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rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue .
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takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer
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more likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .
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fairly run-of-the-mill .
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so could young romantics out on a date .
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despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .
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the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again .
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the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy .
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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 .
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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 .
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due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .
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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 .
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a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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noyce has worked wonders with the material .
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a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .
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no thanks .
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despite the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans '' make this a charmer .
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delia , greta , and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year .
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action - mechanical .
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another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures .
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this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes .
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it 's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .
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while the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation .
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although olivier assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation ... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .
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the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended .
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a sleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .
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overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love .
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some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like ballistic : ecks vs. sever , were made for the palm screen .
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a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002 's first great film
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labute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .
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the whole film 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 .
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an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .
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... a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .
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as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .
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the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .
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the action clichés just pile up .
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not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest .
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a delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them .
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if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it .
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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 .
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`` brown sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .
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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 .
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gently humorous and touching .
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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 .
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vulgar is too optimistic a title .
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`` the adventures of pluto nash '' is a big time stinker .
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visually captivating .
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as each of them searches for their place in the world , miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .
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writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . '
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for the future , one hopes mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .
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the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .
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very predictable but still entertaining
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if you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts .
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has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .
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mr. deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy .
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it all seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk .
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its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart .
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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 .
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... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .
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a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted .
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a small gem from belgium .
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the characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .
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worth a look as a curiosity .
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if you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .
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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 .
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short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .
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poignant and delicately complex .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .
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... could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .
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the title , alone , should scare any sane person away .
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for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them .
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it does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes .
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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 .
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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 .
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the ending feels at odds with the rest of the film .
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in the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest .
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the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .
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it 's a quirky , off-beat project .
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if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .
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coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes .
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starts slowly , but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying .
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feeble comedy .
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no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .
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... 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 . ''
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would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility .
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sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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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 ?
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wise and deadpan humorous .
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twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .
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boring and meandering .
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while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .
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make chan 's action sequences boring .
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simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .
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proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness .
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but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .
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an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .
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screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite .
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-lrb- ramsay -rrb- visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .
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