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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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promises is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination .
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impossible as it may sound , 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 .
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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 .
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a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution .
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fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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all the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost .
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to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr. freud .
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a remarkable film by bernard rose .
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overly long and worshipful bio-doc .
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it 's the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be .
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a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry .
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it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .
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a tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events .
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a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences .
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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 .
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both grant and hoult 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 .
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i liked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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the threat implied in the title pokémon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming .
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flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up .
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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 .
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a moving story of determination and the human spirit .
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there is greatness here .
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lovely and amazing is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .
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i liked this film a lot ...
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demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .
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although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .
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but they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .
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a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than `` memento ''
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those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .
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on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint .
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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 .
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it asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .
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you 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 . '
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a negligible british comedy .
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great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex .
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beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly .
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, is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .
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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 .
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children and adults enamored of all things pokemon wo n't be disappointed .
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you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .
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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 .
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like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- delivers a magnetic performance .
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despite bearing the paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement european pickup .
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by the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .
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a predictable , manipulative stinker .
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... 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 .
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a solid , psychological action film from hong kong .
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a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese .
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it 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .
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a bad movie that happened to good actors .
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plays like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .
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... a rather bland affair .
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spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .
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by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chick is pretty damned funny .
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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 .
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as action-adventure , this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits .
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it 's funny .
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what an embarrassment .
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i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .
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what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony .
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that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .
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without resorting to camp or parody , haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently -rrb- has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .
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a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy .
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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 .
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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 .
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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- .
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although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .
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sweet home alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films .
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the film is all over the place , really .
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has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .
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... 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 .
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do n't even bother to rent this on video .
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if only merchant paid more attention the story .
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it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film .
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the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .
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-lrb- a -rrb- painfully flat gross-out comedy ...
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richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .
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shunji iwai 's all about lily chou chou is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan .
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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 .
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maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .
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hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .
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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 .
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even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks , it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .
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fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for .
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this is not an easy film .
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a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged .
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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 .
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it challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should .
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while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .
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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 .
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in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .
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a heady , biting , be-bop 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 .
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squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .
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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 .
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as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago ... has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency .
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