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all mood and no movie .
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will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .
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a half-assed film .
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it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible .
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the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich .
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the cast is phenomenal , especially the women .
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inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening .
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much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .
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a chiller resolutely without chills .
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the first hour is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .
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and it is .
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even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking
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imperfect ?
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this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .
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a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative .
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there 's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .
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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 .
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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 .
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viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance , the film would be a total washout .
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there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes , plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme .
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- spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together .
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there 's already been too many of these films ...
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we want the funk - and this movie 's got it .
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-lrb- a -rrb- thoughtful , visually graceful work .
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shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling .
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like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome .
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a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .
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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar .
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kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .
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the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .
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by its modest , straight-ahead standards , undisputed scores a direct hit .
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i 'm guessing the director is a magician .
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a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france 's most inventive directors .
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it 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 .
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that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .
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none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest .
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when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you .
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ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .
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kids do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .
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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 .
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wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars
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while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary .
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haneke 's script -lrb- from elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .
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there is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew .
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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 .
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tully is worth 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 .
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filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .
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... a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .
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the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations
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five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before .
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director alfonso cuaron 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 .
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... manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .
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guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets .
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wewannour money back , actually .
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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 .
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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 .
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the sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines through every frame .
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the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .
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... digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .
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much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep .
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it 's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages .
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an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .
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-lrb- scherfig -rrb- has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .
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it 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
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a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .
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-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 .
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conceptually brilliant ... plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .
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this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head
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-lrb- danny huston gives -rrb- an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .
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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 .
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this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .
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hailed as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian .
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it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .
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a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole .
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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 .
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yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable .
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works , it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .
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ararat feels like a book report
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the beautiful images and solemn words 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 .
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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 .
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it 's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 .
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a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood 's comic-book adaptations .
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my advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack .
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audacious-impossible yet compelling ...
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a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music .
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family fare .
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the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .
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one of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .
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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 .
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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 .
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set in a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york .
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in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .
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evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .
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they crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .
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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 .
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perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .
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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 a personal low for everyone involved .
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almodovar 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 . '
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a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys .
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