director peter bogdanovich\n", "is too long with too little going on .\n", "the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans\n", "evolved from star to superstar some time\n", "the 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sadness\n", "feel time has decided to stand still\n", "purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power\n", "crudup 's screen presence\n", "is one reason it 's so lackluster .\n", "the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses\n", "twenty-three\n", "'ll wind up together\n", "a sci-fi\n", "all the heart\n", "nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a -\n", "hilarious writer-director himself\n", "a scrapbook of living mug shots\n", "center\n", "a genial romance\n", "cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump\n", "quirky soccer import\n", "are no special effects , and no hollywood endings .\n", "to stevenson\n", "hashiguchi 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 .\n", "from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic\n", "'s a hellish , numbing experience to watch\n", "stomp ''\n", "trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has\n", "of satisfied customers\n", "it 's altman-esque\n", "an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product\n", "following year\n", "taking us\n", "familiar material\n", "is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '\n", "'ll never\n", "of mars\n", "prefer a simple misfire\n", "of a guy\n", "a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever\n", "opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary\n", "i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies\n", "jacqueline\n", "only so much baked cardboard i need to chew\n", "skin of man , heart of beast\n", "me\n", "must be the end of the world\n", "stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy\n", "to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers\n", "terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects\n", "bought a big tub of popcorn\n", "of creative belly laughs\n", "european cinema\n", ", music and metaphor\n", "'s not the least of afghan tragedies\n", "a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film\n", "i just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie .\n", "offers food\n", "yeah , baby\n", "absolutely nothing i had n't already seen .\n", "fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic\n", "for completely empty entertainment\n", "eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension .\n", ", the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .\n", "give his audience\n", "would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable .\n", "of dollars\n", "gives his heart only\n", "a bit of a downer and a little\n", "emotional gravity\n", "his strongest performance\n", "of ` jason x\n", "his boisterous energy\n", "dark room\n", "its little neck\n", "the same stuff\n", "at provincial bourgeois french society\n", ", you 're entirely unprepared .\n", "new swings\n", "perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with\n", "of those of us\n", "human-scale\n", "19\n", "to believe that a life like this can sound so dull\n", "dozing\n", "singh\n", "this bold move works\n", "as much as 8 women 's augustine\n", "screenwriter 's\n", "and last look\n", "comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense .\n", "'s as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet\n", "wise and powerful\n", "would be\n", "junior\n", "amir mann\n", "takes no apparent joy\n", "wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly\n", "versatile\n", "of man or\n", "the `` webcast\n", "its story was making no sense at all\n", "care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher\n", "open-faced , smiling madmen\n", "'s still terrible !\n", "seduces\n", "it may not be history -- but then again , what if it is ?\n", "are all cheap\n", "with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et\n", "rachel\n", "affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", "talking to americans\n", "that leaves you wanting more\n", "babbitt\n", "feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life\n", "'s unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year\n", "familiar situations\n", "limited range\n", "so many merchandised-to-the-max movies\n", "a sexy , surprising romance ... idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger\n", "whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one\n", "is ...\n", "get out your pooper-scoopers .\n", "might soon be looking for a sign .\n", "galore\n", "the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones\n", "after the death of a child\n", "to do with it\n", "is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story\n", "is less than 90 minutes\n", "ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations\n", "kumble\n", "pared down its plots and characters\n", "did n't think so .\n", "potentially interesting idea\n", "a real winner --\n", "of hipness\n", "there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it\n", "obviously seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne 's ' 20,000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time machine . '\n", "nights\n", "starts off\n", "a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid\n", "in weeks\n", "graceful , moving\n", "'re likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing\n", "could possibly find it funny .\n", "much better book\n", "that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers\n", "fascinating case study\n", "has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book\n", ", guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor .\n", "into a slap-happy series\n", "seen ` jackass : the movie\n", "so large it 's altman-esque\n", "there are entertaining and audacious moments\n", "as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight\n", "the light comedic work of zhao benshan\n", "the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but\n", "deep-seated , emotional\n", "as a gangster sweating\n", ", the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "` sophisticated ' viewers\n", "of a been-there , done-that sameness\n", "a such a brainless flibbertigibbet\n", "no amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting can hide a weak script .\n", "the campaign-trail press , especially\n", "this melancholic film noir\n", "of where it should go\n", "what it is\n", "involving\n", "man , heart of beast\n", "engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story\n", "own meager weight\n", "a philosophical visual coming right\n", "last-place basketball\n", "it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .\n", "a visual flair\n", "this gender-bending comedy\n", "souls and risk and schemes\n", "time , death , eternity , and\n", "veers uncomfortably close to pro-serb propaganda .\n", "haunting and sublime music\n", "insecurity\n", "christmas season pics\n", "flaccid odd-couple sniping\n", "to do something clever\n", "analgesic\n", "all the halfhearted zeal\n", "has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care ,\n", "an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time .\n", "'s more enjoyable than i expected , though\n", "haynes ' style apes films from the period\n", "a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it\n", "babbitt 's\n", "crane 's life\n", "understated expression\n", "but it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .\n", ", verve and fun\n", "more and\n", "peter sellers ,\n", "interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots\n", "as appalling as any ` comedy '\n", "brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock .\n", "as being 51 times stronger than coke\n", "maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .\n", "i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long\n", "that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action\n", "genteel\n", "for poetry\n", "for the screen\n", "even if it made its original release date last fall\n", "we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than high crimes\n", "hold my interest\n", "bullock and grant\n", "a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school .\n", "of parrots raised on oprah\n", "novel\n", "before indigestion sets\n", "assassin 's\n", "you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear .\n", "obnoxious 88-minute\n", "of a copy of a copy\n", "its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing\n", "to a fault , but\n", "a yellow streak\n", "though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency\n", "with a bigger budget\n", "go very right\n", "submerged here ,\n", "muscle\n", "to lau\n", "wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts\n", "most certainly\n", "bump in the night and nobody\n", "a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas\n", "michel serrault\n", "one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies\n", "the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .\n", "a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather\n", "a loosely tied series\n", "when you think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble : he 's the con , and you 're just the mark .\n", "storylines\n", "beliefs\n", "to\n", "you 've seen it all before\n", "a werewolf itself\n", "briefly flirts with player masochism\n", "a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't\n", "may\n", "dramatic things\n", "the auditorium\n", "i 'm likely to see all year\n", "gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .\n", "slaps\n", "enjoyed barbershop\n", "bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job\n", "white parents\n", "until the point\n", "glorious dose\n", "are simply intoxicating\n", "leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain\n", "'s extremely hard to relate to any of the characters\n", "redundant and inauthentic\n", "poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines\n", "stiff\n", "nor robert de niro\n", "the nincompoop benigni persona\n", "finely cut diamond\n", "serious ideas\n", "a whole\n", "offers an aids subtext\n", "inhuman monster\n", ", it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken\n", "if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids\n", "surprisingly buoyant tone\n", "only problem\n", "this listless feature will win him any new viewers\n", "emerge .\n", "not once\n", "mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing\n", "reported\n", "suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance\n", "'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts\n", "quite admirable\n", "measured or polished\n", "romantic nor comedic\n", "only so-so\n", "a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions\n", "look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux .\n", "screen the master of disguise 24\\/7\n", "make interesting\n", "falls into the trap of pretention\n", "hang-ups\n", "and bill weber\n", "tickets\n", "favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles\n", "hold over her\n", "sheer ugliness\n", "for freedom\n", "refers\n", "for biting off such a big job the first time out\n", "of cinematic perfection\n", "one man 's treasure\n", "that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest\n", "is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride\n", "the screenplay by billy ray and terry george\n", "totally unnecessary prologue\n", "air-conditioning\n", "ultimate edition\n", "itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits\n", "snow dogs\n", "where it 's supposed to feel funny and light\n", "string together\n", "huge risks\n", "fall into the category of films\n", "between the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb- and emilie -lrb- le besco -rrb-\n", "exhilarating ,\n", "in knowing that\n", "delightfully\n", "pleasant enough dish\n", "you have left\n", ", earnest and -- sadly -- dull\n", "so aggressively cheery\n", "a beer\n", "an engaging nostalgia piece\n", "for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie\n", "a real snooze .\n", "admission\n", "into the mysteries of human behavior\n", "will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere\n", ", philosophical nature\n", "a perfect performance\n", "spader and\n", "while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through\n", "a compelling coming-of-age drama\n", "commercialism all in the same movie\n", "while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere\n", "a few crucial things\n", "an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", "at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends\n", "but thoroughly satisfying entertainment\n", "riffs on the diciness of colonics ,\n", "acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense\n", "movie-industry satire\n", "the living room\n", "the news of his illness\n", "their antics\n", "did n't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow\n", "succeeds .\n", "its seriousness and quality\n", "without -lrb- de niro -rrb-\n", "breathtakingly\n", "the horrible pains of a death\n", ", like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .\n", "whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that\n", "with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "abhorrent\n", "is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice\n", "to be carried away\n", "setting\n", "move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama\n", "it '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 .\n", "give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions ,\n", "a collaboration\n", "dramatized\n", "are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs\n", "a plot\n", "by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart\n", "a discarded house beautiful spread\n", "the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale\n", "suggests that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality .\n", "saeko\n", "mired in sentimentality\n", "raunchy and graphic\n", "view\n", "much of a mystery\n", "clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and\n", "if you 're an agnostic carnivore\n", "agonizing bore\n", "characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "mind :\n", "our times\n", "have a good alternative\n", "estrogen-free\n", "somewhat satisfying\n", "it 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled .\n", "impresses\n", "does little that is actually funny with the material\n", "alert !\n", "a nationwide blight\n", "does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life .\n", "thanks\n", "in both animation and storytelling\n", "radio\n", "the film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters\n", "about six gags\n", "really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire\n", "well-balanced\n", "a confrontational stance\n", "roller coaster life\n", "long-suffering\n", "a charm\n", "inconsistencies\n", "and brutal nature\n", "as quirky\n", "surprisingly touching\n", "its digs\n", "call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie\n", "showing us in explicit detail\n", "is supposed to be madcap farce\n", "does n't have a passion for the material\n", "the edge\n", "treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures\n", "overstays\n", "is a tribute\n", "very shapable but largely unfulfilling\n", "it is about the subject\n", "makes it\n", "decent gags\n", "a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte\n", "of this worn-out , pandering palaver\n", "a giant pile of elephant feces\n", "making a vanity project with nothing new\n", "nothing but a camera\n", ", he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .\n", "a head-turner\n", "taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "an excellent job\n", "effective if you stick with it\n", "earlier copycat under siege\n", "a dark room with something cool\n", "its 83 minutes\n", "the same all over\n", "its moods\n", "'s too committed .\n", "to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals\n", "will smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures\n", "does n't always go hand in hand with talent\n", "restored\n", "wo n't be disappointed\n", "resolutely unreligious\n", "hardhearted\n", "binary\n", "is probably\n", "blissfully\n", "it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance .\n", "me and\n", "cinematic intoxication ,\n", "fabuleux destin\n", "indispensable\n", "presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves\n", "brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness\n", "a rather dull , unimaginative car chase\n", "suggesting that with his fourth feature\n", "the porky 's\n", "most daring\n", "it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .\n", "diplomat 's\n", "striking a blow for artistic integrity\n", "blockage\n", "captivating details\n", "is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades\n", "amused by the sick sense of humor\n", "sever\n", "'' dangerous\n", "creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old --\n", "frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and\n", "-lrb- t -rrb- he\n", "vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .\n", "to interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor\n", "either esther 's initial anomie or\n", "... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .\n", "do with the story\n", "the plot and its complications\n", "the start -- and\n", ", serious film\n", "cons\n", "veers from its comic course\n", "you 'll cheer .\n", "might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block\n", "spare and simple manner\n", "faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill ,\n", "are poorly\n", "about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie ,\n", "like , say ,\n", "never does `` lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan . ''\n", "tempting just to go with it for the ride\n", "as relationships shift\n", "you can release your pent up anger\n", "wild soil\n", "a no\n", "iii\n", "`` snl '' has-been\n", "been given a part worthy of her considerable talents\n", "that carries a charge of genuine excitement\n", "accepts the news of his illness so quickly but\n", "afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", "if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in\n", "immature and\n", "our justice system\n", "need to chew\n", "ai n't art ,\n", "once emotional\n", "it does have a few cute moments\n", "by amateurish\n", "9\\/11\n", "lived experience\n", "that deserves a chance to shine\n", "the telling of a story largely untold\n", "tooth and claw\n", "flatter\n", "the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness\n", "it 's mission accomplished\n", "even lazier and far less enjoyable\n", ", jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .\n", "me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow\n", "just when you think you are making sense of it\n", "hoary dialogue\n", "still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "of eager fans\n", "capra 's\n", "scooby-doo does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick .\n", "silence of the lambs\n", "smart , compelling drama\n", "frazzled\n", "a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding\n", "not only better than its predecessor\n", "amazing\n", "a weird\n", "at 163 minutes\n", "patronising reverence\n", "works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times\n", "the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon\n", "a technical triumph and an extraordinary\n", "two obvious dimensions\n", "the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult\n", "held my interest\n", "michael kalesniko\n", "be college kids\n", "pursuers\n", "a cult favorite\n", "fascinating they may be as history\n", "this is n't worth sitting through\n", "zeus -lrb- the dog from snatch -rrb-\n", "-lrb- less a movie than -rrb- an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so\n", "menace and atmosphere\n", "this sometimes wry adaptation of v.s. naipaul 's novel\n", "unlikely\n", "with such conviction\n", "it ai n't half-bad .\n", "with the pesky moods of jealousy\n", "tortured husband\n", "that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father ,\n", "far less sophisticated and knowing horror films\n", "chesterton and\n", "the recent argentine film son of the bride\n", "little less product\n", "that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off\n", "kids-and-family-oriented\n", "cloying messages and irksome characters\n", "director tuck tucker\n", "it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker\n", "light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness\n", "an oscar\n", "its surreal sense of humor and technological finish\n", "is frequently indecipherable\n", "another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .\n", "'s a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful\n", "borderline\n", "man , heart\n", "gone badly awry\n", "had ever\n", "hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and\n", "is doa\n", "its recycled aspects ,\n", "just seems manufactured to me and artificial\n", "a very tasteful rock and roll movie\n", "even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly\n", "never quite emerges from the shadow of ellis ' book .\n", "persuades\n", "brew\n", "are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie\n", "contrived exercise\n", "those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand ,\n", "the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .\n", "an easy one to review\n", ", the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .\n", ", incisive meditation\n", "idiotic court maneuvers\n", "instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos .\n", "designed as a reverie about memory and regret ,\n", "the film 's production design\n", "no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him\n", "understated and\n", "when it could have been so much more\n", "any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject\n", "of the idea itself\n", "of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex\n", "after foster\n", "all the sibling rivalry\n", "all movie long , city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast .\n", "orange\n", "sharing the same scene\n", "it 's just rather leaden and dull .\n", "does n't live up to the exalted tagline\n", "action sequences\n", "daunting narrative\n", "aimless ,\n", "american sports\n", ", but i found what time\n", "of dust-caked stagnation\n", "for being\n", "stunning new young talent\n", "turns a potentially interesting idea\n", "the filmmaker 's extraordinary access\n", "by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness\n", "filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope\n", "the careers of a pair of spy kids\n", "are in perfect balance .\n", "as the film goes on\n", "makes them .\n", "goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over .\n", "long soliloquies\n", "'s something about mary and both american pie movies\n", "own views\n", "and hip huggers\n", "like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad\n", "spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship\n", "all-too-familiar saga\n", "` under siege 3\n", "sci-fi thriller\n", "motherhood\n", "when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns\n", "to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and\n", "how men would act if they had periods\n", "is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii\n", "scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph\n", "than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes\n", "of scarface\n", "one-hour tv documentary\n", "an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series\n", "the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year\n", "hell so shattering it\n", "way home\n", "piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes ,\n", "mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either\n", "forcefully told , with superb performances throughout\n", "just about all\n", "at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance .\n", "be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then\n", "a rumor of angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness\n", "it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose\n", "is essentially juiceless .\n", "labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .\n", "disarmingly lived-in movie\n", "upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and\n", "throws away\n", "work at the back of your neck\n", "menacing\n", "the music\n", "a definitive account\n", "the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility .\n", "makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie\n", "watching austin powers\n", "the attraction\n", "is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years\n", "indie projects\n", "someone 's\n", "underestimated\n", "of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting\n", "'s nothing remotely topical or sexy\n", "brief nudity\n", "telegraphed well in advance\n", "unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale\n", "which is just the point\n", "make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and\n", "there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .\n", "anything that 's been done before\n", "and mr. serrault\n", "stand a ghost of a chance\n", "a hairdo like gandalf\n", "come with a subscription to espn the magazine\n", "kids-in-peril theatrics\n", "scherfig , the writer-director ,\n", "are frequently more fascinating than the results\n", "informative ,\n", "jews\n", "bluescreen\n", "last dance ,\n", "a dearth of vitality\n", "comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature .\n", "to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned\n", "it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks\n", "you could possibly expect these days from american cinema\n", "by phifer and black\n", "scenes all end in someone screaming .\n", "near the back\n", "the online world\n", "passes time\n", "potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale .\n", "of these tragic deaths\n", "tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing\n", "the annals of cinema\n", "its shortness disappoints\n", "refreshingly ,\n", "undeniable\n", "in a remote african empire\n", "be ignored\n", "raises some worthwhile themes\n", "the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood .\n", "the entire family and one\n", "below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but\n", ", for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life\n", "on a historical text\n", "remember a niche hit\n", "gravity and plummets\n", "the intended , er , spirit\n", ", ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .\n", "thick shmear\n", "scope and\n", "been bland\n", "that also smacks of revelation\n", "are too cute\n", "shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .\n", "in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell\n", "like the work of someone\n", "depictions\n", "` analyze that\n", "wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "frosting is n't , either\n", "subtle and visceral\n", "suck you in despite their flaws\n", "though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times\n", "a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then\n", "it -- the kind of movie\n", "hilariously wicked black comedy ...\n", "norwegian offering\n", "i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but\n", "to flesh either out\n", "i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent .\n", "while scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .\n", "that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .\n", "extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance\n", "the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you ,\n", "a fierce dance of destruction\n", "squint\n", "in what is already an erratic career\n", "a pure participatory event\n", "the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them .\n", "is the best ` old neighborhood ' project\n", "of which they 'll get plenty -rrb-\n", "filmmaker 's\n", "mouth\n", "come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals\n", "wears its empowerment\n", "goodfellas\n", "heads\n", "shiver-inducing\n", "impressively discreet filmmakers\n", "induces headaches\n", "from himself\n", "to really\n", "is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "pre-9 \\/ 11 new york\n", "distinct impression\n", "black\n", "a profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .\n", "chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it\n", "miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .\n", "like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge\n", "a clear-eyed chronicle\n", "into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "tepid star trek\n", "invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once\n", "the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb- and emilie\n", "than any english lit\n", "an emotionally strong and politically potent piece\n", "to never growing old\n", "becomes more specimen\n", "cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .\n", "raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum\n", "an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist -lrb- not to mention gently political -rrb- meditation\n", "is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .\n", "personal velocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness , yet\n", "with amazing finesse\n", "'s coherent , well shot\n", "audience 's\n", "hardly a film that comes along every day .\n", "'s so bad it starts to become good\n", "listen\n", "get inside you\n", "deadpan tone\n", "brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination\n", "doubling\n", "brother-man\n", "that 's its first sign of trouble .\n", "is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee\n", "hollywood expects people to pay to see it\n", "figured out the con and the players\n", "'s the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ?\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon .\n", "swims away\n", "people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks\n", "detailed wonders\n", "secular\n", "closing act\n", "of pulchritude\n", "this version of h.g. wells ' time machine\n", "garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne . '\n", "can only point the way -- but\n", "watered down the version of the one before\n", "go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.\n", "that makes hard work\n", "be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory\n", "given this movie a rating of zero\n", "the locations\n", "the script is too mainstream\n", "'s tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo\n", "crisper and\n", "sugar hysteria\n", "calm us of our daily ills and\n", "s face is chillingly unemotive ,\n", "are simply intoxicating .\n", "take credit\n", "stress ` dumb\n", "astoundingly\n", "an accent\n", "there 's nothing else happening\n", "ralph fiennes and\n", "could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction\n", "only to record the events for posterity\n", "rally to its cause\n", "slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman\n", "has stuck around for this long\n", "from a forgotten front\n", "doubt it\n", "shrugging acceptance\n", "perform entertaining tricks\n", "captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago ,\n", "were far more entertaining than i had expected\n", "recalling\n", "gives `` mothman ''\n", "take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses\n", "get buried alive\n", "the film 's sense\n", "distinct\n", "'s a conundrum not worth solving\n", "as one of the most interesting writer\\/directors working today\n", "of their control\n", "ultimate collapse\n", "quick-cuts\n", "a little scattered\n", "choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic\n", "appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen\n", "it 's still not a good movie\n", "three short films\n", "a time machine , a journey back to your childhood ,\n", "in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown\n", "hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ...\n", "in a barrel\n", "the people\n", "deeper level\n", "a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people\n", "partly satisfying\n", "convinced\n", "is possible\n", "nightmare\n", "the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun\n", "at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness\n", "stomach-turning\n", ", the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .\n", "the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator\n", "poo-poo\n", "carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy\n", "in this spy comedy franchise\n", "exercise in formula crash-and-bash action\n", "the genre and\n", "has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid\n", "than ` magnifique\n", "eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .\n", "that undercuts its charm\n", "i have ever seen on the screen\n", "it 's not an easy one to review .\n", "strident and\n", "fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope\n", "being good\n", "ever racing\n", "a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title would have you believe .\n", "it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience\n", "already overladen with plot conceits\n", "june\n", "'s nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour\n", "interested ,\n", "a film 's title served such dire warning\n", "watercolor\n", "get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .\n", "of animation enthusiasts of all ages\n", "splendid\n", "specific conditions\n", "wonder if she is always like that\n", "columbia pictures '\n", "like a brand-new\n", "probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .\n", "one of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way .\n", "advert\n", "in a word\n", "would even think to make the attraction a movie\n", "great visual stylists\n", "with indoctrinated prejudice\n", "lingering terror\n", "the synergistic impulse\n", "the girls\n", "others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .\n", "most wondrous love story\n", "penalty\n", "far more interested\n", "a fascinating part\n", "they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented ,\n", "of benjamins ' elements\n", "'s worth it\n", "would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes\n", "a satisfying movie experience\n", "'s an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends\n", "the optimism\n", "many viewers\n", "is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination .\n", "the ruthless social order\n", "too bad none\n", "great saturday night live sketch\n", "eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material\n", "mtv show\n", "to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting\n", "a witty , low-key romantic comedy .\n", "gives a performance that is masterly .\n", "villeneuve\n", "the popularity\n", "witness first-time director\n", "that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "'s about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing .\n", "'s anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair .\n", "attractive\n", "graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake .\n", "seeing how both evolve\n", "the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .\n", "to touch on spousal abuse\n", "derek luke\n", "this laboratory of laughter\n", "the apparent skills\n", "by killer cgi effects\n", "while this has the making of melodrama , the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them .\n", "directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid\n", "subtly rendered\n", "a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community .\n", "though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking\n", "increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle\n", "delivers the same message\n", "that delivers a surprising\n", "italicizes the absurdity of the premise\n", "two bewitched adolescents\n", "where nothing really happens\n", "very much\n", "without missing a beat\n", "leather pants &\n", "of history affectingly\n", "is slight and admittedly manipulative\n", "remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .\n", "grabs you in the dark and\n", "thoughtless , random , superficial humour\n", "labute deal with the subject of love head-on\n", "vittorio de sica proud\n", "bride\n", "practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte\n", ", always brooding look\n", "uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos\n", "refusing\n", "contemporary , in-jokey one\n", "does n't do more than expand a tv show to movie length\n", "is no `` waterboy ! ''\n", "sense-of-humour\n", "impulses\n", "it never lacks in eye-popping visuals\n", "the run-of-the-mill singles blender\n", "carry out a dickensian hero\n", "may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet\n", "might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?\n", "plenty of entertainment value\n", "warm and\n", "a certain era\n", "proves it 's never too late to learn\n", "bubble\n", "turf\n", "narrated by martin landau and\n", "be delightfully compatible here\n", "you bet there is and\n", "international acclaim\n", "godfrey reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .\n", "paxton , making his directorial feature debut\n", "director denzel washington\n", "builds its multi-character story with a flourish\n", "before booking passage\n", ", no , we get another scene , and then another .\n", "the answer is as conventional as can be\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating ,\n", "the whole dead-undead genre ,\n", "the dispossessed\n", "are fleshed-out enough to build any interest .\n", "harry & tonto never existed\n", "the rest of the film\n", "that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability\n", "of a sort\n", "from the palestinian side\n", "an inexplicable nightmare\n", "thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances\n", "fantastically vital\n", "about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption\n", "jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects\n", "moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior\n", "here a more annoying , though less angry\n", "through this one\n", "throw us off the path of good sense\n", "who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "grittily beautiful\n", "instead go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance\n", "'s to this film 's -lrb- and its makers ' -rrb-\n", "and artistic transcendence\n", "should be thrown back in the river\n", "that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history\n", "carrey\n", "most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure are still there .\n", "an archetypal\n", "her exploration of the outer limits of raunch\n", "who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust\n", "ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but\n", "pokes , provokes ,\n", "entertainment\n", "exists , and\n", "works - mostly due to its superior cast\n", "to its great credit\n", ", silver-haired and leonine\n", "slapstick\n", "wartime farce\n", "a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama\n", "the catholic establishment\n", "brought to life on the big screen .\n", "brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness .\n", "not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans .\n", "anti-adult movies\n", "buoyant , expressive\n", "'s a sheer unbridled delight in the way\n", "could have had\n", "terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and\n", "shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places ,\n", "is laughingly enjoyable\n", "actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "knows its sade\n", "with the story\n", "given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation\n", "that rare movie that works on any number of levels\n", "depressing\n", "except someone\n", "a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .\n", "to fear about `` fear dot com ''\n", "while certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts\n", "commenting on the monster 's path of destruction\n", "lavish formalism\n", "a cut-and-paste\n", "the film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand .\n", "a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor\n", "stale first act , scrooge story ,\n", "the gloss\n", "to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie\n", "awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue\n", "a few sleepless hours\n", "tezuka 's status\n", "a faster paced family\n", "first 2\\/3\n", "its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters\n", "it -rrb- comes off like a hallmark commercial\n", "the word ,\n", ", moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .\n", ", behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman\n", "it never quite adds up\n", ", it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .\n", "mostly fool 's gold\n", "what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves .\n", "stallion of the cimarron is a winner .\n", "a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .\n", "as the film 's characters\n", "he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "america 's thirst for violence\n", "concerning\n", "on expressing itself in every way imaginable\n", ", blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .\n", "bad film you thought was going to be really awful\n", "a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore\n", "a temperamental child\n", "twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away .\n", "a more sheerly beautiful film\n", "must have been lost in the translation\n", "the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state\n", "understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing\n", "the exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee\n", "but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "into forced fuzziness\n", "line\n", "particular area\n", "1994 's\n", "the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack\n", "after\n", "well-structured\n", "for 90 minutes\n", "by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived .\n", "to be affected and boring\n", "of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing\n", "the emotions seem authentic\n", "actually has a brain\n", "feel like running out screaming\n", "favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness\n", "grotesque narcissism\n", "of the first movie\n", "if they want one\n", "crammed with incident\n", "the disappointingly generic nature\n", "a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick\n", "of the art world\n", "'s all true .\n", "director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates .\n", "owe more\n", "it 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death\n", "this journey\n", "way chekhov\n", "an undistinguished rhythm\n", "can be\n", "and immature provocations\n", "breathes extraordinary life\n", "mcculloch production\n", "affecting depictions of a love affair\n", "marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown 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costumes\n", "scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an\n", "satiric fire and emotional turmoil\n", "really horrible drek .\n", "televised\n", "lack-of-attention span\n", "bargain-basement european pickup\n", "more entertaining ,\n", "of john waters and todd solondz\n", "those crazy , mixed-up films\n", "high drama ,\n", "the overuse of special effects\n", "delightful little film\n", "that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it\n", "classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ?\n", "tormented\n", "that good\n", "of fun , with an undeniable energy\n", "provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket\n", "the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .\n", "exterior photography\n", "has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still 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short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .\n", "colorful but flat drawings\n", "the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but\n", "robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side .\n", "it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief\n", "would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality\n", "their resumes\n", "it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something\n", "be had from films crammed with movie references\n", "... stylistically , the movie is a disaster .\n", "been the action\n", "the direction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism .\n", "parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them\n", "is a sentimentalist\n", "elaborate\n", "jr.\n", "overcomes\n", "nails sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .\n", "eclipses nearly everything else she 's 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"attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama .\n", "lilia herself\n", "manchild\n", "older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag\n", "an ambitious movie that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough\n", "falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic\n", "-lrb- gulpilil -rrb- is a commanding screen presence , and\n", "listless and desultory affair\n", "to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival\n", "demonstrated a knack\n", "date movies\n", "malone\n", "any james bond thriller\n", "i laughed at\n", "is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery\n", "banter-filled comedy\n", "it 's makes a better travelogue than movie .\n", "a canny crowd pleaser\n", "to make sense\n", "where the moment takes them\n", "fisher\n", "the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .\n", "it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming\n", "friday the\n", "a 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"nervy and memorable\n", "love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has\n", "rattling noise\n", "sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .\n", "some kid\n", "look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia\n", "hallmark\n", "dustin hoffman and holly hunter\n", "dramas like this make it human .\n", "you 're into rap\n", "striking , quietly vulnerable personality\n", "those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow\n", "of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts\n", "just seems like it does .\n", "hugely enjoyable film\n", "this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs\n", "statements\n", "headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german 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something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation\n", "in the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality\n", "that is because - damn it !\n", "a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music\n", "film sequel\n", "a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "through the movie\n", "give what can easily be considered career-best performances\n", "thrown-together feel\n", "in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance\n", "are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out\n", "demeaning\n", "distasteful and\n", "saying something meaningful about facing death\n", "very little to add beyond the dark visions already 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ever given us .\n", "strong , character-oriented piece\n", "big whoop\n", "a bad premise , just\n", "its one-joke premise with the thesis\n", "provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc\n", "to college education\n", "knock yourself out and\n", "with this new rollerball\n", "chou-chou\n", "over their heads\n", "real stars\n", "skateboarder tony hawk or\n", "feels strangely hollow at its emotional core\n", "'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly\n", "-lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments\n", "slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth\n", "blutarsky\n", "intelligence and care\n", "directions and\n", "middle-class\n", "'' certainly is n't dull .\n", "can comfortably hold\n", "that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler\n", "if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body\n", "the american 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a thrill\n", "a friday night diversion\n", "for the film 's publicists or\n", "the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days\n", "onto a story already overladen with plot conceits\n", ", there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .\n", "the fire\n", "on how interesting and likable you find them\n", "parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they\n", "a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "determination and the human spirit\n", "movie moment gems\n", "of work\n", "there are n't many conclusive answers in the film ,\n", "feature-length running time of one hour\n", "with only caine\n", "the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman\n", "bugsy than the caterer\n", "but one thing 's for sure\n", "reside\n", "of entertainment value\n", "moving along\n", "the usual suspects\n", "i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "of disbelief\n", "was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz ?\n", "77 minutes of pokemon\n", "suspenseful enough\n", "lifts blue crush\n", "with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master\n", "every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy\n", "clause 2\n", "pap\n", "a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb- a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode .\n", "ever explaining him\n", "parable of renewal\n", "'s as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself .\n", "reading a research paper\n", ", heavy-handed\n", "firmly\n", "uninspired send-up\n", "of that extensive post-production\n", "plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter .\n", "screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut\n", "it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .\n", "a very lively dream\n", "plodding\n", "who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance\n", "tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging\n", "pretty but dumb\n", "universal studios ,\n", "personal policy\n", "adrift in various new york city locations\n", "has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it\n", "at its best -lrb- and it does have some very funny sequences -rrb- looking for leonard\n", "a passable date film\n", "acute writing\n", "everything rob reiner\n", "think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original\n", "shallow entertainment\n", ", spiritless , silly and monotonous\n", "of being john malkovich\n", "look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .\n", "should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material\n", "a superficial way\n", "start and finish\n", "amid\n", "dull .\n", "true to its animatronic roots :\n", "was n't preachy\n", "silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp\n", "been a confusing and horrifying vision\n", "'s the man that makes the clothes .\n", "may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed\n", "come from a broken family\n", "the practitioners\n", "safe as\n", "he 's the con\n", "meant to reduce blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia .\n", "'s rambo - meets-john ford\n", "if signs is a good film , and it is\n", "watered down\n", "introverted\n", "government \\/ marine\\/legal mystery\n", "light\n", "'s never dull\n", ", nuanced\n", "gets the impression the creators of do n't ask do n't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes\n", "fourth-rate jim carrey\n", "producer john penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''\n", "were a person\n", "its broad racial insensitivity\n", "indie of the year ,\n", "a little objectivity\n", "of genuine insight into the urban heart\n", "a spy thriller\n", "cho 's fans\n", "catherine breillat 's\n", "`` horror '' movie\n", "the acting\n", ", cry and realize ,\n", "too soon\n", "no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels .\n", "their maudlin influence\n", "this or\n", "atmospheric ballast\n", "would have made for better drama\n", "have happened at picpus\n", "scary about feardotcom\n", "no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers\n", "to seem sincere , and just\n", "a case\n", "evaporates\n", ", discontent , and yearning\n", "of impact on me these days\n", "to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family\n", "that explode into flame\n", "morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .\n", "make you hate yourself for giving in\n", "quirks and mannerisms\n", "at once\n", "uppity musical\n", "the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut .\n", "wild west\n", "make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart\n", "a decent draft in the auditorium\n", "the precarious balance\n", "consider this review life-affirming\n", "simply runs out of ideas\n", ", it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .\n", "a fat man 's\n", "the right elements\n", "undeniable energy\n", "signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .\n", "austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .\n", "armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud\n", "it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it begs to be parodied .\n", "that memorable ,\n", "rather listless amble\n", "smarts\n", "this movie has the usual impossible stunts\n", "to keep it entertaining\n", "kind of\n", "fake\n", "eyre 's -rrb-\n", "sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one\n", "a worthy idea\n", "often unsettling landscape\n", "he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither .\n", "cold movie\n", "boils\n", "is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .\n", "the measure\n", "this excursion\n", "the slickest\n", "are every bit as distinctive as his visuals .\n", "the verge\n", "tries and tries\n", "gets under your skin and , some plot blips\n", "cleverest\n", "scratch for a lesson in scratching\n", "santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .\n", "take time\n", "understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal\n", "of matthew 's predicament\n", "darkest\n", "make with a decent budget\n", "enough sweet\n", "virtues\n", "to be\n", "engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy\n", "like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure\n", "grandly\n", "seeks\n", "found his groove these days\n", "does because -lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "spectator\n", "footnote\n", "feel alive -\n", "we started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine\n", "conceive\n", "rashomon-for-dipsticks tale .\n", "script co-written\n", "to break your heart\n", "articulates\n", "learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is\n", "it 's based on true events\n", "is a monumental achievement\n", "breaks the mood\n", "say this\n", "dancing shoes\n", "too many barney videos\n", "a summary of the plot\n", "even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works\n", "reducing our emotional stake\n", "a stately sense of composition\n", "of burnt-out cylinders\n", "this exciting new filmmaker\n", "thoroughly modern\n", "clarissa dalloway\n", "a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece\n", "jolts the laughs from the audience\n", "that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem\n", "the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and\n", "so many red herrings\n", "his characters stage\n", "remotely probing or penetrating .\n", "is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "may find some fun in this jumbled mess\n", "a whole lot about lily chou-chou\n", "his approach to storytelling\n", "one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie\n", "depressingly\n", "a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .\n", "the characters\n", "brosnan bunch\n", "on `` the simpsons ''\n", "wo n't be disappointed .\n", "has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself\n", "spinning styx\n", "winces ,\n", "little of interest\n", "though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough\n", "the spell they cast\n", "broadly\n", "the film 's ice cold\n", "written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s\n", "the laughs are as rare as snake foo yung .\n", "what 's going on\n", "stabs\n", "being unique\n", "shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "into by-the-numbers territory\n", "a line\n", "unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .\n", "an exhilarating place\n", "a disservice\n", "'s secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours\n", "crisis sequences\n", "a real writer plot\n", "that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances\n", "get all five\n", "build in the mind of the viewer and\n", "the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "de niro and murphy\n", "a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story\n", "effective\n", "another car chase , explosion or gunfight\n", "the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .\n", "an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .\n", "the movie 's not .\n", "of joyful solo performance\n", "continue\n", "his life-altering experiences\n", "do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice\n", "the film 's drumbeat about authenticity\n", "nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .\n", "has made tucker a star\n", "werner\n", "manhattan denizens\n", "on action\n", "affirms\n", "has a genuine dramatic impact\n", "sad but endearing characters\n", "accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people\n", "vast proportions\n", ", grown-up voice\n", "ya-yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film .\n", "force and craven concealment\n", "a cool event for the whole family\n", "punishment\n", "film overwhelmed\n", "ces wild\n", "most impressive player\n", "the rock\n", "substitute\n", "i 'm almost recommending it , anyway\n", "look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic\n", "on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ...\n", "its poignancy\n", "are maintained\n", "i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but\n", "throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth , windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .\n", "we take pictures\n", "with a heavy irish brogue\n", "that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups\n", "a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing\n", "rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ...\n", "space travel\n", "familiar situations and repetitive scenes\n", "bearing\n", "salvos hitting a discernible target\n", "keenly observed and refreshingly natural\n", "writer\\/director bart freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship\n", "'s something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties\n", "about either the nature of women or of friendship\n", "marginal characters\n", "by georgian-israeli director dover kosashvili\n", "not enough fizz\n", "giggly\n", "achieves the near-impossible\n", "the storytelling may be ordinary ,\n", "... is dudsville .\n", "influence us\n", "sitcomishly\n", "sultry\n", "of special\n", "a savage garden music video on his resume\n", ", quirky movie\n", "the continent\n", "either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept\n", "trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey\n", "to like it\n", "the film was n't preachy , but it was feminism by the book\n", "swedish fillm\n", ", obvious or self-indulgent\n", "of the piece\n", "i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something\n", "have lost the ability to think\n", "intricately\n", "one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures\n", "-- was a fad that had long since vanished .\n", "no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish\n", "manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents\n", "does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation\n", "of our making\n", "back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting\n", "a real charmer\n", "more worshipful than your random e\n", "that you have to pay if you want to see it\n", "shifted\n", "has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places\n", "any of the signposts ,\n", "the heart accomodates practical\n", "a listless and desultory affair .\n", "depending upon where you live -rrb-\n", "do n't notice the 129-minute running time\n", "endlessly\n", "the film 's lack of personality\n", ", something happens that tells you there is no sense .\n", "than to the abysmal hannibal\n", "panoramic\n", "needed so badly but what is virtually absent\n", "schneidermeister\n", "to judge\n", "misguided , and ill-informed ,\n", ", generous and subversive artworks\n", "full-fledged\n", "uncompromising artists\n", "of his open-faced , smiling madmen\n", "with the stage versions\n", "romeo and juliet\\/west side story territory\n", "in certain places\n", "is vivacious\n", "is flat\n", "minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made\n", "disney animation\n", "spellbinding serpent 's\n", "you liked the previous movies in the series\n", "budding demons within a wallflower\n", "michael caine 's performance\n", "many genuine cackles\n", "mib ii\n", "national lampoon 's van wilder is son of animal house .\n", "its bizarre heroine\n", "in the worst way\n", "weiss and\n", "by christmas\n", "defeated but\n", "boy ,\n", "brought back\n", "flowers\n", "just unlikable\n", "through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams\n", "amid all the blood\n", "is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films\n", "somewhat touched\n", "the disparate elements\n", "the theaters\n", "a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem .\n", "guiding\n", "would be impossible to sit through\n", "great , fiery passion\n", "can honestly\n", "writer laura cahill\n", "identification frustratingly\n", "like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior\n", "a sudden lunch rush\n", "feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness\n", "in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "tap-dancing\n", "forget their lines\n", "raymond j. barry as the ` assassin '\n", "as hannibal would say\n", "... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .\n", "get into heaven\n", "in its courageousness , and comedic employment\n", "way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "in the viewing audience\n", "hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances\n", "just does n't figure in the present hollywood program .\n", "tolkien\n", "author\n", "the transition\n", "for this sucker\n", "firing his r&d people\n", "'s refreshing\n", "an intermingling\n", "our hearts\n", "anything but laughable\n", "traditionally structured\n", "warned\n", "smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still\n", "wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay\n", "a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse .\n", "it is a whole lot of fun and\n", ", inescapably gorgeous ,\n", "harrison ford low\n", "may not be history -- but then again\n", "falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers\n", "of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention\n", "even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient\n", "iwai\n", "'s novel\n", "90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "on the other hand ,\n", "running around , screaming and death\n", "stacked\n", "become so buzz-obsessed\n", "the real turns magical\n", "s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle\n", "our knowledge\n", "wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits\n", "this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture\n", "to me and artificial\n", "inside and out\n", "the love ` real '\n", "distinctly sub-par ...\n", "markedly inactive\n", "a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad .\n", "literary desecrations go\n", "girlfriends are bad ,\n", "observant .\n", "a collectively stellar performance\n", "fear dot com\n", "'s no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him .\n", "cathartic\n", "that it looks neat\n", "more closely\n", "well acted by diane lane and richard gere .\n", "than a ` direct-to-video ' release\n", "spine\n", "addressing the turn of the 20th century\n", "popcorn\n", "penn 's\n", "be to flatter it\n", "a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery\n", "reduced\n", "the spaceship\n", "the irwins ' scenes are fascinating\n", "among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests\n", "until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism\n", "may never\n", "'s worse\n", "just about\n", "never once predictable .\n", "grandstanding\n", "-lrb- successful -rrb-\n", "'s a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition\n", "`` frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story , but\n", "might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts .\n", "satisfyingly unsettling\n", "the emotional overload\n", "the assassination of john f. kennedy\n", "benigni 's pinocchio\n", "breathe some life\n", "qualities that were once amusing\n", "it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away\n", "with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly\n", "steinberg\n", "etc.\n", "sound effects of people\n", "one word\n", "of some of the 1.2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "would look like something like this\n", "fairy tale\n", "'s a real howler\n", "shrill , didactic cartoon\n", "vu moments\n", "intelligentsia\n", "to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in\n", "over-the-top trash\n", "you may mistake love liza for an adam sandler chanukah song .\n", "for the uninitiated\n", "and unoriginal mess\n", "very little dialogue\n", "well-crafted letdown .\n", "the first two films '\n", "-- and ours\n", "brooks '\n", "left me behind\n", "blair witch project\n", "for one more\n", "more simply intrusive\n", "works the way a good noir should\n", "settles too easily along the contours of expectation\n", "round out\n", "'d expected it to be\n", "much else\n", "director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve\n", "mouglalis\n", "about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "a different kind of love story\n", "the radar screen of 2002\n", "big idea\n", "about 10\n", "129-minute running time\n", "godfrey\n", "gaze\n", "duly\n", "have otherwise\n", "to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .\n", "inspires some -lrb- out-of-field -rrb- creative thought\n", "meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull\n", "made from curling\n", "testosterone-charged wizardry\n", "no fantasy story and\n", "soulless hunk\n", "cinematic predecessors\n", "all the interesting developments\n", "for certain movies\n", "be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face\n", "leaden closing act\n", "of desperation and cinematic deception\n", "saw this one\n", "is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles\n", "to billy joe\n", "should investigate\n", "unexpected window\n", "are wet\n", "turning the film\n", "understands characters must come first\n", "all the hype and\n", "never fails to fascinate .\n", "raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .\n", "schematic\n", "enough cool\n", "for the first 89 minutes\n", "terms of plot or acting\n", "to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "conveyor belt\n", "has failed him .\n", "counter-cultural idealism and\n", "the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one\n", "you 'd hoped\n", "we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance\n", "an intelligent screenplay\n", "drops\n", "if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 .\n", "the elements that will grab you\n", "the resolutely downbeat smokers only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book\n", "an avid interest\n", "depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective\n", "that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly\n", "observant , unfussily poetic\n", "the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar\n", "are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely\n", "the concert footage is stirring\n", "scratch ''\n", "an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears\n", "would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb-\n", "the recording sessions are intriguing\n", "that should bolster director and co-writer\n", "to ponder the whole notion of passion\n", "what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions\n", "works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun .\n", "-lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb-\n", "photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life\n", "is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "reagan years\n", "the end sum\n", "gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ...\n", "difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny\n", "has become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them .\n", "this beautifully animated epic\n", "she 's pretty\n", ", to be sure , but one\n", "of social texture and realism\n", "nesbitt 's cooper\n", "too many times\n", "answers\n", "to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart\n", "cowering\n", "little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up\n", "to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush\n", "making his feature debut\n", "james\n", "political courage\n", "full honor\n", "-lrb- kline 's -rrb- utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code\n", "an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera\n", "soulful , incisive meditation\n", "1958 brooklyn\n", "twohy films\n", "serpent 's\n", "the ridiculous dialog\n", "a tasty performance\n", "unexpectedly adamant streak\n", "family tradition\n", "hoofing and\n", "cocky pseudo-intellectual kid\n", "for viewers\n", "expects\n", "delivers 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\n", "sophistication\n", "a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor\n", "a whip-crack of a buddy movie\n", "seen to better advantage on cable ,\n", "a mediocre horror film\n", "the fine line between cheese\n", "educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them\n", "the whole damned thing\n", "too clever complexity\n", "be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi\n", "to the exalted tagline\n", "a bucket of popcorn\n", "an intriguing and alluring premise\n", "is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man\n", "to ichi\n", "a beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . '\n", "beautifully edited\n", "it 's not particularly well made , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i 'd say the film works\n", "spark this leaden comedy\n", "its effectiveness\n", "easy hollywood road\n", "was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time\n", "psycho\n", "-lrb- and one academy award winning actor\n", "the music and\n", "a convincing case\n", "gentle '\n", "herrings\n", "equate to being good\n", "a scrooge or two\n", "a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .\n", "the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .\n", "memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and\n", "the endlessly repetitive scenes\n", "when necessary\n", "update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering\n", "crisp clarity\n", "quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time\n", "genial and decent\n", "losin\n", "it sting\n", "obstacle\n", "nerves\n", "offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor\n", "art-conscious\n", "an abused , inner-city autistic\n", "a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories\n", "mulan '' or\n", "a remarkable and novel concept\n", "churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation\n", ", if considerably less ambitious ,\n", "attractive throughout\n", "confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture\n", "presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio\n", "a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system\n", "the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess\n", "over-amorous\n", "a powerful sequel and\n", "strikes back ...\n", "people whose lives are anything but\n", "the real masterpiece\n", "unlike most surf movies\n", "shtick\n", "a lifetime\n", "one has nothing else to watch\n", "most thoughtful films\n", "pathetic idea\n", "does n't know what it wants to be\n", "measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs\n", "so many silent movies , newsreels and\n", "go .\n", "flailing reputation\n", "promising premise\n", "from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients ,\n", "then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea .\n", "a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale\n", "praises\n", "more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing .\n", "just enough\n", "watching it now ,\n", "its face\n", "smart breath\n", "the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but\n", "gaghan\n", "the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up\n", ", preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .\n", "have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty\n", "starts out bizarre and just\n", "she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family\n", "be watching a rerun\n", "a high school swimming\n", "we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest\n", "a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack\n", "into the abyss\n", "never dull\n", "the marks of a septuagenarian\n", "california\n", "watching it\n", "the sleeper movie of the summer award\n", "an unabashed sense\n", ", it gets to you .\n", "no man\n", "the window of the couple 's bmw\n", "manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "that 's true\n", "be a few advantages to never growing old\n", "ended with some hippie getting\n", "guilty-pleasure\n", "and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini\n", "memories\n", "filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration\n", "fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing\n", "a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it\n", "ancient indian practice\n", "director lee\n", "this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .\n", "an exploratory medical procedure or\n", "dramatically forceful\n", "full performances\n", ", that is .\n", "pack it with enough action\n", "most refreshing about real women have curves\n", "a movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling .\n", "short of both adventure and song\n", "honestly , i do n't see the point\n", "deeper every time\n", "full of sex , drugs and rock\n", ", at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .\n", "figures prominently in this movie ,\n", "dominated by young males\n", "his way to becoming the american indian spike lee\n", "shop\n", "quick resolution\n", "the most important and exhilarating forms\n", "can take the grandkids or the grandparents and\n", "'re depressed about anything before watching this film\n", "winners\n", "assign\n", "in any working class community in the nation\n", "lack of thematic resonance\n", "a cellophane-pop remake\n", "cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties\n", "'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\n", "explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "dramatic conviction\n", "directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style\n", "at the youth market\n", "the peak of all things insipid\n", "flows forwards and back\n", "to compensate for the movie 's failings\n", "like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand\n", "happens that tells you there is no sense\n", "wayward wooden one\n", "knowing your identity\n", "hollywood moments\n", "narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .\n", "is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings\n", "with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking\n", "interfering during her son 's discovery of his homosexuality\n", "the metaphors are provocative\n", "ultimately satisfies with its moving story\n", "nearly impossible\n", "the punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one .\n", "it looks good , sonny ,\n", "thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change\n", "nasty journey\n", "to leave much of an impression\n", "the wonders and worries\n", "its dry and forceful way\n", "be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters\n", "see often enough\n", "rough trade punch-and-judy act\n", "'s a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .\n", "even with all its botches\n", "know or\n", "calculated exercise\n", "to cheesiest\n", "expend\n", "'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' .\n", "being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "clobbering the audience over the head\n", "is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief\n", "an actor\n", "pasolini\n", "should never forget\n", "very touching\n", "valley boy voice\n", "search of something different\n", "made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia\n", "the action is reasonably well-done ... yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together .\n", "instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags\n", "a glossy rehash\n", "a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery\n", "of the best and most exciting movies\n", "give a damn\n", "visually atrocious , and\n", "the entire exercise\n", ", kinetically-charged spy flick worthy\n", "mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time\n", "i 've seen him before\n", "for historical truth and realism\n", "is n't mainly\n", "an exquisite motion picture in its own right\n", "trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain\n", "a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression\n", "it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies\n", "potent exploration\n", "that is the x games\n", "nobody here bothered to check it twice .\n", "original ringu\n", "'s surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .\n", "a nice little story\n", ", poet and drinker\n", "'s hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone\n", "run , then\n", "wrought\n", "ringing .\n", "is a cheat\n", "that rare documentary\n", "too many chefs\n", "the storylines are woven together skilfully\n", "an animatronic bear\n", "it may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding .\n", "that even in sorrow you can find humor\n", "highly uneven and inconsistent ... margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .\n", "sometimes inexpressive\n", "life-embracing\n", "by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers\n", "remains fairly light ,\n", "any chekhov\n", "what i liked about it\n", "an utterly static picture\n", "holmes\n", "most humane and important holocaust movies\n", "scare\n", "will leave fans clamoring for another ride\n", "negate the subject\n", "bright stars\n", "gone that one step further\n", "started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron\n", "it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life\n", "substitute plot for personality\n", "nicolas cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray\n", "gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast ,\n", "a film that relies on personal relationships\n", "visceral and dangerously honest\n", "unstoppable\n", "post 9\\/11 the philosophical message\n", "great missed opportunity\n", "this 65-minute trifle\n", "uplift\n", "through the motions\n", "reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise ,\n", "b.s. one\n", "is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned\n", "convolutions\n", "glimmer\n", "go with it for the ride\n", "in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat\n", "swedish fatalism\n", "without nostalgia or sentimentality\n", "kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .\n", "has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .\n", "absorbing documentary\n", "if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape\n", "the video store\n", "donovan ... squanders\n", "a very good time\n", "in business and pleasure\n", "it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "elizabeth hurley 's\n", "little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy\n", "one of the funniest motion pictures of the year\n", "give anyone with a conscience reason to pause\n", "the service of the lovers who inhabit it\n", "future-world\n", "little too much resonance\n", "bad ' police\n", "already knows it 's won\n", "any movie\n", "about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius strip\n", "dated and\n", "liked it more if it had just gone that one step further\n", "enigma is well-made\n", "has turned out to be a one-trick pony\n", "the imagined glory\n", "'s better than the phantom menace\n", "with cultural , sexual and social discord\n", "is very , very far\n", "is so busy\n", ", 102-minute infomercial\n", "bedevilling the modern masculine journey\n", "rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year\n", "knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written\n", "of rowdy slapstick\n", "arriving on foreign shores\n", "tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon\n", "deserves from him right now\n", "to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept\n", "a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .\n", ", as always ,\n", "is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil\n", "for the big screen\n", "this time , the hype is quieter , and\n", "in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction\n", "an engrossing story\n", "it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications .\n", "the makers\n", "soderbergh faithful\n", "even nutty\n", "to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "part of the charm of satin rouge\n", "one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while\n", "overlooked\n", "is somewhat problematic\n", "put through torture for an hour and a half\n", "a warm and well-told tale\n", "if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .\n", "be had here\n", "tedium\n", "could chew\n", "the sensibility of a video director\n", "the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .\n", "'re coming\n", "is exceedingly pleasant ,\n", "the paranoid impulse\n", "drama , monsoon\n", "in conversation\n", "the farcical elements\n", "mad cows\n", "laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through .\n", "fall 's\n", "rueful compassion\n", "all direct-to-video stuff\n", "is clumsy\n", "green 's\n", "ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what - time-it-is tedious .\n", "shame americans ,\n", "nincompoop\n", "each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness , but\n", "is an enjoyable big movie\n", "once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy\n", ", distant portuguese import\n", "several silly subplots\n", "100-year old mystery\n", "brothers mcmullen\n", "special p.o.v. camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen .\n", "urban conflagration\n", "real psychological grounding\n", "any scorsese has ever given us\n", "indignation\n", "the characters are interesting\n", "oppressively tragic\n", "what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .\n", "while this one gets off with a good natured warning\n", "seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent\n", "instead of making his own style\n", "delights and simmering\n", "released in the u.s.\n", "there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace\n", "match mortarboards\n", "final 30 minutes\n", "when it does\n", "a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .\n", "for a debut film\n", "new viewers\n", "holding equilibrium\n", "the genre-busting film\n", "moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and\n", "sidey\n", "tony gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but director d.j. caruso 's grimy visual veneer and kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably\n", "director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?\n", "given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube .\n", "churn out one mediocre movie after another\n", "triumphantly\n", "schindler\n", "those films that seems tailor\n", "fairly predictable\n", "mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .\n", "this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .\n", "stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism\n", "the determination of pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop .\n", "woven together\n", "mental shellshock\n", "hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity\n", "one shoulder\n", "like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours\n", "as one of those ` alternate reality '\n", "in its own simplicity\n", "terrifying day\n", "is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance\n", "a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy\n", "the strange horror of life\n", "from pinnacle to pinnacle\n", "a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone\n", "is a gory slash-fest .\n", "the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive\n", "suit\n", "enough action\n", "are still there\n", "smiles and\n", "an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so\n", "that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone\n", "remarkable piece\n", "the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions .\n", "if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .\n", "a semi\n", "comedy boilerplate\n", "an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera\n", "formula family tearjerker\n", "unexplored\n", "succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful\n", "noteworthy\n", ", davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air\n", "friendship , love , and\n", "great character\n", "had just typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine\n", "is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit\n", "see crossroads\n", "the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny ,\n", ", much better .\n", "a new plot\n", "manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish\n", "a taunt -\n", "different movie\n", "is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .\n", "final 10 or 15 minutes\n", "'s coherent , well shot , and\n", "joel\n", "the hearts\n", "an attraction that crosses sexual identity\n", "has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "leaving questions in its wake\n", "great credit\n", "looks like a drag queen\n", "an entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller .\n", "open windows\n", "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\n", "nicole holofcener 's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style .\n", "slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience\n", "uhf\n", "he does n't\n", "will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers\n", "the german occupation\n", "a visually seductive\n", "walks with a slow , deliberate gait\n", "discursive\n", "be fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about\n", "uncommonly\n", "lofty\n", "a tone poem of transgression .\n", "topless and roll\n", "that examines\n", "with kafka-inspired philosophy\n", "with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean\n", "employs an accent\n", "so many lives around her\n", "get it\n", "colin hanks\n", "real turns\n", "of this\n", "like this sort of thing\n", "negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior or\n", "of a tv series\n", "zigzag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted .\n", "the region 's recent history\n", "a powerful sequel and one\n", "offer\n", "there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .\n", "james eric ,\n", "running around\n", "rap and adolescent poster-boy\n", "it briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely\n", "female friendship that men can embrace and women\n", "does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .\n", "revulsion\n", "bush\n", "a direct hit\n", "the movie is all portent and no content\n", "from the grind to refresh our souls\n", "to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device\n", "comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel\n", "bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out\n", "original fantasy film\n", "comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme 's good films\n", "utter lack\n", "doctor\n", "ends up being surprisingly dull\n", "seeing at least\n", "about growing up catholic or , really , anything\n", "'s stupid\n", "no solace here ,\n", "something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives\n", "puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination\n", "fresh and\n", "portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety ,\n", "its makers '\n", "the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and\n", "like modern art\n", "trickster\n", "an original little film about one young woman 's education .\n", "difficulty\n", "mild chuckles\n", "it 's still a comic book\n", "could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking\n", "men in black ii\n", "spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .\n", "dismally dull sci-fi comedy\n", "very things\n", "to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget\n", "is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman .\n", "the plot and\n", "melt -- only\n", "`` hi\n", "directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name\n", "even with its $ 50-million us budget , pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .\n", "thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances\n", "for all that has preceded it\n", "scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away\n", "'s a heaven for bad movies\n", "the pianist -lrb- is -rrb- a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life\n", "honest observations\n", "uncover the truth\n", "its logical loopholes\n", "ample\n", "filmed production\n", "a deft\n", "deep into the hearst mystique\n", "form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life\n", "too neat and new pin-like\n", "unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast\n", "daring\n", "to another review\n", "a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack\n", "just entertaining\n", "turmoil\n", "stifles creativity\n", "with the right actors\n", "too closely\n", "uninspired scripts , acting and direction\n", "is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .\n", "flirts with kitsch\n", "and mordantly humorous\n", "focus on the hero 's odyssey\n", "juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile .\n", "barely adequate babysitter\n", "agile performers\n", "'s too bad nothing else is .\n", "startling intimacy\n", "bourne\n", "a new mexican cinema a-bornin '\n", "maintain and\n", "tall\n", "fast\n", "makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role\n", "by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment\n", "hits and\n", "'s far\n", "compressed characterisations\n", "very silly movie\n", "'ll get plenty\n", "it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling\n", "that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "of international acclaim\n", "to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration\n", "is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .\n", "harmlessly\n", "the people in love in the time of money\n", "though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by james spader and maggie gyllenhaal\n", "the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen\n", "succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .\n", "by mattel executives and lobbyists\n", "pitifully\n", "of claude chabrol\n", "tavernier 's film\n", "a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ...\n", "at something\n", "its comedy\n", "ransacked\n", "the odd enjoyably chewy lump\n", "retaliatory\n", "'s a very tasteful rock and roll movie\n", "used manhattan 's architecture\n", "a riot\n", "love liza 's\n", "'s easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "hanging over the time machine\n", "succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .\n", "really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at .\n", "a compelling reason\n", "fight off\n", "an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive\n", "watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but\n", "does all of this , and more ,\n", "avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and\n", "` alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .\n", "this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .\n", "are more evil than ever\n", "the truly good stuff\n", "is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan\n", "it 's obvious -lrb- je-gyu is -rrb- trying for poetry\n", "uncomfortably timely , relevant ,\n", ", polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .\n", "sensuous\n", "be cut\n", "nearly 21\\/2 hours\n", "has n't yet\n", "in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie\n", "the genius\n", "empty stud knockabout\n", "some of the figures\n", "by the pathetic idea\n", "what makes it worth watching is quaid 's performance .\n", "in discretion\n", "its one good idea\n", "well-thought stunts or\n", "devotees of french cinema\n", "because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs\n", "be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting\n", "in two\n", "minor film\n", "walk to remember ''\n", "` bad ' police\n", "the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea\n", "fully forgotten\n", "after seeing ` analyze that , ' i feel better already .\n", "is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality\n", "is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that\n", "'s the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough\n", "melancholy ,\n", "to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", "that steal your heart away\n", "to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original\n", "black-and-white and\n", "will do for a set .\n", "perhaps the best sports movie i 've ever seen .\n", "needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting\n", "shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high .\n", "sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then\n", "would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .\n", "definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum .\n", "if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons\n", "for work and food\n", "mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor ,\n", "a haunting ode to humanity\n", "delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed\n", "a rip-off twice removed ,\n", "testosterone\n", "noisy and\n", "weighs no more\n", "are ever any good\n", "watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight\n", "superhuman capacity\n", "derived\n", "which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive\n", "flick you 've ever seen\n", "wiseman 's previous studies\n", "its 100 minutes\n", "plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .\n", "-lrb- monsoon wedding -rrb- to lament the loss of culture\n", "guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women\n", "too sure of its own importance\n", "under our skin\n", "changing composition\n", "win over a probation officer\n", "the new adaptation\n", "his stature\n", "horror movie 's\n", "is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore .\n", "strategically placed white sheets\n", "also believe that resident evil is not it .\n", "balding\n", "see strange young guys doing strange guy things\n", "the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss\n", "a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or\n", "fireballs\n", "romance ?\n", "its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who\n", "what 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?\n", "possibly the best actor working in movies today\n", "its style\n", "'s a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director\n", "why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing\n", "tiresome ugliness\n", "ending ''\n", "like a sieve\n", "an almost visceral sense\n", "derisions\n", ", energetic and original\n", ": it 's not scary in the slightest .\n", "i think it was plato who said , ' i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one\n", "its wry observations\n", "his genre and\n", "original and highly cerebral\n", "'s a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good .\n", "prevent people from reaching happiness\n", "those rejected must have been astronomically bad\n", "virtually no understanding\n", "starting\n", "is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .\n", "attachment\n", "a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief\n", "synagogue or temple\n", "not only blockbusters\n", "crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .\n", "one regards reign of fire with awe .\n", "`` conan\n", "america , history and\n", "tolerable-to-adults\n", "extra\n", "in a thriller , and the performances\n", "well loved classic\n", "spawned a single good film\n", "run-of-the-mill action\n", "an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .\n", "evocative images\n", "its director 's diabolical debut ,\n", "will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .\n", "forced\n", "cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb- ,\n", "with b-movie verve\n", "around 90 minutes\n", "previous works\n", "demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were\n", "humor wry\n", "a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "without a map\n", "itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation .\n", ", blair and posey\n", "jumbled mess\n", "most poorly staged\n", ", populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .\n", "ca n't take it any more\n", ", bittersweet israeli documentary\n", "introducing an intriguing and alluring premise ,\n", "overcome the triviality of the story\n", "cribbed\n", "is so thoughtlessly assembled\n", "to be sensational\n", "has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .\n", "stands a good chance of being the big\n", "when it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama\n", "terrible movie\n", "of attributable to a movie like this\n", "occur and not\n", "ambitious goals\n", "its original release date\n", "everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film .\n", "wreaks\n", "foul-natured\n", "hotel\n", "the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values .\n", "shohei\n", "is n't as sharp or as fresh\n", "'s gone to manhattan and hell\n", "lobotomy\n", "watching monkeys flinging their feces at you\n", "need to do\n", "into that good theatre\n", "is -rrb- the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and\n", "laugh-free\n", "is off the shelf after two years\n", "pacino , williams , and swank\n", "had it\n", "gripping thriller\n", "on jumbo ants\n", "our best achievements\n", "players\n", "unusually assured\n", "clancy\n", "contorting itself\n", "what it lacks in substance\n", "the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .\n", "exterior\n", "tony gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before\n", "a better movie\n", "of also looking cheap\n", "at the end of the movie , my 6-year-old nephew said , `` i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . ''\n", "is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still .\n", "would be a rarity in hollywood .\n", "to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films\n", "villainous father\n", "her subject matter\n", "troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal\n", "of childhood\n", "anyone outside the under-10 set\n", "is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .\n", ", tongue-tied screen persona\n", "an ultimate desire\n", "just does n't make sense\n", "audrey tautou\n", "deliver a fair bit of vampire fun\n", "at the barbershop\n", "that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience ,\n", "you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important\n", "tired jokes\n", "looking for something\n", "has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore .\n", "a surprising winner\n", "the primary visual influence\n", "a brilliant director and charismatic star\n", "vietnam\n", "theological\n", "being boring\n", "half-hour\n", "is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety .\n", "silly , outrageous , ingenious\n", "turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity\n", "shifts\n", "the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but\n", "that stretches the running time about 10 minutes\n", "flames and\n", "the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree\n", "inspires more than an interested detachment .\n", "in real life\n", "inconsequential road-and-buddy pic\n", "norm\n", ", i 'd say the film works\n", "semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act\n", "winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity\n", "cheek in the film\n", "get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture\n", "will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .\n", "its first release\n", "would even\n", ", gritty , sometimes funny\n", ", even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light .\n", "wears you\n", "is , alas , no woody allen .\n", "deeply appealing\n", "to sensationalism\n", "be both an asset and a detriment\n", "ultimately tragic\n", "too slow\n", ", nonconformist values\n", "is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed tosca that you want\n", "the `` queen '' and\n", "clear point\n", "involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults\n", "roman coppola 's\n", "one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original\n", "the most excruciating 86 minutes one\n", "more credible\n", "quite far enough\n", "size\n", "on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater\n", "real characters\n", "with the exception of mccoist , the players do n't have a clue on the park .\n", "movies get\n", "on every level\n", "in the emotional realities of middle age\n", "to drag on for nearly three hours\n", "four-star\n", "if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in\n", "another sports drama\\/character study\n", "with a large cast representing a broad cross-section\n", "its short running time\n", "does n't add up to much\n", "look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .\n", "it 's a masterpiece .\n", "the romance with ryder is puzzling\n", "a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "the maudlin way its story unfolds\n", "sheerly beautiful film\n", "with the precision of the insurance actuary\n", "rhames and wesley snipes\n", "laughs and not the last time\n", "fantastic dual performance\n", "made in the last five years .\n", "handicap\n", "meandering and confusing .\n", "skyscraper-trapeze\n", "contributed to it\n", ", an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .\n", "less painful\n", "new ways\n", "lodging itself\n", "self-conscious scrutiny\n", "remains prominent\n", "other interchangeable\n", "about loss , grief and recovery\n", "succeeded in\n", "writing and cutting\n", "two bodies and hardly a laugh between them\n", "recommend\n", "inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo\n", "has its share of belly laughs -lrb- including a knockout of a closing line -rrb-\n", "being merely\n", "the fact that it is n't very good\n", "chaplin and\n", "an honest attempt to get at something\n", "weirdly appealing\n", "to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness\n", "watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions\n", "an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him\n", "could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower\n", "characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life\n", "other reason\n", "be a whole lot scarier\n", "sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati\n", "contrived\n", "struggle with the fact\n", "true stories\n", "done excellent work\n", "comic timing\n", "the band\n", "the previous\n", "mike myers\n", "satire and childhood awakening\n", "end this flawed , dazzling series\n", "provocative and vainglorious\n", "is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "is a rather toothless take on a hard young life\n", "animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "much further\n", "wiser\n", "the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film ,\n", "to a classic low-budget film noir movie\n", "'ve got seven days left to live .\n", "holiday contraption\n", "director michel gondry\n", "witty dialog between realistic characters\n", "'s eleven , ''\n", "from the concession stand\n", "spoofs and celebrates\n", "what 's worse is that pelosi knows it .\n", "its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c.\n", "the charms\n", "of ensemble cast romances recently\n", "succeed in alienating most viewers\n", "to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum\n", "help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "this film puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers .\n", ", this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .\n", "ghost stories\n", "a fine film\n", "by its short running time\n", "a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror\n", "hardened\n", ", sade is your film .\n", "that there 's nothing resembling a spine here\n", "rent the original and\n", "are not at all entertaining\n", "hackneyed elements\n", "outside the under-10 set\n", "character , siuation or joke\n", "his , if you will ,\n", "previous popcorn work\n", "refuses to evaluate his own work\n", "why human beings long for what they do n't have , and\n", "from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight\n", "its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia ,\n", "hinton\n", "suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories\n", "otto-sallies\n", "with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa\n", "to bother pleasuring its audience\n", "should remain just that\n", "orbits will inevitably\n", "as a\n", "you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri\n", "early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution\n", "set the women 's liberation movement\n", "is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .\n", "for some tasty grub\n", "hilariously wicked black comedy\n", "enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well\n", "a well-balanced fashion\n", "that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing\n", "swank\n", "a sports bar\n", "engaging\n", "the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice .\n", "between freeman and judd\n", "about this love story\n", "focus on the humiliation of martin\n", "education\n", "is perfectly creepy and believable\n", "samuel l. jackson\n", "storyline\n", "jet\n", "the script is smart , not cloying .\n", ", skins has its heart in the right place\n", "old men\n", "the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies\n", "indulge\n", "bludgeoning\n", "as starship troopers\n", "often strains\n", "a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making\n", "heard on television\n", "is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .\n", ", scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys\n", "bravo for history\n", "bite on the big screen\n", "merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion\n", "burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting\n", "from floating away\n", "award\n", "is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "this three-hour endurance test\n", "without neglecting character development for even one minute\n", "of animated filmmaking since old walt\n", "pollute the summer movie pool\n", "was 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 .\n", "the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun\n", "those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief\n", ", a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle .\n", "of a downtown hotel\n", "pathetic , endearing\n", "does n't so much phone in his performance as\n", "want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness\n", "a painful lie\n", "too campy to work as straight drama and\n", "has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '\n", "too long , too cutesy ,\n", "if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not\n", "the edge of your seat for long stretches\n", "should be credited with remembering his victims .\n", "a nose -rrb-\n", "wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy\n", "the wan ,\n", "-lrb- lin chung 's -rrb- voice is rather unexceptional ,\n", "beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics .\n", "an interesting technical exercise\n", "the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and\n", "instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .\n", ", mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .\n", "made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar\n", "overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper .\n", "movie-going experiences\n", "redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it\n", "the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .\n", "the script by david koepp\n", "family comedy\n", "things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably\n", "the target\n", "it were\n", "neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for\n", "upping\n", "although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense .\n", "rape\n", ", small-scale story\n", "better short story\n", "is so incredibly inane\n", "that family fundamentals gets you riled up\n", "the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake .\n", "gift\n", "of humor , verve and fun\n", "the qualities\n", "the real issues\n", "comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire\n", "of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note\n", "supporting ones\n", "martinet music instructor\n", "and trumped-up street credibility\n", "this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .\n", "olympic swim team\n", "as visceral\n", "the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort\n", "not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending .\n", "uninspired philosophical\n", "is like watching an eastern imagination explode\n", "bean\n", "kevin donovan\n", "was n't horrible either\n", "to other films\n", "one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but\n", "by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit\n", "about covering all the drama in frida 's life\n", "crossing-over mumbo jumbo\n", "the verdict\n", "is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter\n", "purposefully\n", "the crime lord 's messianic bent\n", "life or life\n", "reminder\n", "blank-faced optimism\n", "need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9\n", "just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them\n", "ship\n", "100 minutes\n", "irvine\n", "rudy yellow lodge\n", "is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .\n", "godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things\n", "gantz brothers\n", "with a good natured warning\n", "are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones\n", "is cloudy\n", "well , funnier .\n", "a strong script , powerful direction\n", "one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history\n", "and funky look\n", "you reach the finale\n", "every relationship and personality\n", "plots\n", "into the history books\n", "the soupy end result\n", "the most splendid\n", "summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle\n", "the rise\n", "in a 102-minute film\n", "enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd\n", "adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special\n", "might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience\n", "woefully dull\n", "well-intentioned , but\n", "is cool .\n", "despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience\n", "flash but little emotional resonance\n", "sporadic\n", "seduced\n", "the ya-ya 's\n", "to show it\n", "a moving and solidly entertaining comedy\\/drama\n", "hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull\n", "move so easily\n", "iconoclastic artist\n", "is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven .\n", "blighter\n", "holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them\n", "no doubting\n", "hailed as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism\n", "expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape\n", "a desperately ingratiating performance\n", "rifkin 's\n", "stock situations and characters\n", "of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight\n", "difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "to other napoleon films\n", "an encounter with the rich and\n", "occupational\n", "though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone .\n", "of the conflict that came to define a generation\n", "presented\n", "for all its brooding quality\n", "has considerable charm .\n", "manhood\n", "given a part\n", "charm , generosity and diplomacy\n", "as a weary journalist in a changing world\n", "so light-hearted\n", "takes a look at 5 alternative housing options\n", "girls-behaving-badly film\n", "shortest\n", "why it works as well\n", "saw how bad this movie was\n", "the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while\n", "blustery\n", "tart , smart breath\n", "a handsome 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"with remembering his victims\n", "at 90 minutes this movie is short ,\n", "got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat .\n", "rail\n", "the art\n", "that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener\n", "that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic\n", "treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film\n", "has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .\n", "there\n", "in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , ms. shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .\n", "the death of self\n", "is solid\n", "terrifying film\n", "sports drama\n", "one anecdote\n", "bravery and 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chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and\n", "welsh boy\n", "what should have been a cutting hollywood satire\n", "played and smartly directed\n", "a fascinating glimpse of urban life and\n", "an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen .\n", "an entire olympic swim team\n", "notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen\n", "writer john ridley\n", "war\n", "however well-intentioned\n", "producing\n", "punchier\n", "late marriage\n", "a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses\n", "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\n", "as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing\n", "hawke 's\n", "acting like puppets\n", "little action , almost no suspense or believable tension ,\n", "a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece\n", "comic slugfest\n", "visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid\n", "wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered\n", "the cleanflicks version\n", "work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine\n", "somehow ,\n", "thi\n", "sturdiness and solidity\n", "established by warner bros. giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release\n", "effective immediately\n", "soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless\n", "in some ways , lagaan is quintessential bollywood .\n", ", one would hope for the best\n", "with or\n", "just impossible\n", "road movie , coming-of-age story and\n", "cliches .\n", "whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure\n", "from whence\n", "enough not to hate\n", "sluggish ,\n", "is a remarkably original work\n", "the delicious trimmings ...\n", "top floor\n", "in terms of execution\n", "preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor\n", "below the proceedings\n", "in which eddie murphy deploys two\n", "to be released in the u.s.\n", "that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", ", the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .\n", "floats\n", "is milked\n", "foul up\n", "that one\n", "crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary\n", "does probably as good a job as anyone\n", "with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion .\n", "of the greedy talent agents\n", "should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ?\n", "each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense .\n", "immaculate as stuart little 2 is\n", "it uninteresting\n", "comes to the battle of hollywood vs. woo\n", "lofty expectations\n", "blithely anachronistic\n", "swingers\n", "lame comedy .\n", "a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck\n", "is a success .\n", "an even less capable trio of criminals\n", "an ancient librarian\n", "astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap\n", "to remain the same throughout\n", "into the sort of heartache everyone\n", "truly funny bits\n", "battle bots\n", "that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed\n", "in peekaboo clothing\n", "pull his head\n", "the film offers an intriguing what-if premise .\n", "admirers\n", "in some ways even betters it\n", "on the head\n", "'s hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .\n", "otherwise mediocre\n", "pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn\n", "top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves\n", "halloween ii -rrb-\n", "more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film\n", "is engage an audience .\n", "things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace\n", "charlize\n", "crashing into ideas and special-interest groups\n", "storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .\n", "ms. ramsay\n", "condensed season\n", "presence\n", "her lover mario cavaradossi , and\n", "i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest .\n", "establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids\n", "their inner and outer lives\n", "both gripping and compelling\n", "the big-bug movie\n", "fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism\n", "it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material\n", "a lot of tension\n", "a pastiche\n", "you need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work .\n", "able to visualize schizophrenia\n", "a collision\n", "... del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .\n", "wickedly funny and just plain wicked\n", "it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out\n", "cheapened\n", "be impossible to sit through\n", "its attitude\n", "so prolonged and boring\n", "by an angel simplicity\n", "and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .\n", "of downtime in between\n", "family-film plot\n", "every point\n", "bring to it\n", "paul grabowsky 's excellent music\n", "she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy\n", "it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material\n", "jump cuts\n", "demands it\n", "a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .\n", "ate a reeses\n", "of defiance over social dictates\n", "flick that scalds like acid\n", "too literally\n", "itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers\n", "petite\n", ", self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination\n", "samuel\n", "as adults\n", "its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .\n", "toback 's\n", "the direction ,\n", "feels all too familiar\n", "is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction\n", "its climactic setpiece\n", "melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "should have gone straight to video .\n", "of our most flamboyant female comics\n", "the thing about guys like evans is this :\n", "this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .\n", "not as hilariously raunchy as south park\n", "oscar-size\n", "the book 's irreverent energy ,\n", ", it must be admitted\n", "the real antwone fisher\n", "laws , political correctness or\n", "a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama\n", "it 's his strongest performance since the doors\n", "as sharp or as fresh\n", "exceedingly clever\n", "-lrb- being -rrb- in a shrugging mood\n", "before its time\n", "creates a new threat for the mib\n", "'s consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought\n", "the film to be made\n", "in manhattan\n", "the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch\n", "dreams , visions\n", "very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .\n", "stop flying\n", "chokes on .\n", "like and more experimental in its storytelling\n", "runaway success\n", "gritty enough\n", "little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb\n", "carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades\n", "hyper-realistic\n", "anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists\n", "with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "of making movies\n", "earth for harvesting purposes\n", "holm is terrific as both men\n", "changing lanes\n", "ohlinger 's on the level or merely\n", "making becalmed\n", "ideas for the inevitable future sequels\n", "might blow it off the screen\n", "from both a great and a terrible story\n", "... pray does n't have a passion for the material .\n", "deeply wants to break free of her old life\n", "constant smiles\n", "rank frustration from those in the\n", "punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed\n", "the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz\n", "a series of strung-together moments\n", "negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship\n", "ordinary big-screen star\n", "both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera\n", "co-stars\n", "recent war movies\n", "for a breath of fresh air now and then\n", "your response to its new sequel\n", "krige\n", "a fudged opportunity\n", "have easily\n", "shoving\n", "of the last 100 years\n", "empathize\n", "not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at .\n", "visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .\n", "in its tone\n", "we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and\n", "can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients\n", "for the late show\n", "based on dave barry 's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .\n", "did it\n", "a pedestal\n", ", xxx is a blast of adrenalin ,\n", "the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic .\n", "is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .\n", "high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films\n", "how horrible we are to ourselves and each other\n", "what it needs\n", "anne geddes , john grisham\n", "conveys\n", "charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy .\n", "a static and sugary little half-hour\n", "generate suspense rather than\n", "stiff or just plain bad\n", "successful adaptation\n", "the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material\n", "a smorgasbord\n", "ends up as a bitter pill\n", "that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism\n", "for their looks\n", "reminding\n", "reminds you\n", "is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight\n", "that radioactive hair\n", "aspires\n", "brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .\n", "eviction\n", "a vivid , spicy footnote\n", "a fascinating little thriller\n", "earnest and well-meaning ,\n", "a shrewd and effective film\n", "like a side dish no one ordered\n", "mr. reggio 's theory\n", "they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film\n", "you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices\n", "the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .\n", "endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car\n", "is that it 's actually watchable\n", "vincent 's\n", "emotionally satisfying exploration\n", "a joy\n", "wilder\n", "compassionate\n", "disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin ,\n", "'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .\n", "stickiness\n", "masterpieces\n", "as the princess\n", "be looking at\n", "irk\n", "brave and challenging\n", "the launching pad\n", "there are many definitions of ` time waster ' but\n", "dramatic fireworks\n", "leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in\n", "is undone by his pretensions\n", "has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", "somber trip\n", "i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...\n", "certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire .\n", "is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension .\n", "a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama\n", "aimlessly and\n", "of sadists\n", "problems than finding solutions\n", "as inspiring\n", "does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us\n", "running around ,\n", "too burdened by the actor\n", "the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical\n", "a detailed historical document ,\n", "the subject matter is as adult as you can get\n", "absolute last thing\n", "brazen\n", "endlessly challenging\n", "could n't keep my attention\n", "less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is .\n", ", viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .\n", "a classy dinner soiree\n", "'ve got to give it thumbs down\n", "denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him\n", "oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .\n", "its lead character\n", "of colonialism and empire\n", "`` ballistic : ecks vs. sever ''\n", "of de palma\n", "we have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting .\n", "dizzily gorgeous\n", "in today 's hollywood\n", "balancing\n", "of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it\n", "to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "and wai\n", "makers '\n", "seem authentic\n", "neorealism\n", "workman\n", "modern moviemaking\n", "architect\n", "without a hitch\n", "milks\n", "of ` let 's get this thing over with '\n", "directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter\n", "an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and\n", "the kind of soft-core twaddle\n", "winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "martin scorsese\n", "his picture-perfect life\n", "wide-angle shots\n", "even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel\n", "brand-new\n", "sucks you in and dares you not to believe it\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay\n", "after it ends\n", "set in the constrictive eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life .\n", "have many agendas\n", "generates little narrative momentum , and\n", "a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison\n", "underconfident\n", "walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions\n", "better luck\n", "one point in this movie\n", "its crapulence\n", "could i\n", "'s equally distasteful\n", "stretch on and on\n", "it 's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .\n", "classic romantic comedy\n", "the air-conditioning in the theater\n", "los angeles\n", "it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart\n", "soccer\n", "keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers ''\n", "a crowdpleaser\n", "should be playing out\n", "suspend your disbelief here and now ,\n", "is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves\n", "the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics\n", "intricate construction\n", "to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters\n", "are uncomfortably strained\n", "'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .\n", "broke out into elaborate choreography\n", "kirshner\n", "fantasized\n", "if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb-\n", "takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints\n", "seem goofy\n", "make for a bad film\n", "flawed and brilliant\n", "derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved\n", "liyan\n", "make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective\n", "how bad it is\n", "obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered\n", "after drinking twelve beers\n", "pass for mike tyson 's e\n", "is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons\n", "a werewolf\n", "de palma to his pulpy thrillers\n", "'s forrest gump\n", "aircraft\n", "pete 's screenplay\n", "are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .\n", ", it 's the man that makes the clothes .\n", "the right place ,\n", "in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza\n", "cheese-laced spectacles\n", "yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves\n", "any film more challenging or depressing\n", "astounds\n", "dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted\n", "job\n", "about a vampire\n", ", and intelligence\n", "tornatore\n", "on a 10-year delay\n", "barbed enough for older viewers\n", "lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama\n", "a fun ride .\n", "welcomed\n", "an insular world\n", "comes off as so silly that you would n't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van .\n", "a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what\n", "'s hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences\n", "real pleasure in its laid-back way\n", "theaters since ... well\n", "its roots\n", "with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration\n", "is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem\n", "is so fine\n", "better than mid-range steven seagal ,\n", "brainy , artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation .\n", "only masochistic moviegoers need apply .\n", "a brilliant motion picture\n", "the delicate ways\n", "truly , truly bad\n", ", but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes\n", "but not great\n", "both oscar winners\n", "it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production\n", "good actors , good poetry and good music\n", "a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that\n", "mush-hearted\n", "patchy combination of soap opera\n", "emotional power\n", "inspector\n", "enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references\n", "to describe exactly how bad it is\n", "their scooby snacks\n", "is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression\n", "you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger\n", "a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion\n", "incredibly irritating\n", "high-concept films\n", "liner\n", "how governments lie\n", "seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick\n", "your appetite\n", "are beautiful\n", "8th\n", "the outcome of `` intacto 's '' dangerous\n", ", emotionally distant piece\n", "gives way\n", "aliens come to earth -rrb-\n", "philosophers , not filmmakers\n", "this tired retread\n", "worth a look as a curiosity\n", "toback 's heidegger\n", "is a much better mother-daughter tale\n", "as a tribute\n", "thoughtful war films and those\n", "in his first directorial effort\n", "conflict\n", "the four main actresses\n", "sand ,\n", "director hoffman ,\n", "good cinematography\n", "the sub\n", "is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs\n", "dispense the same advice\n", "powerful and astonishingly vivid\n", "going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend\n", "are certainly welcome\n", "is a goofy pleasure\n", "wisdom\n", "of the escort service\n", "flaws\n", "is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .\n", "bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio\n", "innuendoes\n", "a static and sugary little half-hour ,\n", ", byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .\n", "dismiss -- moody ,\n", "through the horrible pains of a death\n", "in that\n", ", manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .\n", "feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe\n", "spader and gyllenhaal\n", "of its pretensions\n", "seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then\n", "razor-sided\n", "somber film\n", "endless assault\n", "more predictable than their consequences\n", ", and unknown\n", "brutal and\n", "smack\n", "could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .\n", "gives way to rote sentimentality\n", "hollywood kids\n", "of the summer 's most pleasurable movies\n", "genuinely unnerving .\n", "any film\n", "waits\n", "a heretofore unfathomable question :\n", "look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage\n", "happy ending\n", "bloody and\n", "the charm of the first movie\n", "into the dark areas of parent-child relationships\n", "like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .\n", "felt\n", "below\n", "making us believe\n", "must come first\n", "evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "prominence\n", "to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago\n", "one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace\n", "some decent performances\n", "the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg\n", "dark , disturbing\n", "m. night shyamalan 's debut feature\n", "being unique does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke .\n", "a few minutes\n", "a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story\n", "in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel\n", "an adult male dressed in pink jammies\n", "witch project real-time roots\n", ", neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .\n", "live now\n", "a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization\n", "morvern\n", "oh-those-wacky-brits\n", "may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ?\n", "supermarket tabloids\n", "fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent\n", "the same name\n", "any of david\n", "without passion or politics\n", "his eyes\n", "it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .\n", "achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors ...\n", "4 units\n", "to discuss\n", "our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and\n", "our tears ,\n", "maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is .\n", "is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies\n", "martin scorcese 's gangs of new york\n", "vulgar , sexist , racist humour\n", "defense\n", "picked me up , swung me around , and\n", "that will enthrall the whole family\n", "from several funny moments\n", "laugh so much\n", "flame\n", "if you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work .\n", "build a feel-good fantasy\n", "there is a real subject here ,\n", "be me : fighting off the urge to doze\n", "in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack ,\n", "imponderably stilted and\n", "a hypnotic\n", "pulling on heartstrings\n", "might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music\n", "to startle\n", "plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages\n", "certified\n", "shows excess in business and pleasure ,\n", "cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "slow spots\n", "viewer\n", "tykwer 's surface flash\n", "the ethereal beauty\n", "and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .\n", "see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen\n", "fearing\n", "beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and\n", "ravel 's\n", "p.o.w.\n", "so-so slapstick\n", "'s good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .\n", "these days seem too long\n", "the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .\n", "merchandised-to-the-max\n", "as beautiful , desirable\n", "a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "sustain a 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"despite besson 's high-profile name being wasabi 's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .\n", "dupe\n", "appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one\n", "the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\\/action hybrid .\n", "a certain level\n", "the cause\n", "succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory\n", "went astray\n", "cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them .\n", "does n't work .\n", "serious\n", "'s common knowledge\n", "jaglom 's own profession\n", "need agile performers\n", "and character dimension\n", "be as heartily sick of mayhem\n", "enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot\n", "a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire\n", "of its subjects\n", "lousy movie\n", "social ladder\n", "it 's a cool event for the whole family .\n", "in the pants\n", "shrill side\n", "falling short\n", "too sappy for its own good .\n", "its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off\n", "quite often\n", "lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery\n", "a tap-dancing rhino\n", "bask\n", "the scripters\n", "if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm\n", "are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness\n", "is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years .\n", "the quick emotional connections\n", "deep chords of sadness\n", "monster-in-the\n", "of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life\n", "even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks\n", "it would be\n", "catch on\n", "breadth\n", "confrontational\n", "mimics everyone and everything around\n", "banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad\n", "as unusually\n", "the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit\n", "french comedy\n", "'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful\n", "this retooled machine\n", "racist portraits\n", "of a good vampire tale\n", "inspiring , ironic ,\n", "emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen\n", "the improbable\n", "turned\n", "keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes\n", "anything but frustrating\n", "iconic\n", "is unconvincing\n", "'s kinda dumb .\n", "a poster boy\n", "director d.j. caruso 's grimy visual veneer and\n", "pummel us with phony imagery or music\n", "too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks .\n", "in her most charmless\n", "of the lightweight female empowerment\n", "sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative .\n", "with the mentally ill\n", "a monologue\n", "crummy-looking videotape\n", "it sets out to tell\n", "american film\n", "no bearing\n", "the good\n", "not in the way this film showcases him\n", "resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors\n", "the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .\n", "deeper and more engaging .\n", "strong subject matter\n", "mann ?\n", "you 're a comic fan\n", "penotti\n", "have seen a comedy\n", "unendurable\n", "whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art\n", "a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven\n", "alter\n", "wo n't stand the cold light of day\n", "in most films\n", ", you ca n't miss it .\n", "pleasurable\n", "hardened indie-heads\n", ", skins is heartfelt and achingly real .\n", ", silly and monotonous\n", "being john malkovich\n", "advantages\n", "seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition .\n", "frida is certainly no disaster\n", "interested , or at least conscious\n", "have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey\n", "captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics\n", "a joint promotion\n", "had with most of the big summer movies\n", "sickly\n", "in a new way\n", "america and\n", "watching these eccentrics\n", "something for everyone\n", "of hitchcockian suspense\n", "with his sister\n", "'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .\n", "that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film\n", "jonah 's\n", "amuse or entertain\n", "a dull girl , that 's all\n", "more glaring\n", "you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action ...\n", ", ballistic : ecks vs. sever also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .\n", "all that matters\n", "a work of entertainment\n", "offer much\n", "tangled feelings\n", "is as close\n", "difficult to fathom\n", "a meaty subject\n", "has at least one more story to tell : his own\n", "is nonjudgmental ,\n", "that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy\n", "make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity\n", "subtly kinky bedside vigils and\n", "more annoying\n", "social mobility\n", "its hawaiian setting ,\n", "no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb-\n", "in the most unexpected way\n", "because there is no foundation for it\n", "than the caterer\n", "on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity --\n", "worked better\n", "'re interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid .\n", "beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama\n", "him before\n", "dependable\n", "a film about action\n", "forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", ", ingenious\n", "simple-minded and\n", "closer than many\n", "musical\n", "the best sports movie\n", "is only surface\n", "this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic\n", "michael stewart\n", "ape\n", "that we have come to a point in society\n", "steamboat\n", "with the befuddling complications life\n", "conducted\n", "that 's shapeless and uninflected\n", "mel gibson fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency .\n", "-lrb- siegel -rrb- and co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie .\n", "of those war movies\n", "more complex than your average film\n", "dumas '\n", "of hollywood-itis\n", "sorrowful\n", "by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience\n", "from its own considerable achievement\n", "treats conspiracy\n", "the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point\n", "at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood\n", "could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "solid pedigree\n", "an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and\n", "is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original .\n", "that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern\n", "`` 2 ''\n", "very well-meaning movie ,\n", "this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods\n", "action pic\n", "the middle , the film compels ,\n", "gourmet\n", "to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed\n", "the modern working man\n", "especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .\n", "a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience\n", "a film with a questioning heart\n", "the toughest ages a kid can go through\n", "of a man teetering on the edge of sanity\n", "'s worth it ,\n", "max is static , stilted .\n", "effortless performance\n", "feel anything for these characters\n", "wanted more .\n", "few films\n", ", shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .\n", "the predictable parent\n", "puts history in perspective\n", "layers\n", "there 's something not entirely convincing about the quiet american .\n", "gas\n", "winger\n", ", the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .\n", "argentine\n", "the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions\n", "a michael jackson sort of 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.\n", "often overwrought and at times positively irritating\n", "by necessity\n", "brutal honesty and respect\n", "with lesser talents\n", "is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most\n", "by godfrey reggio\n", "samuel l. jackson is one of the best actors there is .\n", "belly dancing\n", "behind\n", "is a nervy , risky film\n", "although\n", "visual flourishes\n", "dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors\n", "mere excuse\n", "cinema world 's\n", "leaving virtually no aftertaste\n", "sad and\n", "problematic quest\n", "some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares\n", ", resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and center .\n", "one big laugh , three or four mild giggles ,\n", "a black comedy , drama\n", "more than capable\n", "is well under way\n", "it 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .\n", "struggle furiously with their fears and foibles\n", "bold choices\n", "tones and\n", "mean things and shoot a lot of bullets\n", "thomas anderson 's\n", "first-class road movie\n", "a thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` the thing ' and a geriatric\n", "of the stand-up comic\n", "death in this bitter italian comedy\n", "texture and\n", "big heart\n", "'ll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .\n", "immense imax screen\n", "reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans\n", "hand in hand\n", "and vertical limit\n", "guy-in-a-dress genre\n", "so many silent movies\n", "splendidly cast pair\n", "send-up\n", "combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream . '\n", "as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story\n", "larded with exposition\n", "one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years\n", "15th\n", "has its moments , but ultimately\n", "a hot sake half-sleep\n", "helms '\n", "than i 'd expected it to be\n", "the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving\n", "over the time machine\n", "to really work\n", "a fantastic dual performance from ian holm\n", "skims\n", "the comic opportunities\n", "the silent screams of workaday inertia\n", "a fascinating little tale\n", "full mileage\n", "that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force\n", "a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career\n", "gulp down\n", "is 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and obsessions\n", "where whitaker 's misfit artist is concerned\n", "smallest\n", "be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic\n", "criticizing feels more like commiserating\n", "remote , emotionally distant piece\n", "in the past\n", "just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity\n", "one movie 's\n", "much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but\n", "construct\n", "sweaty-palmed\n", "ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- delivers a magnetic performance .\n", "of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations\n", "directed from his own screenplay\n", "look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic\n", "step back and\n", "full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .\n", ", mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .\n", "is no steve martin\n", "enveloped\n", "movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly\n", "critics '\n", "takes no apparent joy in making movies\n", "anything ever , and easily\n", "viewing audience\n", "were at home\n", "the sun\n", "mel\n", "there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why .\n", "manages sweetness largely\n", "writer and director otar iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice\n", "-- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing\n", "caretakers\n", "wide supply\n", "is tenderly observant of his characters .\n", "the screenwriting process\n", "tom green and\n", "his directorial feature debut\n", "check it out\n", "that seems as though it was 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conversations\n", "well integrated\n", "out of control on a long patch of black ice\n", "putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film\n", "messy lives .\n", "mann\n", "for youthful anomie\n", "a spark of new inspiration in it ,\n", "just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years .\n", "true believer\n", "delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .\n", "ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired\n", "uncouth\n", "i 'm not even a fan of the genre\n", "for ``\n", "see a devastating comic impersonation\n", "dynamite\n", "once again , director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .\n", "expressing itself\n", "an intriguing story of maternal instincts\n", "humane and\n", "skillfully assembled ,\n", "morrison\n", "want to see a flick about telemarketers\n", "documentaries ever\n", "fun and funny in the middle , though\n", "convenience\n", "is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny .\n", "like most movie riddles\n", "to check it twice\n", "a delightful comedy centering on food\n", ", this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .\n", "character traits\n", "holiday-season product\n", "smokers\n", "amiable but\n", "film taps\n", "decide if you need to see it\n", "slight and admittedly manipulative\n", "what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .\n", "while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying\n", "waiting to spoil things\n", "question\n", "could be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "bathroom breaks\n", ", i 'd rather listen to old tori amos records\n", "of knowledge , education , and the\n", "shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience .\n", "the emperor 's club ,\n", "an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", "deliciously slow .\n", "as many times as we have fingers to count on --\n", "work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative\n", "every discovery and layers\n", "little changes\n", "intimate french\n", "continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .\n", "a party\n", "musicians\n", "are the greatest musicians of all time\n", "really more of the next pretty good thing\n", "loves women at all\n", "are innocent , childlike and inherently funny\n", "'s offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .\n", "its flabbergasting principals\n", "are honest\n", "its potential audience\n", "stepdad\n", "the film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9 \\/ 11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind .\n", "have a bad , bad , bad movie\n", "manufactured high drama\n", "here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration\n", "a nice album\n", "almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood\n", "tanovic\n", "my audience\n", ", i saw this movie .\n", "any less entertaining\n", "it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .\n", "could have guessed at the beginning\n", "to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book\n", "his chemistry\n", "'s surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .\n", "in the entire movie\n", "jolting into charleston rhythms\n", "of 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about discovering your destination in life\n", "updating works surprisingly well\n", "fuzziness\n", "dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff .\n", "the bizarre as the film winds\n", "sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth\n", "playing one another on the final day of the season\n", "he portrays himself in a one-note performance\n", "with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another\n", "charge money for this ? '\n", "wins you\n", ", soggy potboiler\n", "is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening\n", "opening up ' the play more has partly closed it down .\n", "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\n", "sentiments and explanations\n", "can get to an imitation movie\n", "the adrenaline jolt\n", "more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution . ''\n", "be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something\n", "for crimes against humanity\n", "psychopathic\n", "an animated holiday movie\n", "the same\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and\n", "ambitious films\n", "epiphany\n", "no entertainment value\n", "music\n", "eludes\n", "repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense\n", "he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and\n", "the art demands live viewing .\n", "that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort\n", "makes a better travelogue\n", "spite of itself\n", "daft by half ...\n", "vidgame pit\n", "benefits\n", "while it is interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side\n", "his elderly propensity\n", "detailed\n", "more dramatic\n", "compliment\n", "spiked by jolts of pop music\n", "the whole notion of passion\n", "permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations\n", "they 're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but in narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood .\n", "in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas\n", "star hoffman 's brother gordy\n", "of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "for your money\n", "despite a lot\n", "in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.\n", "really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .\n", "be liked by the people who can still give him work\n", "in this ambitious comic escapade\n", ", common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha .\n", "the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable\n", "... while dark water is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .\n", "is more timely\n", "offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them\n", "believing people were paid to make it\n", "exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters\n", "gratingly unfunny groaner\n", "interweaves\n", "recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters\n", "a lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ... hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity\n", "serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure .\n", "that fails to make adequate\n", "cognizant\n", "you are making sense of it\n", "is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining .\n", "`` the sum of all fears ''\n", "the stage\n", "work .\n", "... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically -\n", "its own bathos\n", "comes through even when the movie does n't .\n", "with enough energy and excitement\n", "to flop\n", "a sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away .\n", "f \\*\\*\\* ed\n", "discerned\n", "humanity or\n", "wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and\n", "laconic and\n", "to the film 's circular structure\n", "confusion and\n", "-- farts , boobs , unmentionables --\n", "an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound .\n", "happened only yesterday\n", "bling-bling\n", "comes off as so silly that you would n't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van\n", "to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you\n", "will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''\n", "i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks .\n", "the superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead -lrb- water -rrb- weight of the other .\n", "his feature debut\n", "shouting\n", "play fine if the movie knew what to do with him\n", "island\n", "the tuxedo 's 90 minutes\n", "a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters\n", ", easy\n", "going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous\n", ", you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .\n", "even dies .\n", "standard formula\n", "walt becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .\n", "we are given here\n", "they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them\n", "the ol' ball-and-chain\n", "brash ,\n", "smile-button\n", "put off by the film 's austerity\n", "'s on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "like mike\n", "unfunny and\n", "as any dummies guide , something\n", "if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .\n", "the best disney movie\n", "abderrahmane sissako 's heremakono -lrb- waiting for happiness -rrb- is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences .\n", "green ruins every single scene he 's in\n", "would be a welcome improvement\n", "necessary one\n", "household\n", "this way\n", "an advanced prozac nation\n", "the historical\n", "a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and\n", "adam\n", "both character study and\n", "the diciness\n", "pun and entendre and\n", "culture 's\n", "something new\n", "is stark , straightforward and deadly ...\n", "nonchalantly freaky and\n", "checkout\n", "the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful .\n", "is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration\n", "insurance\n", "satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified\n", "amassed a vast holocaust literature\n", "this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped\n", "to find her way\n", "the skies above manhattan\n", "for more\n", "the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms\n", "tony\n", "juliet stevenon 's\n", "undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .\n", "would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?\n", "sharing the awe in which it holds itself\n", "genuinely enthusiastic performances\n", "this rough trade punch-and-judy act did n't play well then\n", "keep parents\n", "had gone in for pastel landscapes\n", "a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism\n", "overlong soap\n", ", -lrb- testud -rrb- acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis .\n", "mental instability\n", "agape\n", "shake us in our boots\n", "to rest her valley-girl image\n", "to a better tomorrow\n", "consider this review life-affirming .\n", "atypically\n", "been grossly underestimated\n", "rises above a conventional , two dimension tale\n", "with no pretensions\n", "actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen\n", "that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb\n", "the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic\n", "terrorists\n", "sobering and powerful documentary\n", "advocacy cinema\n", "of sommers 's title-bout features\n", "on any list of favorites\n", "carries the day\n", "` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and\n", "that is masterly\n", "breen 's script is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting .\n", "quirky romance\n", "undeniably that\n", "as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us\n", "to keep the plates spinning as best he can\n", "gives pic\n", "elusive , lovely\n", "real winner\n", "fine production\n", "speaks forcefully enough\n", "the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking\n", "the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .\n", "the spirits of the whole family\n", "the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film :\n", "why ,\n", "dynamic first act\n", "your belt\n", "injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .\n", "of smackdown\n", "like `` si , pretty much '' and `` por favor , go home '' when talking to americans\n", "had no effect and\n", "the spirits of these young women\n", "tender inspirational tidings\n", "eats , meddles , argues ,\n", "a 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\n", "by and large this is mr. kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since the doors\n", "makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread\n", "young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig\n", "feels more forced than usual\n", "depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .\n", "headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito\n", "in the works\n", "the movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced '\n", "does a solid job\n", "twin\n", "tom green 's freddie got fingered\n", "the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence\n", "at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .\n", "an exceptional thriller\n", "predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol\n", "the film 's music\n", "be mesmerised\n", "boring before i see this piece of crap again\n", "you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix\n", "small-scale story\n", "left in the broiling sun for a good three days\n", "instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy .\n", "this latest skewering\n", "recent death\n", "is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "of spy kids\n", "points for political correctness\n", "especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand\n", "to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter\n", "could have been as a film\n", "the stars may be college kids ,\n", "of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either\n", "'s exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .\n", "the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment .\n", "feel like mopping up ,\n", "is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in\n", "the origin story is well told\n", "knows everything and\n", "tiny acts\n", "the yearning for passion spells discontent\n", "constant mood\n", "a beautiful paean\n", "in conflict\n", "true-blue delight .\n", "the action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up .\n", "nervy , risky\n", "you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again\n", "listless and desultory\n", "murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie , but it 's a perfectly acceptable widget .\n", "to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies\n", "clever for its own good\n", "most of the problems with the film\n", "constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose\n", "something appears\n", "low-tech magic realism and , at times ,\n", "than most of the writing in the movie\n", "the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and\n", "becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .\n", "what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving\n", "famous director 's\n", "ham-fisted direction\n", "a sharper , cleaner script\n", "hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women\n", "togetherness\n", "?\n", "daughters\n", "the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man\n", "this is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one\n", "an excuse for a movie as you can imagine\n", "surprisingly powerful and universal\n", ", bile , and irony\n", "pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious\n", "nearly two hours of your own precious life\n", "its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations\n", "a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art ,\n", "a terrifying study\n", "the excruciating end of days\n", "say\n", "mobility\n", "entertaining to watch the target practice\n", "is revealed\n", "it 's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story\n", "a crazy work of disturbed genius or\n", "for a return ticket\n", "the film runs on a little longer than it needs to\n", "serrault\n", "tart little lemon drop\n", "while it 's all quite tasteful to look at\n", "is a slapdash mess\n", "knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "undercurrent\n", "both pro and con , for adults\n", "from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable\n", "a wonderful , ghastly film\n", "the shining , the thing\n", "around her\n", "13 conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , karen sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas .\n", "sprightly spin\n", "a psychological mystery\n", "your teeth hurt\n", "irish sense\n", "compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness\n", "did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness\n", "that ` alabama '\n", "underplayed\n", "if it is n't entirely persuasive\n", "so prevalent on the rock\n", "sweet and believable\n", "you do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works\n", "a joyous communal festival of rhythm\n", "formula filmmaking\n", "notably\n", "the kid stays in the picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat .\n", "losing\n", "i spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits\n", "entendre\n", "a frustrating patchwork :\n", "co-writer\\/director peter jackson 's\n", "such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . ''\n", "remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .\n", "to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out\n", "featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves\n", "an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie .\n", "a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places\n", ", deceit and murder\n", "is a subzero version of monsters , inc. ,\n", "reiner\n", "modern action\\/comedy buddy movie\n", "she knows , and very likely is\n", "all its own\n", "is such a sweet and sexy film\n", "the crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .\n", "definite room for improvement\n", "derivative\n", "if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act .\n", "in the intermezzo strain\n", "-rrb- fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard\n", "the action as gripping\n", "director roger kumble\n", "running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .\n", "rendered tedious\n", "docu-dogma\n", "in contemporary culture\n", ", bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .\n", "freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box\n", "have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted\n", "to claim that it is `` based on a true story\n", "too good for this sucker\n", "newness\n", "same old thing\n", "of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor\n", "adventurous\n", "after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes\n", "a wonderful tale\n", "fringes\n", "affable if not\n", "the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories\n", "greater attention\n", "some episodes work\n", "who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot\n", "w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et\n", "gentle , touching\n", "political expedience\n", "option\n", "this kind of material is more effective on stage\n", "a crisply\n", "that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film\n", "sound effects\n", "by a set of heartfelt performances\n", "for personality\n", "improvised\n", "by white parents\n", "clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .\n", "it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man\n", "passes for humor in so many teenage comedies\n", "whiff\n", "their own mortality\n", "loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin .\n", "sadists\n", "the circumstances of its making\n", "stand-up magic\n", "of family responsibility and care\n", "here is doa .\n", "and sneering humor\n", "are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times\n", "failings\n", "should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! ''\n", "allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay\n", "if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .\n", "piercing and feisty\n", "an action hero\n", "a breezy blend\n", "widen\n", "even in the summertime\n", "this documentary\n", "inescapable air\n", "danish\n", "is a successful one .\n", "you love reading and\\/or poetry\n", "a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama\n", "of spectacle\n", "heart-breakingly\n", ", there is n't one true ` chan moment ' .\n", "the emotional blockage\n", "observant intelligence constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom .\n", "among\n", "freddie\n", "of dreamlike ecstasy\n", "the funniest moments\n", ", but certainly not without merit\n", "this u-boat\n", "what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling\n", "terrific screenplay\n", "best little\n", "equally assured narrative coinage\n", "that hold society in place\n", "a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs\n", "graphic\n", "a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .\n", "at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions\n", "there are some fairly unsettling scenes ,\n", "thankless\n", "as this one is in every regard except its storyline\n", "american gun culture\n", "carries it to unexpected heights\n", "flattens\n", "entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid ,\n", "turn on a dime\n", "meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree\n", "necessarily\n", "nothing happens , and\n", "serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid\n", "he has no character , loveable or otherwise\n", "will probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .\n", "like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive\n", "using an endearing cast , writer\\/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred .\n", "convince us of that\n", "its performances\n", "just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light\n", "shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence\n", "of embarrassment\n", "by a self-indulgent script\n", "infidelity\n", "genre gem\n", "people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny\n", "to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material\n", "to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line\n", "has it beat by a country mile\n", "the fight film\n", "holocaust movies\n", "badly-rendered cgi effects\n", "deceptively buoyant\n", "world politics\n", "a question for philosophers , not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do\n", "formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement\n", "wane\n", ", and totally disorientated\n", "a russian mail-order bride\n", "it 's not a film to be taken literally on any level ,\n", "is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings\n", "walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but\n", "populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about\n", "sparkling with ideas\n", "most importantly ,\n", "a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna\n", "the less charitable might describe as a castrated\n", "does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .\n", "the parking lot\n", "the young actors , not very experienced ,\n", "a smart new comedy\n", "hints\n", "86 minutes too long\n", "it 's not a motion picture ; it 's an utterly static picture .\n", "about the main characters\n", "sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout\n", "acted but\n", "objective documentary\n", "an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep\n", "this starts off with a 1950 's doris day feel and\n", "a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy\n", "is n't just offensive\n", "you there\n", "a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism\n", "suspense and\n", "an impish divertissement\n", "an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject\n", "like-themed film\n", "this is a very funny , heartwarming film .\n", "plympton 's\n", "a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs\n", "plays everything too safe\n", "talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but\n", "keen eye\n", "if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard\n", ", is funny and looks professional .\n", "thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except\n", "almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation\n", "hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but\n", "hot-button issues in a comedic context\n", "reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels\n", "the director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .\n", "shape-shifting\n", "still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon\n", "icy stunts\n", "it wraps up a classic mother\\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty .\n", "is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .\n", "a smart ,\n", "a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen\n", "able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier\n", "too dry\n", "ms. ramsay and her co-writer\n", "it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction\n", "from cheesy\n", "an impression\n", "depalma\n", "best sports movie\n", "is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers\n", "witness the conflict from the palestinian side\n", "pledge allegiance\n", "releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and snow dogs deserves every single one of them .\n", "a step ahead of her pursuers\n", "displays something more important\n", "no. 1 drips\n", "anthropomorphic\n", "purely abstract terms\n", "full frontal ,\n", "is nothing short of refreshing\n", "route\n", "to the u.n.\n", "overdone\n", "that human nature is pretty much the same all over\n", "on death\n", "\\*\\* holes\n", "it 's just another sports drama\\/character study .\n", "turn\n", "benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice .\n", ", i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "certain style and wit\n", "the size of a house\n", "well wrought\n", "celibacy\n", "k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories ,\n", "pours\n", "the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up\n", "less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself .\n", "of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit\n", "silly and crude storyline\n", "a gross-out quota\n", "a thriller that wo n't\n", "count on\n", "budget\n", "midsection\n", "have otherwise been bland\n", "no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again\n", "include anything even halfway scary\n", "frustrations\n", "your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it\n", "does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness\n", "'s because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue\n", "the insinuation\n", "fall dreadfully short\n", "to be jaglomized\n", "gotten more out\n", ", well-shaped dramas\n", "hashiguchi\n", "'s really wrong with this ricture\n", "documentary to disregard available bias\n", "callow pretension\n", "your neighbor 's garage sale\n", "facial expressions\n", "rise above the level of an after-school tv special\n", "time 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 .\n", "in the muck\n", "movies like ghost ship\n", "the movie 's major\n", "the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys\n", "in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes\n", "sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip .\n", "it 's an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb- ,\n", "into required reading\n", "of an asian landscape painting\n", "more than a whiff of exploitation\n", "a heavy-handed moralistic message\n", "-lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage\n", "for the film\n", "victim ... and\n", "reason to see `` sade ''\n", "your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything\n", "a dreary tract\n", "the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously ,\n", "relevant than 9 1\\/2 weeks\n", "sheer goofiness and cameos\n", "ungainly movie\n", "some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something ,\n", "an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages\n", "of performance\n", "is a lioness\n", "1992\n", "on facile\n", "could possibly come down the road in 2002\n", "a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening\n", "spent screen series\n", "too ludicrous and borderline insulting\n", "have a good shot\n", "fits the bill perfectly\n", "giggles and\n", "the sick sense\n", "has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing\n", "breaks your heart\n", "for the 9-11 terrorist attacks\n", "natural-seeming\n", "bless\n", "genteel yet\n", "a.s. byatt ,\n", "an enthusiastic charm in fire\n", "tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving\n", "gabriele\n", "you wish had been developed with more care\n", "rather silly and overwrought\n", "of the pleasures in walter 's documentary\n", "the intricate preciseness\n", "your interest , your imagination , your empathy\n", "in love in the time of money\n", "short of true inspiration\n", "undeniably moving film\n", "the hype\n", "as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson\n", "paranoid and\n", "to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight\n", "omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds\n", "smarter and subtler\n", "the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .\n", "rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy .\n", "earnest inquiries\n", "'s a rare window on an artistic collaboration .\n", "because of its many excesses\n", "on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet\n", "whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex\n", "following\n", "with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ;\n", "guiltless film\n", "is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .\n", "prison interview\n", "of ghost\n", "about the most severe kind of personal loss\n", "close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air .\n", "the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically\n", "that it was put on the screen , just for them\n", "to mr.\n", "be classified as one of those ` alternate reality '\n", "never lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving .\n", "in mediocrity\n", "is basically an anti-harry potter\n", "tiny revelations\n", "it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with\n", "recessive charms\n", "engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched\n", "it primarily relies on character to tell its story\n", "spot-on\n", "realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times\n", "hard-bitten , cynical journalists\n", "pass this stinker\n", "realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire\n", "would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant 's woman . '\n", "induces headaches more slowly\n", ", mean-spirited lashing\n", "love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it\n", "heart-wrenching\n", "long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short\n", "writing\n", "trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz\n", "reveal his impressively delicate range\n", "see a train wreck\n", "keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity\n", "voting process\n", "the holiday box office pie\n", "testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange\n", "not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and\n", "minority\n", "similarly themed\n", "are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros\n", "a serious contender for the title\n", "jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite\n", "claustrophobic concept\n", "i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director ,\n", "dorkier\n", "seriously impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman .\n", "for the earnest emotional core\n", "that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "technically sumptuous\n", "by\n", "japanese monster\n", ", spirited away is a triumph of imagination\n", "would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold\n", "glued\n", "schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story\n", "a camp adventure ,\n", "dv revolution\n", "exude\n", "preserving a sense of mystery\n", "more thorough transitions\n", "bibi\n", "nevertheless\n", "although sensitive to a fault\n", "an entertaining movie\n", "grandiosity\n", "have fun\n", "intimate and intelligent\n", "saving private ryan\n", "'ll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams\n", "it 's true\n", "a wickedly undramatic central theme\n", "by all of the actors\n", "better ,\n", "would topple the balance\n", "a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action\n", "prospect\n", "to be really awful\n", "-lrb- seems -rrb- even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels .\n", "punching up the mix\n", "calvin jr. 's barbershop\n", "animated feature\n", "publicists\n", "film-culture\n", "'s just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull\n", "misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable\n", "characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names\n", "'s unique or memorable .\n", "is , by itself , deserving of discussion\n", "awfulness\n", "make it worth watching\n", "few nifty twists\n", "of authority\n", "of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works\n", "much like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date .\n", "fairly unsettling\n", "that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience\n", "an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece\n", "the background -- a welcome step\n", "than in most ` right-thinking ' films\n", "1\\/2 weeks\n", "observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "bits funnier\n", "have better luck\n", "so you do n't have to\n", "a disaster of a story ,\n", ", amusing study\n", "pythonesque flavor\n", "scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys\n", "boring despite the scenery\n", "of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation\n", "the most interesting writer\\/directors\n", "identity farce\n", "from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers\n", "of the ugly american\n", "but dull and ankle-deep ` epic\n", "a loud , witless mess\n", "the original new testament stories so compelling\n", "you like quirky , odd movies and\\/or the ironic\n", "of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse\n", "of any age\n", "with flashes of warmth and gentle humor\n", "over this movie\n", "reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and ryoko hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that .\n", "cherish would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film .\n", "least favourite emotions\n", "female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood\n", "overflowing septic tank\n", "things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content\n", "for decades we 've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .\n", "exceedingly memorable one for most people\n", "not to mention\n", "one continuum\n", "to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances\n", "tolkien fan\n", "as a film director\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense ,\n", "fourth `` pokemon ''\n", "a masterpiece\n", "schultz\n", "from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense\n", "are usually depressing but rewarding\n", "might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares\n", "like me\n", "`` ... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time\n", "a black hole\n", "most offensive action\n", "lightest\n", "even all that funny\n", "fiennes\n", "the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief\n", "not into high-tech splatterfests\n", "in walter 's documentary\n", "his own brand of liberalism\n", "a computer-generated cold fish\n", "very issues\n", "sitting open too long\n", "a light ,\n", "to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries\n", ", i realized the harsh reality of my situation\n", "watching history\n", "you 've paid a matinee price\n", "period\n", "poor stephen rea\n", "to show us a good time\n", "there are some laughs in this movie , but\n", "even then\n", "unsettling spookiness\n", "a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann\n", "the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '\n", "tian zhuangzhuang\n", "of the things costner movies are known for\n", "without reeking of research library dust\n", "neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy\n", "to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress\n", "that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling\n", "fitting\n", ", so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .\n", "skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience .\n", "it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .\n", "decent performance\n", "behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance .\n", "alternately frustrating and rewarding .\n", "what it was to be iranian-american in 1979\n", "young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "with intelligence and care\n", "the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny\n", "generically\n", "keeping\n", "not to mention absolutely refreshed .\n", "could hardly ask for more .\n", "to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made\n", "that awkward age\n", "the raunch\n", "good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller\n", "look much like anywhere in new york\n", "is a little too in love\n", "outlandish\n", "scores of characters , some fictional , some\n", "drawn into the party\n", "the printed page\n", "of elegant wit and artifice\n", "the minds\n", "desire and\n", "the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead\n", "the way we were ,\n", "laudable in themselves\n", "bears out as your typical junkie opera\n", "the tangled feelings\n", "'s the scarlet letter\n", "manhattan 's architecture\n", "quietly engaging .\n", "their frantic efforts\n", "finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers .\n", "thrills ,\n", "the story that emerges\n", "weird ,\n", "stagy and stilted\n", "xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure\n", "by its end\n", "a murder mystery\n", "through the sugar coating\n", "a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies .\n", "british stage icon\n", "a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating .\n", "pyschological center\n", "as it looks in the face of death\n", "rough-trade\n", "reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year .\n", "tykwer 's\n", "the power of spirits\n", "that it 's only a peek\n", "so-so films\n", "it does have one saving grace .\n", "anything seen on jerry springer\n", "watch your merchant ivory productions\n", "drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst\n", "it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat\n", "touching though it is\n", "adapted\n", "his next line\n", "split up\n", "the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts\n", "limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists\n", "entertaining and informative\n", "would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest\n", "smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play .\n", "from start\n", "top of the world\n", "document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band\n", "handled\n", ", david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .\n", "shake off your tensions\n", ", mr. shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .\n", "all the small moments and flashbacks do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition .\n", "several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday\n", "a dead dog\n", "uh , shred\n", "yuen\n", "accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way .\n", "revealing look\n", "like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show\n", "is why anybody picked it up .\n", "how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department\n", "it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven\n", "head off\n", "that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but\n", "driver-esque\n", "that 's been acted out\n", "of arwen\n", "yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but\n", ", unconvincing\n", "crassness\n", "creating adventure\n", "a skateboard film\n", "has plenty of laughs .\n", "ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled\n", "tiny acts of kindness\n", "a mildly engaging central romance , hospital\n", ", in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special\n", "a true study\n", "carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder\n", "embraces it , energizes it and\n", "smoke\n", "girls movie\n", "must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '\n", "tuned in to its community\n", "of dedicated artists\n", "reunion\n", "laziness\n", "works because we 're never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely\n", "a straightforward , emotionally honest manner\n", "hungry-man portions of bad\n", "singer\\/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs\n", "in the real world\n", "a movie just\n", "an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to .\n", "cards\n", "the worthy successor\n", "are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused\n", "is the opposite of a truly magical movie .\n", "it 's not entirely memorable\n", "view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight\n", "lookin ' for their mamet\n", "it has fun with the quirks of family life ,\n", "the unfolding crisis\n", "it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone , but\n", "renner\n", "graham\n", "the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying\n", "orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .\n", "an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving\n", "completists only\n", "long and relentlessly saccharine film\n", "considered approach\n", "the blood\n", "ever released by a major film studio .\n", "hollywood star\n", "survive a screening with little harm done\n", "interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast\n", "complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out\n", "the fringes of the american underground\n", "is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .\n", "'s still entertaining to watch the target practice .\n", "anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .\n", "no-frills docu-dogma plainness\n", "labyrinthine\n", "layered and\n", "an exceptionally dark joke\n", "allegedly inspiring\n", "beyond redemption\n", "based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal\n", "the story to actually give them life\n", "be pleasant in spite of its predictability\n", "none of this so-called satire\n", "is n't a definitive counter-cultural document\n", "this is a nervy , risky film\n", "subtle and richly\n", "seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah\n", "d.w. griffith\n", "puts washington , as honest working man john q. archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .\n", "misconstrued\n", "arms\n", "exposition\n", "it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and\n", "to be truly informed by the wireless\n", "graceless and ugly\n", "beijing\n", "great scares\n", "as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops\n", "austin powers films\n", "as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized\n", "calling\n", "to hit the silver screen\n", "of people who try to escape the country\n", "pure disney\n", "a monopoly\n", "with the movie 's final half hour\n", "like tremors\n", "a dearth of real poignancy\n", "oral storytelling\n", "barely tolerable\n", "looked like\n", "wallace gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste .\n", "during windtalkers\n", "hey , do n't shoot the messenger\n", "animator todd mcfarlane 's\n", "solid execution\n", "can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level\n", "'s anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "little question\n", "a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast\n", "funny , uplifting and moving\n", "a weak and ineffective ghost story\n", "it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and\n", "unholy mess\n", "aimed mainly\n", "an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy .\n", "little of our emotional investment\n", "briefly\n", "hunter steve irwin\n", "... myers has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs ...\n", "noise , mayhem and stupidity\n", "which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny\n", "the best and most mature comedy\n", "an hour-and-a-half\n", "a bad imitation of the bard\n", "a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history .\n", "a `` black austin\n", "the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line\n", "on caring for animals and respecting other cultures\n", "realism\n", "for most movies , 84 minutes is short\n", "an original bone\n", "the power of love\n", "a troubadour , his acolytes ,\n", "affecting than silence\n", "would act if they had periods\n", "the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior\n", "is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .\n", "her pure fantasy character ,\n", "all-enveloping\n", "that 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly . ''\n", "the emotions\n", "muckraking\n", "none-too-original\n", "of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with\n", "being bored\n", "is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other\n", "'s been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion\n", "psychological\n", "sometimes incisive and sensitive\n", "goodness for this signpost\n", "too offensive\n", "but instead\n", "ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike\n", "surface flash\n", "its own actions and revelations\n", "hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing\n", "adolescent\n", "presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and\n", "frames\n", "a change in -lrb- herzog 's -rrb- personal policy\n", "universal tale\n", "much more than\n", "casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek\n", "neil burger 's\n", "ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .\n", "be catechism\n", "-- and deeply appealing --\n", "by the two daughters\n", "back home receiving war department telegrams\n", "by shooting itself in the foot\n", "unless you 're a fanatic\n", "a `` 2 ''\n", "puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars\n", "into hogwash\n", "a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance\n", "mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice --\n", "manhattan and hell\n", "blind to the silliness\n", "you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer .\n", "yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .\n", "rouses us .\n", "hidden impulsive niches\n", "corny examination\n", "fails so fundamentally on every conventional level\n", "butterflies\n", "rich and\n", "it much better\n", "properly intense , claustrophobic tale\n", "mythic\n", "arctic\n", "what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art\n", "while american adobo has its heart -lrb- and its palate -rrb- in the right place\n", "donovan ... squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences .\n", "to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu\n", "-- but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while .\n", "of germany 's democratic weimar republic\n", "a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman\n", "there is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them ''\n", "inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine\n", "singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn .\n", "empathy\n", "in a tasteful , intelligent manner\n", "as obvious as telling a country skunk\n", "a played-out idea\n", "is n't much\n", "a few chuckles\n", "out scenes\n", "warmth and gentle humor\n", "own infinite\n", "one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year\n", "'s a tougher picture than it is\n", "to sustain the film\n", "have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook\n", "shrieky\n", "engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .\n", "a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for\n", "... the first 2\\/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...\n", "carried out by folks worthy of scorn\n", "its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes\n", "thrillers\n", "is nothing redeeming about 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some staggeringly boring cinema .\n", "something of a stiff --\n", "red lights , a rattling noise\n", "sing the lyrics to `` tonight\n", "of almost bergmanesque intensity\n", "retro\n", "to believe it\n", "show to steal\n", "tape\n", "meet them halfway\n", "at the station looking for a return ticket to realism\n", "such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end\n", "is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay\n", "affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship\n", "after a while , hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .\n", "'' wanted and quite honestly\n", "that lacks what little lilo & stitch had in\n", "find the oddest places\n", "within the drama\n", "consigned to the dustbin of history\n", "suffers from a lackluster screenplay\n", "initial 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are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .\n", "of tom green and the farrelly brothers\n", "its true-to-life characters ,\n", "re-creations\n", "to rank with its worthy predecessors\n", "suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man\n", "at the beginning\n", "innocent and jaded\n", "to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances\n", "seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string\n", "glorious mess .\n", "rather pretentious\n", "with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural\n", "o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually\n", "can you take before indigestion sets in\n", "in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich\n", "` a ' list cast\n", "portray richard dawson\n", "entirely too straight-faced\n", "the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel\n", "a cross between blow\n", "forced drama in this wildly uneven movie ,\n", "ichi the killer ''\n", "in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil\n", "triple x is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude\n", "broad cross-section\n", "do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .\n", "now-cliched\n", "fact , the best in recent memory\n", "for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger\n", "of dazzling pop entertainment\n", "fresh and raw like a blown-out vein\n", "worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor\n", "grandfather\n", "balloon\n", "flick worthy\n", "own film\n", "a veggie tales movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit .\n", "to the gifted korean american stand-up\n", "a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten\n", "a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters\n", "the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired\n", "acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts\n", "hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", "seen a movie instead of an endless trailer\n", "a fascinating subject matter\n", "the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative\n", "of iles ' book\n", "it looks good , but\n", "conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year\n", "the heart and soul of cinema\n", "disconcertingly slack\n", "an exhilarating serving of movie fluff .\n", "want to pack raw dough in my ears\n", "intellect and feeling\n", "attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned\n", "of a mentally challenged woman\n", "other issues that are as valid today\n", "hits a nerve\n", "fall closer in quality\n", "if you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices , you 're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid .\n", "is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless\n", "'' and `` terrible\n", "real poignancy\n", "captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock\n", "is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm\n", "was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists\n", "it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate\n", "amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society\n", "sterling\n", "also has plenty for those -lrb- like me -rrb- who are n't .\n", "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\n", "far funnier\n", "road to perdition does display greatness\n", "the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the -lrb- teen comedy -rrb- genre a bad name .\n", "yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care ,\n", "a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story\n", "not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny\n", "enough to sustain laughs\n", "suavity\n", "terrific date movie\n", "undergraduate\n", "to irk viewers\n", "poster movie\n", "is disposable\n", "the movie is a mess from start to finish .\n", "there 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .\n", "are once again\n", "are just two of the elements that will grab you\n", "critical jim\n", "to see what all the fuss is about\n", "go unnoticed and underappreciated\n", "to being exciting\n", "smeared windshield\n", "the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .\n", "linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie\n", "big thing 's\n", "the 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people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters\n", "at every turn\n", "it 's just plain boring .\n", "the `` other side of the story\n", "a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity\n", "hanks and fisk\n", "this space-based homage\n", "passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court\n", "general audiences\n", "gave people seizures\n", "at no point during k-19\n", "luvvies in raptures\n", "a dope\n", "is not first-rate\n", "the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film , i 'm the one that i want , in 2000 .\n", "a wry and sometime bitter movie about love\n", "both seven\n", "an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that\n", "in this bitter italian comedy\n", "'s hardly any fun to watch\n", "as commander-in-chief of this film\n", "been ` it 's just a kids ' flick\n", "whether the original version\n", "confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the 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"silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller\n", "of tim allen\n", "discloses almost nothing .\n", "this film is not a love letter for the slain rappers\n", "shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish\n", "mainstream american movies\n", "drama and black comedy\n", "into your very bloodstream\n", "minimally\n", "'s precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does .\n", "embarking\n", "portrayed with almost supernatural powers\n", "of eight legged freaks\n", "from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply\n", "flies\n", "unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy\n", "a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser\n", "unexpectedly moving meditation\n", "into a relationship and then\n", "too much syrup and not enough fizz\n", "devolves\n", "to feel funny and light\n", "the unexplainable pain and\n", "stylized\n", "mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power\n", "is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the 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or\n", "dialogue bits\n", "the ambiguous ending\n", "that 's just too boring and obvious\n", "linger\n", "on the yiddish stage\n", "one of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i\n", "experienced by southern blacks as distilled\n", "has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing ,\n", "did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot\n", "in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis\n", "does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .\n", "once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue\n", "water\n", "watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady\n", "too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a 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story\n", "get into the history books\n", "is n't nearly as downbeat\n", "as\n", "are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .\n", "royals\n", "just a\n", "a muddled drama\n", "calculated events\n", "begins with promise\n", "racial profiling hollywood style\n", "with four scriptwriters\n", "brought unexpected gravity\n", "political prisoners ,\n", "best movies\n", "unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense\n", "finding entertainment\n", "a bit melodramatic and even a little dated\n", "bogs down in insignificance\n", "the glamorous machine\n", "a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next\n", "jolie\n", ", the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore .\n", "takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading\n", "have a bit of a phony relationship\n", "on the soundtrack\n", "to being either funny or scary\n", "to liven 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"entertainments to emerge from the french film industry in years\n", "too many characters saying too many clever things and\n", "we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness\n", "look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown\n", "eventually\n", "like antwone fisher\n", "who know nothing about the subject\n", "refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original\n", "steals so freely from other movies and\n", "about a city\n", "pile\n", "natural acting\n", "white-knuckled and unable\n", "sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material\n", "a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ...\n", "very hollowness\n", "a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set .\n", "few scares\n", "as glum as mr. de niro\n", "dv poetry\n", "short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic 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bitter end without a map\n", "distinguished actor\n", "a woman 's life\n", "after seeing the film\n", "foursome\n", "sensitive to a fault\n", "hinges on the subgenre\n", "to eat popcorn\n", "it has been with all the films in the series\n", "do n't look back .\n", "the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy\n", "bible parables and not an actual story\n", "of ridiculousness\n", "solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .\n", "most restless young audience\n", ", it 's well worth a rental .\n", "a 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 .\n", "... bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .\n", "spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .\n", "the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort\n", "her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his\n", "a southern gothic\n", "where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks\n", "making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden\n", "further apart\n", "anti-harry\n", "in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly\n", "a niche hit\n", "chillingly\n", "may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "figuring it out\n", "rare\n", "its characters and communicates something\n", "a raise\n", "deeply affecting\n", "'s -rrb- a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .\n", "'s already a joke in the united states .\n", "degrades its characters , its stars and its audience\n", "renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .\n", "is seriously\n", "sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue\n", "recommendation\n", "go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery\n", "a mediocre tribute to films like them\n", "a staggeringly compelling character\n", "verismo\n", "former mr. drew barrymore\n", "over our heads\n", "things , but does n't\n", "to see who can out-bad-act the other\n", "come away\n", "with unintended laughs\n", "for a critical and commercial disaster\n", "those underrated professionals\n", "lacks in substance\n", "to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio\n", "bald\n", "'s all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness\n", "fuss\n", "shaggy\n", "film noir and action flicks\n", "another dickens '\n", "mimics everyone and everything\n", "of youth\n", "laid-back good spirits\n", "a bland murder-on-campus yawner .\n", "of their gourd\n", "director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move\n", "spellbinding fun and\n", "of an approach\n", "richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but\n", "be a one-trick pony\n", "brooding personalities\n", "that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy\n", "seriousness\n", "action and almost no substance\n", "being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes\n", "cold-hearted snake petrovich\n", "engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks\n", ", you 're far better served by the source material .\n", "the production details are lavish\n", "have much to say beyond the news\n", "never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .\n", "director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script ,\n", "psychology 101 study\n", "made infinitely more wrenching\n", "a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .\n", "is so consistently unimaginative\n", "as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .\n", "though , is the one established by warner bros. giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .\n", "i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops\n", "anyone not\n", "the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life ,\n", "to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up .\n", "more tiring than anything\n", "hope\n", "a cynic\n", "rooted\n", "a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex\n", "the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster .\n", "like any of these despicable characters\n", "neither protagonist\n", "entire cast\n", "distracted rhythms\n", "historically significant work\n", "is worth a look ,\n", "it stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie .\n", "gasp for gas\n", "for this one\n", "its moving story\n", "folds under its own thinness .\n", "watchable\n", "order\n", "remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .\n", "than awe\n", "ca n't even do that much .\n", "same song\n", "jeong\n", "'s burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .\n", "perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland\n", "bushels of violence\n", "is n't a comparison to reality\n", "even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve ,\n", "seagal 's -rrb-\n", "of ghetto fabulousness\n", "pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .\n", "moments and scenes\n", "almost the first two-thirds\n", "joan and\n", "ten-year-old female protagonist\n", "what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions\n", "for a holiday in venice\n", "was once an amoral assassin\n", "the best script that besson has written in years\n", "draggy\n", "intellectual lector\n", "decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .\n", "utterly misplaced\n", "not his plot\n", "solondz 's thirst\n", "meaning\n", "some people march to the beat of a different drum ,\n", "it 's not a motion picture ; it 's an utterly static picture\n", "tragic -rrb-\n", "be surefire casting\n", "presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and\n", "certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes\n", "the bard 's tragic play\n", "may be in the right place\n", "her talent\n", "lost on the target audience\n", "`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors\n", "is what matters\n", "most plain white toast comic book films\n", "induce\n", "love a joy to behold\n", "seems inconceivable\n", "can forgive the film its flaws\n", "temptation , salvation and good intentions\n", "'s certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community\n", "that jackie chan is getting older ,\n", "it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy\n", "its worst\n", "if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears\n", "this visual trickery\n", ", runteldat is something of a triumph .\n", "a story , an old and scary one ,\n", "unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle\n", "as schmidt , nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .\n", "i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life\n", "distinguished from a mediocre one\n", "on a dead dog\n", "hard on a boat\n", "solemn film\n", "the passion , creativity , and fearlessness\n", ", her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .\n", "helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy ,\n", "the real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep .\n", "a just a waste\n", "laughs -- sometimes a chuckle ,\n", "carter\n", "grenoble and\n", "feeling refreshed and hopeful\n", "one fantastic visual trope\n", "sweetness and vulnerability\n", "makes how i killed my father compelling\n", "if festival in cannes nails hard - boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy\n", "director peter o'fallon\n", "jerry bruckheimer 's putrid pond\n", "illuminate\n", "tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it\n", "more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .\n", "something happens that tells you there is no sense .\n", "feel very much like a brand-new\n", "even fans\n", "as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film\n", "old `` twilight zone '' episode\n", "considered career-best performances\n", "caton-jones\n", "particular theatrical family\n", "baked\n", "a dogged\n", "never thought i 'd say this\n", "most virtuous\n", "dispel\n", "ms. shu is an institution\n", "every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .\n", "eyes\n", "believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other\n", "vaguely\n", "have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .\n", "invisible , nearly psychic nuances ,\n", ", great to look at , and funny\n", "grown-up\n", "their predicament\n", "life-embracing spirit\n", "sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama\n", "most ill-conceived animated comedy\n", "to its own bathos\n", "succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack\n", "see it now\n", "exercise in formula crash-and-bash action .\n", "authentically impulsive humor\n", ", it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .\n", "little puddle\n", "cleverly worked out\n", "any after-school special you can imagine\n", "seen or heard\n", "extreme humor\n", "also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare\n", "it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it\n", "christmas future\n", "will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche\n", "carries us effortlessly from darkness to light\n", "the role of roger swanson\n", "he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .\n", "helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome .\n", "the ideal casting\n", "extremely\n", "is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli .\n", "the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence ,\n", "deleting emotion\n", "raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll\n", "merges\n", "sucked .\n", "to look away\n", "` qatsi ' trilogy\n", "coming-of-age portrait\n", "an ingenue\n", "nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\\/coming-out tale\n", "is a respectable sequel\n", "good actors\n", "slapdash mess\n", "its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine\n", "holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin .\n", "stodgy\n", "have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense\n", "could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .\n", "feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing\n", "there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it\n", "brings to a spectacular completion one\n", "particularly assaultive\n", "to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded\n", "have seen before\n", "its longevity\n", "she , janine and molly --\n", "some campus\n", "has no affect on the kurds\n", "a superfluous sequel\n", "shows --\n", "irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .\n", "being who ca n't quite live up to it\n", "occurrences\n", "abandon their scripts\n", "detailed down to the signs on the kiosks\n", "i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid .\n", "fetishistic\n", "are some fairly unsettling scenes\n", "as-it\n", "nothing new to see\n", "overburdened\n", "warm-milk persona\n", "has all the values of a straight-to-video movie ,\n", ", aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough\n", "-lrb- jackson and bledel -rrb- seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd .\n", "even though their story is predictable\n", "a surprisingly similar teen drama\n", "is at 22\n", "while cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it 's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem .\n", "see a better thriller\n", "latest attempt\n", "these things\n", "to be jolted out of their gourd\n", "as spring break\n", "shrapnel\n", "it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "the indifference of spanish social workers and\n", "ambitious and moving but bleak film\n", "oddballs\n", "plain crap\n", "universal studios and\n", "a nerve\n", "ran out of movies years ago\n", "filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area\n", "create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior\n", "hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool\n", "-- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently --\n", "the basis for the entire plot\n", "may rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "there 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .\n", "allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible\n", "ancient holistic healing system\n", "many improbabilities\n", "undeniably gorgeous\n", "-lrb- has -rrb-\n", "is otherwise\n", "the lambs\n", "is that sort of thing all over again\n", "at this\n", "witless ,\n", "recoing 's fantastic performance does n't exactly reveal what makes vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat .\n", "big bloody stew\n", "127\n", "the dream world of teen life\n", "the star wars series\n", "to this disney cartoon\n", "delivers a sucker-punch\n", "the nightmare of war\n", "are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre\n", "his great-grandson 's\n", "for its only partly synthetic decency\n", "simply ca n't recommend it enough .\n", "reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears\n", "that have become a spielberg trademark\n", "the second half of the movie really goes downhill .\n", "ideas and wry comic mayhem\n", "to see the it\n", "richard pryor wannabe\n", "the inevitable double - and triple-crosses arise\n", "allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .\n", "the fun of toy story 2\n", "a good one\n", "so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself\n", "thoroughly debated in the media\n", "michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he 's got as potent a topic as ever here .\n", "an unholy mess\n", "its zeal to spread propaganda\n", "it 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .\n", "the biggest problem with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa\n", ", never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .\n", "a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan\n", "a cause\n", "the better of obnoxious adults\n", "is to substitute plot for personality .\n", ", if disingenuous ,\n", "still-inestimable contribution\n", "you value your time and money\n", "the laws of physics and\n", "as i thought it was going to be\n", "anchoring performance\n", "swear\n", "lugosi 's\n", "i liked a lot of the smaller scenes .\n", "the concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .\n", "this enthralling documentary ... is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .\n", "with the delight of discovery\n", "empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun\n", "the same illogical things keep happening over and over again\n", "the film 's circular structure\n", "trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but\n", "for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life\n", "to their notorious rise\n", "without thrills and a mystery devoid\n", "may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .\n", "written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit\n", "blade ii\n", "one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .\n", "invigorating , surreal , and resonant\n", "you think you 've figured out late marriage\n", "tells you there is no sense\n", "is clear :\n", "propaganda film\n", "spreads them pretty thin\n", "his own style\n", "uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels\n", "abroad\n", "may not be a great piece of filmmaking\n", "the gang-infested\n", "race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout\n", "second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies\n", "the one hour\n", "of an artist\n", "the cartoon 's more 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"newcomer helmer kevin donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman .\n", "is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects\n", "you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and\n", "each other virtually\n", "the rings\n", "the movie for you\n", "opportunity to trivialize the material\n", "a routine shocker\n", "aloof\n", "a terrifying study of bourgeois\n", "lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation\n", "from a stunningly unoriginal premise\n", "for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while\n", "who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing\n", "-lrb- dong -rrb- makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and\n", "this side of jonathan swift\n", "the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt\n", "20th century france\n", 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where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .\n", "right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "the beauty of alexander payne 's ode to the everyman\n", "seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances\n", "lesser works\n", ", interest can not be revived .\n", "witless and utterly pointless\n", "but as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .\n", "monsoon wedding in late marriage\n", "own cleverness\n", "a perfect example\n", "often\n", "-lrb- p -rrb- artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting .\n", "instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .\n", "billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .\n", "wo n't be remembered as one of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films\n", "this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine\n", "you 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum .\n", "another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't - miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong .\n", "butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .\n", "a slight but sweet film\n", "her son 's\n", "made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll\n", "thick and thin\n", "for style\n", "reflect a woman 's point-of-view .\n", "engaging mystery\n", "every bad action-movie line\n", "its promenade\n", "starts out bizarre\n", "brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "becomes more and more frustrating\n", "it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned --\n", "by a master\n", "an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force\n", "finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films\n", "is a movie that also does it by the numbers .\n", "a bar\n", "`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company\n", "have made it out to be\n", "genuine\n", "self-possessed\n", "that will amuse or entertain them\n", "a lot of energy\n", "the tiresome rant\n", "underdramatized but overstated\n", "creeping into the second half\n", "at its idiocy\n", "different levels\n", "worthy and devastating\n", "most complex\n", "bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans\n", "quirky characters , odd situations ,\n", "antiseptic\n", "the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it\n", "the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i\n", "a riveting , brisk delight\n", "dark humor ,\n", "humanize its subject\n", "outstanding performance\n", "doing-it-for - the-cash\n", "williams '\n", "be convinced that he has something significant to say\n", "unfinished\n", "the first part\n", "entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .\n", "works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters\n", "of insulting\n", "has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .\n", "late 15th century\n", "of liberal on the political spectrum\n", "so larger than life and yet so fragile\n", "with a sane eye\n", "these twists\n", "eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof .\n", "will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again\n", "to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn\n", "of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes\n", "great one\n", "a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men\n", "terrible\n", "flamboyance\n", "of a saturday matinee\n", "delicate ways\n", "never gets off the ground\n", "that the entire exercise has no real point\n", "being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "predictably efficient piece\n", "early laughs\n", "the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .\n", "its courageousness , and comedic employment\n", "significantly different -lrb- and better -rrb-\n", "heritage business\n", "to mine laughs\n", "starts promisingly\n", "court\n", "its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight\n", "earnest dramaturgy\n", "come to life\n", "the fans are often funny fanatics\n", "the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and\n", "casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college student -- where 's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ?\n", "jolting\n", "there 's no question that epps scores once or twice , but it 's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head\n", ", like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "some movies that hit you from the first scene\n", "as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema\n", "wars junkie\n", "engine\n", "thoughtful and surprisingly affecting\n", "in bar # 3\n", "secondhand material\n", "a jewish friend\n", "have been a painless time-killer\n", "i 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but\n", "well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .\n", "mike white 's deft combination\n", "the intelligence level of the characters\n", "function as comedy\n", "ah ,\n", "the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel\n", "great films\n", "bone-chilling\n", "of old news\n", "see the would-be surprises coming a mile away\n", "cinematic experience\n", "message to tell\n", "it 's sweet ... but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end .\n", "as it stands , there 's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .\n", "hackles\n", "goddammit\n", "love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness\n", "in the new guy , even the bull gets recycled .\n", "dramatic impact\n", "through cyber culture\n", "'re a jet\n", "havoc\n", "timeless\n", "with a philosophical visual coming right\n", "if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness\n", "subtlest and\n", "about as necessary\n", "heading nowhere\n", "more enjoyable than its predecessor .\n", "good-hearted ensemble comedy\n", "of a pesky mother\n", "the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows\n", "'s just another sports drama\\/character study .\n", "the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent\n", "is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best .\n", "burns ' fifth beer-soaked film\n", "these two literary figures ,\n", "the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen -- and a hollywood-ized austen at that\n", "an awful movie\n", "ah , the travails of metropolitan life !\n", "a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the\n", "but down\n", "20th\n", "about the baseball-playing monkey\n", "a thrill ride\n", "this is a film living far too much in its own head .\n", "the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change\n", "no amount of good intentions\n", "as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman\n", "laughing\n", "an impressive style\n", "enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle\n", "video market\n", "the overall experience\n", "tells -lrb- the story -rrb-\n", "has its heart\n", "the usual ,\n", "no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original , but\n", "chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century america .\n", "hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful\n", "a charming , banter-filled comedy\n", "to be a few advantages to never growing old\n", "the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens\n", "extremely flat\n", "turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum\n", "i highly recommend irwin , but\n", "'s a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism\n", "than triumph\n", "on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches\n", "too dry and\n", "his most critically insightful\n", "a certain robustness\n", "a director 's travel\n", "making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations\n", "articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .\n", "it were -- i doubt it\n", "all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb- tells her father\n", "thoroughly awful .\n", "salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film .\n", "member\n", "it 's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive\n", "what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers .\n", "goes on for the 110 minutes of `` panic room ''\n", "it will just as likely make you weep ,\n", "wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life\n", "damme\n", "jugglers ,\n", "the feel of poetic tragedy\n", "that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably\n", "has all the actors reaching for the back row\n", "fact and fancy\n", ", overused cocktail\n", "gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .\n", "alexander payne 's ode\n", "manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie .\n", "mib ii '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .\n", "elbowed\n", "morton 's ever-watchful gaze\n", "allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .\n", "me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true\n", "no new friends\n", "tremendous skill\n", "whose friendship\n", "fans of the modern day hong kong action film\n", "some of it is honestly affecting\n", "christmas future for a lot of baby boomers\n", "squirm\n", "started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron ,\n", "less worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life and more\n", "breitbart\n", "impressionistic\n", "eddie -rrb-\n", "there was actually one correct interpretation\n", "cathartic truth\n", "television , music\n", "want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by\n", "macdonald\n", "this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay .\n", "notting hill\n", "give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and\n", "full potential\n", "to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal\n", "dress up\n", "the bland songs\n", "biting and witty feature\n", "has finally , to some extent ,\n", "funny , triumphant ,\n", "just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole\n", "that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film\n", "what little lilo & stitch had in\n", "through sincerity\n", "far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience\n", "a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi .\n", "overly melodramatic ...\n", "acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .\n", "extended soap opera\n", "frowns\n", "2002 's sundance festival\n", "is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story .\n", "overstating\n", "insufferable ball\n", "shafer and\n", "it deserves to be seen everywhere .\n", "real stake\n", "it 's a big idea , but\n", "waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one\n", "me feel weird \\/ thinking about all the bad things in the world \\/ like puppies with broken legs \\/ and butterflies that die \\/ and movies starring pop queens\n", "found in the dullest kiddie flicks\n", "manages\n", "while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one\n", "enjoy this movie\n", "no place for this story to go but down\n", "has seen the hunger or cat people\n", "it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much\n", "to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers\n", "of typical toback machinations\n", "you love the music\n", "douglas mcgrath\n", "the main characters\n", "george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al.\n", "'s an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb-\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning\n", "often now\n", "long overdue\n", "the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast\n", "ultimate blame\n", "has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration\n", "a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .\n", ", lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .\n", "a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category\n", "her three protagonists\n", "in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice\n", "is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material\n", "skippable\n", "to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages\n", "solid , satisfying\n", "ridiculously\n", "memorable performances\n", "steven spielberg 's schindler 's list\n", "hopped-up fashion\n", "tso\n", "i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great ... i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care\n", "light showers of emotion\n", "kooky and overeager\n", "bridget jones 's diary\n", "great apocalypse movies\n", "'s updating works surprisingly well .\n", "to 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"thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes\n", "will he be\n", "implied\n", "wrong times\n", "fascinating but choppy\n", "for a movie as you can imagine\n", "worked wonders\n", "marivaux 's rhythms , and\n", "is generated by the shadowy lighting\n", "sometimes this modest little number clicks ,\n", "in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process\n", "begins 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\n", "the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .\n", "otherwise respectable action\n", "chan 's\n", "like a student film\n", "scary and sad\n", "good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography\n", "live happily ever after\n", "a journey spanning nearly three decades of 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could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one .\n", "of common concern\n", "astute\n", "grandmother\n", "too much obvious padding\n", "would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges\n", "benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances\n", "puts a human face on derrida ,\n", "a good shot\n", "a few gross-out comedies\n", "i 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute\n", ", it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .\n", "that occasionally verges on camp\n", "revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of denmark 's dogma movement\n", "power boats , latin music\n", "most daring , and complicated ,\n", "a lower i.q. than when i had entered\n", "in the ability of images\n", "of women 's films\n", "schoolboy\n", "... spiced with humor -lrb- ' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand -rrb- and witty updatings -lrb- silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around -rrb-\n", "the predictability of bland comfort food\n", "not that any\n", "rhapsodizes\n", "the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized\n", "there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff\n", "this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it\n", "felt when the movie ended so damned soon\n", "the stamina\n", "efficiency and\n", "kissing 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on the emptiness of success --\n", "of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese\n", "very light\n", "have fun with it\n", "involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film\n", "is better than any summer blockbuster\n", "the narrator and\n", "to better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing ,\n", "the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio\n", "three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman\n", "tautou\n", "all the emotions and\n", "oversexed , at times overwrought comedy\\/drama\n", "potty-mouthed enough for pg-13\n", "merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies\n", "road-trip\n", "is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to 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"warm nor\n", "a step further , richer\n", "to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb\n", "arnold !\n", "dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .\n", "1937 breakthrough\n", "some movies suck you in despite their flaws\n", "hokey art house pretension .\n", "shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle\n", "may be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country .\n", "from zhang 's\n", "credibility\n", "ballistic : ecks vs. sever\n", "played by an actress who smiles and frowns\n", "greene\n", "more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes\n", "making them\n", "source material\n", "that keeps telling you\n", "the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts\n", "understand a complex story\n", "adrenaline jolt\n", "this crude , 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'\n", "keenly\n", "one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn ,\n", "the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .\n", "the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story .\n", "otherwise challenging soul\n", "that it 's a brazenly misguided project\n", "warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed\n", "warning you\n", "trusts the story it sets out to tell\n", "colorful , vibrant introduction\n", "the pat ending\n", "starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers\n", "existent anti-virus\n", "a hint of the writing exercise about it\n", "really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time\n", "er , comedy --\n", "live happily ever\n", "the more details\n", "manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun\n", "as the conflicted daniel\n", "if reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum\n", "the cult\n", "fit in any modern action movie\n", "children 's entertainment ,\n", "to the signs on the kiosks\n", "anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .\n", "the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product\n", "impressive roster\n", "gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .\n", "with a white-empowered police force\n", "an unsatisfying ending\n", "one of the film 's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret .\n", "the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice ,\n", "make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but\n", "are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock -lrb- since sept. 11 -rrb- .\n", "-lrb- the stage show -rrb- , you still have to see this !\n", "underdramatized\n", "their labor ,\n", "most important and exhilarating\n", "anti-war movements\n", "tossed\n", "more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat\n", "three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot\n", "supplied by epps .\n", "reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events\n", "of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \\*\\* holes\n", "flavours and emotions ,\n", "is a must !\n", "'s fun , wispy\n", "have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .\n", "profane and exploitative\n", "shake a stick\n", "and bullock 's\n", "been a lot nastier\n", "called marriage\n", "a samurai sword\n", "sink it\n", "certain\n", "pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license\n", "highest power\n", "it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride\n", "under your skin\n", "as if she 's cut open a vein\n", "underdog sports team formula redux\n", "listen to extremist name-calling\n", "seems to want to be a character study , but\n", "haynes ' style\n", "way too much\n", "'s nice\n", ", yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film .\n", "looks and feels\n", "giving us much this time around\n", "movies , television\n", "ill at ease sharing the same scene\n", "heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart .\n", "see often enough these days\n", "amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise\n", "is all over the place ,\n", "fanciful film\n", "the storytelling may be ordinary , but\n", "this would-be ` james bond for the extreme generation ' pic\n", "hey arnold ! '\n", "is predictable at every turn\n", "it 's forrest gump\n", "the boozy self-indulgence\n", "decisive moments\n", "a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs\n", "with truckzilla\n", "\\/ and butterflies that die \\/ and movies starring pop queens\n", "the emotional overload of female angst\n", "a smart comedy\n", "arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .\n", "'s the god of second chances '\n", "anne-sophie birot 's\n", "'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight .\n", "routine hollywood frightfest\n", "it 's sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun .\n", "the heart of his story\n", "makes the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers .\n", "pad\n", "what makes holly and marina tick\n", "journalistically dubious , inept and\n", "banal dialogue\n", "funny , even punny 6\n", "machines change nearly everything\n", "cheated\n", "martin 's deterioration and\n", "settles into a warmed over pastiche\n", "the days\n", "reached\n", "objective\n", "of the homeric kind\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and\n", "this fascinating portrait\n", "a certain extent\n", "of sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant\n", "o bruin\n", "plucks `` the four feathers ''\n", "'s often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .\n", "time\n", "instead of letting\n", "takes its techniques\n", "confidence\n", "a film that clearly means to preach exclusively to the converted .\n", "a film for the under-7 crowd\n", "the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .\n", "of freshness , imagination and insight\n", "yesterday\n", "blow the big one\n", "chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins\n", "in a sincere performance\n", "olympus\n", "inevitably consigned\n", "or cat people\n", "an interesting exercise by talented writer\\/director anderson\n", "more diverting and thought-provoking\n", "it worth watching\n", "character quirks\n", "the monster\n", "charming , quirky , original\n", "of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet\n", "puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula\n", "the art direction and\n", "old-school horror film\n", "goodfellas '\n", "to and about others\n", "` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '\n", "fincher\n", "a pint-sized ` goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set\n", "but also seriously\n", "a poignant comedy\n", "in pork\n", "merge\n", "the heart-pounding suspense\n", "disgust , a thrill , or the giggles\n", "their teen\n", "an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .\n", "the man 's head and heart\n", "about women being unknowable\n", "'s quite another to feel physically caught up in the process\n", "i think ,\n", "survivors\n", "unguarded\n", "before , and yet completely familiar\n", "wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes\n", "this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it\n", "with brooms\n", "responsible for one of the worst movies of one year\n", "an escape clause\n", "stuporously solemn film .\n", "makes his start\n", "this debut film\n", "lumbering\n", "this queen\n", "just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract\n", "tantamount\n", "be a passable date film\n", "the whodunit level\n", "any scorsese\n", "that does n't look much like anywhere in new york\n", "will shock many with its unblinking frankness\n", ", laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .\n", "in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\\/dvd category , and this\n", "good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart\n", "engages\n", "street drama\n", "serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .\n", "the whole affair\n", "the worst comedy\n", "it arrives\n", "fistfights ,\n", "a moving tale\n", "is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in .\n", "that seems\n", "silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb-\n", "more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn\n", "not easily and , in the end , not well enough\n", "originality ai n't on the menu ,\n", "ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold\n", "uneven but a lot of fun\n", "invisible\n", "'s repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery\n", "quite some time\n", "its mean-spirited second half\n", "your cup of tea\n", "sharp focus\n", "as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject\n", "is a particularly vexing handicap .\n", "make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see\n", "to stave off doldrums\n", "his latest feature , r xmas ,\n", "just the right tone\n", "of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman\n", "at their own game\n", "rare combination\n", "he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up\n", "other imax films do n't\n", "a b-movie you\n", "raymond j. barry\n", "see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,\n", "to explain themselves\n", "the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer\n", "a young chinese woman\n", "initial excitement\n", "director abdul malik abbott and\n", "packed with moments out of an alice\n", "a little less extreme\n", "paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ?\n", "the seemingly irreconcilable situation\n", "with wendigo\n", "inspiring , ironic , and\n", "future\n", "the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work\n", "how many more\n", "weak\n", "of true inspiration\n", "but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner\n", "it might just be the movie you 're looking for .\n", "the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what - time-it-is tedious\n", "as the truth\n", "gritty style\n", "zigzag\n", "uniformly well acted\n", "keep you wide awake and ...\n", "gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms\n", "the playlist\n", "a stylish cast and\n", "sometimes entertaining\n", "with such provocative material\n", "this cliff notes edition is a cheat\n", "clocks in around 90 minutes these days\n", "great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood .\n", "cracker barrel\n", "often contradictory\n", "most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film\n", "a lackluster script\n", "works only if you have an interest in the characters you see\n", "good performances\n", "money\n", "hidden invasion\n", "-lrb- and misses\n", "are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed\n", "stylists\n", ", to say nothing of boring .\n", "fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .\n", ", well-acted and thought-provoking\n", "as a metaphor\n", "ear\n", "now in her eighties\n", "throw off a spark or two when they first appear\n", "a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "'d have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .\n", "in themselves\n", "truncated feeling\n", "his most personal\n", "the big ending surprise\n", "buoyant romantic comedy\n", "pleasing the crowds\n", "enough charm\n", "tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb\n", "wewannour\n", "spell things out\n", "are short and often unexpected .\n", "is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny\n", ", and yearning\n", "to ignite sparks\n", "would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years\n", "vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen .\n", "limb\n", "vs. the big guys\n", "be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again\n", "beautifully shaped\n", "in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act\n", "the bread ,\n", "gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan ''\n", "even as they are being framed in conversation --\n", "become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking\n", "high-end\n", "jacobi\n", "than a strict reality\n", "two marginal characters\n", "that manages to invest real humor\n", "the film 's nightmare versions\n", "pleasantly and\n", "struggled\n", "this slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon .\n", "as rude and profane\n", "sit through , enjoy on a certain level and\n", "rendered love story\n", "a ` girls gone wild ' video\n", "lived-in\n", "about one young woman\n", "offering fine acting moments\n", "alagna\n", "real women may have many agendas ,\n", "standoffish\n", "point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets\n", "is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .\n", "it is entertaining on an inferior level .\n", "severely\n", "this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . '\n", "superficial tensions\n", "searches\n", "to heed\n", "drama , conflict , tears and surprise --\n", "for the history or biography channel\n", "the actors are simply too good\n", "saves it ...\n", "anguish\n", "just unlikable .\n", "humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention .\n", "is strong as always\n", "ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills\n", "on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .\n", "'s all that 's going on here\n", "uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them\n", "of ` eh\n", "gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative\n", "knoxville 's\n", "a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say ,\n", "leaning on badly-rendered cgi effects .\n", "what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess .\n", "lesser\n", "the memorable character creations\n", "real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires\n", "watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .\n", "'re going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .\n", "be more\n", "of domestic abuse\n", "probably want to see it twice\n", "some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options .\n", "would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement .\n", "undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it ,\n", "any kind of masterpiece\n", "what they 'd look like\n", "an otherwise delightful comedy\n", "while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids\n", "of haynes ' work\n", "suffered under a martinet music instructor\n", "paints -\n", "makes up for in heart\n", "comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture\n", "-- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles\n", "with kissinger\n", "of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery\n", "spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion\n", "coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots\n", "filmed tosca\n", "in an admittedly middling film\n", "its two main characters\n", "this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability\n", "relocated\n", "betty fisher\n", "k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia\n", "bustling\n", "a great hook , some clever bits and\n", "far less sophisticated\n", "to gooeyness\n", "a terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .\n", "trance-noir\n", "glaring and unforgettable\n", "... the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .\n", "a bad idea\n", "falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .\n", "transformation\n", "stress-reducing\n", "schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers\n", "loquacious and dreary piece\n", "girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre .\n", "targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .\n", "altman\n", ", will be ahead of the plot at all times\n", "goth-vampire\n", "is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes\n", "maybe the original inspiration\n", "the brawn ,\n", "tim mccann 's revolution\n", "the action is reasonably well-done ... yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together\n", "about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller\n", "subtle ironies\n", "you wrong on both counts\n", "are equally strange ,\n", ", you 'll need a stronger stomach than us .\n", "generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters .\n", "gosling creates\n", "at once disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious .\n", "often heartbreaking testimony\n", "is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others\n", "the princess seem smug and cartoonish\n", "love and familial duties\n", "a charming and evoking little ditty\n", "it 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled\n", "to know your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california\n", "add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale\n", "agnostic\n", "still want my money back .\n", "complete moron\n", "is a triumph of imagination\n", "creating the characters who surround frankie\n", "undergoing\n", "nijinsky 's diaries\n", "you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood\n", "'n' roll\n", "according to wendigo , ` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .\n", "the original film\n", "rapport\n", "like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story\n", "numerous\n", "in 1899\n", "playful and haunting\n", "whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life\n", "time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .\n", "spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers\n", "ado\n", "palpable sense\n", "cutting and blurry\n", "a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche\n", "grimy visual veneer\n", "dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes\n", "the empty theatres\n", "the overall experience is awesome\n", "of a postapocalyptic setting\n", "what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears ' first movie .\n", "explaining the music and its roots\n", "the film 's story does not live up to its style\n", "a children 's party clown\n", "as an older woman who seduces oscar\n", "would probably\n", "one tough rock\n", "his spine\n", "of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow\n", "to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "speculative\n", "its making\n", "makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .\n", "is frequently amusing\n", "you snore\n", "its own thinness\n", "from the 4w formula\n", "you may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping .\n", "one of two things :\n", "long haul\n", "movie pool\n", "israeli documentary\n", "rob schneider\n", "as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and\n", "tries to seem sincere , and just\n", "which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project\n", "leather pants\n", "improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor\n", "doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers\n", "a game\n", "have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot\n", "manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance\n", "straight from the vagina\n", "cho may have intended\n", "to see which ones shtick\n", "an unexpected direction\n", "of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries\n", "sense of its title character\n", "a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed\n", "semi-autobiographical film\n", "delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem\n", "point at things that explode into flame\n", "even analytical\n", "be a more appropriate location to store it\n", "sustains it\n", "be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors\n", "you love the music , and i do\n", "'s coherent ,\n", "movie theater\n", "is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but\n", "that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life\n", "multi-layered\n", "know what to make of this italian freakshow\n", "`` real women have curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .\n", "parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material ,\n", "intended audience\n", "send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments\n", "this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .\n", "this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love .\n", "s face is chillingly unemotive\n", "one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences\n", "a work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse .\n", "scorcese\n", "a mere plot pawn\n", "bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble\n", "auschwitz ii-birkenau\n", "they must have been lost in the mail .\n", "his personal obstacles\n", "like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .\n", "a guilty pleasure to watch\n", "ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters\n", "glossy knock-off\n", "enjoyed it just as much !\n", "a larger-than-life figure\n", "plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia .\n", "that in a good way\n", "young robert deniro\n", "the deliberate ,\n", "makes a meal of it ,\n", "a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "good guys and\n", "of one year ago\n", "flawed , crazy people\n", "a high water mark\n", "a young audience ,\n", "take this picture\n", "buy the movie milk\n", "will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned .\n", "to the miniseries and more attention\n", "that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \\*\\*\\* off for an hour-and-a-half\n", "the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit\n", "his approach to storytelling might be called iranian .\n", "most of the time\n", "paid to see it\n", "how about surprising us by trying something new ?\n", "great submarine stories\n", "moonlight\n", "judging\n", "critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure\n", "drek\n", "belt out\n", "somber , absurd ,\n", "the tumult of maudlin tragedy\n", "played by ryan gosling\n", "narrow to attract crossover viewers\n", "two supporting performances\n", ", introspective and entertaining\n", "have dreamed\n", "seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot\n", "one of the all-time great apocalypse movies\n", "and as bland\n", "even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread\n", "of disassociation\n", "to teenagers\n", "develop them\n", "it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script\n", "it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them .\n", "favourite\n", "the story to show us why it 's compelling\n", "beautifully detailed performances\n", "-lrb- haynes ' -rrb- homage to such films as `` all that heaven allows '' and `` imitation of life '' transcends them .\n", "stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony\n", "on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits\n", "its chicken heart\n", "the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding ,\n", "take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context\n", "figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand ,\n", "save it\n", "more than it does cathartic truth telling\n", "was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles\n", "the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games\n", "the mayhem\n", "not all\n", "on the couch of dr. freud\n", "second , what 's with all the shooting ?\n", "to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe\n", "to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries\n", "bomb\n", "seen in years\n", "well-put-together piece\n", "whale blubber\n", "only complaint\n", "the uncertainty principle\n", "from a bygone era\n", "one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow\n", "to achieve callow pretension\n", "their performances\n", "equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt\n", "intimate\n", "i 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share\n", "` james bond\n", "wear you out\n", "`` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes\n", "ultimately takes hold and grips hard .\n", "company\n", "big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .\n", "the script 's insistence\n", "another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke\n", "enticing prospect\n", "amy 's neuroses\n", "that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste .\n", "kinetically-charged spy flick worthy\n", "preserves\n", "a young woman 's breakdown\n", "different direction\n", "to count on\n", "the fine work\n", "in addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history\n", "contains no wit , only labored gags\n", "washed out despite all of that\n", "most daring ,\n", "the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago\n", "walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like .\n", "a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films\n", "`` webcast\n", "a noticeable lack of pace\n", "plunges you\n", "where it plainly has no business going\n", "a bad imitation\n", "'s 51 times better than this\n", "a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle\n", "you 'll enjoy this movie .\n", "frayed satire\n", "a better tomorrow\n", "a terrible movie ,\n", "envelope\n", "those eternally\n", "s. goyer\n", "gratitude\n", "unabashedly romantic\n", "their charm\n", "is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .\n", "its sense of humor\n", "takes a slightly dark look\n", ", its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .\n", "those eternally devoted to the insanity of black will have an intermittently good time .\n", "latches onto him\n", "shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "the obnoxious title character\n", "of death\n", "a negligible work\n", "a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom\n", "wind up\n", "with unimaginable demons\n", "where it should go\n", "'s suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd\n", "heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .\n", "a few good ideas\n", "both traditional or modern stories\n", "quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing\n", "imagine -lrb- if possible -rrb- a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma .\n", "leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts\n", "old themes\n", "80 minutes\n", "it does n't disgrace it , either\n", "remotely probing or penetrating\n", "narrative logic\n", "that what is good for the goose\n", "in no small part thanks to lau\n", "paxton , making his directorial feature debut ,\n", "promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .\n", "the structure\n", "as far as these shootings are concerned\n", "a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making .\n", "yes , ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .\n", "need a good laugh ,\n", "-lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent , but spacey 's\n", "be patient\n", "distanced\n", "on video with the sound\n", "its visual merits\n", "straining\n", "the flashback of the original rape\n", ", and subtext\n", "you 're looking for a story\n", "say it 's on par with the first one\n", "a been-there\n", "objectivity and\n", "in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris .\n", "preferably\n", "calibrated in tone\n", "argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock .\n", "actor to lead a group of talented friends astray\n", "does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .\n", "inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .\n", "lazy exercise\n", "comes together\n", "house pretension .\n", "blunder\n", "'d probably\n", "of graphic combat footage\n", "cheech\n", "reno\n", "that profound\n", "tortured\n", "its characters\n", "the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "swimming 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 .\n", "only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .\n", "terms with his picture-perfect life\n", "derivative , wildly gruesome\n", "the old adage\n", "frailty\n", "inconsequential road-and-buddy pic .\n", "entertaining and\n", "mounting\n", "the pubescent scandalous\n", "david s. goyer\n", "i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort .\n", "balm\n", "1940s warner bros.\n", "the usual cliches\n", "be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving\n", "of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun\n", "beat that you can dance to\n", "over the long haul\n", "bloody stew\n", "as the film breaks your heart\n", "all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .\n", "laramie\n", "in the simple telling\n", "of bleakness\n", "a bit disjointed\n", "subtlest works\n", "campy to work as straight drama\n", "watered\n", "ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production\n", "an indulgent\n", "russo guys\n", "much exploitation\n", "left a few crucial things\n", "the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light\n", "confined and dark spaces\n", "as the movie sputters\n", "a gun\n", "so much as it has you study them\n", "gone-to-seed\n", "in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels\n", "is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers .\n", "co-wrote\n", "... an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .\n", "you 'll still have a good time . ''\n", "long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences\n", "'s most improbable feat ?\n", "a downtown hotel\n", "almost wins you over in the end\n", "zombie-land '\n", "provided\n", ", gut-clutching piece\n", "the spawn\n", "squarely\n", "the outlandishness\n", "crush departs from the 4w formula\n", "better movies\n", "for a barf bag\n", "an unmistakable , easy joie\n", "and surehanded direction\n", "a fair amount\n", "the viewer wide-awake all the way through\n", "force performance by michel piccoli\n", "well-acted , but\n", "as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "so different from the apple\n", "the selection\n", "sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser\n", "have n't seen 10,000 times\n", "contrived , nonsensical and formulaic\n", "the arguments\n", "open-ended\n", "8-year-old channeling roberto benigni\n", "particularly amateurish episode\n", "eloquence , spiritual challenge\n", "fondly\n", "'s something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties .\n", "most mature\n", "a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her .\n", "shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame\n", "we should be playing out\n", "virulent\n", "brings documentary-like credibility\n", "and idiosyncratic humor\n", "more overtly silly dialogue\n", "unmotivated\n", "something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects\n", "has a nearly terminal case of the cutes\n", "in an increasingly important film industry and\n", "he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense\n", "more than\n", "shows deft comic timing .\n", "the american sexual landscape\n", "stifles creativity and\n", "a new way\n", "of his story\n", "-lrb- t -rrb-\n", "schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy\n", "a collection of wrenching cases\n", "quietly vulnerable\n", "like bees\n", "renaissance spain , and\n", "the motions\n", "i walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .\n", "fudged opportunity\n", "represents glossy hollywood\n", "for that comes through all too painfully in the execution\n", "the horror genre\n", "complaints i might have\n", "'ll like promises\n", "an unflinching ,\n", "sleep-inducing\n", "this one is certainly well-meaning\n", "an athlete ,\n", "approached\n", "post viewing discussion\n", "terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences\n", "a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking\n", "realized\n", "the plot 's contrivances are uncomfortably strained .\n", "de niro -rrb-\n", "romanek 's themes\n", "whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut\n", "gesturing\n", "original hit movie\n", "both american pie movies\n", "director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan\n", "does n't work for me .\n", "that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form\n", "its screenplay\n", "was written for no one\n", "the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film\n", "the term\n", "is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises .\n", "essentially ruined -- or ,\n", "barely adequate\n", "the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and\n", "play off each other virtually to a stand-off\n", "by three-to-one\n", "remain agape\n", "with almost supernatural powers\n", "shedding\n", "show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song\n", "hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice\n", "allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors\n", "took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long\n", "pick up the slack\n", "the pianist\n", "lighting\n", "lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison\n", "puts the ` ick ' in ` classic\n", "hey\n", "the viewer expects something special but instead gets -lrb- sci-fi -rrb- rehash .\n", "one of the films so declared this year\n", "aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .\n", "is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors\n", "a stylish psychological thriller\n", ", well-worn situations\n", "notorious mtv show\n", "jones 's\n", "anything special\n", "space\n", "stay positive\n", "saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through\n", "a historical study\n", "of determined new zealanders\n", "keeping themselves kicking\n", "channeling\n", "delusional personality type\n", "it 's `` waking up in reno . ''\n", "walked out of runteldat\n", "bleed\n", "ingenious and\n", "head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work\n", "no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised\n", "mcbeal-style fantasy sequences\n", "use a watercolor background\n", "an inexperienced director , mehta\n", "boxes\n", "mediterranean sparkles\n", "of madness -- and strength\n", "moving and important film\n", "cool compassion\n", "provocative conclusion\n", "a predictably efficient piece\n", "a brisk , amusing pace\n", "dark-as-pitch comedy\n", "it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .\n", "is , by itself\n", "an historical episode\n", "keep parents away from the concession stand\n", "strongest and\n", "fairly pretty pictures\n", "between boys\n", "is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias ,\n", "of the year 's best\n", "without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph\n", "pat , fairy-tale conclusion\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- stale retread of the '53 original\n", "low-key style\n", "the right time\n", "the ultimate fate\n", "tolstoy groupies\n", "of pinochet 's victims\n", "as spent screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .\n", "told with a heavy irish brogue\n", "raimondi\n", "to the other side\n", "showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season\n", "this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze --\n", "that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems\n", "alain choquart 's camera\n", "simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product\n", ", let alone funny\n", "of the home alone formula\n", "`` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "vistas\n", ", irreversible flow\n", "in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance\n", "for the war scenes\n", "that he has something significant to say\n", "... irritating soul-searching garbage .\n", "about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike\n", "or south vietnamese\n", "it 's an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb- , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile\n", "director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "of dreary\n", "spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .\n", "'s occasionally\n", "contemptible\n", "joylessly\n", "grocery\n", "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\n", "it works\n", "owe more to disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story\n", "be genuinely satisfying\n", "schmaltz\n", "is fascinating ...\n", "shipping news\n", "waldo\n", "utter\n", "for most of its footage\n", "all the way to the credits\n", "bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen\n", "hoary dialogue , fluxing accents ,\n", ", the humor would have been fast and furious\n", "the 3-d vistas from orbit\n", "not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .\n", "much of the director 's previous popcorn work\n", "check this one out\n", "startling\n", "pulling the plug on the conspirators\n", "mika\n", "a young artist 's thoughtful consideration\n", "to heal himself\n", "quest to be president\n", "gayton 's\n", "cleansing\n", "a thoughtful , emotional movie experience\n", "seeming goofy\n", "does not negate the subject\n", "the same furrow\n", "grossest\n", "how to kill your neighbor 's dog is slight but unendurable\n", "deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered .\n", "achieves its best\n", "more mindless drivel\n", "their own game\n", "angle\n", "an interested detachment\n", ", did i miss something ? ''\n", "grow up\n", "slow ,\n", "to this film that may not always work\n", "general 's\n", "would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel\n", "enough to pilot\n", "great cast\n", "which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing\n", "the ironic exception of scooter\n", "go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .\n", "` blood '\n", "a fresh point of view\n", "jae-eun jeong 's take care of my cat\n", "'s made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", "the divine calling of education\n", "that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid\n", "is , to some degree at least\n", "half-baked setups and sluggish pacing\n", ", the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess\n", "sitting around a campfire around midnight ,\n", ", mayhem and stupidity\n", "central performance\n", "it wraps up a classic mother\\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow\n", "suburban jersey\n", "an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era\n", "a few remarks so geared\n", "sunny disposition\n", "a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause\n", "to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world\n", "so stunning\n", "poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws\n", "this flawed , dazzling series\n", "human darkness\n", "a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat\n", "teens are looking for something to make them laugh\n", "bilked unsuspecting moviegoers\n", "than a major work\n", "as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system\n", "same song , second verse ,\n", "adored\n", "yes they can swim , the title is merely anne-sophie birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through .\n", "exceptionally dark joke\n", "richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .\n", "than body count\n", "metropolitan life\n", "for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound\n", "payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business\n", "those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight\n", "give credit\n", "carnivore\n", "williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia .\n", "dragons !\n", "tooth and\n", "thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances\n", "flourishes and freak-outs\n", "a remarkable piece of filmmaking\n", "just needs better material\n", "new zealand coming-of-age movie\n", "it 's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom\n", "confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances\n", "insistent and repetitive\n", "much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives\n", "to those familiar with bombay musicals\n", "bronx tale\n", "the bullets\n", "only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch\n", "'s clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf\n", "after an uncertain start , murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling .\n", "just like the woman who inspired it\n", "derivative and\n", "mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery\n", "the cute frissons\n", "he 's the scariest guy you 'll see all summer .\n", "shadowy metaphor\n", "paced and\n", "i highly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him .\n", "the boys '\n", "one of the characters\n", "giggly little story\n", "although it does n't always hang together\n", "'s a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex .\n", "aside from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .\n", "mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous\n", "taking the shakespeare parallels\n", "for his dead mother via communication\n", "captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world\n", "blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get ,\n", "ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb-\n", "is far from disappointing ,\n", "stifling morality tale\n", "like prophet jack\n", "a much needed kick ,\n", "the manner of french new wave films\n", "you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .\n", "unexpectedly\n", "itself -- as well its delightful cast --\n", "'s got the brawn , but not the brains\n", "capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie\n", "nothing else to watch\n", "it 's a thin notion\n", "simple fact\n", "'s previous collaboration , miss congeniality\n", "a surgeon mends a broken heart\n", "seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves\n", "the barrel\n", "guns , violence , and fear\n", "the highest order\n", "conventional as a nike ad\n", "brooklyn hoods\n", "is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act\n", "that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors\n", "this film has ended\n", "a beer-fueled afternoon\n", "energy and wit to entertain all ages\n", "the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong .\n", "the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries\n", "the problem with the mayhem in formula 51\n", "soul-searching garbage .\n", "starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian\n", "a role he still needs to grow into\n", "neighbor 's\n", "false move\n", "their earnestness\n", "the characters you see\n", "say who might enjoy this\n", "carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day\n", "genuinely sweet\n", "one day\n", "all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time\n", "but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time\n", "is worth a look , if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment .\n", "as a pale successor\n", "munch\n", "worse , routine\n", "with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken\n", "the extensive use of stock footage\n", "should never have been brought out of hibernation\n", "charms are immediately apparent\n", "that her life 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than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .\n", "a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres\n", "pure punk existentialism\n", "the marquis -lrb- auteil -rrb-\n", "an unremittingly ugly movie\n", "seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do\n", "technically superb\n", "this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater\n", "it 's better suited for the history or biography channel\n", "visually speaking\n", "of the '70s\n", "1950 's\n", "they first appear\n", "confounded dealers\n", "claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem .\n", "once it gets rock-n-rolling\n", "fun ,\n", "poignant and delicately\n", "a non-stop funny feast\n", "elderly\n", "its most basic\n", "icy face\n", "is eventually to have to 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is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron\n", "can justify evil means\n", "made no such thing\n", "it ends up falling short as a whole\n", "big-budget\\/all-star movie\n", "wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge\n", "will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely\n", "gosford park\n", "an amusing concept\n", "complete with visible boom mikes\n", "auspicious feature debut\n", "to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen\n", "sade is your film .\n", "bedeviled\n", "a movie that understands characters must come first\n", ", and much more ordinary for it\n", "i 'd rather listen to old tori amos records\n", "the year selection\n", "my two hours better watching\n", "a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story\n", "that we do n't see often enough these days\n", "'' battle scenes\n", "overview\n", "shoot the messenger\n", "neil burger here succeeded in\n", "nomination\n", "ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action .\n", "contend with craziness and child-rearing\n", "make even jean-claude van damme look good\n", "to paxton\n", "a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze\n", "causes\n", "as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital .\n", "gives assassin a disquieting authority\n", "worth catching\n", "of exotic locales\n", ", then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea .\n", "ballsy and\n", "bug-eyed\n", "'s uninteresting\n", "in queen of the damned\n", "an intelligent flick\n", "that you might not even notice it\n", "but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,\n", "sure to ultimately disappoint the action\n", "that make it well worth watching\n", "in postmodern pastiche winds\n", "the production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicating .\n", "with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life\n", "all bluster\n", "is a director to watch .\n", "scouse\n", "feels as if -lrb- there 's -rrb- a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .\n", "one of those all-star reunions\n", "eric byler 's nuanced pic\n", "extra-large\n", "a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks\n", "friendship , love\n", "grow up to be greedy\n", "folly\n", "is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer\n", "jackson is always watchable .\n", "a vivid\n", "the type of stunt\n", "si , pretty much '' and ``\n", "predictable denouement\n", "crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection\n", "the improbable `` formula 51\n", "a whole lot\n", ", it 's a feel movie .\n", "thinly sketched\n", "what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .\n", "hidden\n", "dynamics and dysfunction\n", ", inconsistent , dishonest\n", "-lrb- city -rrb-\n", "like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter\n", "is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy\n", "the story the movie tells\n", "of the plot at all times\n", "silver-haired and\n", "70s\n", "they strip down often enough to keep men\n", "really funny\n", "will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "makes his films so memorable\n", "to have it both ways\n", "we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen\n", "blind ,\n", "for the days\n", "more accurate than anything\n", "settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion\n", "befuddling\n", "what makes esther kahn so demanding\n", "the mechanics\n", "big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west\n", "is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic .\n", "the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe\n", "kahlo 's art\n", "elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world\n", "in the characters you see\n", "jonah is only so-so\n", "the least demanding\n", "other hand\n", "self-destructive\n", "of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh\n", "so insanely dysfunctional\n", "i just did n't care\n", "overwhelm everything else\n", "tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump\n", "falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions\n", "a fraction the budget\n", "the creation\n", "accuse kung pow for misfiring ,\n", "the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson\n", "to be cherished\n", "the lord of the rings\n", "lifetime milestones\n", "intimate and socially encompassing\n", "a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "imagine\n", "plainly dull and\n", "likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned\n", "the script 's judgment and sense\n", "somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "that it 's forgivable that the plot feels\n", "of `` dragonfly\n", "-- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .\n", "is still a no brainer\n", "that works\n", "that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be\n", "sophomoric blend\n", "the storytelling instincts\n", "dumb humor\n", "filmmaker stacy peralta\n", "ford and neeson\n", "it enough\n", "to be bored by as your abc 's\n", "pinheads\n", "convince us\n", "another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't\n", "truly larger-than-life character\n", "east\n", "stays with you long after you have left the theatre\n", "like those\n", "with a metaphor\n", "plenty of scenes in frida\n", "rare as snake foo yung\n", "of work , with premise and dialogue\n", "encompasses many more paths\n", "serves as auto-critique ,\n", "redeeming feature\n", "recovering from its demented premise\n", "newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb\n", "were soldiers to be remembered by\n", "ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible\n", "crammed\n", "a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first\n", "is more than tattoo deep\n", "subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera\n", "star charisma\n", "begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .\n", "made about the life of moviemaking .\n", "if considerably less ambitious ,\n", "changing times ,\n", "belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .\n", "for a winning , heartwarming yarn\n", "intriguing characters\n", "consumed\n", "emphasizes the well-wrought story\n", "now and then\n", "particular south london housing project\n", "have found in almost all of his previous works\n", "thinks-it-is joke\n", "a pink slip\n", "be something to behold\n", "betters it\n", "this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .\n", "your reaction to this movie\n", "phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and\n", "no unifying rhythm\n", "is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level\n", "claim that it is `` based on a true story\n", "jack ryan 's\n", "once again resists the intrusion\n", "the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed\n", "there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .\n", "its own most damning censure\n", "with more emotional force than any other recent film\n", "that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers\n", "lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth\n", "may not add up to the sum of its parts\n", "as its young-guns cast\n", "of the theater feeling\n", "a sprawl\n", "the very sluggish pace\n", "is historical\n", "one of its writers , john c. walsh\n", "town regret , love , duty and friendship\n", "saddens\n", "'s most substantial feature for some time .\n", "hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie\n", "hugh\n", "a country mile\n", "wait until dark ''\n", "rather than pandering\n", "serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm\n", "'s unique and quirky about canadians\n", "buddy movie\n", "'s block ever\n", "much self-centered\n", "brings a beguiling freshness\n", "toward women\n", "hysteria\n", "less successful\n", "career peak\n", "goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling\n", "whooshing you\n", "are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry .\n", "does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .\n", "madonna has made herself over so often now\n", "'s far from a groundbreaking endeavor\n", "this is f \\*\\*\\* ed\n", "aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value\n", "orgasm\n", "the outlandishness of the idea itself\n", "called ` the gift of tears\n", "would be sleazy and fun\n", "fillm\n", "the funniest idea\n", "a pleasing way\n", "if they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn .\n", "gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance .\n", "a nicely\n", "it makes your teeth hurt\n", "an amalgam\n", "of ugly behavior\n", "of black manhood\n", "be reno\n", "the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film .\n", "uses its pulpy core conceit\n", "keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera\n", "central flaw\n", "to give them credit for : the message of the movie\n", "a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933\n", "gaze a measure of faith in the future\n", "feels more like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening .\n", "subtly kinky bedside vigils\n", "redeeming features\n", "catching solely on its visual merits\n", "more character development\n", "escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story\n", "nostalgia\n", "it 's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert\n", "have no interest in the gang-infested\n", "as katzenberg\n", "finn\n", "an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion\n", "share her one-room world for a while\n", "music drama\n", "to their caustic purpose for existing\n", "to its finale\n", "such an\n", "such a gloriously goofy way\n", "halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and\n", "terrific special effects and funnier gags\n", "waste of time , money and celluloid\n", "oo many of these gross\n", "george 's haplessness\n", "is a movie about passion .\n", "a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted\n", "-- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline\n", "able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting\n", "amorality\n", "real point\n", "-lrb- jaglom 's -rrb-\n", "the soullessness of work\n", "blended shades\n", "ca n't remember the last time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail .\n", "is determined not to make them\n", "back-story\n", "piercingly affecting ...\n", "'s no art\n", "visual charm or texture\n", "a wonderful ensemble cast\n", "as he swaggers through his scenes\n", "while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .\n", "the build-up\n", "to seek our tears , our sympathies\n", "injected\n", "who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out\n", "ad man\n", "underdone\n", "enhanced\n", "documentary .\n", "ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought\n", "they float within the seas of their personalities\n", "depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept\n", "the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it\n", "legged freaks\n", "in insignificance\n", "'s because relatively nothing happens .\n", "seems intended to be\n", "is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "favors to their famous parents\n", "almost feature-length film\n", ", we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .\n", "wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen\n", "has made in more than a decade .\n", "liked the original short story but this movie ,\n", "she 's really done it this time .\n", "in town\n", "the fore\n", "pulp fiction and\n", "barris\n", "debated\n", "little more dramatic\n", "educates viewers with words and pictures\n", "freddie got fingered\n", "bratty for sympathy\n", "effective if cheap moments of fright and dread\n", "cold light\n", "disturbing story\n", "by a dog\n", "too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good .\n", "more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing\n", "a change\n", "they are in this tepid genre offering\n", "two families ,\n", "a very good movie\n", "in the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .\n", "star\\/producer salma hayek and director julie taymor\n", "is , in fact\n", "of fighting the same fights\n", "euphoria\n", "as robotic sentiment\n", "sean\n", "to question what is told as the truth\n", "is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve 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scene\n", "interested , or\n", "you to believe\n", "having so much fun\n", "brooms is n't it\n", "a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely\n", "at film noir\n", "think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet\n", "linklater\n", "often overwrought and\n", "a clinical eye\n", "dictate\n", "'s all true\n", "'s something unintentionally\n", "the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually ,\n", "a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza\n", "a very depressing movie\n", "yarns ever .\n", "crusty treatment\n", "electric pencil sharpener\n", "the harsh reality\n", "david flatman\n", "a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many\n", "is top shelf\n", "an extreme action-packed film\n", "the refugees\n", "will remind them 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bring to it\n", "spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods\n", "is on full , irritating display in -lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot\n", "'s undeniably hard\n", "christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists\n", "pressure cooker\n", "kinnear\n", "with color , music and life\n", "one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout\n", "get out of his own way\n", "-- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity\n", "trashy teen-sleaze equivalent\n", "run-of-the-filth gangster flicks\n", "sociopaths and their marks\n", "without style\n", "visually ugly\n", "post-september\n", "their choices\n", "bots\n", "to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "any good romance\n", "to make a big splash .\n", "were it not for the supporting cast\n", "ecks vs. sever\n", "cello music\n", "ironic exception\n", "dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent\n", "has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers\n", "post-september 11\n", "the movie landscape\n", "a marvel\n", "an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle\n", ", you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .\n", "like something like this\n", "efteriades\n", "contorting\n", "new york fest\n", "'s nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever\n", "a dearth of vitality and\n", "rest contentedly\n", "the town has kind of an authentic feel\n", "color and\n", "some startling , surrealistic moments\n", "this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film .\n", "slaloming through its hackneyed elements\n", "'s apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose\n", "an awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work .\n", "exceptionally well acted by diane lane and richard gere .\n", "her presence succeeds in making us believe\n", "plague films dealing with the mentally ill\n", "satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .\n", "of this social\\/economic\\/urban environment\n", "that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean 's eleven , ''\n", "agonizing , catch-22 glory\n", "that really gives the film its oomph\n", "ever get under the skin\n", "-lrb- wo n't be an -rrb-\n", "feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story\n", "a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem\n", "climbing\n", "well-drawn\n", "infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .\n", "has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project .\n", "canned corn\n", "big tub\n", "these three films\n", "you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together\n", "liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive .\n", ", er , bubbly\n", "acted by diane lane and richard gere\n", "is at its most\n", "has not\n", "drunk\n", "your car in the parking lot\n", "generic\n", "country bears\n", "showing the humanity of a war-torn land\n", "bai\n", "new , or inventive ,\n", "horton\n", "make you weep\n", "the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm .\n", "observed character piece .\n", "fairly uneventful and\n", "is predictable at every turn .\n", "too concerned\n", "a great companion piece to other napoleon films\n", "the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon\n", ", bartleby performs neither one very well .\n", "of -lrb- shakespeare 's -rrb- deepest tragedies\n", "with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives .\n", "make much\n", "an admirably dark first script\n", "of exhibitionism\n", ", however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .\n", ", lovely\n", "wesley snipes\n", "-lrb- aniston -rrb- has always needed to grow into a movie career\n", "than suspenseful\n", "submerged here , but\n", "an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief\n", "a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment\n", "is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast .\n", "about sorority boys\n", "most late-night bull sessions\n", "leaves you\n", "pay cable\n", "from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner\n", "is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .\n", "lost in the translation\n", "most of his budget and all of his sense of humor\n", "cut a swathe\n", "black ice\n", "shirley\n", "from junior high school\n", "card being the dreary mid-section of the film\n", "rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season\n", "for a while\n", "bad writing ,\n", "for all the time\n", "hated\n", "the corners of your mouth\n", "of history\n", "unwavering\n", "the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often\n", "'re in luck\n", "in recent years\n", "guises\n", "along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit\n", "they are few and far between\n", "un\n", "its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety\n", "not sophomoric\n", "consummate actor\n", "stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy\n", "been much better\n", "create a complex , unpredictable character\n", "to marvel again\n", "a huge set of wind chimes\n", "it 's tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you 'll feel like mopping up , too\n", "as i know what you did last winter\n", "reclaiming the story of carmen\n", "some very good comedic songs ,\n", "... this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels .\n", "most original fantasy film\n", "commercialism\n", "there are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .\n", "unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon\n", "a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun .\n", "sappy script\n", "may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .\n", "the overall result\n", "unhappiness\n", "has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people\n", "fear about `` fear dot com ''\n", "is amusing for about three minutes\n", "'s as crisp and to the point\n", "has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .\n", "it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .\n", "blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation .\n", "between dumb fun and just plain dumb\n", "is a gem .\n", "monkeys\n", "nicks\n", ", narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .\n", "the producers saw the grosses for spy kids\n", "as epic tragedy\n", "garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to ,\n", "his martial artistry\n", "greene 's prose\n", "vainly\n", "memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between\n", "adults , other than the parents ...\n", ", it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .\n", "truly gorgeous\n", "takes its doe-eyed crudup\n", "one more time , as far as\n", "the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal\n", "becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors\n", "understands the workings of its spirit\n", "playbook\n", "bitter italian comedy\n", ", while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .\n", "i stopped thinking about 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 .\n", ", morally superior\n", "its visual delights\n", "wiser souls\n", "hair\n", "is n't exactly endearing\n", "full of deep feeling\n", "you 'd expect -- but nothing more\n", "of taste\n", "had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted\n", "video before month 's end\n", "lovably\n", "derivative elements into something\n", "stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold\n", ", i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...\n", "the animal planet documentary series ,\n", "is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children\n", "get you under its spell\n", "you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off\n", "a pretentious\n", "at the movie 's edges\n", "at a public park\n", "the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .\n", "perfect\n", "nothing at all\n", "of intellect and feeling\n", "expand a tv show to movie length\n", "with outrageous tendencies\n", "the opening scenes of a wintry new york city\n", "leader fidel castro\n", "` martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying , i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .\n", "'s all a rather shapeless good time\n", "get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "animation back 30 years ,\n", "keep men\n", "valley of the dolls\n", "am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society\n", "the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images\n", "if not a home run , then at least\n", "self-hating\n", "it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies\n", "chinese immigrant 's\n", "sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing\n", "in every regard\n", "slick production values and\n", "its punchy style promises\n", "the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan\n", "merry friggin '\n", "but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms\n", "aliens come to earth\n", "see it now ,\n", "hoary\n", "some writer dude\n", "put away the guitar\n", "... for all its social and political potential , state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .\n", "those art house films\n", "has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative\n", "the smarter offerings the horror genre\n", "a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial\n", "less compelling than the circumstances of its making\n", "written so well\n", "wait for pay per view or rental but\n", "-lrb- seagal 's -rrb- strenuous attempt at a change in expression\n", "vast\n", "ruins itself\n", "is n't incomprehensible\n", "a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s\n", "mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage .\n", "done any better\n", "of his character\n", "arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications\n", "you still have that option .\n", "common concern\n", "turned out nearly 21\\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema\n", "corrupt and\n", "'s straight up twin peaks action\n", "makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while .\n", "the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good\n", "a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure\n", "the basic premise\n", "-lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb- career\n", "jonathan swift\n", "distinguish it from the next teen comedy\n", "there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes\n", "looking at\n", "people with a curiosity about\n", "a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film\n", "will lead when given the opportunity\n", "harsh conceptual exercise\n", "silly and tedious\n", "its lead 's specific gifts\n", "mtv series\n", "a certain era ,\n", "affleck\n", "almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited .\n", "fare with real thematic heft .\n", "soul-searching deliberateness\n", "prepackaged\n", "baboon cameo\n", "a somewhat mannered tone ...\n", "did n't mean much to me\n", "bare-midriff generation\n", "without lectures or confrontations\n", "fighting\n", "a glimmer\n", "unusual biopic and document\n", ", but also soon forgotten\n", "as graham\n", "whose lives\n", "of high romance , brought off with considerable wit\n", "as the animal\n", "'s a certain style and wit to the dialogue\n", "acrid\n", "the film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes\n", "no new insight\n", "artistic aspirations\n", "for its charms\n", "is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients\n", "consumerist ... studiously inoffensive\n", "that oh-so-important category\n", ", existential exploration\n", "if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses\n", ", you 'll still be glued to the screen .\n", "whenever he 's not onscreen\n", "watch the target practice\n", "provide a reason for us\n", "ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome\n", ", but slow\n", "raw-nerved story\n", "work in movies now\n", "bohemian boorishness\n", "low-budget constraints\n", "kev\n", "sean penn 's\n", "the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process\n", "waste their time on it\n", "non-firsthand\n", "of intelligence or invention\n", "it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul .\n", "evocation\n", "we get the comedy we settle for .\n", "the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .\n", "the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults\n", "brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him\n", "seem to have any right to be\n", "our daily ills\n", "to the converted\n", "authentic account of a historical event\n", "square conviction\n", "what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound\n", "daytime tv\n", "well-constructed\n", "the film 's stars\n", "time out is as serious as a pink slip .\n", "i wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but i laughed so much that i did n't mind\n", "about the subject\n", "wow factors\n", "director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times .\n", "on the fringes of the american underground\n", "that have made\n", "a terrific 10th-grade learning tool\n", "combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption .\n", "about making a movie\n", "an enjoyably\n", "place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than\n", "thunderous\n", "a winning comedy\n", "to fit the story\n", "the movie does n't\n", "ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film .\n", "fits the profile too closely\n", "as powerful\n", "tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film .\n", "platitudes\n", "feel like time fillers between surf shots\n", "american angst\n", "great documentaries\n", ", guilt-suffused melodrama\n", "a flop with the exception of about six gags\n", "third time 's the charm ...\n", "succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .\n", "sad nonsense\n", "a glossy knock-off of a b-movie revenge\n", "releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january\n", "and resourceful hero\n", "who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore\n", "you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star\n", "immaculately composed shots of patch adams quietly freaking out\n", ", this is surely what they 'd look like .\n", "do n't work in concert\n", "faith versus intellect\n", "the boss\n", "the master\n", "depress you\n", "ultimately minor ,\n", "most moronic\n", "pride\n", "powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama\n", ", delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .\n", "who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish\n", "expect much more\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- real pleasure in its laid-back way .\n", ", you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd .\n", "between farcical and loathsome\n", "wholly original\n", "a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation\n", "stocked\n", "who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit\n", "too clumsy\n", "have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .\n", "forgettable , if good-hearted , movie .\n", "its final 10 or 15 minutes\n", "an introduction\n", "be -lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , '\n", "that sometimes falls\n", ", this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .\n", "swirling\n", "the movie go faster\n", "cute animals and clumsy people\n", "as these shootings are concerned\n", "strange and wonderful creatures\n", "considered a funny little film\n", "was only a matter of time\n", "explosions , sadism and seeing people\n", "enjoy for a lifetime\n", "powered\n", "while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion\n", "flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head\n", "a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences\n", "bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "effectively chilling\n", "remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities\n", "the slow parade\n", "gut-wrenching\n", "belongs to nicholson .\n", "monster truck-loving good ol' boys and\n", "rudy\n", ", it has a genuine dramatic impact\n", "of mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america\n", "an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free\n", "a cool distance\n", "adds up\n", "eisenstein lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants .\n", "private schools\n", "warm our hearts\n", "solid sci-fi thriller\n", "a generous , inspiring film\n", "to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy\n", "girlfriends are bad\n", "inseparable\n", "the director and her capable cast\n", "witty , whimsical feature\n", "discerned here that producers would be well to heed\n", "get light showers of emotion a couple of times\n", "the philosophical message\n", "director chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking .\n", "the pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spielberg 's schindler 's list .\n", "a film about explosions and death and spies\n", "utilizes the idea of making kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work .\n", "an especially well-executed television movie\n", "of those well spent\n", "was just an ordinary big-screen star\n", "serviceable at worst\n", "is wise\n", "above its disgusting source material\n", "allen 's astringent wit\n", "uniquely\n", "shoplifts\n", "than its commercials\n", "is something like nostalgia\n", "releasing it into theaters\n", "proficient , but singularly cursory -rrb-\n", "the kind of social texture and realism\n", "enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good\n", "the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .\n", "for a few minutes\n", "appalling ,\n", "oscar\n", "rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .\n", "hollywood villain\n", "'m sure\n", "triumphant\n", "for payback\n", "love and destiny\n", "just fine\n", "crammed with incident ,\n", "quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy\n", "for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song\n", "environments\n", "for all ages , spirit\n", "witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it 's dench who really steals the show\n", "the film 's messages\n", "a riddle\n", "easier to digest\n", "new or interesting\n", "takes a slightly dark look at relationships ,\n", "formulaic\n", "the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman\n", "real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is\n", "about two itinerant teachers\n", "a couple hours of summertime\n", "a college journalist\n", "heritage\n", "laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep\n", "a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans\n", "consumerist\n", "is that sort of thing all over again .\n", "orlando jones\n", "delight without much of a story\n", "an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes\n", "'s about as subtle\n", "parlor\n", "hard-sell\n", "audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "yet in reality it 's one tough rock .\n", "a cruel story\n", "` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are\n", "nighttime\n", "from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman\n", "stop trying to please his mom\n", "revolution # 9\n", ", inter-racial desire\n", "the totalitarian themes\n", "soulless jumble\n", "you choose to make\n", "it does afford\n", "a late-summer surfer girl entry\n", "talking heads\n", "that epps scores once or twice\n", "versus gay personal ads\n", "of life and beauty\n", "may not , strictly speaking , qualify as 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"magnificent\n", "damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "sanity\n", "depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them\n", "in his performance\n", "a poem of art , music and metaphor\n", "consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable\n", "watching a brian depalma movie\n", "who ca n't help herself\n", "about charlie\n", "audience sympathy\n", "could be released in this condition\n", "rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints\n", "terms of story\n", "insight and humor\n", "than that\n", "of modern moviemaking\n", "because australia is a weirdly beautiful place\n", "extravagantly\n", "even more damning --\n", "hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity\n", "does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .\n", "been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "flashes of mordant humor\n", "can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .\n", "so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "needs\n", "a bottom-feeder sequel\n", "viewers '\n", "a video\\/dvd babysitter\n", "as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished\n", "in the vein of ` we were soldiers\n", "the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia\n", "as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community\n", "is now outselling the electric guitar\n", "closer in quality\n", "has some problems\n", "are more involving than this mess\n", "the usual impossible stunts\n", ", the film ends with a large human tragedy .\n", "it 's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .\n", "inventive , fun\n", "frustrating and rewarding\n", "ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance .\n", "baloney movie biz\n", "there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body\n", "of his intellectual rigor or creative composure\n", "pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done .\n", "a disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax trip .\n", "maudlin tragedy\n", "it usually means ` schmaltzy\n", "the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations\n", "with few respites , marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .\n", "game supporting cast\n", "squirming in their seats\n", "with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do\n", "the page\n", "ghost trick\n", "powers films\n", "concern\n", "is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly\n", "most opaque ,\n", "remained\n", "is ballistic : ecks vs. sever\n", "takes us\n", "a fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery made by a proper , middle-aged woman .\n", "posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters\n", "paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear\n", "good and ambitious film\n", "are intrigued by politics of the '70s\n", "realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .\n", "white-empowered\n", "the compelling historical tale\n", "but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish\n", "gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight\n", "that benefits from several funny moments\n", "features fincher\n", "too bad writer-director adam rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets .\n", "shuck-and-jive sitcom\n", "the highly predictable narrative falls short\n", "to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's\n", "caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness\n", "of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled\n", "benefited from a sharper , cleaner script\n", "of accessibility\n", "discovered , indulged in and\n", "absolute raving star wars junkie\n", "the worst film\n", "are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition .\n", "an astonishing voice cast -lrb- excepting love hewitt -rrb- , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline\n", "is a movie that also does it by the numbers\n", "connect\n", "its story\n", "read the catcher in the rye\n", "rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...\n", "prozac\n", "directed him\n", "real question\n", "little thriller\n", "to do than of what he had actually done\n", "looking for a return 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shop\n", "`` rollerball '' 2002\n", "timely and important\n", "of intelligence\n", "those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .\n", "lock\n", "slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and\n", "a good movie ye\n", "appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .\n", "the passive-aggressive psychology\n", ", it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .\n", "delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story\n", "dangerous game\n", "faded\n", "it comes off as annoying rather than charming\n", "who seduces oscar\n", "conquer all kinds of obstacles\n", "fluttering\n", "the most pitiful directing\n", "as both the primary visual influence\n", "john ridley\n", "because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget\n", "astounds .\n", "moving pictures today\n", "to venture forth\n", "`` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme\n", "great american adventure\n", "goofy way\n", "may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless .\n", "throws you for a loop .\n", "reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and\n", "incredibly flexible\n", "do n't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters\n", "by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious .\n", "since hit-hungry british filmmakers\n", "comparatively\n", ", and dramatically moving\n", "rouses us\n", "anderson 's\n", "accessible introduction\n", "the reality is anything but\n", "nine-year-old\n", "a twisted sense of humor\n", "an artful yet depressing film\n", "gay community\n", "this terrific film\n", "the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "a burst\n", "shabby\n", "paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation .\n", "does n't also\n", "a barrie good time\n", "-lrb- jeff 's -rrb- gorgeous\n", "i hate it .\n", "featuring an oscar-worthy performance\n", "his other films\n", "manages a degree of casual realism\n", "artistic abandon\n", "buzz-obsessed\n", "what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "his comeuppance\n", "will be well worth your time\n", "this turd\n", "to the french coming-of-age genre\n", "three hours\n", "often-cute film\n", "disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service\n", "adams ,\n", "just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded\n", "an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination\n", "that is what it is\n", "of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy\n", "is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band\n", "an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and\n", "tamer\n", "of 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, or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies\n", "a blow\n", "biting into it\n", "blur\n", "than its most famous previous film adaptation\n", "beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses .\n", "a ragbag of cliches\n", "an encouraging effort\n", "by folks worthy of scorn\n", "man as brother-man vs. the man\n", "for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there 's something creepy about this movie .\n", "is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies\n", "nothing does\n", "the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing\n", "relatively gore-free\n", "funny , sexy , and rousing\n", "offers opportunities for occasional smiles and\n", "luminous interviews and\n", "that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good\n", "working from don mullan 's script\n", "longing ,\n", "a funny and well-contructed black comedy\n", "too much of nemesis has a tired , talky feel .\n", "do what he does best\n", "knew what the hell was coming next\n", "a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb- of history\n", "worn a bit thin over the years , though do n't ask still finds a few chuckles\n", "having things all\n", "a flick about telemarketers\n", "pornography or\n", "neatly and effectively\n", "` sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it\n", "naked teenagers horror flick\n", "of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book\n", "breitbart and\n", "repeated at least\n", "the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments\n", "courtroom movies\n", "overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm\n", "this little film\n", "at its core\n", "up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick\n", "week\n", "it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion .\n", "their version of the quiet american\n", ", next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted\n", "all stages\n", "the dangerous lives\n", "through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot\n", "seeing seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye\n", "two signs\n", "a stunning fusion of music and images\n", "first-class , natural acting and\n", "is revealing\n", "like 800\n", "sensuality\n", "its passages\n", "'s worth seeing\n", "exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute\n", "of young kitten\n", "glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat\n", "always\n", "nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer\\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy\n", "pursuing his castle\n", "some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff .\n", "moves away from solondz 's social critique ,\n", "less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .\n", "at all costs\n", "of detail\n", "to sell\n", "be sitting through this one again\n", "kidman\n", "its attractive young leads\n", "brother gordy\n", "video-shot\n", "an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy\n", ", in any language ,\n", "twentysomething hotsies\n", "circles it obsessively ,\n", "saw it on tv\n", "healing process\n", "works against itself\n", "cellophane-pop\n", "his cipherlike personality and\n", ", taxi driver-esque portrayal\n", "with restraint and a delicate ambiguity\n", "polished , well-structured film .\n", "you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn\n", "comic set\n", "facing jewish parents in those turbulent times\n", "from this choppy and sloppy affair\n", "to send your regrets\n", "panoramic sweep\n", "moments of hilarity\n", 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''\n", "intellectual and emotional pedigree\n", "is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .\n", "chan 's uniqueness\n", "way original\n", "guilt and innocence\n", "by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing\n", "makes a melodramatic mountain\n", "has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive\n", "all its brilliant touches\n", "of the season\n", "every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 .\n", "all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment\n", "faced as his life drew to a close\n", "gambling and\n", "silly subplots\n", "that at the very least\n", "could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination\n", "mind crappy movies as much as adults ,\n", "of any gag that would force you to give it a 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large it 's altman-esque ,\n", "are the whole show here ,\n", "enjoyed the love story\n", "this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker\n", "i.e. peploe\n", "his kids to watch too many barney videos\n", "hart 's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player .\n", "if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for .\n", "on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction\n", "some movies blend together as they become distant memories .\n", "a glossy knock-off of a b-movie revenge flick .\n", "a great hook ,\n", "meticulous\n", "the environments\n", "whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two\n", "a sales tool\n", "expert thriller\n", "a nicholas sparks\n", "of day\n", "that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except\n", "compelling new material\n", 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"when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .\n", "ugly ideas\n", "most crucial\n", "and thoughtful and brimming\n", "great monster movie\n", "that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "at most\n", "only the most hardhearted scrooge\n", "necessary and timely one\n", "heart and reality\n", "more than anything else\n", "simultaneously harrowing and uplifting\n", ", delusional man\n", "it uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .\n", "to play on a 10-year delay\n", "'s a good yarn-spinner\n", "the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies\n", "a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears\n", "soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless , xxx\n", "between fiction and nonfiction film\n", "to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life\n", "sacrifices real heroism and abject 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"makes you crave chris smith 's next movie\n", "of '\n", "least favourite\n", "this silly little puddle\n", "it is and\n", "forgiven\n", "you like\n", "agency boss close\n", "resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but\n", "stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny\n", "nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male\n", "weak payoff\n", "the excitement of the festival in cannes\n", "this picture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .\n", "given the stale plot and pornographic way\n", "'s exactly what you 'd expect .\n", "drawings and photographs\n", "looks more like danny aiello these days\n", "seven films\n", "her mother ,\n", "to be moved by this drama\n", "just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and\n", "the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?\n", "the coen brothers\n", "has inspired croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi\n", "as a prissy teenage girl\n", "genres\n", "what enlivens this film\n", "leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go\n", "into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy\n", "where 's the movie here ?\n", "for :\n", "nothing about who he is or who he was before\n", "dead production\n", "'s slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue .\n", "like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles\n", "know about all the queen 's men\n", "nicholas kazan\n", "2002 film\n", "feels homogenized and a bit contrived ,\n", "everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious\n", "martha enormously endearing\n", "with `\n", "the chateau belongs to rudd , 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doctorate\n", "taught by the piano teacher\n", "stiff wind\n", "b-ball\n", "classic disaffected-indie-film mode\n", "when the precise nature of matthew 's predicament finally comes into sharp focus , the revelation fails to justify the build-up .\n", "can be fertile sources of humor\n", "an intriguing bit of storytelling\n", "... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society .\n", "a gawky actor like spall\n", "lethargically\n", "struck less by its lavish grandeur\n", "deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion\n", "this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still .\n", "this 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\n", "the characterizations and dialogue\n", ", believable story\n", "'s a masterpeice\n", "with the minor omission of a screenplay\n", "of cliches\n", "fixating\n", "into a really funny movie\n", "endlessly repetitive\n", "director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .\n", "enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts ... what is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with cage 's best acting\n", "funny movies\n", "may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .\n", "ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives\n", "in a way anyone\n", "'s such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that -rrb- it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it\n", "in any other film\n", "the blasphemous bad boy\n", "the odd distinction\n", "in your mouth\n", "dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song\n", "grows boring despite the scenery .\n", "it may sound\n", "based-on-truth\n", "baffled\n", "sitting open\n", "its 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"serviceable at best , slightly less\n", "nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .\n", "it plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .\n", ", is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .\n", "able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn\n", "mothman prophecies\n", "waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .\n", "drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .\n", "poorly scripted ,\n", "the maker 's minimalist intent\n", "that rely on the strength of their own cleverness\n", "face in marriage\n", "otherwise the production is suitably elegant\n", "mcklusky c.i.\n", "female audience members\n", "will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by 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direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome .\n", "-lrb- tries -rrb-\n", "enamored\n", "your work-hours\n", "wait in vain for a movie\n", "little trimming\n", "the desperation\n", "represents\n", "to its target audience\n", "you need to know about all the queen 's men\n", "grant is certainly amusing ,\n", "of domestic tension and unhappiness\n", "the film 's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli .\n", "knows it 's won\n", "stolid\n", "worked five years ago\n", "do work\n", "a real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant .\n", "jolie and burns\n", "almost impossible\n", "best gay love stories\n", "the fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer .\n", "basest\n", "lie down in a dark room with something cool\n", "olivier\n", "this kind of material\n", "offers an aids subtext , skims over 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.\n", "one sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot .\n", "the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story\n", "does n't give a damn\n", "posing as a real movie\n", "broad streaks of common sense\n", "on the subject of tolerance\n", "their lives\n", "couture\n", "characterizations\n", "celebrity\n", "hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all -\n", "howard and his co-stars all give committed performances ,\n", "has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness\n", "evocative and\n", "fast , funny , and even touching story\n", "about full frontal\n", "of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry\n", "a moratorium , effective immediately ,\n", "here polanski looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably .\n", "the drive\n", "individuality\n", "a distinguished and 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roger\n", "rings\n", "lackadaisical plotting and mindless action\n", "a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "barry 's\n", "nada\n", "to keep the film entertaining\n", "takes a sudden turn and devolves\n", "a character in this movie\n", "being trapped at a bad rock concert\n", "been developed with more care\n", "ball and chain\n", "he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact\n", "no justice\n", "the pitfalls of bad behavior\n", "puts the x into the games\n", "the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street\n", "is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values .\n", "guns , expensive cars\n", "trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! ''\n", "the goose\n", "it this way\n", "89 minutes\n", ", sad dance\n", "few respites\n", "germanic version\n", "ho\n", "as john ritter 's glory days\n", "once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ...\n", "have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd\n", "literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers\n", "to the video store\n", "keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead\n", "normally could n't care less\n", "in the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes\n", "prevails .\n", "captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path\n", "than not\n", "gary larson 's\n", "high hilarity\n", "our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie .\n", "demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh\n", "us of brilliant crime dramas\n", "silly spy\n", "moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought .\n", "it 's won\n", "be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things\n", "dirty words\n", "a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor\n", "sucked dry the undead action flick formula\n", "bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film\n", "gusto\n", "dramatization\n", "the nerve to speak up\n", "-lrb- fincher 's -rrb- camera sense\n", "mean-spirited\n", "the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "a hard time sitting through this one\n", "rather than\n", "i guess i come from a broken family , and\n", "fantastic visual trope\n", "in the saddle\n", "the 2002 film\n", "the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots .\n", "for most of the movie 's success\n", "of sleaziness\n", "of all ages -rrb-\n", "like jimmy 's routines\n", "larger-than-life figure\n", "gives us a lot to chew on , but not all of it\n", "a freshness and modesty\n", "aimed specifically at a grade-school audience\n", "writer david koepp\n", "ugly , pointless , stupid movie\n", "spiffy bluescreen technique\n", "considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays\n", "kaufman and jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion -- our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing .\n", "works , including its somewhat convenient ending\n", "than any other recent film\n", "the problem with the film\n", "earnest and tentative even when it aims to shock .\n", "anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` the ring . '\n", "but something far more stylish and cerebral --\n", "blown up to the size of a house\n", "a feel-bad ending\n", "will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted\n", "who just want the ball and chain\n", "yawn\n", "-lrb- allen 's -rrb- been making piffle for a long while\n", "to the myth\n", ", the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .\n", "the most memorable moment\n", "more remarkable\n", "the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies\n", "as two last-place basketball\n", "bruckheimer 's\n", "as though it was written for no one , but somehow\n", "than its predecessor\n", "its courageousness\n", "russian\n", "with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant\n", "wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step\n", "he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .\n", "a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women\n", "tackled a meaty subject and\n", "diverting enough\n", "randolph hearst\n", "with documentaries\n", "a game of ` who 's who '\n", "franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood\n", "more than special effects\n", "competing lawyers\n", "demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking\n", "he or anyone else\n", "toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away\n", "screwed-up\n", "have a novel thought in his head\n", "no amount of good acting is enough to save oleander 's uninspired story .\n", "a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving\n", "little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\\/m fantasy ,\n", "its disgusting source material\n", "dreadfully short\n", "convinced of its own brilliance\n", "who\n", "here lacks considerable brio .\n", "ahola\n", "the entire movie is filled with deja vu moments .\n", "a real subject\n", "ca n't miss it .\n", "deeply out of place in what could have\n", "who wins\n", "almost a good movie\n", "if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet\n", "impenetrable and dull\n", "entrapment in the maze of modern life\n", "a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord\n", "becomes a part of its fun\n", "horrible\n", "its message resonate\n", "bloody sunday lacks in clarity\n", "an attempt at hardass american\n", "f. kennedy\n", "documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "congrats disney on a job well done\n", "to give the movie points for\n", ", what would he say ?\n", "merchant-ivory\n", "than i imagined a movie ever could be\n", "a gushy episode of `` m \\* a \\* s \\* h '' only this time from an asian perspective .\n", "of madness and light\n", "wonderful but\n", "the light comedic work\n", "a bad run in the market or a costly divorce\n", "introduces\n", "atmospheric\n", "very good viewing alternative\n", "a comedy ,\n", "creator 's\n", "but a little too smugly superior\n", "feels more forced than usual .\n", "trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great\n", "heart and soul\n", "an immediacy\n", "drumming\n", "does `` lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan .\n", "every cheap trick\n", ", the film shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives .\n", "the signs\n", "marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end\n", "done by the numbers\n", "love and destruction\n", "genteel and\n", "is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .\n", "although mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar\n", "views\n", "the other way\n", "could have --\n", "acquire the fast-paced contemporary society\n", "its emotional power and moments of revelation\n", "'s a talking head documentary , but a great one\n", "this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .\n", "starring pop queens\n", "carmen -lrb- vega -rrb- and juni -lrb- sabara -rrb- cortez\n", "especially disappointing\n", "david spade as citizen kane ?\n", "a familiar anti-feminist equation -lrb- career - kids = misery -rrb- in tiresome romantic-comedy duds\n", "suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure\n", "as disney 's 1937 breakthrough\n", "absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible\n", "a resonant undertone of tragedy\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- mess .\n", "not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .\n", "ambiguous enough\n", "has to be a few advantages to never growing old\n", "a fanciful motion picture\n", "work -- is charming ,\n", "light reading\n", "with 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 .\n", "the fateful fathers --\n", "\\* corpus and\n", "wars installment\n", "resonances\n", "their love\n", "killer cards\n", "town and\n", "actor crispin glover\n", "aimless , arduous\n", "latest schwarzenegger or stallone\n", "viva le resistance\n", "jessica stein\n", "unrecoverable\n", "light on the chills and\n", "the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art\n", "two films\n", ", there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .\n", "crass , contrived sequels\n", "the ensemble player\n", "though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear\n", "greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise\n", "the limbo\n", "this quiet 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twisted characters - and it 's also pretty funny .\n", "a full theatrical release\n", "is jack ryan 's `` do-over .\n", "comic turns\n", "of second chances '\n", "fires on all plasma conduits\n", "a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter\n", "an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it\n", "eardrum-dicing\n", "an ` a ' list cast\n", "contrived pastiche of caper\n", "viveka seldahl and sven wollter\n", "a square , sentimental drama\n", "first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him\n", "too predictable\n", "sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia\n", "shows moments of promise but\n", "a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination\n", "so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag .\n", "radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film .\n", "disbelief\n", "implication\n", "in half an hour\n", "sub-music video style\n", "to them\n", "nauseating spinning credits sequence\n", "the book 's\n", ", all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .\n", "of moronic stunts\n", "worst sense\n", "could never really\n", "may ...\n", "a lifetime movie about men .\n", "nails all of orlean 's themes\n", "issues most adults have to face in marriage\n", "built around an hour 's worth of actual material\n", "familiar and tired\n", "is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish .\n", "miles\n", "universal themes\n", "rediscovers his passion\n", "the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date\n", "which awards animals the respect they\n", "trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards\n", "popcorn film\n", "on the skinny side\n", "more playful tone\n", "kind they\n", "the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .\n", "better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen\n", "at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine\n", "most positive\n", "'s there\n", "a fair amount of b-movie excitement\n", "that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget\n", "to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather\n", "that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination\n", "its unsettling prognosis\n", "serry\n", "rejected x-files episode\n", "looking for\n", "like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800\n", "a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film\n", "we do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .\n", "somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .\n", "wrong with performances here\n", "brazil-like\n", "this imagery as the movie 's set\n", "her pale , dark beauty\n", "like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101\n", "redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs\n", "disintegrating over the course of the movie\n", "a backhanded ode to female camaraderie\n", "the tragedy beneath it\n", "of what a film can be\n", ", while never really vocalized , is palpable\n", "the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . '\n", "one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we\n", "flee\n", "for frida\n", "a fine documentary\n", "more of a poetic\n", "though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited\n", "you would n't want to live waydowntown ,\n", "this pretty watchable\n", "taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us\n", "is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --\n", "is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "'s also drab and inert\n", "labute was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public .\n", "it 's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it\n", "solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis\n", "are n't\n", "you 've a taste for the quirky\n", "'s `` waking up in reno .\n", "an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence\n", "'s a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety .\n", "dirty harry period\n", "from eastwood 's dirty harry period\n", "'re out there ! ''\n", "find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` the ring\n", "merited\n", "making moving pictures today\n", "a plot twist instead of trusting the material\n", "and he allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .\n", "beg the question\n", "a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .\n", "department telegrams\n", "told with humor and poignancy\n", "it 's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke .\n", "full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow\n", "a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb-\n", "the 70-year-old godard\n", "advancing\n", "could be considered a funny little film\n", "bible\n", "the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his 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"the writing is indifferent\n", "is an impossible task\n", "behan 's memoir\n", "a single good film\n", "maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special\n", "starring vehicle\n", "then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop\n", "you live the mood rather than savour the story .\n", "for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile\n", "there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but\n", "chelsea hotel today\n", "all end\n", "-lrb- hayek -rrb- throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and\n", "her feature film acting debut as amy\n", "wives\n", "to appeal to the younger set\n", "little cell\n", "offbeat humor , amusing characters\n", "the character\n", "speak about other than the fact\n", "sleek and arty .\n", "turns out to be a sweet and 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memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .\n", "four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life\n", "come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes .\n", "pretty thin\n", "some so-so slapstick\n", "film : honest\n", ", wonderful\n", "than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice\n", "the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives\n", "the hothouse emotions\n", "be over\n", "diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy .\n", "old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle\n", "for passion\n", "sheer unbridled delight\n", "frightfest\n", "the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "demme experiments\n", "familiar cartoon characters\n", "87\n", "through some of clancy 's holes\n", "unexpected ways , touching\n", "the rock once again resists the intrusion\n", "for the first 15 minutes\n", "bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work\n", "hackneyed\n", "it was going to be\n", "breathless\n", "that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside\n", "for the extreme sports generation\n", "gushing --\n", "her son 's discovery of his homosexuality\n", "scoob and\n", "the french film industry during the german occupation\n", "always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable\n", "perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia\n", "numbingly dull\n", "on the top floor of a skyscraper\n", "the positive change\n", "connection and\n", "will keep coming\n", "wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama\n", "of the molehill\n", "about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time\n", "then by all\n", "the execution is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl .\n", "been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks\n", "regards reign of fire with awe .\n", "is one baaaaaaaaad movie\n", "how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls\n", "toward its subject\n", "you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy\n", "infrequently breathtaking\n", "besson\n", "our close ties with animals\n", "films like philadelphia and american beauty\n", "if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo .\n", "japanese epic\n", "antonio banderas\n", "reward\n", "on a shoestring and unevenly\n", "innocent ,\n", "you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license\n", "classic cinema served up with heart and humor\n", "cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! 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"more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition\n", "with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale\n", "exist in one\n", "tipped this film\n", "the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions\n", "i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and\n", "are monsters\n", "although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants , dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell .\n", "the film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manages to get a few punches in\n", "from anything\n", ", comforting jar\n", "the twinkling eyes , repressed smile\n", "shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable\n", "this franchise has not spawned a single good film .\n", "the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride\n", "something clever\n", "like a year late\n", "de niro , mcdormand\n", "the music itself\n", "grisly\n", "of the tortured and self-conscious material\n", "-lrb- i -rrb- 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 .\n", "`` solaris ''\n", "get at the root psychology of this film\n", "the face of death\n", "lacks in depth\n", "diamond\n", "expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin\n", "director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place .\n", "plods along methodically ,\n", "the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and\n", "... it 's the image that really tells the tale .\n", "grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond\n", "to have bitterly forsaken\n", "shout , ` hey , kool-aid\n", "a vivid , spicy footnote to 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"gellar\n", "emotionally scattered\n", "equally incisive\n", "high standards\n", "what could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination .\n", "lightweight but appealing .\n", "compelling , damaged characters\n", "puns\n", "wanting to abandon the theater\n", ", it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .\n", "a knowing\n", "sketchy but nevertheless\n", "to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from\n", "his nimble shoulders\n", "the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery\n", "hook\n", "this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow .\n", "icky\n", "to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "a `` big chill '' reunion\n", "crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "legendary shlockmeister ed wood\n", "is one only a true believer could relish\n", "the sugar coating\n", ", even sexy\n", "photographed romance .\n", "few weeks\n", "some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson\n", "a quest story\n", "a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .\n", "with sequences that make you\n", "quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .\n", "comfort food\n", "tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie\n", "the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish\n", "this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition\n", "andie\n", "it first sets out to be\n", "is the one .\n", "on-screen chemistry\n", "the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea .\n", "makes up for in heart .\n", "this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff\n", "a very distinctive sensibility ,\n", "succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity\n", 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problem here than it would be in another film\n", "this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces .\n", "a hole\n", "constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character\n", "is only mildly\n", "this is that sort of thing all over again .\n", "recycling\n", "be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other\n", "high-strung\n", "offers a guilt-free trip\n", "too scary\n", "acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .\n", "matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks\n", "goes down easy\n", "of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding\n", "rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative\n", "contrived as this may sound\n", "proud warrior\n", "blacken\n", "debts\n", "columbus\n", 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scarcely a surprise by the time\n", "confection that 's pure entertainment .\n", "is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders\n", "there 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .\n", "an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love\n", "shakes you vigorously for its duration\n", "his audience\n", "fiji\n", "little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption\n", "other decent ones\n", "merely bad\n", "an extraordinary faith\n", "drinker\n", "could have been so much more\n", "maddeningly\n", "those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .\n", "what you 'd expect from a guy\n", "you only had a week to live\n", "teeth-clenching\n", "a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt\n", "amazingly enough\n", "any dummies guide ,\n", "speeds up\n", "conflicted gay coming-of-age tale .\n", "reading lines\n", "has 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franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain\n", "god help us , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves .\n", "equally impressive\n", "recognize it\n", "that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary\n", "seem self-consciously poetic\n", "smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "the emotional resonance\n", "austrian\n", "a transparently hypocritical work\n", "scotland , pa is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept .\n", ", the humor dwindles .\n", "as markers for a series of preordained events\n", "an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans\n", "1899\n", "suavity or classical familiarity\n", "standout\n", "gifted korean american stand-up\n", "desperation worthy of claude chabrol\n", "about as much chemistry\n", "cast of palestinian and israeli children .\n", "to do that is really funny\n", "right-wing , propriety-obsessed family\n", "the self-deprecating stammers\n", "benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story\n", "almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment\n", "from the second floor\n", "without resorting to camp or parody\n", "shockers\n", "the excellent cast\n", "many a recent movie\n", "the result is disappointing\n", "an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with\n", "shaky , uncertain film\n", "idea\n", "a determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneliness can make people act weird .\n", "feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us\n", "comedic spotlights\n", "chilling tale\n", "warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .\n", "to be a one-trick pony\n", "is really funny\n", "a terrific role for someone like 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charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional .\n", "chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "that the murderer never game his victims\n", "far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise\n", "forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five\n", "every potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol .\n", "rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet\n", "the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care .\n", "appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook\n", "heated\n", "cheap , ludicrous attempt\n", "that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence\n", "51 times 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truly frightening situation\n", "it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but\n", "the creepy crawlies\n", "reality check\n", "could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors .\n", "chewy\n", "remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen .\n", "not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images\n", "calm and\n", "satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and\n", "that is richer than anticipated\n", "could be played out in any working class community in the nation .\n", "seamstress\n", "she and\n", "tully\n", "with all its botches\n", ", it still seems endless .\n", "you ca n't fight your culture\n", "learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with\n", "personal identity\n", "sure and measured\n", "see for all sides of the political spectrum\n", "post , pre , and\n", "captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .\n", "bother pleasuring its audience\n", "have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie .\n", "older viewers\n", "as compelling or\n", "a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .\n", "represents bartleby 's main overall flaw .\n", "murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .\n", "reaches across time and distance\n", "dolly\n", "a bad movie that happened to good actors .\n", "fails to provoke them .\n", "serious film buffs\n", "verne 's '\n", "ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat\n", "air\n", "takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it\n", "aurelie and christelle\n", "fatally\n", "surreal 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john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .\n", "a wildly entertaining\n", "content and narrative strength\n", "of the singles ward\n", "of hot-button items\n", "frustrates and\n", "required reading\n", "from a genre -- the gangster\\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago\n", "proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes\n", "of sport as a secular religion\n", "offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves\n", "repelled\n", "a wing and a prayer\n", "cast as joan\n", "has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but\n", "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 .\n", "a documentary in the 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tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing\n", "the very basic dictums\n", "personal velocity ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces .\n", "embraced by this gentle comedy\n", "its indie tatters and self-conscious seams\n", "less psycho\n", "has this franchise ever\n", "in the sea of holocaust movies\n", "than a dirty old man\n", "filmed partly\n", "this every-joke-has - been-told-a\n", "an impressionable kid\n", "more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are\n", "the way k-19\n", "belittle\n", "because the villain could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec -lrb- a nose -rrb- ahead of generations\n", "shadyac ,\n", "yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...\n", "in pain\n", "counterculture\n", "it lacks in substance\n", "are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d .\n", "cyndi\n", "take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,\n", "overbearing and over-the-top\n", "as lively\n", "one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it '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 .\n", "traditional , reserved\n", "a robert de niro performance\n", "off-handed\n", "is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal\n", "is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery\n", "a hint of humor\n", "as the great equalizer\n", "'s as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself\n", "a modestly made but\n", "ms. griffiths and mr. 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lonely beacon .\n", "uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory\n", ", overblown and tie-in\n", "twisted characters\n", "good pace\n", "fustily tasteful\n", "do something clever\n", "blame for all that\n", "character portrait , romantic comedy\n", "innovators\n", "pretty good thing\n", ", it 's rambo - meets-john ford .\n", "engaging historical drama\n", "it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy ,\n", "of clearly evident poverty and hardship\n", "a clever exercise\n", "meander\n", "by paul pender\n", "filled with more holes than clyde barrow 's car .\n", "messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks\n", "'re an elvis person\n", "will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then\n", "is downright doltish and uneventful\n", "by no\n", "a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery\n", "in the french coming-of-age genre\n", "with an inauspicious\n", "b\n", "'s an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long\n", "but rather\n", "pastry\n", "street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn\n", "own transparency\n", "in an art film !\n", "about the inability of dreams and aspirations\n", "can not be faulted .\n", "holds up\n", "to save their children and yet\n", "easy sentiments and explanations\n", "at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor\n", "its conclusion\n", "deftly entertaining film\n", "is all\n", "douglas\n", "but fun\n", "full frontal , which opens today nationwide ,\n", "'s lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this\n", "tosca\n", "saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay\n", "across the walls that might otherwise separate them\n", "of dickens ' grandeur\n", "schindler 's list\n", "most awful acts\n", "of the holocaust escape story\n", "-lrb- skins ' -rrb- faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty\n", "not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker\n", "knowledge , education , and\n", "occasionally fun enough\n", "a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome\n", "they possibly come .\n", "nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair\n", "remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing\n", "one lousy movie .\n", "abrasive\n", "by the importance of being earnest\n", "sexual possibility and\n", "the sex ,\n", "and no one -rrb-\n", "feels like a spectator and not a participant\n", "have otherwise been bland and run of the mill\n", "this picture is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer .\n", "constantly draw attention to itself\n", "is getting old .\n", "a youthful and good-looking diva\n", "ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented ,\n", "the best thing\n", "grant is n't cary\n", "by-the-book scripting\n", "problematic characters\n", "it will be well worth your time .\n", "lily chou-chou\n", "genre fans\n", "the pyrotechnics\n", "rather sad story\n", "make 105 minutes seem twice as long\n", "every shot enhances the excellent performances\n", "in amazement over the fact\n", "'s there on the screen in their version of the quiet american\n", "at the end of my aisle 's walker\n", "with its subjects a little longer\n", "give credit to everyone from robinson\n", "digital\n", "dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie\n", "fills it\n", "do work , but rarely\n", "a depressingly retrograde\n", "the couple 's\n", "overall fabric\n", "its embrace\n", "to the closing bout\n", "sit in neutral ,\n", "haunting tale\n", "95 minutes\n", "college student\n", "scorn\n", "hand-drawn animated world\n", "indecipherable\n", "a century and a half ago\n", "is technically sophisticated in the worst way\n", "is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers\n", "that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss\n", "be-all-end-all\n", "more like literary conceits\n", "was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for\n", "a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart\n", "his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb-\n", "histrionics\n", "the reunion of berlin\n", "a french film with a more down-home flavor\n", "broaches\n", "is so intent on hammering home his message\n", "'s still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days\n", "a guilty-pleasure\n", ", not as\n", "all the small moments\n", "sundance film festival\n", "pacino 's performance\n", "the lead actor phones\n", "is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition\n", "a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between\n", "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\n", "'' is entertaining .\n", "they prove more distressing than suspenseful .\n", "wafer-thin movie\n", "no quarter\n", "but nothing\n", "cinematic devices\n", "coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs\n", "uproar\n", "is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .\n", "ryan gosling\n", "i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy\n", ", it 's quite fun in places .\n", "what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this\n", "of inept filmmaking\n", "of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it\n", "complete blank\n", "having the guts to confront it\n", "the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .\n", "a grating , mannered onscreen presence ,\n", "get our moral hackles\n", "the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive ,\n", "cast pair\n", "virtue\n", "ignore the film\n", "version\n", "'ll likely\n", "a curiously\n", "disagree\n", "of this broken character study\n", "that gives added clout to this doc\n", "drama , conflict , tears and\n", "several movies\n", "seem like mere splashing around in the muck\n", "moist eyes\n", "good shot\n", "it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .\n", "that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .\n", "bruising\n", "an affectionately goofy satire that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary\n", "all those jokes\n", "is a plodding mess\n", "conceptual\n", "like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough\n", "story and\n", "shortage\n", "good action , good acting\n", "is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine\n", "goods\n", "live in\n", "very welcome\n", "hush\n", "a run-of-the-mill action\n", "this one is in every regard except its storyline\n", "` the film is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '\n", "he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles\n", "circumstantial evidence\n", "there 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate\n", "can be found a tough beauty\n", "new zealand and cook island locations\n", "from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school\n", "his little band ,\n", "melancholy spell\n", "it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look\n", "writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .\n", "living\n", "begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .\n", "grace and panache\n", "is illusion versus reality\n", "-- and not always for the better\n", "funniest moment\n", "a period\n", "of life and small delights\n", "deserves\n", "for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects\n", "20 times\n", "strung-together\n", "the other actors\n", "the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film .\n", "this elegant entertainment\n", "a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting\n", "sci-fi deconstruction\n", "hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...\n", "favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .\n", "only one problem\n", "steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .\n", "of the middle east struggle\n", "a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism\n", "the bread\n", "us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion\n", "content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance\n", "it 's like an old warner bros. costumer jived with sex --\n", "attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .\n", "matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek\n", "too-frosty exterior\n", "of the holy spirit\n", "all the answers\n", "the real stars of reign of fire\n", "make the wobbly premise work .\n", "tank\n", "the series\n", "crisper and punchier\n", "the sopranos\n", "to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism\n", "footage that might have made no such thing\n", "submarine movie\n", "highway patrolmen\n", "every taste\n", "clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer\n", "not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but\n", "blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so\n", "wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt .\n", "most comics\n", "haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently -rrb- has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .\n", "strangers\n", "sneaky\n", "transfixes\n", "filmed directly from a television monitor\n", "is an actor 's movie first and foremost\n", "predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "greed\n", "a great impression\n", "extra little something\n", "a bit of a phony relationship\n", "the film that surprises or delights\n", "far more enjoyable than its predecessor .\n", "rob reiner\n", "its stylish surprises\n", "indeed almost never\n", "either 11 times too many or else too few\n", "kind of an authentic feel\n", "to make sense of its title character\n", "is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement\n", "fluff\n", "private ryan '' battle scenes\n", "trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and\n", "about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man\n", "excessively strained\n", "is n't blind to the silliness ,\n", "is icily brilliant\n", "of car chases\n", "to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother\n", "centuries\n", "indie of the year , so far\n", "its agonizing , catch-22 glory\n", "sat scores\n", "an intimate contemplation of two marvelously\n", ", hastily ,\n", "dances .\n", "getting away\n", "update\n", "cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia .\n", "it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '\n", ", seldom hammy ,\n", "are willing to do this\n", "orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull\n", "precocious\n", "of the delusions\n", "brilliantly played\n", "really interesting\n", "are having so much fun\n", "forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma\n", "about the power of poetry and passion\n", "the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts --\n", "trimming the movie\n", "after viewing\n", "dalrymple 's\n", "as an earthy napoleon\n", "takes to describe how bad it is\n", "if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn\n", "does n't add anything fresh to the myth .\n", "a labour\n", "of hard-sell image-mongering\n", "informs everything\n", "earnest and well-meaning\n", "be found in sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film\n", "-lrb- a -rrb- soulless\n", "definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category\n", "honest , sensitive story\n", "the big summer movies\n", "never quite ignites .\n", "european pickup\n", "same movie\n", "bathos and\n", "failed him\n", "if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director\n", "old-fashioned scary movie\n", "essentially ruined -- or , rather\n", "inspiration\n", "this is one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .\n", "winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best\n", "most aggressive and\n", "a mystery devoid\n", "they feel\n", "spicy footnote\n", "perfect material\n", "fork\n", "against the urge\n", "his usual high melodramatic style\n", "in a '60s\n", "it is revealing\n", "the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays\n", "self-importance\n", "in a laugh-out-loud way\n", "african\n", "from firing on all cylinders\n", "is darkly atmospheric\n", "although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .\n", "all is a moral .\n", ", drugs and philosophy\n", "michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest\n", "seems to want to be a character study ,\n", "does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear\n", "to get wet , fuzzy and sticky\n", "the beauty and power\n", ", nasty journey\n", "a dysfunctional family\n", "happy\n", "thinking person\n", "of its attractive young leads\n", "may not touch the planet 's skin\n", "play out realistically if not always fairly\n", "bettany\\/mcdowell 's\n", "the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course ,\n", "with maggots crawling on a dead dog\n", "feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "-lrb- since sept. 11 -rrb-\n", "designed strictly for children 's home video\n", "sinise 's character\n", "is not a love letter for the slain rappers\n", "then gasp for gas ,\n", "is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects ,\n", "date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan\n", "the perfect starting point\n", "increase\n", "aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others ,\n", "give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes ''\n", "human beings\n", "in remembrance\n", "is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure\n", ", the women shine .\n", "low-key direction\n", "its celeb-strewn backdrop\n", "if you saw it on tv , you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .\n", "'s overweight and out of shape\n", "the first five minutes\n", "is one of the greatest date movies in years\n", "a wartime farce in the alternately comic\n", "alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but\n", "lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .\n", "in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .\n", "biting\n", "the places , and\n", "left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth\n", "investigator\n", "remembered\n", "crazy !\n", "animation work\n", "lovely hush\n", "`` new ''\n", "not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street '\n", "'s worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through\n", "somewhat short\n", "on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel\n", "engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay\n", "like shrek\n", "engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and\n", "director lee has a true cinematic knack\n", "articulate player\n", "after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something\n", ", a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .\n", "predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters\n", "an engaging storyline ,\n", "domestic unit\n", "epic treatment of a nationwide blight\n", "it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success\n", "makes each crumb of emotional comfort\n", "comic taste\n", "this film : honest\n", "if it were n't\n", "even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .\n", "it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on\n", "badly handled screenplay\n", "'s -rrb- better at fingering problems than finding solutions .\n", "mr. nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .\n", "everyone and everything\n", ", it 's black hawk down with more heart .\n", "climax and ,\n", "one of the finest films of the year\n", "times positively irritating\n", "`` sorority boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad\n", "a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness\n", "skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics\n", "too bad maggio\n", "foreground\n", "more than enough sentimental catharsis\n", "a rather simplistic one : grief drives her\n", "to choose\n", "bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \\*\\*\\*\\*\n", "truest sense\n", "sun-splashed\n", "oral traditions\n", "an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood\n", "a rather unbelievable love interest and\n", "slice\n", "knowledge imparted\n", "pride themselves\n", "you 'll feel too happy to argue much\n", "pinochet 's victims\n", "perfect starting point\n", "the storytelling and\n", "left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm\n", "'m sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point .\n", "boring talking heads ,\n", "his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public\n", "an inferior level\n", "is -lrb- cattaneo -rrb- sophomore slump .\n", "unruly adolescent boy\n", "in your bathtub\n", "erects\n", "all mood and no movie .\n", ", broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .\n", "impostor\n", "tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes\n", "no idea\n", "despite auteuil 's performance\n", "could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .\n", "shoot-em-up scene\n", "guessed at the beginning\n", "as is\n", "witch formula\n", "of time travel\n", "a fanatic\n", "practically every facet\n", "beach\n", "stephen rea\n", "a puppy dog\n", "incessant whining\n", "worthy successor\n", "relies\n", "burning , blasting , stabbing ,\n", "classicism\n", "experiments\n", "focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the -\n", "suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang\n", "it does n't need gangs of new york .\n", "a higher plateau\n", "hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape\n", "technically\n", "content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool\n", "the storyline and its underlying themes ...\n", "hide\n", "as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque\n", "of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes\n", "ratliff 's two previous titles ,\n", "by campaign 's end\n", "previous studies\n", "the conflict\n", "168-minute gangs\n", "drop\n", "it straight\n", "worse stunt editing\n", "leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h.g. wells ' ` the time\n", "it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose .\n", "a pretty decent little documentary\n", "in nearly every corner of the country\n", "be a monster movie for the art-house crowd\n", "downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .\n", "journey\n", "goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab .\n", "suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "has finally found the right vent -lrb- accurate\n", "lost ,\n", "to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you\n", "of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies\n", "any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of god\n", "with its heart\n", "sordid of human behavior on the screen\n", "those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .\n", "thornier\n", "it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .\n", "your senses are as mushy as peas\n", "can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log\n", "rhetoric\n", "better than the tepid star trek\n", "clean-cut dahmer -lrb- jeremy renner -rrb- and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .\n", "of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes\n", "is marvelous\n", "is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .\n", "gore for suspense .\n", "is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony .\n", "thought-provoking film\n", "george ratliff 's documentary\n", "tries and\n", "paraphrase a line\n", "still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .\n", "those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere .\n", "is the screenplay .\n", "any less enjoyable\n", "dull , lifeless , and irritating\n", "acting-workshop exercises\n", "trip\n", "'s neither too erotic nor very thrilling\n", "the future\n", "18 or 80\n", "tightrope\n", "proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie\n", "fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire\n", "alone formula\n", "our civilization\n", "of the characters in long time dead\n", "the lines\n", "shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops\n", "in dragonfly\n", "underlying\n", "those who paid for it and\n", "problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way\n", "a work of fiction\n", "'s ice cold\n", "you ever wanted to be an astronaut\n", "fine , focused\n", "pathetic\n", "ever is any indication\n", "more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or\n", "as a video\\/dvd babysitter\n", "this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .\n", "of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance\n", "miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and\n", "was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public .\n", "enthusiastically\n", "atmospheric weirdness\n", "for this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull sorvino has no light touch , and rodan is out of his league .\n", "stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia\n", "a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot\n", "the emperor 's club is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but ...\n", "you feel like you owe her big-time\n", "for the comedian at the end of the show\n", "denying its brutality\n", "the other ''\n", "tells us nothing new\n", "as simple\n", "no. 9\n", "congratulate\n", "rashomon-for-dipsticks\n", "a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house\n", "on video tape instead of film\n", "a thriller when you instantly know whodunit\n", "buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly\n", "memories of rollerball\n", "an otherwise delightful comedy of errors\n", "a melodrama\n", "how broomfield dresses it up\n", "barbershop so likable\n", "been watching all this strutting and posturing\n", "weird , vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste\n", "has the marks of a septuagenarian ;\n", "tadpole\n", "on its plate at times , yet\n", "of misogyny and unprovoked violence\n", "it might have held my attention , but as it stands i\n", "it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .\n", "a lumbering load of hokum but\n", "system\n", "anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation\n", "brought off with considerable wit\n", "shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life\n", "inspire action\n", "to call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it .\n", "'s a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .\n", "else\n", "dreck\n", "only way\n", "again ego\n", "bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "banderas-lucy\n", "landau\n", "' variety\n", "half the excitement of balto ,\n", "say the least\n", "its one-sidedness ...\n", "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\n", "movie ye\n", "lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .\n", "super\n", "richer meaning\n", "manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability\n", "paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about\n", "how many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?\n", "compelling historical tale\n", "slathered\n", "is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away\n", "is simply brilliant .\n", "the norm\n", "a few ear-pleasing songs\n", "of information\n", "is n't more accomplished\n", "addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat\n", "complexities\n", "escapist film\n", "advance\n", "who would not likely be so stupid as to get\n", "so intimate\n", "striking style\n", "visual motifs\n", "unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .\n", "confront their problems\n", "edge or\n", "with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .\n", "has 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"smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .\n", "very sincere work\n", "contributes a slew of songs\n", "its overall sense\n", "visual veneer\n", "a leaky freighter\n", "in anime like this\n", "have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza\n", "imaginative and\n", "nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me\n", "are a couple of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall\n", "suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .\n", "this many genuine cackles\n", "'s far too fleeting to squander on offal like this\n", "a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist\n", "the central character\n", "he does display an original talent\n", "guffaw\n", "a great deal\n", "to unfaithful\n", "sweetly conspiratorial\n", "to do\n", "is that even the most unlikely can link 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'\n", "exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace\n", "they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up\n", "its art and heart\n", "so devoid of joy and energy\n", "alive and kicking\n", "right up\n", "his own appearance\n", "it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie\n", "a sensitive ,\n", "hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .\n", "on a hard young life\n", "excellent choice\n", "daily struggles\n", "cheap porn\n", "the magic that made it all work\n", "fluffy\n", "things to offer\n", "permission\n", "little wit and\n", "begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue\n", "end up moved\n", "beware the quirky brit-com .\n", "powerful and universal\n", "the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian\n", "been watching for decades\n", "captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .\n", "pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting\n", "of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema\n", "a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements\n", "it pretends to teach\n", "add up to more than body count\n", "adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . 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"maelstrom\n", "seesawed back and forth\n", "yarn\n", "spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative\n", "we do n't feel much for damon\\/bourne or his predicament\n", "want to be .\n", "a uruk-hai\n", "happy times maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .\n", "to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting\n", "toilet humor\n", "one good idea\n", ", you know the picture is in trouble .\n", "just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ...\n", "dave barry 's popular book\n", "john grisham\n", "minor work\n", "cram\n", "evaded\n", "best movie work\n", "too long\n", "than the picture\n", "no matter how degraded things get .\n", "can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something\n", "an excellent choice\n", "utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue\n", "digital glitz\n", "released here\n", ", dramatic treatment\n", "if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence 's 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american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare .\n", "stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .\n", "is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .\n", "lola run\n", "begins\n", "bridget jones 's\n", "create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \\*\\*\\*\n", "would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him\n", "both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .\n", "fail to crack a smile at\n", "can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts .\n", "to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits\n", "thoroughly satisfying\n", "by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia\n", "previous work\n", "the cutes\n", "a bad sitcom\n", "the powder blues and sun-splashed whites of tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs .\n", "is not really a film as much\n", "the movie makes two hours feel like four .\n", "it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling .\n", "that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination\n", "there 's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff\n", "video work\n", "the isolated moments of creative insanity\n", "the chatter\n", "of longing\n", "unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller ,\n", "quentin tarantino when they grow up\n", "by the final whistle you 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic .\n", "is never clear\n", "cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists .\n", "some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .\n", "over an hour\n", "chills the characters\n", "of comedies\n", "stacked with binary oppositions\n", "the striking , quietly vulnerable personality\n", "snl '' has-been\n", "ganesh\n", "prepare to marvel again\n", "keep you wide awake and ... very tense\n", "think too much about what 's going on\n", "marathons and bored\n", "terribly episodic\n", "what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets ,\n", "a masterpiece of nuance and characterization\n", "has merit\n", "a suburban architect\n", "the movie or the discussion\n", "goose\n", "so-so\n", "the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to deliver\n", "not the last time\n", "it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness\n", "another entry\n", "interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb-\n", "with that radioactive hair\n", "forwards and\n", "the timeless spectacle of people\n", "a true adaptation\n", "will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning\n", "a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety\n", "halfway scary\n", "to keep on watching\n", "the more problematic aspects of brown 's life\n", "a cohesive story\n", "say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense\n", "though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .\n", "it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant\n", "you thought of the first film\n", "a delightfully dour ,\n", "must have baffled the folks in the marketing department\n", "even while his characters are acting horribly\n", "awkward and\n", "next teen comedy\n", "the form\n", "think the central story of brendan behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink\n", "is an 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to lose them .\n", "as enlightening , insightful and entertaining\n", "the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed\n", "in a giant pile of elephant feces\n", "knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers\n", "have gotten him into film school in the first place\n", "terrible , banal dialogue ;\n", "want my money back .\n", "abound .\n", "watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye\n", "everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation\n", "gourd\n", "frodo 's\n", "for the big shear\n", "some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety\n", "hip , contemporary , in-jokey one\n", "is obviously a labour of love so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted\n", "selecting\n", ", his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .\n", "the king\n", "made by a proper , middle-aged woman .\n", "is hilarious\n", "this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller\n", "sequel\n", "'s not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination\n", "thoughtful and rewarding glimpse\n", "join the pantheon of great monster\\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love\n", "cipher\n", "yet surprisingly entertaining\n", "candy-coat\n", "living harmoniously\n", "poignant and leavened\n", "unseen material resides\n", "ploddingly melodramatic\n", "when\n", "better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies\n", ", you 'd better have a good alternative\n", "none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest .\n", "feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks\n", "compromised and\n", "a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind\n", "herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .\n", "cynics\n", "really special walk\n", "the same sledgehammer appeal\n", "means check it out\n", "-lrb- and frustrating\n", "maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy\n", "coarse\n", "speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence\n", "making sense of it\n", "this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .\n", "so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects\n", "do n't eat enough during the film .\n", "m. night shyamalan 's\n", "a piquant meditation\n", "be compelling , amusing and unsettling\n", "be terrific to read about\n", "at ninety\n", "of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas\n", "an introduction to the man 's theories and influence\n", "dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle\n", "substance to fill the time or some judicious editing\n", "a movie that 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"letter\n", "judge this one\n", "behind-the-scenes\n", "personal velocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness\n", "nearly as fresh or enjoyable\n", "it 's all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect .\n", "i 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but real women have curves truly is life affirming\n", "make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant 's woman\n", "while glover , the irrepressible eccentric of river 's edge , dead man and back to the future , is perfect casting for the role , he represents bartleby 's main overall flaw .\n", "'s clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him\n", "the movie 's major and most devastating flaw\n", "from a flat script and a low budget\n", "this listless feature\n", "strike a nerve in many\n", "it looks good , sonny , but\n", "deteriorates into a protracted\n", "structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic\n", "affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror\n", "numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen\n", "the values\n", "pick your nose\n", "ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .\n", "kids do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .\n", "content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance .\n", "than the fiction\n", "skill or\n", "accentuating ,\n", "a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece\n", "beautifully read and\n", "hard-won rewards\n", "'s no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form\n", "is n't back at blockbuster\n", "one-sided documentary\n", "crudup 's\n", "floundering\n", "prey\n", "a fascinating , unnerving examination\n", "effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown\n", "that would be reno\n", "in reverse\n", "sweet time\n", "knows how to hold the screen\n", "heard\n", "with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations\n", "something original\n", "elie chouraqui\n", "however well intentioned -\n", "melodramatic denouement\n", "silly\n", "proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .\n", "unsuspecting lawmen\n", "new pin-like\n", "... look positively shakesperean by comparison\n", "reviews\n", "catches you\n", "classical dramatic animated feature\n", "no further\n", "look good\n", "in answering them\n", "the walls\n", "disney sequels\n", "lesbian\n", "steers , in his feature film debut\n", "stars\n", "a coherent whole\n", "most of the storylines\n", "rider mat hoffman\n", "is not handled well\n", "fill this character study\n", "will enjoy themselves\n", "gamble\n", "to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits\n", "anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket\n", "into the dark places of our national psyche\n", "final minutes\n", "beautifully designed\n", "original bone\n", "an adventure story and history lesson\n", "the filmmakers ' paws\n", "wherein\n", "enjoyably fast-moving\n", "her most charmless\n", "when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant\n", "super -\n", "worth the price of admission\n", "to give the film the substance it so desperately needs\n", "welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees\n", "intoxicating documentary\n", "to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '\n", "stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness\n", "his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old 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going .\n", "turn on many people\n", "labours as storytelling .\n", "to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like\n", "are simply dazzling ,\n", "swipe\n", "little we\n", "remains a silent , lumpish cipher\n", "barn-side\n", "her naive dreams\n", "that die\n", "be another shameless attempt by disney\n", "it 's as good as you remember .\n", "friel\n", "refreshingly different\n", "questionable satirical ambivalence\n", "is , given its labor day weekend upload , feardotcom should log a minimal number of hits .\n", "and cinematic deception\n", "ice age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up\n", "and no one\n", "if sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over .\n", "provide much more insight\n", "first interrogation\n", "to develop them\n", "if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on\n", "coburn\n", "ouzo\n", "an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film ...\n", "their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera\n", "debated in the media\n", "gayton\n", "russell -rrb-\n", "an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances\n", "memory\n", "delicate forcefulness\n", "hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still\n", "is a lot more bluster than bite .\n", "some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and\n", "a vague reason\n", "precious little substance\n", ", payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .\n", "their 70s ,\n", "a celebration\n", "from telemarketers\n", "watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes\n", "recording\n", "'s super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .\n", "'s 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against itself .\n", "exercise .\n", "whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer\n", "regrets\n", "for this genre\n", "trek movie\n", "wrapped up\n", "french director anne fontaine\n", "what we get ...\n", "contrived as this may sound , mr. rose 's updating works surprisingly well .\n", "the wide range of one actor\n", "the lady and the duke\n", "daunting\n", "90 punitive minutes\n", "must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .\n", "the whiney characters\n", "a lot of the smaller scenes\n", "maintaining a light touch\n", "movie milk\n", "as life hems\n", "gathering dust on mgm 's shelf\n", "while dark water is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu\n", "is strictly\n", "alone conscious of each other 's existence\n", "overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest\n", "little sports\n", "lost the politics and the social observation\n", "make 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"the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time .\n", "recommend secretary\n", "a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions\n", "polemical allegory\n", "few shrieky special effects\n", "of its supposed target audience\n", "utter mush ...\n", "self-indulgent and maddening\n", "brilliant crime dramas\n", "and sublime music\n", "supremely kittenish\n", "the sake of weirdness\n", "is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious\n", "a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors\n", "on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy\n", "tomatoes\n", "indulgently\n", "'s a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .\n", "examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor\n", "the typical problems\n", "the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid\n", "to check your brain at the door\n", "the sound of gunfire and cell phones ringing .\n", "a pleasing , often-funny comedy\n", "meaningful or memorable\n", ", its shortness disappoints\n", "unadulterated thrills or\n", "feeble\n", ", unpretentious\n", "the alexandre dumas classic\n", "inept , tedious spoof\n", "just plain dumb\n", "sara sugarman 's\n", "every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices ,\n", "study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .\n", "george w. bush\n", "with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .\n", "imaginative kid 's movie\n", "awkward hitchcockian theme\n", "element\n", "as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter\n", "as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide\n", "in the excesses of writer-director roger avary\n", "to hide the liberal use of a body double\n", "their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable\n", "is , to some degree at least , quintessentially american\n", "existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers\\/abrahams films\n", "slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption .\n", "whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people\n", "an artificial creation\n", "uniformly superb\n", "a clear-eyed portrait\n", "lived there\n", "-lrb- improvised over many months -rrb- and\n", "first film\n", "its most immediate and most obvious pleasure\n", "have nothing better to do with 94 minutes\n", "big box office bucks all but guaranteed\n", "piffle for a long while\n", ", but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances\n", "poorly scripted\n", "10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice --\n", "have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for .\n", "was longer than an hour\n", "is n't funny .\n", "too obvious\n", "a banal script\n", "considerable charm\n", "career curio\n", "slides\n", "not everything in this ambitious comic escapade\n", "i spy\n", "of general hospital\n", "gags and\n", "audience 's spirits\n", "a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar\n", "of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting\n", "unusually tame\n", "first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans ''\n", "there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters ,\n", "become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair\n", "is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors ' moments\n", "an inept , tedious spoof of '70s\n", "mindset\n", "manages to generate a single threat of suspense\n", "extensive use\n", "the limits\n", "survival story\n", "insulting , or childish\n", "higher plateau\n", "brett morgen and nanette burstein\n", "a beautiful film ,\n", "a really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness .\n", "from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings\n", "it grows up\n", "cool\n", "flavorful performances\n", "that even he seems embarrassed to be part of\n", "a lovely , eerie film\n", "almost forget the sheer\n", "well paced and satisfying\n", "it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt\n", "the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance\n", "election process\n", "an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism\n", "a portrait of castro\n", "story to portray themselves in the film\n", "over well-trod ground\n", "a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend\n", "instead a grating 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'\n", ", mesmerizing king lear\n", "a keep - 'em\n", "or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness\n", "tom shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it .\n", "mongrel pep\n", "proficient ,\n", "fun and reminiscent\n", "be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him\n", "sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics\n", "cocktail\n", "does n't deliver a great story , nor\n", "remains vividly\n", "writes himself\n", "games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery ,\n", "was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production\n", "begins 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\n", "to be delightfully compatible here\n", "to a new scene , which also appears to be the end\n", "found the movie as divided against itself\n", "will find the movie\n", "gobble in dolby digital stereo\n", "looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "a few cheap shocks\n", "laughed at\n", "you to scratch a hole in your head\n", "few good men\n", "to fascinate\n", "is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be\n", "its name was earnest\n", "be the purr\n", "valley-girl image\n", "cop-flick subgenre\n", "it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age\n", "its actors\n", "at a rapid pace\n", "older fans or\n", "a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .\n", "'s a lot richer than the ones\n", "streets\n", "of success\n", "only merchant\n", "the wizard\n", "is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .\n", "only young people\n", "dug by the last one\n", "a serious minded patience , respect and affection\n", "daft by half ... but supremely good natured\n", "like a doofus\n", "succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system\n", "are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .\n", "but unmemorable\n", "jordan jealous\n", "as father of the bride\n", "for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through\n", "byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .\n", "of heated passions\n", "have your head in your hands\n", "holiday movie\n", "crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb-\n", "downfall\n", "satisfyingly unsettling ride\n", "morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder\n", "american movies\n", "of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan ''\n", ", mr. rose 's updating works surprisingly well .\n", "the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls\n", "nonsense\n", "zen\n", "of talented friends\n", "theatre and dead-eye\n", "inflammatory\n", "finds itself\n", "will eat up like so much gelati\n", "there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys\n", "farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher\n", "has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff\n", "combined\n", "kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise\n", "shohei imamura 's\n", "while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected\n", "broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming\n", "strings on the soundtrack\n", "i.e. , a banal spiritual quest\n", "rest any\n", "it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary\n", "problematic\n", "into digressions of memory and desire\n", "there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel .\n", ", boredom never takes hold .\n", "captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe\n", "wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently --\n", "the pairing does sound promising in theory ... but their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners\n", "did it better\n", "'' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home\n", "reliance\n", "colonialism\n", "make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites\n", "devils chronicles\n", "a flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile .\n", "a realistic atmosphere\n", "little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .\n", "'s too bad that the rest is n't more compelling .\n", "takes off in totally unexpected directions and\n", "patric\n", "this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so\n", "fantastic !\n", "realistic atmosphere\n", "single-handed\n", "the films so declared this year\n", "terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it\n", "you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live\n", "its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be\n", "vs. sever\n", "it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette .\n", "comic book guy\n", "from now\n", "resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product\n", "poverty\n", "a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and\n", "the director , frank novak\n", "forget its absurdity .\n", "a temporal inquiry\n", "young brendan\n", "this is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be .\n", "to be had\n", "to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises\n", "the coen brothers and\n", "the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits\n", "seems impossible\n", "admirable energy ,\n", "living a painful lie\n", "originality is sorely lacking .\n", "christmas carol\n", "try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass\n", "how i killed my father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only\n", "writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself\n", "read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .\n", "made the story relevant in the first place\n", "look away from\n", "demeo is not without talent ;\n", "is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker\n", "silly overkill\n", "the few ` cool ' actors\n", "with the hot oscar season currently\n", "the same sort\n", "after all the big build-up , the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying .\n", "moral weight\n", "largely flat and uncreative\n", "theatrical release\n", "everett remains a perfect wildean actor ,\n", "infamy\n", "dilutes the pleasure of watching them\n", "a failure as straight drama\n", "young women in film\n", "with all the grandiosity\n", "they come .\n", "flexible\n", "this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film\n", "ends with truckzilla\n", "was , and\n", "on-camera and\n", "captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower\n", "is high on squaddie banter\n", "the movie business\n", "who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth\n", "is that it 's too close to real life to make sense .\n", "was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher\n", "broomfield 's style of journalism\n", "dylan\n", "with us is a minor miracle\n", ", lethargically paced parable of renewal .\n", "an assurance worthy of international acclaim\n", "its real emotional business\n", "attempts ,\n", "to disney 's strong sense of formula\n", "all the stomach-turning violence ,\n", "coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting , circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .\n", "jason x.\n", "runyon crooks\n", ", in-jokey one\n", "acute\n", "the director , charles stone iii\n", "gifts\n", "killing field\n", "prettiest pictures\n", "riveting power and sadness\n", "morgen and nanette burstein\n", "its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank\n", "hitting\n", "if you do n't have kids borrow some\n", "exhaustion\n", "the santa clause 2 ,\n", "too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time\n", "self-serious equilibrium\n", "that clever angle\n", "matters here\n", "will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .\n", "spark or\n", "title performance\n", "the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable\n", "insensitivity\n", "younger\n", "often-hilarious\n", "snazziness\n", "of its titular community\n", "there 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it\n", "looked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting\n", "bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .\n", "of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable\n", "-lrb- even on a curve -rrb-\n", "impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect\n", "edge to it\n", "symbiotic relationship\n", "dig\n", "to leave a lasting impression\n", "transcend its genre\n", "an easy movie\n", "my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it .\n", "stultifyingly\n", "'d rather watch them on the animal planet .\n", "egomaniac\n", "the character 's lines\n", "it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .\n", "the film has several strong performances .\n", "upfront that the plot makes no sense\n", "again and quite cheered at just that\n", "pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood\n", "game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters\n", "partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success\n", "franchise 's\n", "ia drang\n", "whatever its flaws\n", "its redundancies\n", "on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster\n", "juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious\n", "one of the most unpleasant things the studio\n", "it really is\n", "best part '\n", "either 11 times too many or else\n", "a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory\n", "never seems fresh and vital .\n", "the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang\n", "shooting or post-production stages\n", "this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .\n", "stuff\n", "applegate , blair and posey\n", "a movie-going neophyte\n", "realized that i just did n't care\n", "academy\n", "makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance\n", "of the jackal , the french connection , and heat\n", "with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing\n", "-lrb- and the viewers -rrb-\n", "was , uh ,\n", "more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie\n", "low comedy\n", "1938\n", "far too clever by half , howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .\n", "is told .\n", "will ever see\n", "jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery\n", "some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls\n", "connected\n", "pretty unbelievable\n", "brutally\n", "the auteur 's\n", "the film feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority .\n", ", but with material this rich it does n't need it\n", "that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything\n", "a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over\n", "encouraging thought\n", "the demented mind\n", "harmoniously\n", "hastily ,\n", "a positively thrilling combination\n", "of the heart\n", "moving and vibrant .\n", "the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie\n", "makes a better short story\n", "granted in most films\n", "leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout\n", "spent watching this waste of time .\n", "stamina and\n", "throwing\n", "encyclopedia\n", "the film is less than 90 minutes\n", "as beautiful , desirable , even delectable\n", "something both ugly and mindless\n", "evans is no hollywood villain\n", "in the equation\n", "of bad\n", "things will turn out okay\n", "to the typical pax\n", "no solace here , no entertainment value\n", "ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .\n", ", it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work .\n", "a statement\n", "grandparents\n", "a personal threshold\n", "supposedly , pokemon ca n't be killed , but\n", "the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates\n", "like many before his\n", "-lrb- the leads -rrb- are such a companionable couple\n", "its provocative central wedding sequence\n", "fantasy character\n", "is solid , satisfying fare for adults\n", "communicates a great deal in his performance\n", "undeniably\n", "of these despicable characters\n", "one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history\n", "many of these guys are less than adorable\n", "john carpenter 's original\n", "could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was\n", "taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit\n", "hardscrabble lives\n", "gain from watching they\n", "a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and\n", "the film 's stately nature\n", "a positive impression\n", "a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks\n", "and a half of joyful solo performance\n", "a human face\n", "to see a romance this smart\n", "turn away from one\n", "to offer\n", "really good premise\n", "batting\n", "caught\n", "a deft pace master and stylist\n", "swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor\n", ", yes ,\n", "an empty shell\n", "would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film .\n", "something to be ` fully experienced '\n", "in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs\n", "even though it 's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end\n", "the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique\n", "those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it\n", "most hardhearted scrooge\n", "colonics\n", "crime movies\n", "will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks\n", "for deft punctuation\n", "looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .\n", "of hurt\n", "exuberance in all\n", "any flaws that come later\n", "a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece\n", "open-minded\n", ", the film certainly does n't disappoint .\n", "how long will 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path\n", "the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities .\n", "a pressure cooker\n", "to nyc inner-city youth\n", "feature\n", "its own making\n", "hits the target audience -lrb- young bow wow fans -rrb-\n", "i 've seen this summer\n", "twohy films the sub ,\n", "of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans\n", "holocaust movie\n", "wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion\n", "nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .\n", "was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention\n", "florid but ultimately vapid\n", "as single-minded as john carpenter 's original\n", "the abyss\n", "clever moments and biting dialogue\n", "the bigger setpieces flat\n", "win\n", "philosophy\n", "ins\n", "in milk\n", "fresh air\n", "-- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing .\n", "a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances\n", ", this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian .\n", "a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise\n", "'' worth\n", "looking at your watch\n", "leers\n", "miscast\n", "manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation\n", "at times too many\n", "home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .\n", "lowly studio hack\n", "shiri\n", "everyone 's bag of popcorn\n", ", good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .\n", "as a bitter pill\n", "a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations\n", "really as bad as you might think\n", "striking out\n", "fine-looking film\n", "about `` gangs ''\n", "go the distance\n", "what 's so striking about jolie 's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .\n", "forever\n", "and for many of us , that 's good enough .\n", "of emotions\n", "does a film\n", "in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs\n", "smokey\n", "shell\n", "products\n", "check out the last 10 minutes\n", "jean reno\n", "chainsaw\n", "mediocre fable from burkina faso .\n", "masterfully calibrated psychological thriller\n", "mesmerizing music\n", "that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them\n", "anyone in his right mind would want to see the it\n", "too slick\n", "fairly straightforward remake\n", "keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .\n", "while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death\n", "has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .\n", "i 've seen in years\n", ", adult hindsight\n", "'s mildly sentimental , unabashedly\n", "campbell scott\n", "good sources , bad mixture\n", ", and room noise\n", "fleder\n", "that if\n", "a film that loses sight of its own story .\n", "true talent\n", "satisfying complete picture\n", "gross-out humor\n", "'s not as pathetic as the animal\n", "plain wacky implausibility\n", "the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food\n", "the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .\n", "legend\n", "was made with careful attention to detail and\n", "they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but\n", "greatest play\n", "than charming\n", "sexually explicit\n", ", sorrow , laugther , and tears\n", "any cinematic razzle-dazzle\n", "a crusty treatment\n", "the film 's heady yet far from impenetrable theory\n", "the real horror\n", "when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids\n", "casings\n", "blood\n", "science fiction '\n", "seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither .\n", "this strutting\n", "making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher\n", "it 's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss .\n", "make-believe promise\n", "as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes\n", "nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy .\n", "if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities\n", "we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .\n", "like kubrick before him\n", "broadway 's\n", "middle-of-the-road blandness\n", "confounding\n", "did the film inform and educate me\n", "player masochism\n", "a flood of emotion\n", "is -rrb- so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .\n", ", unassuming , subordinate\n", "offers\n", "'s in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting\n", "equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek\n", "we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold\n", "although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse\n", "strong dramatic and emotional pull\n", "gorgeousness .\n", "air conditioning inside\n", "grandiose\n", "a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars .\n", "the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways\n", "tay !\n", "that are married for political reason\n", "incisive and sensitive\n", "is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .\n", "is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere\n", "stirring tribute\n", "you 're willing to have fun with it\n", "undergoing midlife crisis\n", "sexpot\n", "have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat\n", "davis ' highly personal brand\n", "fascinating little tale\n", "we get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle .\n", "served by the source material\n", "egoyan 's work\n", "the charm of satin rouge\n", "earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner\n", "two surefire , beloved genres\n", "that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire\n", "what might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .\n", "well-crafted family film\n", ", his film crackles\n", "tart\n", "banged\n", "there 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .\n", "dramatic nor\n", "pseudo-witty copycat interpretations\n", "is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique\n", "what 's missing in murder by numbers\n", "with this unlikely odyssey\n", "could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary\n", "that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '\n", "of the concubine love triangle\n", "part of being a good documentarian\n", "wispy\n", "` sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it will likely call it ` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates .\n", "of a mess as this one\n", "extraordinarily\n", "'s not entirely memorable\n", "absurdities and inconsistencies\n", "hitchcockian theme\n", "captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .\n", "the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen .\n", "back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present\n", "the sibling rivalry\n", "sand 's masculine persona\n", "absorbing and unsettling psychological drama\n", "is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time .\n", "chilling in its objective portrait of dreary\n", "that things fall apart\n", "youthful and\n", "forget that they are actually movie folk\n", "examines many different ideas from happiness\n", "motives and context\n", "ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .\n", "at how much we care about the story\n", "i survived .\n", "crass , jaded movie types and\n", "... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages ...\n", "stray barrel\n", "too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all\n", "will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons\n", "camp or\n", "a bunch of talented thesps\n", "such good humor\n", "is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb-\n", "as they do in this marvelous film\n", "without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel\n", ", it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie\n", "good than great\n", "of the movie 's strangeness\n", "it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson\n", "weep\n", "is an accomplished actress\n", "visually engrossing , seldom hammy ,\n", "beautifully read and , finally ,\n", "watch in quite some time\n", "pizazz\n", "the director 's epitaph for himself\n", "deep feeling\n", "to resist .\n", "simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad .\n", "a real winner\n", ", ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .\n", "any chance\n", "carmen -lrb- vega -rrb-\n", "imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama\n", "if borstal boy is n't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece .\n", "the case\n", "of a documentary\n", "vice '' checklist\n", "the killing field and\n", "having a real film of nijinsky\n", "one big point to promises\n", "from succumbing to its own bathos\n", "a minimalist beauty\n", "a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose\n", "it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy\n", "prefeminist\n", "a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller\n", "to the film 's music\n", "lumbering load\n", "offers an unexpected window\n", "the pictures do the punching\n", "often food-spittingly\n", "indescribably\n", "the willies\n", "a dumb , fun , curiously 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"but this movie\n", "cheapo\n", "great to look at\n", "paces\n", "kilmer 's absorbing performance\n", "shot through\n", "feel uneasy , even queasy ,\n", "the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own\n", "the 1971 musical\n", "that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival\n", "two rich women by their servants in 1933\n", "stand in\n", "its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care\n", ", sick sight\n", "the outcome\n", "i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one\n", "shot on ugly digital video\n", "with deja vu moments\n", "with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters\n", "is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally\n", "must have failed\n", "the perkiness of witherspoon -lrb- who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate -rrb-\n", "well-timed\n", "there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a 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"quite a comedy nor a romance\n", "to be somebody , and\n", "a new film\n", "unique feel\n", "provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust\n", "overly original\n", "what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets\n", "the walls that might otherwise separate them\n", "half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening\n", "orwell 's\n", "next line\n", "yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb\n", "most repellent things\n", "so heartwarmingly motivate\n", "absolutely and completely ridiculous and\n", "gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be\n", "its stupidity or\n", "to be reminded of who did what to whom and why\n", "jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and\n", "the brilliant performances by testud\n", "that regurgitates and waters\n", "charisma\n", "plot and paper-thin 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park\n", "-lrb- f -rrb- rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .\n", "tom shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing adams , but\n", "it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens\n", "deniro 's once promising career and\n", "on all levels\n", "to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine\n", "like hell\n", "a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation\n", "most entertaining bonds\n", "by uneven dialogue and plot lapses\n", "no one involved ,\n", "the subtitles fool you\n", "a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .\n", "in fact , the best in recent memory\n", "a matter of taste\n", "carved their own comfortable niche in the world\n", "the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt\n", "is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything .\n", "find some fun in this jumbled mess\n", "of veracity and narrative grace\n", "should have been a painless time-killer\n", "comes along only occasionally\n", "knock back\n", "of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults\n", "to give to the mystic genres of cinema\n", "the best animated\n", "one-sided theme\n", "a smartly directed , grown-up film\n", "serious subject matter\n", "a selection of scenes in search of a movie .\n", "organize it\n", "for animals\n", "desire to make some kind of film\n", "for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and\n", "the city 's\n", "intoxicatingly\n", "amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events\n", "ellis ' book\n", "senegalese updating of `` carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai\n", "for angelique\n", "teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing\n", "-lrb- spoiler alert ! -rrb-\n", "it 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish .\n", "wankery\n", "the testimony of satisfied customers\n", "a sharp script and\n", "with no reason for being\n", "its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro\n", "the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai\n", "insultingly inept and artificial examination\n", "affects of cultural and geographical displacement .\n", "it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime\n", "the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness\n", "if a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off\n", "especially the frank sex scenes -rrb- ensure that the film is never dull\n", "other hyphenate american young men\n", "a collaboration between damaged people\n", "the plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours\n", "is still charming\n", "echelons\n", "has n't yet had much science\n", "usual cliches\n", "is an absolute delight for all audiences\n", "nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises\n", "its lavish grandeur\n", "need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry\n", "few remarks\n", "all the hearts it won -- and wins still\n", "they 're clueless and inept\n", "to like about murder by numbers\n", "tsai 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\n", "they 're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but\n", "midlife\n", "a buck or so\n", "pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories\n", "is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists\n", "burns out\n", "to pose madonna\n", "is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .\n", "changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza\n", "doing\n", "with a flimsy ending\n", "is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects\n", "malle 's dud\n", "from a severe case of hollywood-itis\n", "might be over .\n", "by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end\n", "in its world\n", "literally\n", "extremely talented\n", "nifty\n", "you to drive a little faster\n", "an unflinching and objective look\n", "devastatingly telling impact\n", "trying to win over a probation officer\n", "is strictly routine .\n", "of emotional desperation\n", "was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .\n", "is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .\n", "a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism .\n", "is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures\n", "cheap-shot\n", "the last metro -rrb-\n", "works out his issues with his dad\n", "into the hollywood trap\n", "the perfervid treatment\n", "the drama within the drama\n", "of several of his performances\n", "an encyclopedia\n", "not kids\n", "dynamite sticks\n", "unique or\n", "get in feardotcom\n", "far more\n", "the film has\n", "with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .\n", "entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices .\n", "a not particularly flattering spotlight\n", "the wanton slipperiness\n", "wackiness\n", ", much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing .\n", "on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up\n", "renting\n", "this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie\n", "with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but\n", "a work of art\n", "whatever satire lucky break was aiming for\n", "with the best of them\n", "realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", ", irrevocable choices\n", "can be when put in service of of others\n", "naturally charming\n", "uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves\n", "own caddyshack\n", "a mostly magnificent directorial career\n", "is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold\n", "so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope\n", "margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .\n", "those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost\n", "'s most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .\n", "provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater\n", "too little excitement and zero compelling storyline\n", "beauty or\n", "is impossible to care about and is n't very funny\n", "on its sleeve\n", "much worse than bland or better than inconsequential\n", "its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois\n", "a movie this bad\n", "between the silly and crude storyline\n", "mr. kilmer 's\n", "to sustain a laugh\n", "the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying .\n", "may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen .\n", "defies logic ,\n", "clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and\n", "earnest and -- sadly -- dull\n", "it trusts the story it sets out to tell .\n", "tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense\n", "lags\n", "a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own\n", "family-friendly comedy\n", "making its way instead to theaters\n", "a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale\n", "necessity\n", "it 's not hateful .\n", "rich veins\n", "both black and white stereotypes\n", "worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz\n", "on the brink of womanhood\n", "opposites\n", "offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment\n", "culled from a minimalist funeral .\n", "-lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior\n", "so-bad-they\n", "though the film is static\n", "tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony\n", "unlikely story\n", "about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile\n", "spiritual aspect\n", "blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb-\n", "luck\n", "black and red van\n", "on the market\n", "cheering the pratfalls but little else\n", "paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script\n", "robin tunney\n", "will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them\n", "lethargically paced parable of renewal .\n", "matter who runs them\n", "strip down\n", "wintry new york city\n", "nadia 's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all .\n", "the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful\n", "lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features .\n", "apocalypse\n", "for the marquis de sade set\n", "realism and magic realism\n", "though this saga would be terrific to read about\n", "to the brim with ideas\n", "simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .\n", "memorable directorial debut\n", "be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart\n", "god bless crudup and\n", "dickens '\n", "about the benjamins that 's hard to resist\n", "those rare films\n", "at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe\n", "mr. goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction\n", "as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ;\n", "just is n't a very involving one\n", "properly\n", "i ca n't recommend it .\n", "solidly\n", "baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek\n", "of solid performances\n", "tremendous\n", "a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half\n", "chief\n", "that tries to seem sincere , and just\n", "wonderful but sometimes confusing\n", "and not always for the better\n", "goodness\n", "ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .\n", "we started to wonder if ...\n", "may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain\n", "amours\n", "of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through\n", "repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life\n", "so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it\n", "labute masterfully\n", "millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .\n", "older kids\n", "minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy\n", "bears more than a whiff of exploitation ,\n", "all the emotions\n", "too dense &\n", "spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences\n", "this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .\n", "thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy\n", "probing or\n", "his cynicism\n", "randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing\n", "a chilling tale of one\n", "too little excitement and\n", "it 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space\n", "bedroom sequence\n", "uwe boll and writer robert dean klein\n", "have a problem\n", "intermittently hilarious\n", "is supposed to be the star of the story , but\n", "into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable\n", "go gentle into that good theatre\n", "watching it was painful\n", "emaciated flick\n", "fast fade\n", "no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots\n", "to bodacious\n", "which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard\n", "personal threshold\n", "depends largely on your appetite for canned corn\n", "essentially a collection of bits -- and\n", "both convincing and radiant\n", "akin\n", "it 's sweet ...\n", "the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood\n", "i think payne is after something darker\n", "suffers from dyslexia\n", "the inmates have actually taken over the asylum\n", "the movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself .\n", "the big stuff\n", "takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it .\n", "a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition\n", "equally derisive\n", "dispense\n", "find the small , human moments\n", "hallmarks\n", "exposes\n", "of funny situations and honest observations\n", "crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy .\n", "of the romantic angle\n", "to be the movie 's most admirable quality\n", "have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own\n", "-lrb- allen 's -rrb- best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america\n", "to better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and i wo n't be sitting through this one again ... that in itself is commentary enough .\n", "required of her ,\n", ", this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production does n't work for me .\n", "itself so deadly seriously\n", "dread\n", "fairly ludicrous\n", "a two star script\n", "sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet\n", "cross toxic chemicals\n", "is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "airs of a hal hartley\n", "love the music\n", "creator\n", "is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways\n", "about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back\n", "is also one of the film 's producers\n", "morally\n", "when the humans are acting like puppets\n", "that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other\n", "grinning jack o '\n", "lulls you into a gentle waking coma .\n", "like a drive-by\n", "anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .\n", "than it can chew by linking the massacre\n", "all movie\n", "there 's very little hustling on view\n", "dreaded king brown snake\n", "comes at film\n", "is funny , touching , smart and complicated\n", "diminishing his stature\n", "archive\n", "has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock .\n", "expressionistic license\n", "george clooney , in his first directorial effort ,\n", "begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge\n", "each character\n", "you 'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .\n", "not a word\n", "to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting\n", "class bores\n", "old-fashioned storytelling\n", "in unexpected ways , touching\n", "head and\n", "one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture\n", "hard going\n", "from such a great one\n", "best actress\n", "50-year-old\n", "not a bad way to spend an hour or two\n", "51 times\n", "that grand a failure\n", "elicit\n", "the performances are all solid\n", "super-simple\n", "stab\n", "on the genre\n", "die-hard\n", "even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic\n", "pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success\n", "alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes .\n", "could channel\n", "a credible account\n", "transcends culture and race\n", "their attitudes\n", "medical equipment\n", "lopez and male lead ralph fiennes\n", "of family and community\n", "courtship\n", "spears\n", "edged tome\n", "the intellectual and emotional impact\n", "that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life\n", "a tour de force ,\n", "intrusive\n", "unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two\n", "venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival\n", "'s tough to watch\n", "opera-ish dialogue\n", "unoriginal run\n", "over national boundaries\n", "better-focused\n", "where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone\n", "harmon 's\n", "half an hour\n", "life affirming\n", "such high-profile talent\n", "looks wonderful\n", "solid job\n", "the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances\n", "it 's not the worst comedy of the year , but\n", "hitchcock 's\n", "kapur 's\n", "directed by charles stone iii ... from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis\n", "belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\\/dvd category , and this\n", "a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being .\n", "norma rae\n", "of thought and storytelling\n", "surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .\n", "a kind of elder bueller 's time out\n", "a near-future america\n", "so unabashedly canadian ,\n", "a respectable venture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films ... cross over to a more mainstream audience .\n", "none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny\n", "sequences\n", "unfussily\n", "3000 guys\n", "joylessly extravagant pictures\n", "very experienced\n", "adequate\n", "the con and the players\n", "nothing more than four or\n", "gives a superb performance\n", "there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling\n", "surreal ache\n", "heartbreak\n", "modernize\n", "many of benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice .\n", "is so cool\n", "leaves something to be desired\n", "a big job\n", "liked it just enough .\n", "impressionable\n", "a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom\n", "this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences\n", "rather leaden and dull\n", "works , including its somewhat convenient ending .\n", "quickly fades\n", "fairly solid -- not to mention\n", "it 's mildly amusing ,\n", "would be entertaining , but forgettable\n", "inspired portrait\n", "idea -lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb-\n", "static set ups , not much camera movement , and\n", "from lang 's metropolis , welles ' kane , and eisenstein 's potemkin\n", "-lrb- there 's -rrb- quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin .\n", "'ll cry for your money back\n", "actual\n", "be in wedgie heaven\n", "to see all year\n", "highway patrolman\n", "at providing some good old fashioned spooks\n", "for the mentally\n", "the unexplored story opportunities of `` punch-drunk love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent\n", "faulty\n", "fully developed\n", "the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal .\n", "can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing\n", "flight of revisionist fancy\n", "when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities\n", ", the script gives him little to effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .\n", "hong kong 's john woo\n", "towards\n", "while obviously aimed at kids\n", "might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .\n", "uproarious\n", "silliness and\n", "easily dismissive\n", "is n't scary\n", "an unseemly pleasure\n", "did n't entirely grab me\n", "this girl deserves a sequel\n", "certain charm\n", "moves away\n", "ca\n", "the best star trek movie in a long time\n", "falls flat as a spoof .\n", "who , exactly , is fighting whom here ?\n", "is a great yarn\n", "every family\n", "the story 's pathetic\n", "cerebral\n", "'s sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon\n", "a spooky yarn\n", "be gleaned from the premise\n", "rigors\n", ", middle\n", "have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology\n", "vibrant , colorful world\n", "just under ninety minute\n", "base melodrama\n", "the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ... there is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them '' .\n", "evening out\n", "that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate\n", "so often a\n", "means to face your fears\n", "... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings .\n", "he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor\n", "his characters stage shouting\n", "in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire\n", "truly in love with a girl\n", "the song remains the same\n", "earlier and much better\n", "urban jungle\n", "represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .\n", "michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he 's got as potent a topic as ever here\n", "far-flung , illogical , and\n", "hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names\n", "brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch\n", "is the score\n", "holds the film\n", "a book report\n", "sticking its head\n", "slow and\n", "a dullard\n", "it will just as likely make you weep\n", "a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather .\n", "sound to the typical pax\n", "delicate balance\n", "fantastic movie\n", "our reality tv obsession ,\n", "with its overinflated mythology\n", "to break free of her old life\n", "discreet moan\n", "francisco\n", "is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy .\n", "'s only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after .\n", "gauge\n", "is an engaging nostalgia piece .\n", "why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie\n", "it rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide .\n", "road to perdition does display greatness ,\n", "'s a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .\n", "more problematic aspects\n", "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\n", "make it seem\n", "daringly preposterous\n", "in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining\n", "reinvigorated the romance genre\n", "suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it\n", "unrelieved by any comedy\n", "general issues\n", "a movie can go very right , and then step wrong\n", "punk kids '\n", "is a movie you can trust .\n", "in its message\n", "the dullest kiddie flicks\n", "this strange scenario\n", "lightweight female empowerment\n", "of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels\n", "be as bored watching morvern callar\n", "to benigni\n", "the wanton slipperiness of \\* corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space\n", "through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds\n", "imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey\n", "of sweeping pictures\n", ": an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie\n", "pratfalls\n", "at lodging itself in the brain\n", "is being blown\n", "a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus\n", "plod\n", "real women have curves truly is life affirming\n", "clever and devolves\n", "best and most mature comedy\n", "'s something impressive and yet lacking about everything .\n", "dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area\n", "of a documentary that works\n", "the plot almost arbitrary\n", "than a stifling morality tale\n", "gamely\n", "strong message\n", "return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families\n", "the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while\n", "this franchise\n", "to gravity and plummets\n", "spy kids franchise\n", "crowd-pleaser\n", "people who like to ride bikes\n", "ticket price\n", "more care\n", "both oscar winners ,\n", "a pale successor\n", "the amateurish\n", "every scrap\n", "of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking\n", "and lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .\n", "completely out of control on a long patch of black ice\n", "sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy\n", "just dreadful\n", "beresford\n", "consequences\n", "it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep\n", "to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her\n", "is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?\n", ", unsubtle and hollywood-predictable\n", "bogging\n", "in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .\n", "that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness\n", "stale plot and pornographic way\n", "the film 's action\n", "give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions\n", "could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .\n", "frankly\n", "alert ! -rrb-\n", "found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters\n", "even its attitude toward its subject\n", "can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial\n", "find each other\n", "tanovic 's\n", "one of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily .\n", "the most repellent things\n", "always a narratively cohesive one .\n", "glow\n", "that are more silly than scary\n", ", the hours represents two of those well spent\n", "a touching , small-scale story\n", "a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people\n", "leave this loser\n", "works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet\n", "characteristically engorged\n", "its botches\n", "wind\n", "galinsky and hawley could have planned for\n", "nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia\n", "it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises\n", "continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood\n", "the liberal use\n", "is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .\n", "comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .\n", "beer-soaked\n", "endeavors\n", "its fabric\n", "of the clients\n", "immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before\n", "one of the pleasures in walter 's documentary ... is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him .\n", "no reason to watch\n", "a great director at the helm\n", "astronaut\n", "uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters\n", "open the door\n", "like all four of the lead actors a lot\n", "around australia\n", "'s difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .\n", "the sheer beauty of his images\n", "an american -lrb- and an america -rrb- always reaching for something just outside his grasp\n", "a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics\n", "old mib label\n", "would notice\n", "while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it 's far from being this generation 's animal house .\n", "wry observations\n", "so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway\n", "in depth\n", "a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it\n", "blade fans\n", "black-and-white and unrealistic\n", "pumpkin\n", "his most uncanny\n", "too bleak , too pessimistic and\n", "a movie as you can imagine .\n", "checklist\n", "made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter\n", "when cares melted away in the dark theater\n", "bruckheimeresque\n", "setpieces\n", "their kids\n", "rip off\n", "appealingly manic and energetic\n", "fans of the adventues of steve and terri\n", "a detailed historical document , but\n", "harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate .\n", "are equally strange , and\n", "starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner .\n", "ensemble cast romances\n", "sand 's\n", "on a whole other meaning\n", "of conflict\n", "suited neither\n", "any means\n", "that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics\n", "deal funnier\n", "pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons\n", "urban satire\n", "fatale ,\n", "as for rugrats\n", "the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar\n", "a grand tour\n", "'s not hateful .\n", "those who are drying out from spring break\n", "scenes so true and heartbreaking\n", "trials\n", "watch these two together again in a new york minute\n", ", but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .\n", "minnie\n", "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\n", "writer\\/director bart freundlich 's film\n", "the relationship between sullivan and his son\n", "working girl scribe kevin wade\n", "i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither\n", "modern america\n", "of tv 's dawson 's creek\n", "wall-to-wall good time\n", "but little imagination\n", "anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer\n", "slogans\n", "until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations\n", "flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and\n", "combines two surefire , beloved genres\n", "-- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax einstein 's brain .\n", "fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "a major work\n", "tell you how tedious\n", "hollywood argot\n", "a growing strain\n", "of a violent battlefield action picture\n", "impressions\n", "a preemptive strike\n", "gets molested\n", "is certainly easy to watch .\n", "releasing a film\n", "vividly and\n", "as a curmudgeonly british playwright\n", "joyous occasion\n", "characters and a storyline\n", "of the grief\n", "loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience\n", "archly\n", "robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows\n", "is also eminently forgettable .\n", "urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration\n", "is able to visualize schizophrenia\n", "does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency\n", "lazy for a movie\n", "a movie just for friday fans\n", "is dreary and sluggish .\n", "the overall fabric is hypnotic , and\n", ", blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .\n", "an authority\n", "feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time\n", "about honesty and good sportsmanship\n", "director claude chabrol\n", "loss and denial\n", "todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique\n", "are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family\n", "had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies .\n", "while never sure\n", "maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .\n", "strictly speaking\n", "mr. broomfield\n", "`` wait until dark ''\n", "say in the 1950s sci-fi movies\n", "the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation\n", "'s the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more\n", "mind-numbingly , indescribably bad\n", "witty , improbable romantic comedy\n", "procedure\n", "timeless spectacle\n", "schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself\n", "the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .\n", "the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group\n", "against the grain\n", "it will be\n", "disparate manhattan denizens\n", "ms. phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .\n", "courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid\n", "a sense of real magic , perhaps .\n", "are ... impeccable throughout\n", "finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .\n", "it equals the original and in some ways even betters it\n", "an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism .\n", "at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability\n", "in one form or another\n", "promisingly\n", "marks\n", "leaving questions\n", "break through the wall her character erects\n", "bambi and the lion king\n", "they had periods\n", "points to keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", "seems hopelessly juvenile .\n", "is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .\n", "of the most splendid\n", "the characters seem one-dimensional ,\n", "the comedy makes social commentary more palatable .\n", "for any movie\n", "of the better drug-related pictures\n", "is never especially clever\n", "cinematic pratfalls\n", "otherwise tender movements\n", "its virtues\n", "an appealing couple --\n", "worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly\n", "as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart\n", "into one small pot\n", "of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye\n", "so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic\n", "is now outselling the electric guitar ... ''\n", "'s nothing to gain from watching they\n", "good as the original\n", "winds up moving in many directions as it searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say .\n", "why men leave their families\n", "director 's\n", "so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow .\n", "strength and sense\n", "your appreciation of it\n", "a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans -lrb- but by no means all -rrb-\n", "why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention\n", "have been brought out of hibernation\n", "galinsky\n", "drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine\n", "argot\n", "of language\n", "barbarism\n", "and satirical touches\n", "paved with good intentions leads to the video store\n", "graphic combat footage\n", "hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre\n", "in biography but in hero worship\n", "screenwriters michael berg , michael j. wilson\n", "to becoming the american indian spike lee\n", "a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery\n", "morton\n", "a pleasant\n", "say it twice\n", "the depth or sophistication\n", "quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar\n", "go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving\n", "high-spirited buddy movie\n", "on a pedestal\n", "leguizamo 's\n", "more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .\n", "just offbeat\n", "lion\n", "of the universal themes , earnest performances\n", "inexplicable and\n", "raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation\n", "to make even jean-claude van damme look good\n", "a shrugging mood\n", "their luster\n", "bargain-basement special\n", "the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .\n", "the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but\n", "movies ago\n", "media-constructed ` issues '\n", "crippled\n", "call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .\n", "wilde 's\n", "in the spotlight\n", "guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family\n", "actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese\n", "emphasizes the computer and the cool\n", "set among orthodox jews\n", "in other words , it 's just another sports drama\\/character study .\n", "a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils\n", "in the weeks after 9\\/11\n", "just the vampires\n", "the script feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime ' but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids .\n", "keeping the picture compelling\n", "becomes a sermon for most of its running time .\n", "a few kids not to grow up to be greedy\n", "too tragic\n", "of a very bleak day in derry\n", "is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice .\n", "match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try\n", "open-ended and composed\n", "before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro\n", "yet another visit\n", "prevalent on the rock\n", "whale\n", "this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .\n", "forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s\n", "the problem with all of this\n", "sexy demise\n", "only bond\n", "a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent\n", "longtime admirer\n", "being a bumbling american in europe\n", "inspiring\n", ", you 're going to face frightening late fees\n", "a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it\n", "you 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you 'll laugh .\n", "numb\n", "'s no clear picture of who killed bob crane .\n", "to find better entertainment\n", "any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling\n", "a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian\n", "who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema\n", "like a prison stretch\n", "any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures\n", "guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .\n", "is everything the original was not\n", "the shining , the thing ,\n", "it 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it .\n", "exhuming instead\n", "nurtures the multi-layers of its characters ,\n", "holistic healing system\n", "coming ,\n", "their idol 's energy and passion for detail\n", "squeeze out some good laughs but not enough\n", "the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,\n", "wait to see what the director does next\n", "that often becomes\n", "pulpiness\n", "the all-too-familiar saga\n", "viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor\n", "the movie would be impossible to sit through\n", "worship\n", "bankruptcy\n", "this is a must !\n", "put away the guitar , sell the amp ,\n", "race and culture\n", "on saturday night live\n", "infrequently\n", "at the screenplay level\n", "shivers\n", "of bad animation and mindless violence\n", "'s as entertaining\n", "it 's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .\n", "a fascinating character study with laughs\n", "star wars junkie\n", "ultimately unsatisfying\n", "an epic\n", "come even easier\n", "drug dealers , kidnapping\n", "long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare\n", "the characters that made the first film such a delight\n", "heavy irish brogue\n", "a detailed personal portrait\n", "a prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell\n", "deft comic timing\n", "what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman\n", "collateral damage\n", "cut open\n", "sweet and sexy film\n", "anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\\/daughter pair\n", "in need of a scented bath\n", "idea -lrb- of middle-aged romance -rrb- is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances\n", "is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes\n", "i 'm going home is so slight\n", "'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .\n", "the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated\n", "are too crude to serve the work especially well\n", "of castro\n", "hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously\n", "as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die\n", "selves\n", "was daniel day-lewis\n", "of a wintry new york city\n", "parents beware ; this is downright movie penance .\n", ", you still have that option .\n", "another boorish movie\n", "to attract crossover viewers\n", "for a train car to drive through\n", "well-meaning , beautifully produced film\n", "communicates\n", "hotels\n", "coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .\n", "does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants\n", "lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks , but\n", "make a clear point --\n", "`` all that heaven allows '' and `` imitation\n", "em\n", "caucasian\n", "the space station\n", "excellent 90-minute film\n", "boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness\n", "hooks us\n", "as quickly\n", "bons\n", "succumb\n", "a cast\n", "knows that 's all that matters\n", "is as visceral as a gut punch\n", "most hard-hearted person\n", "miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .\n", "than `` memento\n", "long way\n", "if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you\n", "of modern times\n", "much power\n", "relatively nothing happens\n", "ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third\n", "of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times\n", "linearity\n", "the sea swings\n", "noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching\n", "paws\n", "that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess\n", "vivid performances\n", "dawson leery\n", "he sees\n", "as the two year affair which is its subject\n", ", unchecked heartache\n", "memory minutes\n", "vietnam war\n", "is n't necessarily\n", "the period 's volatile romantic lives\n", "so declared this year\n", ", sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .\n", "devastatingly telling\n", "finished product\n", "so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast\n", "this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .\n", "there 's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity .\n", "similarly styled gremlins\n", "sound convincing\n", "vin diesel\n", "for kids of any age\n", "lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works\n", "just different bodies\n", "boy to see this picture\n", "his open-faced , smiling madmen\n", "may really\n", "in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .\n", "praises female self-sacrifice\n", "gangs '' is never lethargic\n", "obstacle course\n", ", the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '\n", ", storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .\n", "if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours\n", "with stereotypical familial quandaries\n", "of the star of road trip\n", "inexplicable and unpleasant\n", "when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if\n", "got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra\n", "the modern remake\n", "seen the end of the movie\n", "to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy\n", "virtuosity\n", "while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .\n", "its characters tissue-thin\n", "love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large\n", "a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling\n", ", insightful and entertaining\n", "is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance\n", "a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish .\n", "trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable\n", "a predictable outcome and a screenplay\n", "since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists\n", "at once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .\n", "kid-vid\n", "the ultra-violent gangster wannabe\n", "sparkles\n", "'s a fanboy ` what if ? '\n", "all that 's going on here\n", "has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers\n", "a meatier\n", "a tad less for grit and\n", "hell , i dunno\n", "a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels\n", "vampire soap opera\n", "that really scores\n", "pardon\n", "- she-cute baggage\n", "inspiring or\n", "nice piece of work .\n", "its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , steven soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .\n", "stands\n", "entree\n", "chest\n", "mr. shyamalan\n", "it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera\n", "nothing wrong with performances here ,\n", "you can taste it ,\n", "of space travel\n", "the further oprahfication of the world\n", "sarah 's dedication\n", "self-esteem\n", "more adventurous\n", "forgive any shoddy product\n", "sentimental resolution\n", "also somewhat touched\n", "not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance .\n", "endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else\n", "a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films\n", "worthy addition\n", "fun-loving\n", "an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings\n", "you slice it\n", "action-thriller\\/dark\n", "that is wickedly fun to watch\n", "much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...\n", "-lrb- ramsay -rrb-\n", "both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters\n", "you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride .\n", "a similar theme\n", "sniffle\n", "jae-eun jeong 's take care of my cat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema .\n", "submarine drama\n", "to a whole lot\n", "if i want a real movie , i 'll buy the criterion dvd .\n", "has really found his groove these days .\n", "the power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .\n", "enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", "cross-country road trip\n", "unearth\n", "is almost beside the point\n", "pollute\n", "sometimes shorter is better .\n", "interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic ,\n", "a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer\n", "would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera\n", "emotion\n", "has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller\n", "is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side\n", "a friend\n", "be greedy\n", "truths emerge .\n", "might describe as a castrated\n", "humorless , self-conscious art drivel\n", "this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool\n", "discerning taste\n", "wilde 's wit and\n", "appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived\n", "... another example of how sandler is losing his touch .\n", "slightly sunbaked and summery\n", "teddy bears ' picnic ranks\n", "more obvious\n", "floating narrative\n", "cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view\n", "'ll buy the soundtrack\n", "besco\n", "complex situation\n", "makes all those jokes\n", "most appealing movies\n", "like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100\n", "esteemed writer-actor\n", "hit you\n", "in american history x\n", "is 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\n", "of room for editing\n", "feel the screenwriter at every moment `\n", "agreeably startling use\n", "add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb\n", "consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free\n", "bloated effects\n", "garage sale\n", "finally ,\n", "league college\n", "the same sentence\n", "allows ,\n", "a genuinely bone-chilling tale\n", "a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera\n", "those conversations\n", "sleeper success\n", "i enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was .\n", "after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage --\n", "shapeless and uninflected\n", "that tells us nothing new\n", "intrigue , partisans and sabotage\n", "on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness\n", "however , is original\n", "the film is extremely thorough .\n", "wondered\n", "hell-jaunt purists\n", "eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get\n", "illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .\n", "is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition\n", "by there\n", "as any james bond thriller\n", "juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks\n", "as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle\n", "recently said\n", "permits\n", "to a house party\n", "an asian perspective\n", "ii experience\n", "the four feathers is definitely horse feathers , but\n", "doting on its eccentric characters\n", "more experimental in its storytelling\n", "hallmark film\n", "tres\n", "steal\n", "most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars\n", "nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick\n", "than punishment\n", "makes it seem\n", "superficially loose\n", "such a lousy way\n", "have been so much more\n", "cover up\n", "a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes\n", "` tadpole ' was one of the films so declared this year , but it 's really more of the next pretty good thing .\n", "it 's no lie\n", "this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze\n", "nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts --\n", "its own staggeringly unoriginal terms\n", "is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing\n", "trap\n", "the three\n", "much right\n", "heroism and abject suffering\n", "that first encounter\n", "over michael idemoto as michael\n", "come down the road in 2002\n", "becomes just another revenge film\n", "true-crime\n", "handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly\n", "we all ca n't stand\n", "uncommonly sincere\n", "the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation\n", "buy is an accomplished actress ,\n", "visually atrocious 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"poorly dubbed\n", "`` ca n't handle the truth '' than high crimes\n", "feel what they feel\n", "human urges\n", "increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool\n", "a three-minute sketch\n", "an old type\n", "seductively stylish game\n", "sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 .\n", "to a lightweight story about matchmaking\n", "spans time and\n", "of her\n", "get a hold on\n", "men in heels\n", "stuffy and\n", "hold the screen\n", "sooner\n", "anomie\n", "the sheer ugliness of everything else\n", "men in black ii creates a new threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise .\n", "the-loose banter\n", "skimpy clothes\n", "psychologically probing\n", "of the best special effects\n", "can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental\n", "walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible\n", "lift the spirits of the whole family\n", "green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on 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"anything to do with it\n", "a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone\n", "be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school\n", "adult world\n", "eats , meddles\n", "clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf\n", "at us\n", "to hide new secretions from the parental units\n", "if the material is slight and admittedly manipulative\n", "... instead go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance .\n", "because it plays everything too safe\n", "the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women\n", "engrossing and grim portrait\n", "own immaturity\n", "some elements of it really blow the big one ,\n", "blaring\n", "the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue .\n", "allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc\n", "add 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self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans ' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality .\n", "recognize zeus -lrb- the dog from snatch -rrb-\n", "the work of an artist\n", "bogs down in a surfeit of characters and\n", "`` on guard ! ''\n", "you could have about spirited away\n", "how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring\n", "not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '\n", "spontaneous creativity\n", "be wholesome and subversive at the same time\n", "the town has kind of an authentic feel , but\n", "absorbs\n", "animated sequel\n", "familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same\n", "a retooling of fahrenheit 451\n", "a reworking\n", "well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop\n", "a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours .\n", "the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but i 've got to give it thumbs down\n", "a rather listless amble down\n", "teenagers horror flick\n", "speaks for itself\n", "of americans\n", "the street\n" ] }, { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "company 's\n", "metaphorical dramatization\n", "exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb- , sour , bloody and mean\n", "sparring\n", "the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film\n", ", sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium\n", "to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some\n", "flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain\n", "saw at childhood ,\n", "the power and grace\n", "this one is told almost entirely from david 's point of view\n", "conflagration\n", "blasphemous and nonsensical\n", "whether we believe in them\n", "high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time\n", "pours into every frame\n", "high drama\n", "what bailly manages to deliver\n", "lyrical endeavour\n", "romp that has something to say\n", "-lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect ,\n", "recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to\n", "be completely forgettable\n", "methodical ,\n", "is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story\n", "hoary dialogue ,\n", "to enter the theater\n", "can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish\n", "controlled\n", "of deja vu\n", "when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else\n", "impetus\n", "found writer-director mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going .\n", "try\n", "that you actually buy into\n", "stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies\n", "least demanding\n", "want it to be better and more successful than it is\n", "undercover\n", "from the brave , uninhibited performances\n", "a durable part of the movie landscape\n", "his imagination\n", "ended so damned\n", "in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast\n", "told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .\n", "are unintentional\n", "even 3 oscar winners\n", "will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely\n", "is throwing up his hands in surrender\n", "squirm with recognition\n", "cultural distinctions\n", "to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd\n", "than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights\n", "which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world\n", "on its plate at times\n", "afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience\n", "ms. seldhal\n", "jugglers , old schoolers\n", "its convolutions\n", "'s french\n", "veggie\n", "max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished .\n", "chan has done in the united states\n", "kids '\n", "four fine\n", "this tale\n", "on , well , love in the time of money\n", "becomes a routine shocker\n", "out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment\n", "his cinematographer ,\n", "a formula family tearjerker told with a heavy irish brogue ... accentuating , rather than muting , the plot 's saccharine thrust .\n", "the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious .\n", "light , comic side\n", "were dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke 's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` do not go gentle into that good theatre . 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'\n", ", there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .\n", "instead of building to a laugh riot\n", "like a grinning jack o ' lantern\n", "a wish\n", "to savour binoche 's skill\n", "a product\n", "nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson\n", "'ve ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .\n", "'s well worth\n", "would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold .\n", "the good thing\n", "desert\n", "frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .\n", "better than sorcerer 's stone\n", "a hypnotic portrait\n", "is hardly journalism at all\n", "chiaroscuro\n", "all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener\n", "think to make the attraction a movie\n", "true-blue\n", "light -lrb- yet unsentimental -rrb-\n", ", self-deprecating level\n", "other than a mildly engaging central romance , hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst .\n", "which half of 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interest in the gang-infested\n", "altogether darker side\n", "it 's a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions .\n", "the alternate sexuality\n", "street activism\n", "it could become a cult classic\n", "demeaning its subjects\n", "give it\n", "listening to a four-year-old\n", "gloss\n", "of this ancient indian practice\n", "world 's\n", "boring , pretentious\n", "ladies and gentlemen\n", "her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance\n", "upper echelons\n", "a surge through swirling rapids or\n", "its spectacle\n", "too predictable and far too cliched\n", "john waters movie\n", "another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke - at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting\n", "a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 --\n", "slide\n", "the original could ever have hoped to be\n", "could never\n", "give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice\n", "jet li on rollerblades\n", "angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi\n", "geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity .\n", "guys and dolls\n", "of monsters , inc. ,\n", "ca n't tear himself away from the characters\n", "against all odds , nothing does\n", "is , quite pointedly ,\n", "collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush\n", "some fictional ,\n", "one level or\n", "mergers and downsizing\n", "a strong and unforced supporting cast\n", "perfect balance\n", "to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation\n", "the ins and outs of modern moviemaking\n", "of a hubert selby jr.\n", "first world\n", "lay\n", "far more often than the warfare\n", "growing strange hairs ,\n", "be too narrow to attract crossover viewers\n", "a terrific date movie\n", "unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke\n", "by ll cool j.\n", "mr. spielberg 's\n", ", this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end .\n", "for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense\n", "in the film 's background\n", "ear-pleasing\n", "alive to witness first-time director\n", "acquires\n", "same old story\n", "die for\n", "diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .\n", "the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year\n", "poorly structured\n", "a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily .\n", "better known\n", "in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers\n", "of fierce competition\n", "its spry 2001 predecessor\n", "rohmer still has a sense of his audience\n", "-lrb- jeff 's -rrb- gorgeous , fluid compositions\n", "the 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"one of the year 's best\n", "in front of\n", "the adventues\n", "stores\n", "busy urban comedy is clearly not zhang 's forte\n", "postcard perfect ,\n", "'s lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life\n", "fascinating subject matter\n", "notorious subject\n", "although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution\n", "'s a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding\n", "-lrb- gosling 's -rrb- combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character .\n", "dangerous and domineering mother\n", "the movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster .\n", "romantic comedy plotline\n", "limp wrists\n", "amusing and unpredictable\n", "a teen in love with his stepmom\n", "the timeless danger of emotions repressed\n", "little movie\n", "by all means\n", "been lost in the 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