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watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power . | 3 | positive |
e.t. works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet . | 4 | very positive |
so unique and stubborn and charismatic that you want it to be better and more successful than it is . | 2 | neutral |
yes , it 's as good as you remember . | 3 | positive |
for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . | 4 | very positive |
there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome , but it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling . | 2 | neutral |
as directed by dani kouyate of burkina faso , sia lacks visual flair . | 2 | neutral |
full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing . | 4 | very positive |
little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | 1 | negative |
wallace directs with such patronising reverence , it turns the stomach . | 2 | neutral |
peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . | 4 | very positive |
this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same . | 1 | negative |
a joyous occasion | 4 | very positive |
-lrb- `` take care of my cat '' -rrb- is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals . | 3 | positive |
a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career . | 2 | neutral |
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . | 1 | negative |
one-of-a-kind near-masterpiece . | 4 | very positive |
trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax einstein 's brain . | 1 | negative |
a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy . | 4 | very positive |
you have no affinity for most of the characters . | 0 | very negative |
its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary . | 1 | negative |
sensitively examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do . | 2 | neutral |
whether or not you buy mr. broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover . | 3 | positive |
a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick . | 1 | negative |
charlotte sometimes is a brilliant movie . | 4 | very positive |
move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel . | 4 | very positive |
an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 . | 1 | negative |
for a story set at sea , ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . ' | 0 | very negative |
congrats disney on a job well done , i enjoyed it just as much ! | 4 | very positive |
a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . | 1 | negative |
is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ? | 1 | negative |
it 's a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety . | 3 | positive |
the movie 's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh . | 0 | very negative |
in between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . | 1 | negative |
expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women . | 3 | positive |
an exit sign , that is . | 1 | negative |
beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . | 4 | very positive |
entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ... dare i say , entertaining ! | 4 | very positive |
just dreadful . | 0 | very negative |
bill morrison 's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . | 4 | very positive |
a superlative b movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing . | 3 | positive |
the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . | 1 | negative |
yet another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title . | 1 | negative |
before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway . | 1 | negative |
a well-acted movie that simply does n't gel . | 2 | neutral |
... while dark water is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor . | 1 | negative |
plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel . | 3 | positive |
the movie is obviously a labour of love so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted . | 2 | neutral |
one feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism . | 3 | positive |
the script 's judgment and sense of weight is way , way off . | 0 | very negative |
the filmmakers might want to look it up . | 2 | neutral |
despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing . | 1 | negative |
is a mess . | 0 | very negative |
adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . | 1 | negative |
... quite endearing . | 3 | positive |
a mess , but it 's a sincere mess . | 2 | neutral |
hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity . | 1 | negative |
i found myself liking the film , though in this case one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage . | 2 | neutral |
a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . | 1 | negative |
a little better than sorcerer 's stone . | 3 | positive |
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil . | 4 | very positive |
almost as offensive as `` freddy got fingered . '' | 1 | negative |
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | 1 | negative |
cockettes has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie . | 2 | neutral |
there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity . | 1 | negative |
narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself . | 2 | neutral |
a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect . | 0 | very negative |
renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance . | 4 | very positive |
renner ? | 2 | neutral |
brainy , artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation . | 2 | neutral |
the film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality . | 3 | positive |
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once . | 1 | negative |
wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . | 0 | very negative |
steven soderbergh does n't remake andrei tarkovsky 's solaris so much as distill it . | 1 | negative |
although melodramatic and predictable , this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love . | 2 | neutral |
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 3 | positive |
if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . | 1 | negative |
tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting . '' | 1 | negative |
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . | 2 | neutral |
warm and exotic . | 3 | positive |
the movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster . | 1 | negative |
rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . | 3 | positive |
like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded . | 1 | negative |
the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue . | 2 | neutral |
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides . | 3 | positive |
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | 4 | very positive |
here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix . | 3 | positive |
one of those movies that make us pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society . | 3 | positive |
done in mostly by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment . | 0 | very negative |
troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal . | 2 | neutral |
unfortunately , kapur modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare . | 0 | very negative |
uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof . | 3 | positive |
the phone rings and a voice tells you you 've got seven days left to live . | 2 | neutral |
deserving of its critical backlash and more . | 1 | negative |
entertainment more disposable than hanna-barbera 's half-hour cartoons ever were . | 2 | neutral |
when the twist endings were actually surprising ? | 2 | neutral |
do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ? | 1 | negative |
more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 1\/2 weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema . | 4 | very positive |
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . | 4 | very positive |
a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee . | 1 | negative |
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