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a hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 1 | negative |
grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length | 1 | negative |
feels slight , as if it were an extended short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class . | 2 | neutral |
definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable . | 3 | positive |
it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . | 0 | very negative |
as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . | 3 | positive |
as we have come to learn -- 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 . ' | 2 | neutral |
extremely bad . | 0 | very negative |
a relatively effective little potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale . | 2 | neutral |
although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . | 1 | negative |
deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . | 3 | positive |
a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy . | 2 | neutral |
what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . | 0 | very negative |
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 3 | positive |
it made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
as refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream . | 3 | positive |
... a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame . | 3 | positive |
beautifully directed and convincingly acted . | 3 | positive |
it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual | 3 | positive |
ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 2 | neutral |
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 . | 3 | positive |
depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles . | 2 | neutral |
despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth , 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 | 2 | neutral |
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 . | 1 | negative |
any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things . | 3 | positive |
an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band . | 3 | positive |
halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . | 1 | negative |
the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb- of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
predictable and cloying , 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 . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 1 | negative |
such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show . | 0 | very negative |
a modest masterpiece . | 3 | positive |
neil burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present . | 4 | very positive |
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 4 | very positive |
it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight . | 1 | negative |
takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze . | 3 | positive |
but it does n't leave you with much . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 3 | positive |
broomfield has a rather unique approach to documentary . | 3 | positive |
as the mediterranean sparkles , ` swept away ' sinks . | 1 | negative |
two-bit potboiler . | 1 | negative |
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | 4 | very positive |
mushes the college-friends genre -lrb- the big chill -rrb- together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas . | 2 | neutral |
an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension . | 2 | neutral |
a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic . | 4 | very positive |
at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance . | 1 | negative |
it 's just rather leaden and dull . | 0 | very negative |
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . | 1 | negative |
the movie is a mess from start to finish . | 1 | negative |
its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch . | 3 | positive |
one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever . | 4 | very positive |
but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass . | 1 | negative |
a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . | 4 | very positive |
the best animated feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago . | 4 | very positive |
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 . | 0 | very negative |
scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company . | 0 | very negative |
i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither . | 2 | neutral |
a beautifully observed character piece . | 4 | very positive |
compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , runteldat is something of a triumph . | 3 | positive |
as plain and pedestrian as catsup -- | 0 | very negative |
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 . | 3 | positive |
that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . | 4 | very positive |
with each of her three protagonists , 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 . | 4 | very positive |
if borstal boy is n't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece . | 2 | neutral |
a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing ! | 3 | positive |
a loquacious and dreary piece of business . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 1 | negative |
a rather tired exercise in nostalgia . | 1 | negative |
` linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... ' | 1 | negative |
there 's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity . | 1 | negative |
certainly beautiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic . | 2 | neutral |
one lousy movie . | 1 | negative |
it 's such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that -rrb- it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it . | 1 | negative |
a blair witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast . | 1 | negative |
until its final minutes this 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 . | 1 | negative |
abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 1 | negative |
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 . | 2 | neutral |
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative . | 3 | positive |
where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable . | 1 | negative |
a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it . | 3 | positive |
skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . | 4 | very positive |
-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 . | 1 | negative |
writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured . | 4 | very positive |
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 . | 0 | very negative |
falls short in explaining the music and its roots . | 2 | neutral |
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 . | 1 | negative |
a fascinating but choppy documentary . | 2 | neutral |
sweetly sexy , funny and touching . | 4 | very positive |
like all of egoyan 's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . | 3 | positive |
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 . | 3 | positive |
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