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the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . '' | 0 | very negative |
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 3 | positive |
whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste . | 2 | neutral |
weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . | 4 | very positive |
it 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing . | 3 | positive |
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . ' | 3 | positive |
quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to . | 4 | very positive |
not to mention absolutely refreshed . | 4 | very positive |
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . | 4 | very positive |
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . | 2 | neutral |
arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation . | 3 | positive |
there 's no reason to miss interview with the assassin | 4 | very positive |
sayles is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation . | 2 | neutral |
i like this movie a lot . | 4 | very positive |
comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire . | 1 | negative |
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder . | 2 | neutral |
close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air . | 3 | positive |
a dreary indulgence . | 2 | neutral |
teens only . | 2 | neutral |
while the transgressive trappings -lrb- especially the frank sex scenes -rrb- ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative . | 1 | negative |
blue crush 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 . | 1 | negative |
the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock . | 2 | neutral |
a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . | 4 | very positive |
the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen -- and a hollywood-ized austen at that . | 2 | neutral |
-lrb- a -rrb- strong piece of work . | 3 | positive |
daring and beautifully made . | 4 | very positive |
there has to be a few advantages to never growing old . | 2 | neutral |
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 2 | neutral |
... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny . | 1 | negative |
slight but enjoyable documentary . | 3 | positive |
adam sandler 's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . | 0 | very negative |
when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . | 4 | very positive |
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | 1 | negative |
not even solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . | 1 | negative |
and in a sense , that 's a liability . | 1 | negative |
the romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be . | 1 | negative |
hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy . | 4 | very positive |
poignant and funny . | 3 | positive |
this is pure , exciting moviemaking . | 4 | very positive |
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 . | 0 | very negative |
the film is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity . | 2 | neutral |
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . | 1 | negative |
the film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . | 4 | very positive |
there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . | 4 | very positive |
a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord . | 3 | positive |
one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then . | 4 | very positive |
an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . | 3 | positive |
there 's an energy to y tu mamá también . | 3 | positive |
the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . | 1 | negative |
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . ' | 0 | very negative |
not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . | 0 | very negative |
miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . | 4 | very positive |
the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . | 0 | very negative |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . | 1 | negative |
some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff . | 2 | neutral |
ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . | 4 | very positive |
i do n't think so . | 1 | negative |
at best this is a film for the under-7 crowd . | 1 | negative |
a fresh , entertaining comedy that looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles . | 4 | very positive |
poetry in motion captured on film . | 4 | very positive |
the fourth in a series that i 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped ! | 2 | neutral |
parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . | 1 | negative |
the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish . | 1 | negative |
but here 's a glimpse at his life . | 2 | neutral |
almost peerlessly unsettling . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 1 | negative |
-lrb- ferrera -rrb- has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen . | 4 | very positive |
a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . | 4 | very positive |
flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson 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 . | 4 | very positive |
while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter | 1 | negative |
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 . | 3 | positive |
daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . | 1 | negative |
if not a home run , then at least a solid base hit . | 3 | positive |
it 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance . | 3 | positive |
what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart . | 3 | positive |
carrying off a spot-on scottish burr , duvall -lrb- also a producer -rrb- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
a well-acted , but one-note film . | 2 | neutral |
suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled . | 1 | negative |
the picture 's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed . | 3 | positive |
walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros. . | 3 | positive |
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 1 | negative |
it did n't go straight to video . | 2 | neutral |
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 . | 3 | positive |
there 's no energy . | 0 | very negative |
the movie tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy . | 2 | neutral |
starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner . | 1 | negative |
kosminsky ... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting . | 3 | positive |
a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . | 3 | positive |
seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing . | 4 | very positive |
it 's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison . | 2 | neutral |
alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 1 | negative |
at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and center . | 2 | neutral |
with exquisite craftsmanship ... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society . | 3 | positive |
your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first film . | 2 | neutral |
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