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take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera . | 0 | very negative |
the audacity to view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion . | 1 | negative |
the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally . | 3 | positive |
too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper -lrb- and better -rrb- than pink floyd tickets . | 3 | positive |
you expect more from director michael apted -lrb- enigma -rrb- and screenwriter nicholas kazan -lrb- reversal of fortune -rrb- than this cliche pileup . | 0 | very negative |
director jay russell weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning . | 0 | very negative |
a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground . | 1 | negative |
a moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama that should bolster director and co-writer juan josé campanella 's reputation in the united states . | 4 | very positive |
everything is off . | 1 | negative |
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli ... ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . | 4 | very positive |
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . | 1 | negative |
mordantly funny and intimately knowing ... | 3 | positive |
i ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops . | 1 | negative |
it 's tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you 'll feel like mopping up , too . | 1 | negative |
each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness , but thirteen conversations about one thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments . | 4 | very positive |
there 's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . | 1 | negative |
what a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted . | 0 | very negative |
i liked a lot of the smaller scenes . | 3 | positive |
some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but overall the film never rises above mediocrity . | 1 | negative |
beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . | 3 | positive |
nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin . | 3 | positive |
bring tissues . | 3 | positive |
... hopefully it 'll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls around . | 2 | neutral |
an enthralling , entertaining feature . | 4 | very positive |
as a director , paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip . | 4 | very positive |
well-made but mush-hearted . | 3 | positive |
labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . | 4 | very positive |
assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation . | 3 | positive |
a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film . | 4 | very positive |
filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it . | 3 | positive |
despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . ' | 1 | negative |
a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy . | 3 | positive |
... begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot . | 1 | negative |
although what time offers tsai 's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . | 4 | very positive |
a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture . | 0 | very negative |
a must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle . | 4 | very positive |
with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . | 4 | very positive |
by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story . | 1 | negative |
it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ... | 4 | very positive |
it 's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller . | 2 | neutral |
i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry ! | 4 | very positive |
what goes on for the 110 minutes of `` panic room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals . | 1 | negative |
if you do n't flee , you might be seduced . | 2 | neutral |
in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little . | 0 | very negative |
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | 0 | very negative |
it may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter . | 2 | neutral |
this one is certainly well-meaning , but it 's also simple-minded and contrived . | 2 | neutral |
the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not . | 1 | negative |
it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look . | 2 | neutral |
if we 're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she 's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ? | 0 | very negative |
i 've had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama . | 1 | negative |
i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake . | 1 | negative |
`` nicholas nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year . | 3 | positive |
if you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again . | 2 | neutral |
it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee . | 3 | positive |
was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz ? | 0 | very negative |
how good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not . | 3 | positive |
a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains ... crossroads is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential . | 0 | very negative |
pretty good little movie . | 3 | positive |
if nothing else , `` rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j. | 1 | negative |
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 3 | positive |
nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . | 1 | negative |
even when he 's not at his most critically insightful , godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work . | 3 | positive |
the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react . | 3 | positive |
-lrb- t -rrb- he film is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation . | 1 | negative |
this movie is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states . | 0 | very negative |
amazing ! | 4 | very positive |
the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . | 0 | very negative |
the plot 's contrivances are uncomfortably strained . | 1 | negative |
a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos . | 4 | very positive |
kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . | 4 | very positive |
-lrb- allen 's -rrb- best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be . | 3 | positive |
the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble . | 3 | positive |
we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold . | 0 | very negative |
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . | 4 | very positive |
a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional . | 0 | very negative |
clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up . | 4 | very positive |
soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit . | 4 | very positive |
there is no denying the power of polanski 's film ... | 3 | positive |
to be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed . | 1 | negative |
though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary . | 3 | positive |
however stale the material , lawrence 's delivery remains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny . | 2 | neutral |
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games . | 2 | neutral |
the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing . | 3 | positive |
from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces '' , you can feel the love . | 3 | positive |
empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . | 1 | negative |
the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel . | 1 | negative |
a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . | 3 | positive |
thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began . | 3 | positive |
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage . | 3 | positive |
storytelling feels slight . | 1 | negative |
witty , vibrant , and intelligent . | 3 | positive |
while we want macdowell 's character to retrieve her husband , we have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her . | 2 | neutral |
despite its shortcomings , girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre . | 3 | positive |
interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen | 3 | positive |
thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all . | 4 | very positive |
for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche . | 3 | positive |
it 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers . | 3 | positive |
we get the comedy we settle for . | 1 | negative |
eerily accurate depiction of depression . | 1 | negative |
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