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labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone . | 1 | subjective |
however , his son is a celibate priest who has never had any success with women . . . , ever . | 0 | objective |
well , bruce nolan , played by jim carrey , gets that chance after he freaks out on live tv , is fired and is offered a new job by an unknown place . | 0 | objective |
burns ' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off . | 1 | subjective |
contributors include : director mimi leder , editor anne v . coates , producer gail katz and director claudia weill . | 0 | objective |
takes a look at an old world , passionless arrangement in a way that is at once so biting and so brutally honest that you chuckle first , then shudder . | 1 | subjective |
but what exactly is good and waht exactly is evil ? | 0 | objective |
. . . [ a ] strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense . | 1 | subjective |
this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them . | 1 | subjective |
at once emotional and richly analytical , the cosby-seinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary . | 1 | subjective |
a fast-moving , fluidly told tale , eugene jarecki 's documentary certainly will likely inflame kissinger 's ardent cronies . and yet , as one-sided as its story is , the movie also manages a measured disposition . | 1 | subjective |
along the way , the filmmakers try to learn from these relationship veterans , while navigating their own fledgling polyamorous relationships . | 0 | objective |
would anyone believe mary and joe 's claim to abstinence ? | 0 | objective |
until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films . | 1 | subjective |
if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 1 | subjective |
as self-aware movies go , who is cletis tout ? is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing . | 1 | subjective |
saigon , 1952 , a beautiful , exotic , and mysterious city caught in the grips of the vietnamese war of liberation from the french colonial powers . | 0 | objective |
well , jason 's gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) . | 1 | subjective |
the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in [ this ] meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot . | 1 | subjective |
eva is an accidental witness of the death of a young girl , even more : she 's got it all on tape . | 0 | objective |
i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid . | 1 | subjective |
and while bruce is getting everything he wants , he has been ignoring his girlfriend , grace and loses her . | 0 | objective |
the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . | 1 | subjective |
oblivious of all the differences of status and background , a bond that would never break grew between them . | 0 | objective |
from spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat , vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of jean renoir . | 1 | subjective |
in this debut short , meeper valiantly tries to warn the patrons of the ale-e-inn ( an intergalactic watering hole with its own constellation of stars ) of impending danger , only to find himself face-to-face with the most fearsome creatures in the galaxy . | 0 | objective |
friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it 's called where 's chris tucker when you need him ? | 1 | subjective |
the director 's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . | 1 | subjective |
that 's why handsome and his three best friends sammy , victor and the cribsheet genius applebee have banded together and found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years . | 0 | objective |
beautifully filmed and well acted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . | 1 | subjective |
lindberg demonstrates a remarkable sense of place , a keen understanding that emotions are boiled into a concentrate , not diluted , in the rural setting . | 1 | subjective |
i cry for i spy -- or i would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-tv spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind . | 1 | subjective |
four outlandish but faithful men , a moslem , a hindu , a jew and a christian coincidently meet up a mountain , at an altitude of 3000 metres . | 0 | objective |
but on the wedding day , they also sign a divorce agreement which is effective one year after their marriage . | 0 | objective |
the film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries . | 1 | subjective |
you watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises . | 1 | subjective |
miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout . | 1 | subjective |
it 's the end of the world as metaphor for how we scuttle relationships , and it 's a remarkably apt one . | 1 | subjective |
this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment . | 1 | subjective |
from stag beetle to swastika narrates in a richly detailed , associative montage the boundless possibilities of manipulating images and using images the historionaut , a history machine , produces an incessant stream of remembered , contemporary and future images . | 0 | objective |
by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better . | 1 | subjective |
the film succeeds as an homage to human spirit in the most shattering of circumstances . | 1 | subjective |
arcangel and his son travel to hometown , the familiy house looks abandoned , only isabel , a misterious old woman , is there . | 0 | objective |
smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . | 1 | subjective |
i 'll go out on a limb . it is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year . it 's just merely very bad . | 1 | subjective |
disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen . . . tuck everlasting is a little of both . | 1 | subjective |
. . . its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits . | 1 | subjective |
in a world besieged by world war ii , wendy , now grown up , tries to give her own children hope by telling them of her magical experiences with peter pan in never land . | 0 | objective |
the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors . | 1 | subjective |
a love story played out against a backdrop of political and religious upheaval . | 0 | objective |
an internet terrorist creates a computer source code based on the dna of a junkie . | 0 | objective |
it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness . | 1 | subjective |
retired fbi profiler terry mccaleb ( eastwood ) , who has recently had a heart transplant , is hired by graciela rivers ( de jesus ) , to investigate the death of her sister , gloria , who happens to have given mccaleb his heart . | 0 | objective |
sassy postgrad elle woods ( witherspoon ) is all about animal rights . | 0 | objective |
centuries of tradition place this holy mountain in the sinai peninsula of egypt , but compelling evidence will show that this hallowed ground , where moses was told to take the shoes of his feet before the burning bush , may actually be in the barren deserts of northwestern saudi arabia . | 0 | objective |
its valuable message makes it a must-see for children and teenagers , and even more so for those callous adults who have become casually corrupt in their efforts to simply get through life . | 1 | subjective |
it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel . | 1 | subjective |
this is n't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it 's the cliffsnotes with pages missing . | 1 | subjective |
years later , at the inauguration of the 'paradise-casino ' , patricia announces to a stunned crowd and a flabbergasted katherine that she immediately retires from showbusiness . | 0 | objective |
a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time . | 1 | subjective |
an entertaining and poignantly bittersweet take-down of a good man 's midlife crisis . | 1 | subjective |
ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay . | 1 | subjective |
sort of an existential version of a seinfeld episode . | 1 | subjective |
the camera cuts back and forth between gus and grace : he talks about what a great driver he is , she says he 's a lousy driver . | 0 | objective |
there has to be a few advantages to never growing old . like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 . | 1 | subjective |
a london website designer ops out of her comfortable but ordinary relationship with a nice boyfriend when she forms a dangerously obsessive bond with a handsome , mysterious mountaineer , who turns out to have some secrets . | 0 | objective |
not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time . | 1 | subjective |
they will try to find hanareh , a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the iraqi kurdistan . | 0 | objective |
nearly manages to be what `` blow `` could n't - a perpetual night party that generates a sick fascination to the bitter end . | 1 | subjective |
the project of pre-crime , at the time being in a state of trial run , is going to be voted about in the near future . | 0 | objective |
fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal . | 1 | subjective |
it 's a race against the clock as jay must convince kay -- who not only has no memory of his time spent with the agency , but is also the only person alive who has the expertise to save the galaxy -- to reunite with the mib before earth is destroyed completely . | 0 | objective |
marly has given her career as an aquatic weeki wachee mermaid up and her marriage to steve is over . | 0 | objective |
perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but `` serving sara `` has n't much more to serve than silly fluff . nor is it a romantic comedy . | 1 | subjective |
the result of a weekend affair he had back at the height of his fame produced olivia , a newpaper delivery girl for the south wales echo . | 0 | objective |
everyone around graham has their reasons why he should or should n't fully recover . . . | 0 | objective |
after confidential ( and shameful ) information was released by british authorities , this amazing story of survival was finally confirmed . | 0 | objective |
hope looms on the horizon though : he 's closing in fast on his dream of opening a four-star restaurant in north conway . | 0 | objective |
plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story . | 1 | subjective |
using his family 's old mob connections , tony has mapped out every detail for a very special evening . | 0 | objective |
although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success . | 1 | subjective |
it is only natural for `` the shu `` to flourish under the care of corrupt and powerful men like battista . | 0 | objective |
she trails the couch through a quirky landscape populated by hasidim in brooklyn , holocaust survivors and ex-communists in hungary , and , finally , the next generation of formerly-hasidic jews on the margins of their communities in new york and israel . | 0 | objective |
in cinemania , hollywood 's biggest fans become the true stars . | 0 | objective |
through his addiction to these ardent visions , he becomes more reclusive . | 0 | objective |
. . . best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report . | 1 | subjective |
in building a home-made bomb and setting off a plan that fails miserably , her status changes from young widow to that of a criminal in custody . | 0 | objective |
searching for validity , recognition , and truth , he befriends a quirky computer genius and a kickboxing goddess , who all help one another realize what they have been missing from their lives . | 0 | objective |
set in an american town in the rocky mountains in the 1930s . | 0 | objective |
when a humans camp is attacked by tigers , a woman takes her baby and jumps on a river . | 0 | objective |
mother and daughter hide in the `` panic room , `` a secret room designed for just such a purpose , but still end up fighting for their lives . . . | 0 | objective |
unless you 're a fanatic , the best advice is : 'scooby ' do n't . | 1 | subjective |
it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster , anne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie . | 1 | subjective |
french director helene angel 's dark but deftly handled fable about familial violence has a terrifying , fairy-tale atmosphere that 's in perfect keeping with its unique point of view . | 1 | subjective |
rainone 's love affair with singing sensation kelly mcguire whom he discovered and his near demise by the hands of his own prot & # 233 ; g & # 233 ; vincent riccola is the juice that fuels this roller coaster ride through two debauchery-filled decades of greed , sex , drugs and rock and roll . | 0 | objective |
when billy becomes suspicious , all hell breaks loose . | 0 | objective |
he holds her prisoner while awaiting the surgery , but she escapes and hides out until she raises enough money to flee to the u . s . when she arrives in new york , she is placed in a detention center . | 0 | objective |
a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . | 1 | subjective |
a big time drug dealer victor rosa ( john leguizamo ) is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a wall st . stockbroker . | 0 | objective |
clashing their swords in fiece mortal combat , will and jack attempt to recapture the black pearl ship , save the british navy , and relinquish a fortune in forbidden treasure thereby lifting the curse of the pirates of the caribbean . | 0 | objective |
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