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"enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . ",1
"just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half . ",0
"exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes . ",1
"costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier . ",0
"there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer . ",0
an original gem about an obsession with time . ,1
"if you 've the patience , there are great rewards here . ",1
"fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal . ",1
"stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates play desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , 't is . ",1
"if `` lilo & stitch `` is n't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo `` certainly ranks as the most original in years . ",1
"sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
surprisingly powerful and universal . ,1
"a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002 's first great film ",1
graham greene 's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world . ,1
haneke challenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration . ,1
equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 . ,0
"we are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting . ",0
"its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . [ but it 's ] worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser . ",1
"the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does ",1
"subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius . ",1
"as violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen . ",0
playfully profound . . . and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows . ,1
"exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwovenM-^E [ the film ] addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce . ",1
"the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye . ",1
a well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
"we hate [ madonna ] within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground . ",0
"the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten . ",0
[ t ] oo many of these gross out scenes . . . ,0
"be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience . ",1
black-and-white and unrealistic . ,0
"a fine film , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories . ",1
it 's everything you do n't go to the movies for . ,0
"a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . ",1
"not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker . it must be in the genes . ",1
"there 's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to . ",0
"it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered . ",1
remarkably accessible and affecting . ,1
"rarely , a movie is more than a movie . go . ",1
"taken as a whole , the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot . ",0
oozes condescension from every pore . ,0
"shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage . ",0
automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf . ,0
"it 's a gag that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though do n't ask still finds a few chuckles . ",0
you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory . . . but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools . ,0
"lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it 's also drab and inert . ",0
a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy . ,1
". . . post-september 11 , `` the sum of all fears `` seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves . ",0
beautifully filmed and well acted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . ,0
kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers . ,1
"a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , folks , it does n't work . ",0
oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition . ,1
"`` mostly martha `` is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see . ",1
a movie that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection . ,1
"a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats . ",1
"for those in search of something different , wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale . ",1
"uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things . ",0
"eccentric enough to stave off doldrums , caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable . ",0
what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature . ,0
"those who managed to avoid the deconstructionist theorizing of french philosopher jacques derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary derrida . or , you can do something fun tonight . ",0
"this story still seems timely and important . and there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends . ",1
it 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair . ,1
"gee , a second assassin shot kennedy ? moot point . ",0
"confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve . ",0
"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 . ",1
the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing . ,1
"a jewish ww ii doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! who knew . . . ",1
high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience . ,1
"disney 's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem . ",1
a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . ,1
gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre . ,1
"this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow . ",1
"a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative . ",0
a surprisingly 'solid ' achievement by director malcolm d . lee and writer john ridley . ,1
"a very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel . ",0
"though avary has done his best to make something out of ellis ' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth following . ",0
more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling . ,1
"it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america . ",1
"weirdly , broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car . ",0
a whimsical if predictable time-travel fable marred by a willful single-mindedness . ,0
"the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances . ",0
"morton is , as usual , brilliant . ",1
"schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms . mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation . ",1
. . . stale and uninspired . ,0
it 's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal . ,1
i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . ,0
"while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world . ",1
paxton 's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre . ,0
"as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling . ",0
"an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living . ",0
"for a movie audience , the hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love . ",1
"william shatner , as a pompous professor , is the sole bright spot . . . ",0
to say analyze that is de niro 's best film since meet the parents sums up the sad state of his recent career . ,0
"imperfect ? yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy . ",1
"it 's so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of ana 's future . ",0
"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine . ",0
"in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . ",1
the backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense . ,0
"if you really want to understand what this story is really all about , you 're far better served by the source material . ",0
it took 19 predecessors to get this ? ,1
"a gorgeous , witty , seductive movie . ",1
"a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama . ' ",0
"adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel . ",1
dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding . ,0
"i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but i ca n't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary . ",0
"howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a 'literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject . ",0
"a gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing . ",1
occasionally amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going . ,1
"based on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters ",1
"the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy 's thanksgiving day parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away . ",0
too clumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash . ,0
george clooney proves he 's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he 's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind . ,1
"a typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . ",1
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector . ,0
"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink - it 's the ultimate redneck road-trip . ",1
"you could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that alias betty is predictable . ",1
M-^Ethe maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material . ,0
director roger michell does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff . ,0
"it wraps up a classic mother/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty . ",0
". . . a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor . ",1
it uses the pain and violence of war as background material for color . ,0
"it has the charm of the original american road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland . ",1
"the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments . . . but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much . ",1
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's . ,1
"the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . ",1
". . . plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . in fact , it does n't even seem like she tried . ",0
foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill . ,1
an absurdist spider web . ,1
parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature . ,1
"goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab . ",0
"a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern china . ",1
plays like john le carrM-i with a couple of burnt-out cylinders . ,0
"it has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at . ",1
a tv episode inflated past its natural length . ,0
"stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about . ",0
nothing more than a run-of-the-mill action flick . ,0
"that zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered . ",0
"nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while . ",1
those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective . ,1
there 's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television . ,0
"lan yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . it is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it . ",1
"a twisty , moody slice of southern gothic . . . ",1
"warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . i loved this film . ",1
everything is pegged into the groove of a new york dating comedy with 'issues ' to simplify . ,0
"the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . ",1
an imaginative comedy/thriller . ,1
"star trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy . ",0
. . . bibbidy-bobbidi-bland . ,0
resembles a soft porn brian de palma pastiche . ,0
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere . ,1
"bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love . ",1
"the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities . ",1
"a minor work yet there 's no denying the potency of miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure . ",1
"a delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach . ",1
"it 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u . s . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in french ( well , mostly ) with english subtitles and is magically 'significant ' because of that . ",0
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . ,0
"the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . ",1
there was time on that second round to see the subtleties of ramsay 's portrait of grief . ,1
no amount of good acting is enough to save oleander 's uninspired story . ,0
"whether you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you 'll still feel something . ",1
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . ,0
the pool drowned me in boredom . ,0
rice never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them . ,0
"it 's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out 'amateur ' in almost every frame . ",0
"a perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy . ",1
"formulaic to the 51st power , more like . ",0
"a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale . ",1
a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility . ,1
"extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it . ",0
"what the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion , as corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action . ",1
"it 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen . ",1
life is a crock -- or something like it . ,0
it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . ,0
the cartoon is about as true to the spirit of the festival of lights as mr . deeds was to that of frank capra . ,0
the recording session is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom . ,1
"despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving . ",1
"shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic . ",1
"my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as 'a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family . ",1
the stories here suffer from the chosen format . ,0
"davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort . ",1
"home alone goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do . besides , real movie producers are n't this nice . ",0
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent . ,1
it 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds . ,1
"the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy `` and `` changing lanes `` falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears . `` ",0
an exhilarating serving of movie fluff . ,1
"unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity . ",1
a sleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions . ,0
"reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film . ",0
"i highly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . ",0
i know that i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again ,1
a knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite son of the bride . ,1
a slight but sweet film . ,1
"the film has [ its ] moments , but they are few and far between . ",0
"a nearly 21/2 hours , the film is way too indulgent . ",0
"there is n't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients . ",0
dreary tale of middle-class angst ,0
"parker updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place . ",0
`` collateral damage `` goes by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief ,0
an involving true story of a chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution -- acted mostly by the actual people involved . ,1
the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling . they just do n't work in concert . ,1
an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time . ,1
[ at least ] moore is a real charmer . ,0
"the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne ",1
steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece ,1
"some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny . ",0
"when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ? ",0
there 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long . ,0
. . . too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . ,0
"it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing ",1
"they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes . ",0
`` birthday girl `` is an actor 's movie first and foremost . ,1
"the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet . ",0
painfully padded . ,0
steve irwin 's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume . ,1
"the script is smart , not cloying . ",1
". . . plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family . ",1
"none of these characters resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter . ",0
a startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society . ,1
i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . ,0
"rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative . ",0
"movie fans , get ready to take off . . . the other direction . ",0
"a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect . ",1
an appealingly juvenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . ,1
it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original . ,1
devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special . ,0
"a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . ",1
"a bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of philip glass . ",1
"in a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting . ",1
"fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . ",1
"`` looking for leonard `` just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something . ",0
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides . ,1
"the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . ",1
. . . takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport ,1
"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia . he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role . ",1
if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title . ,0
"the film is like sitting in a downtown cafM-i , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables . ",0
"the tonal shifts are jolting , and though wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive . ",1
woo 's fights have a distinct flair . his warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos . ,1
the sweetest thing is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance . ,0
"enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers . ",1
this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . ,1
the fact that the 'best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme 's good films does n't bode well for the rest of it . ,0
michael gerbosi 's script is economically packed with telling scenes . ,1
the film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience . it has fun being grown up . ,1
"if reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum , her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time . ",1
"this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f . kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative . ",1
"maud and roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy . ",1
"bartlett 's hero remains a reactive cipher , when opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made . ",0
"weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell . ",0
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in point : doug pray 's scratch . ,1
the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . ,1
the transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb ,1
"an unremarkable , modern action/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title . ",0
a puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks . ,0
"even film silliness needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping . ",0
eisenstein lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants . ,0
"if you think it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy the hot chick . ",0
"led by griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material . ",1
"like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake . ",1
". . . a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno . ",1
"make no mistake , ivans xtc . is a mess . ",0
"a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies . ",1
"at the very least , if you do n't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave . ",0
"the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why . ",0
"this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force . ",1
"henry bean 's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect ",1
maybe thomas wolfe was right : you ca n't go home again . ,1
"all movie long , city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast . ",0
"this is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work . ",1
". . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere . ",1
never [ sinks ] into exploitation . ,1
"jirM-m hubac 's script is a gem . his characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . the scope of the silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . . ",1
a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea . ,1
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime . ,0
"the movie is our story as much as it is schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale . ",1
execrable . ,0
"although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense . ",1
"hey everybody , wan na watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ? i did n't think so . ",0
a movie that harps on media-constructed 'issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self this orgasm [ wo n't be an ] exceedingly memorable one for most people . ,0
"as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project . ",1
"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp . ",0
the movie exists for its soccer action and its fine acting . ,1
a non-mystery mystery . ,0
every sequel you skip will be two hours gained . consider this review life-affirming . ,0
"a worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll . ",1
majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident . ,1
puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself . ,0
"its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces . . . are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half . still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental . ",1
"barney 's ideas about creation and identity do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material . ",0
"a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something . ",0
"clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie . ",1
"earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast . ",0
i 'm just too bored to care . ,0
"affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with authority . ",0
a marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . ,1
"the movie is gorgeously made , but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious . ",0
. . . a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind . ,1
"it is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment . ",0
"white oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it . ",1
"in its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land . ",1
"a morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-tv look , rigid performances and an asinine 'twist ' that brazenly rips off the sixth sense . ",0
criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama . ,0
"stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career . ",0
it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey . ,0
offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory . ,1
"american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone . ",1
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides . . . [ and ] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy . ,1
impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises . ,1
we have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting . ,0
a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you ca n't wait to see end . ,0
you 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more . ,1
"el tM-mtulo no engaM-qa : la pelM-mcula narra una historia donde una mujer enfrentarM-a cierta realidad , y donde el sexo es . . . ",1
"like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance . ",1
what the director can & # 8217 ; t do is make either of val kilmer & # 8217 ; s two personas interesting or worth caring about . ,0
stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . ,1
"the film 's almost unbearable portrait of sadness and grief transcends its specific story to speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blood ties . ",1
no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise . ,0
"the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner . ",0
one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking . ,1
"seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof . ",0
"unlike lots of hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises . ",1
"even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser . ",0
i 've heard that the fans of the first men in black have come away hating the second one . i wonder why . they felt like the same movie to me . ,0
a incompetM-jncia de marcus adams como roteirista sM-s M-i superada por sua pM-issima direM-gM-co . ,0
it 's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer . ,1
jones . . . does offer a brutal form of charisma . ,1
every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . something like scrubbing the toilet . or emptying rat traps . or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife . ,0
"a tough go , but leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu . ",0
. . . contains very few laughs and even less surprises . ,0
". . . once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable . ",1
the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast . ,1
"based on dave barry 's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story . ",1
"mcconaughey 's fun to watch , the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script . ",0
. . . hypnotically dull . ,0
"a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing . ",0
"oedekerk wrote patch adams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me . ",0
"from the big giant titles of the opening credits to elmer bernstein 's perfectly melodic score , haynes gets just about everything right . ",1
it 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again . ,1
[ plays ] in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy . ,0
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . ,1
"a terrific date movie , whatever your orientation . ",1
the movie is a trove of delights . ,1
"as home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i 'd rather listen to old tori amos records . ",1
"showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant `` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny `` syndrome . ",0
"while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast . . . have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible . ",1
"a waterlogged version of 'fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set . . . a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . ",0
"bon appM-itit ! just like a splendid meal , red dragon satisfies from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation . ",1
"you come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story . ",0
like a south-of-the-border melrose place . ,1
a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet . ,1
"the special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original , while the oscar-winning sound and james horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system . ",1
"oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between . ",0
"a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . ",1
rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue . ,0
"this movie is about lying , cheating , but loving the friends you betray . ",0
[ it 's ] a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest . ,1
a flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds . ,1
it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction . ,0
the movie is ingenious fun . see it . ,1
"in its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of grease , without benefit of song . ",0
this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come . ,1
"a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional . ",0
"while benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time , he might be alone in that . ",0
"all the actors are good in pauline & paulette but van der groen , described as 'belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as pauline . ",1
a compendium of solondz 's own worst instincts in under 90 minutes . ,0
"the movie turns out to be [ assayas ' ] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness . ",0
"[ soderbergh ] 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 . ",0
an infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy . ,1
"writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags . ",0
"all in all , it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own . ",1
the movie 's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ? ,0
"this film was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions . ",0
there is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew . ,0
"serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . ",0
the 50-something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about . ,0
control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible ,0
below is well below expectations . ,0
"an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . ",1
"in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works . ",0
what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess . ,0
the film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
"the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies . ",0
"it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself . ",1
does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets . ,1
just how extreme are these ops ? i regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough . ,0
a taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . ,1
"smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . ",1
"most impressive , though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds . ",1
"first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . and second , what 's with all the shooting ? ",0
"it 's a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that . ",0
evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good . ,1
". . . mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return . ",1
offers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude . ,1
"was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck 's next project . let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next . . . ghost blimp ? ",0
"it 's a cool event for the whole family . maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . ",1
as a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire . . . [ sex and lucM-ma ] makes for an arousing good time . ,1
"hailed as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian . ",1
"apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it . ",0
"a work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense . ",1
"as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them . ",0
"it 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up . the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence . ",0
"angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately . ",1
"the story 's so preposterous that i did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved . ",0
"[ a ] rare , beautiful film . ",1
"a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries . ",1
"could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies . ",1
"an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected . ",1
"this is n't a terrible film by any means , but it 's also far from being a realized work . ",0
"not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it 's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiability that allen personifies . ",0
"i know i should n't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old . ",1
"as shaky as the plot is , kaufman 's script is still memorable for some great one-liners . ",1
"the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me . ",0
tv skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen . ,0
". . . while the humor aspects of 'jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks . ",0
frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films i 've ever seen . ,1
"responsM-avel direto pelo fracasso 'artM-mstico ' de doce lar , o roteirista c . jay cox nM-co consegue sequer aproveitar os pouquM-mssimos momentos em que escapa da mediocridade . ",0
the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them . ,1
i watched the brainless insanity of no such thing with mounting disbelief . ,0
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes . ,1
to be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed . ,0
"blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances . ",1
the most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover dangerfield . ,0
"it 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that . ",0
"half of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder . . . would be more at home on a daytime television serial . ",0
broomfield turns his distinctive 'blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case . ,1
one of [ herzog 's ] least inspired works . ,1
steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges ; it 's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . ,1
"the faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v . s . naipaul 's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour . ",1
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going . ,0
"downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message . ",0
"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting . ",1
"for the most part , i spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies . ",0
. . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film . ,0
"una pelM-mcula oscura , precisa , por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora . ",1
"the film is quiet , threatening and unforgettable . ",1
a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by epps . ,0
"plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo . ",0
told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings . ,1
"the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . `` ",0
"may be far from the best of the series , but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation . ",1
do not see this film . ,0
presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it . ,1
a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . ,0
irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free . ,0
"she may not be real , but the laughs are . ",1
featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock . ,1
"if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing . ",1
there 's none of the happily-ever -after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent . ,1
"while it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets , it 's alarmingly current . ",1
faultlessly professional but finally slight . ,0
"the movie takes itself too seriously and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun . ",0
"further proof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya 's axis of evil . ",1
"featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great daniel auteuil , `` sade `` covers the same period as kaufmann 's `` quills `` with more unsettlingly realistic results . ",1
"even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man . ",1
[ seagal 's ] strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this year 's razzie . ,0
"a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making . ",1
"this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one . ",1
"the script kicks in , and mr . hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow . ",0
"awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another 'spectacular spectacle . ' ",1
barry sonnenfeld owes frank the pug big time ,0
a fascinating but choppy documentary . ,0
"with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone ",1
"an inventive , absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist . ",1
a movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it depicts . ,0
could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format ? in a word : no . ,1
the master of disguise represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe . ,0
"watching war photographer , you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals . ",1
". . . a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made . ",0
"captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . `` ",1
"christina ricci comedy about sympathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire . ",0
"there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why . ",1
"too much of nemesis has a tired , talky feel . ",0
the dangerous lives of altar boys ' take on adolescence feels painfully true . ,1
"for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son . ",1
. . . a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing . ,1
"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view . ",1
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 . ,0
"a perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive , easily forgettable film . ",1
"'aunque recurre a ciertos clichM-is del gM-inero , la poderosa actuaciM-sn de robin williams perdona las fallas del guiM-sn . ' ",1
moving and vibrant . ,1
"a frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience . ",0
"delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas . ",0
it 's basically an overlong episode of tales from the crypt . ,0
the scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters . ,0
"the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood . ",1
it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun . ,0
a tone poem of transgression . ,1
"as the movie traces mr . brown 's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times . ",1
"a sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really is n't . ",1
a richly imagined and admirably mature work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind . ,1
"not every animated film from disney will become a classic , but forgive me if i 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon `` . ",0
more a gunfest than a rock concert . ,0
"this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool . ",0
the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants . it 's like watching a nightmare made flesh . ,1
rare birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable . ,1
". . . jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts . ",0
"prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment . ",1
wobbly senegalese updating of `` carmen `` which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai ,0
"schnitzler 's film has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying . ",0
"kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven . anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning . ",0
"it 's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death ",0
"i 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point . it 's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed . ",0
"lejos del paraM-mso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oM-mdos y un movilizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos , miedos y prejuicios . ",1
all the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n ' sandal adventure . ,0
more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller . ,0
"the story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count . ",0
"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation . ",0
i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject . ,0
"my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag . . . ",0
"halloween : resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . ",1
hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . ,0
"unfortunately , heartbreak hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit . ",0
if you grew up on scooby -- you 'll love this movie . matthew lillard is born to play shaggy ! ,1
o M-Zltimo suspeito ganha forM-ga ao tambM-im funcionar em uma esfera adicional : a do drama familiar . ,1
it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice . ,1
its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing . ,0
"it 's better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades . ",0
what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen . ,0
to portray modern women the way director davis has done is just unthinkable . ,0
makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness . ,1
degenerates into hogwash . ,0
an excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind . ,1
a well-acted movie that simply does n't gel . ,0
[ has ] an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it 's all true . ,1
"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
the enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized . ,0
"it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate . ",0
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . ,1
"this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit . ",1
winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults . ,0
what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts . ,1
"painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances . ",1
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney 's 'top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel . ,0
"the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act . ",0
much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad . ,0
sex is one of those films that aims to confuse . ,1
"takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms . ",1
[ siegel ] and co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie . ,0
there 's no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again . ,0
the one not-so-small problem with expecting is that the entire exercise has no real point . ,0
"' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . ' ",1
"one of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily . ",0
"the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . ",1
a candid and often fascinating documentary about a pentecostal church in dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services . ,1
"like its new england characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial , the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness . ",1
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics . ,0
"this is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope . ",1
"plods along , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero . ",0
"pc stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion . ",0
not once does it come close to being exciting . ,0
"this odd , distant portuguese import more or less borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film . ",1
tsai ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being . ,1
"so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style . ",0
chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy . ,0
"the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities . ",1
"the documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation . ",0
"hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications . ",1
"only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee 's jim brown : all american at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents . ",1
"it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale . ",1
"i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it 'll be on video by then . ",0
"the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less . ",1
"there 's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself . ",0
the plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness . ,0
"massoud 's story is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history . ",1
the movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time . ,0
"the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . ",0
this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension . ,0
p . t . anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible . ,1
"as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable . ",1
"sure , it 's more of the same , but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing . ",1
"emerges as something rare , an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one . ",1
this ludicrous film is predictable at every turn . ,0
"a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . ",1
vividly conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two english women . ,1
"not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted . ",1
"an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences . ",0
"lame , haphazard teen comedy . ",0
an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music . ,1
the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati . ,1
"melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold . ",1
"the movie is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes . ",1
"mark wahlberg . . . may look classy in a '60s-homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry . ",0
the marquis de sade could n't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be . ,0
a gem of a movie . ,1
"perhaps it 's cliche to call the film 'refreshing , ' but it is . 'drumline ' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated . ",1
culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character . ,0
"awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful ",1
only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm . ,0
"a generation x artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely can not last . ",1
"a gimmick in search of a movie : how to get carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned . ",0
"in execution , this clever idea is far less funny than the original , killers from space . ",0
"what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance . ",1
"fans of critics ' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . ",1
`` mr . deeds `` is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought . ,1
"cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge . ",0
it 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits . if only it had the story to match . ,1
"john carlen 's script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling . ",0
"if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it 's time to rethink independent films . ",0
. . . the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank . ,0
"credit must be given to harland williams , michael rosenbaum and barry watson , who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves ",0
"muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble . but even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic . ",1
"the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
"the film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments . ",0
"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia . ",0
"some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments . ",0
the whole film has this sneaky feel to it as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product . ,0
a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given . ,1
". . . a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles . ",1
a listless and desultory affair . ,0
"short and sweet , but also more than anything else slightM-^E tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations . ",0
"the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots . ",1
beautifully produced . ,1
cool ? this movie is a snow emergency . ,1
nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending . ,1
"my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss . ",1
"the plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story . but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold . ",0
what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart . ,1
"whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the cia and a lost u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring irwin and his american wife/colleague , terri -- is a movie children should enjoy . ",0
"a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy . ",1
much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings . ,1
"what bloody sunday lacks in clarity , it makes up for with a great , fiery passion . ",1
troubling and powerful . ,1
an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale . ,1
a brilliant gag at the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it . ,1
"dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery . ",0
they takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending . ,0
"as an entertainment destination for the general public , kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness . ",0
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but . . . it 's at least watchable . ,0
. . . quite endearing . ,1
. . . the movie is just a plain old monster . ,0
"a boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . ",0
an extraordinary dramatic experience . ,1
"it 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . it 's laughing at us . ",0
"if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror . ",1
"so much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie . ",0
must be seen to be believed . ,1
"desta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro . ",1
"distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . ",0
"the rest of the plot is impossible to explain without blowing whatever tension there is , although it 's more comedy than suspense de palma creates . ",0
"the longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes . ",0
"zhang yimou delivers warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones . ",1
"contrived as this may sound , mr . rose 's updating works surprisingly well . ",1
julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan . ,0
"an effectively creepy , fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from japanese director hideo nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it . ",1
"enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd . ",1
the only thing `` swept away `` is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time . ,0
"it has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out . ",1
simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy . ,1
"takes one character we do n't like and another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny . ",0
those who are n't put off by the film 's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them . ,1
"bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . ",1
not exactly the bees knees ,0
"the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent . ",1
vampire epic succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order . ,1
a haunting tale of murder and mayhem . ,1
"it 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish . ",0
an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike . ,0
"less dizzying than just dizzy , the jaunt is practically over before it begins . ",0
"cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in . ",1
the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor . ,1
about the only thing to give the movie points for is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time . ,0
"a passable romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor . ",0
"the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) . ",0
"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos ' memories and insights . ",1
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones . ,0
"it 's like a drive-by . you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise . ",0
"this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese 's best in more than a decade . ",1
"spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing . ",1
mildly amusing . ,0
falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun . ,1
this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned . ,0
. . . tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry . ,0
the film can depress you about life itself . ,0
"told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject . ",0
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues ,1
"there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them . ",0
a thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation . ,1
"the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent . . . could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . ",0
"there 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes . ",0
"it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest . ",0
"no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest 'tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised . ",0
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . ,0
. . . delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story . ,0
bad and baffling from the get-go . ,0
"ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible . ",1
it looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons ever has . ,0
"as a director , eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot 'surprises ' are really surprising . ",0
"would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement . then nadia 's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all . ",0
a bad movie that happened to good actors . ,0
a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to . ,0
"the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians . ",1
one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work . ,1
writer and director otar iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls . ,1
not a stereotype is omitted nor a clichM-i left unsaid . ,0
like the chelsea 's denizens . . . burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste . ,0
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered . ,0
"a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices . ",1
"while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience . ",1
a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television . ,1
"this is n't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it 's the cliffsnotes with pages missing . ",0
a beautifully observed character piece . ,1
invincible is a wonderful movie . ,1
a gentle and engrossing character study . ,1
"stands as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences , letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be . ",1
"like dickens with his passages , mcgrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel . ",1
"if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . ",1
"in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight . ",1
wiseman reveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror . ,1
"the additional storyline is interesting and entertaining , but it does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story . i like the new footage and still love the old stuff . ",1
"( wendigo is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind . ",1
holm . . . embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma . ,1
the best animated feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago . ,1
narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films . it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special . ,1
"is truth stranger than fiction ? in [ screenwriter ] charlie kaufman 's world , truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking . ",1
"it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but olympia , wash . , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting . ",1
"it remains to be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ? ",1
"a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films ",1
"the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm . ",1
effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience . ,1
"it 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true . ",1
another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues . ,0
it confirms fincher 's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight . ,1
very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience . ,1
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes . ,0
'blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award . ,1
"so beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . ",1
"rymer does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects . ",0
"even the imaginative gore ca n't hide the musty scent of todd farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship . ",0
this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film . ,1
"combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead * * * , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption . ",1
a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work . ,0
"when the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails . ",0
"an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , miss congeniality . ",0
"legendary irish writer brendan behan 's memoir , borstal boy , has been given a loving screen transferral . ",1
"full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life . ",1
"it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say . ",0
"brown 's saga , like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie . ",0
"has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release . ",0
"seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight . ",0
"do n't plan on the perfect ending , but sweet home alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life . ",1
a refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale . ,1
"directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . ",0
"flat , but with a revelatory performance by michelle williams . ",0
"places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . ",0
". . . creates a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above . . . what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology . ",1
light years/ several warp speeds/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection . which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors . ,1
"my thoughts were focused on the characters . that is a compliment to kuras and miller . if i had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong . ",1
those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doze off during this one . ,0
the plan to make enough into M-^Qan inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflM-i gone wrong . ,0
"though the violence is far less sadistic than usual , the film is typical miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes . ",1
"it 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and it 's also pretty funny . ",1
"ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid . ",1
there 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . `` the adventures of pluto nash `` is a big time stinker . ,0
"a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades . ",1
a dreary indulgence . ,0
the story and structure are well-honed . fresnadillo 's dark and jolting images have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away . ,1
boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome . ,0
"if you 're in the mood for a bollywood film , here 's one for you . ",1
"an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one . ",1
"lisa rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . ",0
manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time . ,1
"generally , clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes . ",1
"it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth . ",1
"the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport . ",1
your appreciation of it will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make . ,0
the pianist is the film roman polanski may have been born to make . ,1
"a big , loud , bang-the-drum bore . ",0
not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . ,0
". . . with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself . ",1
robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role . ,0
"when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it . ",0
"the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . ",0
little more than a frothy vanity project . ,0
stay away . far away . ,0
eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler 's many talents . ,1
"it will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way . ",1
"sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both . ",0
"thirty years ago , it would have been groundbreaking . now it 's just tired . ",0
they should have called it gutterball . ,0
"began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one , of course . ",0
even die-hard fans of japanese animation . . . will find this one a challenge . ,0
"the reason i found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory . ",0
"a one-trick pony whose few t & a bits still ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable . ",0
"feel bad for king , who 's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot . ",0
"even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking ",1
vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love . ,1
"reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness . ",0
teen movies have really hit the skids . ,0
a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation . ,0
"koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation . ",1
"not counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes . ",0
"the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions . ",0
"laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale . ",1
"feels like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form . ",0
just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience . ,0
"it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death . ",0
"it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness . ",0
this is not a retread of `` dead poets ' society . `` ,1
the film is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . ,0
somehow both wildly implausible and strangely conventional . ,0
writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon . ,0
moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance . ,0
"it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy . ",0
"if the movie were all comedy , it might work better . but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness . ",0
"reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script ",0
"roger michell , who did an appealing job directing persuasion and notting hill in england , gets too artsy in his american debut . ",0
"what 's most refreshing about real women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors . ",1
"most consumers of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons . ",1
"interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals 'red dragon ' right from under their noses . ",1
"a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at . ",0
predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell . ,1
"without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace . ",0
"the movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it . ",0
"with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion . ",0
it tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did . ,0
"it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least . ",1
campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . ,1
death might be a release . ,0
"blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gon na make you feel like you owe her big-time . ",1
"with few respites , marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it . ",1
"a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause . ",1
"many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a . c . will help this movie one bit . ",1
it 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . it 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process . ,1
monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . ,1
. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the original . ,1
under-rehearsed and lifeless ,0
"as the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . ",1
"a muckraking job , the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that . ",1
more of a career curio than a major work . ,0
"[ gulpilil ] is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass . ",1
so putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film . ,0
"'moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . ' ",1
"while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other . ",0
"the film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end . ",1
such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema . ,0
". . . a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's . . . the film 's ending has a `` what was it all for ? `` feeling to it , but like the 1920 's , the trip there is a great deal of fun . ",1
chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack . ,0
"if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus , sade is your film . ",1
the premise of jason x is silly but strangely believable . ,1
"ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what 's the point ? ' ",0
at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth . ,1
"bogs down badly as we absorb jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance . ",0
"sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you . ",0
it 's difficult to say whether the tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing -- i 'm prepared to call it a draw . ,0
morton deserves an oscar nomination . ,1
takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer ,1
. . . plays like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller . ,0
as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago . ,1
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . ,1
so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag . ,0
"birthday girl lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns . ",1
`` brown sugar `` admirably aspires to be more than another `` best man `` clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film . ,1
"is n't quite the equal of woo 's best earlier work , but it 's easily his finest american film . . . comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . ",1
"my goodness , queen latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . she must have a very strong back . ",1
"the film was n't preachy , but it was feminism by the book . ",0
"there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 . ",0
'the chM-bteau is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ' ,0
"at some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill . ",0
"my reaction in a word : disappointment . his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . ",0
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental . ,0
"without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . ",1
"this pathetic junk is barely an hour long . nevertheless , it still seems endless . ",0
"lovely and amazing is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you . ",1
"think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch . ",1
strictly a 'guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression . ,0
"as is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than simply pretentious . ",0
"at times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential . ",0
plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph . it 's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur . ,1
it 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor . ,1
"in his role of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature . ",0
"as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world . ",1
"both heartbreaking and heartwarming . . . just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving . ",1
"while it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( sugar hill gang , etc . ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences . ",0
"roman coppola may never become the filmmaker his dad was , but heck M-^V few filmmakers will . but based on cq , i 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project . ",1
"this is a great subject for a movie , but hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director john woo has built his career on . ",0
"there 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil . ,0
"inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat . affleck and jackson are good sparring partners . ",1
"by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , [ jones ] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity . ",1
"just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . ",0
a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children . ,1
a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s . ,1
"a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you can not separate them . ",1
the weakest of the four harry potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins . ,1
old-form moviemaking at its best . ,1
plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas . ,0
"with wit and empathy to spare , waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism . ",1
"the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short . ",0
"high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government/ marine/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue . ",0
"at times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it 's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do . ",1
"a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making . ",0
"a perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie . ",0
". . . may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . this scarlet 's letter is a . . . as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary . ",0
"a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother . ",1
rare is the 'urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie . ,1
"it 's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion . ",1
"matthew mcconaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy . ",0
better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations . ,1
"this is as powerful a set of evidence as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives . ",1
"there are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises . ",1
"though ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention . ",0
the story . . . is moldy and obvious . ,0
"jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and jason still kills on auto-pilot . ",0
"there 's . . . tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate . ",1
"`` sorority boys `` was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad . ",0
director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading . ,1
kinnear 's performance is a career-defining revelation . ,1
it 's almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film . ,0
a captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners . ,1
"though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance . ",1
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay . ,0
"the sundance film festival has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing . 'tadpole ' was one of the films so declared this year , but it 's really more of the next pretty good thing . ",1
"a generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith . ",1
becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters . ,1
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy . ,0
". . . a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge . . . the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able `` project ! ",0
showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation . ,1
"might have been better off as a documentary , with less of mr . eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage . ",0
"while this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . ",1
"as 'chick flicks ' go , this one is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting . ",0
"a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary . ",1
"a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart . ",1
"worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames . ",0
"at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow . ",0
if this story must be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle . ,1
is it a total success ? no . is it something any true film addict will want to check out ? you bet . ,1
"trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness . ",1
it 's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelsea hotel . . . ,1
"the delicious trimmingsM-^Earrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minuteM-^Ewith a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . ",1
the reason to see `` sade `` lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( auteil ) and emilie ( le besco ) . ,1
[ anderson ] uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense . ,1
"even these tales of just seven children seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough . every child 's story is what matters . this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost . ",1
"an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . ",0
i have to admit that i am baffled by jason x . ,0
that rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind . ,1
easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year . ,1
an emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema . ,1
a chilling movie without oppressive gore . ,1
a well-put-together piece of urban satire . ,1
what 's next ? the porky 's revenge : ultimate edition ? ,0
this is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another . ,0
"it comes off as so silly that you would n't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van . ",0
"an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment . ",1
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . i tried to read the time on my watch . ,0
"despite its title , punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed . the jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center . ",1
a delightful coming-of-age story . ,1
"the overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten . . . make that three minutes . ",0
"[ kline 's ] utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it . ",1
"it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television . ",0
"the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate . ",1
"though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . ",1
an awful snooze . ,0
it wo n't bust your gut -- and it 's not intended to -- it 's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke . ,1
"in the book-on-tape market , the film of `` the kid stays in the picture `` would be an abridged edition ",0
"for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either . ",0
skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience . ,0
"resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings . in other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year . ",0
"singer/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs M-^W a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story M-^W but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece . ",1
"collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't . ",1
"pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic . ",1
"so clichM-id that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart . ",0
"this is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults . the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory . the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens . ",1
"lacking substance and soul , crossroads comes up shorter than britney 's cutoffs . ",0
"both stars manage to be funny , but , like the recent i spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie . ",0
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot . ,1
"the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas . ",0
"confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture . ",1
"it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate . ",1
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael . ,1
"that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks . ",0
a flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile . ,1
"'men in black ii creates a new threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise . ",0
the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy . ,0
a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . ,1
the inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth . ,1
"hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't . ",0
"this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming . ",1
"if you 're a wwf fan , or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in a . i . , you 'll probably like rollerball . ",0
". . . has its moments , but ultimately , its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites . ",0
fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing . ,1
"they 're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but in narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood . ",1
unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling . ,1
bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . this is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer . ,0
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry . ,0
a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world . ,1
"third time 's the charm . . . yeah , baby ! ",1
"implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all . ",1
"the tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals . ",1
a film of quiet power . ,1
"though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus , the eye candy here lacks considerable brio . ",0
"who are 'they ' ? well , they 're 'they ' . they 're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like `` they 're back ! `` , `` they 're out there ! `` and `` they 're coming ! `` ",0
"although barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless M-^Q70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom . ",0
the director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in [ the characters ' ] misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it . ,0
"an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . ",0
pray 's film works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism . ,1
"if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular . ",1
starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches . ,0
cube 's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche . ,1
"nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . ",1
a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives . ,1
"what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner `` and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen . ",1
"the sequel is everything the original was not : contrived , overblown and tie-in ready . ",0
the am-radio soundtrack and game cast -- tierney and the inimitable walken especially -- keep this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit . ,1
"an infuriating film . just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense . ",0
"there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , `` but it is not what is on the screen . ",0
you live the mood rather than savour the story . ,1
"kids do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . 'snow dogs ' has both . ",0
"davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly . ",0
"never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . the kooky yet shadowy vision clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive . ",1
"shunji iwai 's all about lily chou chou is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan . ",0
"in its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment , time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film . ",1
"a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed . ",1
"an impossible romance , but we root for the patronized iranian lad . ",1
on the right track to something that 's creepy and effective . . . it 's just going to take more than a man in a bullwinkle costume to get there . ,0
"a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . ",1
"it 's got the brawn , but not the brains . ",0
"a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho 's fans . ",1
"la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rM-apidamente se transforma en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible ",0
a sentimental mess that never rings true . ,0
bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent . ,1
hollywood ending just is n't very funny . ,0
"a subtle , humorous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility . ",1
"the film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . ",1
meanders between its powerful moments . ,0
"mr . parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . ",1
a rarity among recent iranian films : it 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight . ,1
"a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture . ",1
enticing and often funny documentary . ,1
the laughs are as rare as snake foo yung . ,0
"about a boy vividly recalls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him . ",1
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor . ,1
bond-inspired ? certainly . likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let 's hope not . ,0
`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy . ,0
"lathan and diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new . ",1
"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich . ",1
"ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory . ",1
"fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it . ",1
tends to plod . ,0
"a taut , sobering film . ",1
cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny . ,0
essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty . ,0
it 's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be . ,0
"a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . ",0
"when a film is created solely because it 's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested . ",0
"the creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts ' haunting is routine . ",0
the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break . ,0
"it 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did . ",1
`` roger michell ( `` notting hill `` ) directs a morality thriller . `` ,0
happily for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match . ,1
"anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . ",1
the title trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller . ,0
"the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them . ",1
the acting alone is worth the price of admission . ,1
"it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . ",0
"shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera . ",0
"boy , has this franchise ever run out of gas . ",0
"in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , ms . shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to 'lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
"it 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage . ",1
a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say . ,1
worth watching for dong jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change . ,1
"lookin ' for sin , american-style ? try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name . ",1
"contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . ",1
the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story . ,1
"the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing . ",0
"the film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter . ",1
the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves . ,0
"bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . but for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness . ",0
"like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded . ",0
"mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully . ",1
"the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production 's austere locales . ",1
this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life . ,0
"the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another . ",1
a ponderous meditation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes . ,0
"imagine the cleanflicks version of 'love story , ' with ali macgraw 's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes . ",0
it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room . ,1
. . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch . ,0
kept aloft largely by a comically adept ensemble . ,1
an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product . ,0
"we get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it . ",1
"contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden . . . if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . ",0
that the chuck norris `` grenade gag `` occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is . ,0
"viewed on its own terms , treasure planet is better-than-average family entertainment , but true fans of the stevenson 's novel will likely prefer disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic . ",1
one of the most incoherent features in recent memory . ,0
"for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in particular , it 's an eye-opener . ",1
its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work . ,1
"at the end , when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside . ",1
"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip . ",0
"like kubrick , soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way . ",1
"may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow . ",1
"some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . ",0
you 've already seen heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior nurse betty or sunset boulevard . even the unwatchable soapdish is more original . ,0
mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it 's only a peek . ,1
skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd . ,0
boomers and their kids will have a barrie good time . ,1
"the inspirational screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end . ",1
"a laughable -- or rather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film . ",0
shankman . . . and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story . ,0
"it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding mM-itier . ",0
"writer/director joe carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic . ",1
a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs . ,1
"brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema . ",1
an impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent . ,1
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . ,0
"executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond . ",1
"an empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility . ",0
"i have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but i 've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than i want to believe . ",1
". . . a bland , pretentious mess . ",0
"not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly . ",1
"[ ramsay ] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor . ",1
"imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor . the result might look like vulgar . ",0
pretty good little movie . ,1
"a warm but realistic meditation on friendship , family and affection . ",1
[ reaches ] wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair . ,1
a very funny look at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage . ,1
"it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time . ",0
best described as i know what you did last winter . ,0
this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy . ,0
the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste . ,0
"this ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film teaches good ethics while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family ",1
"flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up . ",0
"there 's no question that epps scores once or twice , but it 's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head . ",0
a collage of clichM-is and a dim echo of allusions to other films . ,0
"purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship , it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that u . s . foreign policy has played in the rise of castro . ",1
"if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special . ",0
a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love . ,1
"yes , i have given this movie a rating of zero . but fans of the show should not consider this a diss . consider it 'perfection . ' ",0
"trailer park magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all . ",0
seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago . ,0
"it made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters . i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love 'real ' . ",1
"when the film ended , i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while . ",0
a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged . ,0
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . ,1
i simply ca n't recommend it enough . ,1
"the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief . ",0
"every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary . ",1
"borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy . ",0
"for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence . ",0
"harrison 's flowers puts its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all . ",0
. . . think of it as american pie on valium . ,0
boyd 's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon . ,0
"`` frailty `` offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . ",1
"aside from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art . ",1
"it 's endearing to hear madame d . refer to her husband as 'jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . ",1
"it 's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic . ",0
i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . ,1
"the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . ",1
there is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production . ,0
hardly a film that comes along every day . ,1
blanchett 's performance confirms her power once again . ,1
"the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . ",1
"we ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire . ",0
"although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action . ",0
all too familiar . . . basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when 'angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938 . ,0
you 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous [ than leon ] . ,0
calculated swill . ,0
just dreadful . i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ? ,0
the respective charms of sandra bullock and hugh grant have worn threadbare . ,0
"asia authors herself as anna battista , an italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy . ",1
"the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable . but it 's also disappointing to a certain degree . ",1
there 's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles . ,1
"dark and disturbing , yet compelling to watch . ",1
"you do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works . ",1
you might not buy the ideas . but you 'll definitely want the t-shirt . ,1
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 . ,1
"for all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale . ",0
is `` ballistic `` worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . would i see it again ? please see previous answer . ,0
"it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense . ",0
". . . a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school . ",0
"this would-be 'james bond for the extreme generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie . stress 'dumb . ' ",0
the film virtually chokes on its own self-consciousness . ,0
only two-fifths of a satisfying movie experience . ,0
an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic . ,0
"this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . ",1
"if kaufman kept cameron diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest , he 'd have them mate . ",0
the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others . ,1
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group . . . and never fails to entertain . ,1
"keenly observed and refreshingly natural , swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s . c . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner . ",1
"winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars . ",1
"the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era . they just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way . ",0
"sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be . ",1
"cacoyannis ' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts . ",0
"antwone fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it . ",1
"though only 60 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions . ",1
a true pleasure . ,1
"my oh my , is this an invigorating , electric movie . ",1
"it 's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old . ",0
"it 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor . ",0
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands . ,1
"there 's just no currency in deriding james bond for being a clichM-id , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club . ",0
"it 's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests . ",1
"an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy . ",0
"like the original , this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit . ",1
"while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket . ",0
good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like clueless does south fork . ,0
"outside of burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken ",0
"at least it 's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii . ",0
it 's a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth . ,1
the script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair . ,0
"with not a lot of help from the screenplay ( proficient , but singularly cursory ) , [ testud ] acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis . ",1
"wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too . ",1
"freundlich 's made [ crudup ] a suburban architect , and a cipher . ",0
"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 . ",0
"like a can of 2-day old coke . you can taste it , but there 's no fizz . ",0
"smith 's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes . ",1
earnest falls short of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material . ,0
"sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation . ",0
"in its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the movie works . ",1
"while the importance of being earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles , it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances . ",0
the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance . ,1
"it 's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments . ",0
"ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating lolita turn . ",1
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the italian masterpiece . ,1
viewers of `` the ring `` are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes . ,1
"full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature . ",0
"even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , miller 's hand often feels unsure . ",0
"a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion . ",1
the truth about charlie is that it 's a brazenly misguided project . ,0
rodriguez . . . was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight . ,0
"dong shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart . ",1
life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why . ,1
"almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . and in a sense , that 's a liability . ",0
"the film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes , southern california locations and star power . ",0
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs . ,0
absurdities and clichM-is accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel . ,0
it 's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman . ,0
craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters . ,1
a bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance . . . ,0
the sequel has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense . ,0
moretti 's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss . ,1
"the essential problem in orange county is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do . ",0
showtime is closer to slowtime . ,0
"an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama . ",1
"a fitfully amusing romp that , if nothing else , will appeal to fans of malcolm in the middle and its pubescent star , frankie muniz . ",0
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality ,1
"it 's another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism . ",0
sits uneasily as a horror picture . . . but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family . ,1
"the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . ",1
"there is a subversive element to this disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability . ",1
the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women . ,1
"the story , like life , refuses to be simple , and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions . ",1
"sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness . ",0
it 's bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction . ,0
a good piece of work more often than not . ,1
"throughout , mr . audiard 's direction is fluid and quick . ",1
"it 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s . ",1
"maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor . ",1
a lifetime movie about men . ,0
"it might not be 1970s animation , but everything else about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons M-^V a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness . ",0
"partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless . ",0
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . ,1
"enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons . ",0
a frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality . ,0
"the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted . ",0
an intoxicating experience . ,1
"from the opening scenes , it 's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie . ",0
the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects . ,0
the isolated moments of creative insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor . ,0
it 's never dull and always looks good . ,1
"it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance ",1
"liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . ",0
"highly irritating at first , mr . koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results . ",1
"a simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within . ",0
big fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities . ,0
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie . . . is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it . ,0
this directorial debut from music video show-off higuchinsky is all flash . ,0
just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing . ,1
"both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . ",0
"his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level . ",0
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . ,1
fairly run-of-the-mill . ,0
it provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds . ,1
a story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously . it is also beautifully acted . ,1
"all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness . ",0
a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan . ,0
"it 's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru . ",1
"as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects . ",1
". . . a solid , well-formed satire . ",1
[ a ] mess . ,0
"in the end , all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is . ",0
"the tone is balanced , reflective and reasonable . ",1
"the tale of tok ( andy lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) , the most legendary of asian hitmen , is too scattershot to take hold . ",0
this is nothing but familiar territory . ,0
zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight . ,0
it 's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that hollywood too rarely provides . ,1
"while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among wiseman 's warmest . ",1
the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol . ,1
the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . ,0
one of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year . ,1
"khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum . ",1
nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . ,1
"while scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs `` is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about . ",1
"usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it . ",0
a dreary rip-off of goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for hispanic americans . ,0
"i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . ",0
"splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings . ",0
"showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again . ",0
a thought-provoking picture . ,1
"a drama of great power , yet some members of the audience will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy . ",1
"as green-guts monster movies go , it 's a beaut . ",1
"once the audience figure out what 's being said , the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care . ",0
another entertaining romp from robert rodriguez . ,1
"when [ de palma 's ] bad , he 's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . ",0
"stuffed to the brim with ideas , american instigator michael moore 's film is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition . ",1
"a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy . ",1
a movie that tries to fuse the two 'woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess . ,0
"stands as a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11 . ",1
"these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i 'm all for that . ",1
it should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . so i just did . ,0
"what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . but it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain . ",1
"if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way . ",0
makmalbaf follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the kurdish refugees of iran 's borderlands . ,1
"having never been a huge fan of dickens ' 800-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath 's version . ",1
". . . by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over . ",1
a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by one 's mother . ,1
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so pat it makes your teeth hurt . ",0
"[ davis ] wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters . ",0
a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution . ,1
believability was n't one of the film 's virtues . ,0
a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you think it 's a tougher picture than it is . ,1
suffers from a flat script and a low budget . ,0
"[ i ] t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be . ",0
"hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic . . . love moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire . . . the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions . ",1
"if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . this is one baaaaaaaaad movie . ",0
westfeldt and juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing . ,1
"sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna does n't suck as an actress . ",1
"measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . ",1
". . . hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy `` people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny . ",1
time of favor could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation . ,0
may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today . ,1
it is interesting and fun to see goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen . ,1
matches neorealism 's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives . ,1
"should have gone straight to video . it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such . ",0
"a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s . ",1
a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life . ,1
"if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation . ",0
"by the time we learn that andrew 's turnabout is fair play is every bit as awful as borchardt 's coven , we can enjoy it anyway . ",1
"typical animM-i , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names . ",0
astonishing . . . [ frames ] profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment . ,1
"auto focus is not your standard hollywood bio-pic . schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness . ",1
"the level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter . ",1
"the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits . ",1
"triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the silliness has a pedigree . ",1
[ `` take care of my cat `` ] 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 . ,1
"as social exposM-i , skins has its heart in the right place , but that 's not much to hang a soap opera on . ",0
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything . ,1
"a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original . this is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent . ",1
"with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low . ",0
sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir . . . is a rather toothless take on a hard young life . ,0
"tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun . ",1
the writing is clever and the cast is appealing . ,1
it is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective . ,0
plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp . ,0
"resident evil is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail . ",0
brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special . ,1
"watching queen of the damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in . ",0
there is greatness here . ,1
there 's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action . ,1
"occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional almodM-svar style . ",1
the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . ,0
"a real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . ",1
"yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so i did n't . ",0
a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance . ,1
"it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory . ",1
"grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte . ",1
"it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot . ",1
"chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century america . ",1
"hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless . ",1
"a superlative b movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing . ",1
"the story feels more like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing sayles dialogue . ",1
a puzzling experience . ,0
"even with its $ 50-million us budget , pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture . ",0
do you say `` hi `` to your lover when you wake up in the morning ? ,0
"while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie . ",1
"it can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . yes , dull . ",0
"( danny huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk . ",1
should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor . ,0
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off ,0
"jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot . ",1
crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls . ,0
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence . . . lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm . ,0
"though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . ",0
"if legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire , it probably would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles . ",0
"about amy 's cuteness , amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ) , and amy 's neuroses when it comes to men . ",0
dolman confines himself to shtick and sentimentality -- the one bald and the other sloppy . ,0
a historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail . ,1
[ leigh ] has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable . ,1
"as befits its title , this pg-13-rated piffle is ultimately as threatening as the snuggle fabric softener bear . ",0
"i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone . ",1
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll . ,0
sleek and arty . ,1
much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep . ,1
"while bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't . ",1
"once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . ",0
the lousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired . ,0
a creaky staircase gothic . ,1
i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies . ,0
the chocolate factory without charlie . ,0
i 'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche . ,0
"if this movie leaves you cool , it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative . ",1
"a well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature . ",1
an enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable italian comedy big deal on madonna street . ,1
a wordy wisp of a comedy . ,0
a poignant comedy that offers food for thought . ,1
"meyjes 's movie , like max rothman 's future , does not work . ",0
reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them . ,1
"for a story set at sea , ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed 'surprises . ' ",0
it 's the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman `` wanted to be . ,1
murder by numbers just does n't add up . ,0
"mr . clooney , mr . kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster . ",1
never once predictable . ,1
no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas . ,0
"evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones . ",1
"though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable . ",0
"despite its title , amy 's orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one . ",0
"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2-hour , dissipated length . ",0
"as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass 's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life . ",1
it bites hard . ,0
a film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world . ,1
drowning 's too good for this sucker . ,0
aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters . ,0
"the movie 's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance . ",0
"inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss . ",1
. . . one of the more influential works of the 'korean new wave ' . ,1
"mana gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt . ",1
"this is a truly , truly bad movie . ",0
"it 's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist . . . studiously inoffensive and completely disposable . ",0
"like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . the film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet . ",0
"movies like this are selling the old european candor , the old wink of 'bold ' revelation . but in 2002 , such revelations wilt . ",0
it is n't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie if only it were that grand a failure ! it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . and i expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch . ,0
"it 's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold . ",0
"a real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant . ",1
"a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . ",1
"even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century . ",1
"assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation . ",1
"an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort . ",1
"terry is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man . ",1
"it wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film , but it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy . ",0
a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look . ,1
a dreadful live-action movie . ,0
"in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate . ",0
do n't even bother to rent this on video . ,0
"nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clichM-is and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera . ",0
"it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one . ",1
the movie makes absolutely no sense . its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ? ,0
"the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun . ",1
"if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride . ",0
has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together . ,0
the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second . ,0
this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action . ,0
"it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . ",0
observant intelligence constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom . ,0
"the band performances featured in drumline are red hot . . . [ but ] from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold . ",0
"one of the more irritating cartoons you will see this , or any , year . ",0
the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute . ,0
. . . a true delight . ,1
has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags . ,0
"being author wells ' great-grandson , you 'd think filmmaker simon wells would have more reverence for the material . but this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film . ",0
"like its title character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating . ",0
"however it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs , young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust . ",0
"[ t ] his slop does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen . ",0
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy . ,0
"a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics . ",1
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured . ,0
"though certainly original in form , altar boys requires a taste for swamp thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score . ",0
"a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie . ",1
"with an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , hM-ilM-hne angel is definitely a director to watch . ",1
"some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . ",1
nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you . he makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty . ,1
"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted . ",1
a humorless journey into a philosophical void . ,0
"static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year . ",0
the crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise . ,0
"it 's this memory-as-identity obviation that gives secret life its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self . ",1
"despite all the talking , by the time the bloody climax arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another . ",0
"at a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is , collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture . ",0
marries the amateurishness of the blair witch project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie . ,0
adam sandler 's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . ,0
"to enjoy this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by jolie and burns , you have to gloss over the no sense ending . ",0
there 's plenty to impress about e . t . ,1
"the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him . ",1
"ozpetek offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves . ",0
"attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident . ",0
now here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud . ,0
"a fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie . ",1
laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany . ,0
"it 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring . ",0
"return to never land is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages . ",1
pacino is the best he 's been in years and keener is marvelous . ,1
"with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen . ",1
"this enthralling documentary . . . is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends . ",1
"i like this movie a lot . i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them . ",1
it 's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions . ,0
everything was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had . ,0
"spider-man is in the same category as x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around . ",1
"is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? i do n't think so . nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . ",0
"i ca n't say that i liked homeboy ; it 'd be more accurate to say that i found it intriguing , bizarre , dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way . ",1
"like its bizarre heroine , it irrigates our souls . ",1
feels as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum . ,0
it 's too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience . ,0
"we know the plot 's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to finish . ",1
"witty , touching and well paced . ",1
"though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . ",1
"not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired . ",0
"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate . ",1
"sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . one of the best of the year . ",1
"one of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it . ",1
"the movie is full of fine performances , led by josef bierbichler as brecht and monica bleibtreu as helene weigel , his wife . ",1
"manages to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas . ",1
a must see for all sides of the political spectrum ,1
nothing about this movie works . ,0
"a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching . ",1
"cattaneo should have followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty , with something different . ",0
"despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults . ",0
the cat 's meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich . . . ,1
"the format gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups . ",1
"the art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack . ",0
"a frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick , bartleby performs neither one very well . ",0
a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment . ,1
"while the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production . ",0
a little too pat for its own good . ,0
"austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later . ",1
"the heightened symmetry of this new/old cinema paradiso makes the film a fuller experience , like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time . ",1
"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey . ",0
"although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film . ",0
rather less than the sum of its underventilated pM-hre-fils confrontations . ,0
"wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of 'a nightmare on elm street ' or 'the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of 'deadly friend . ' ",0
all the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling . ,0
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work . ,1
solaris `` is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work . ,0
"this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep . ",1
the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop ,1
"much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes . ",1
ferrara 's strongest and most touching movie of recent years . ,1
"daughter from danang is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war . ",1
"donovan . . . squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences . ",0
"the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end . ",0
wishy-washy . ,0
"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 . ",0
"a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine . ",0
"in the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a rM-isumM-i loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 . `` ",0
"although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another major league . ",0
"the heat of the moment prevails . it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . ",1
"though the plot is predictable , the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters . ",1
gets better after foster leaves that little room . ,0
director andrew niccol . . . demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . his healthy sense of satire is light and fun . . . . ,1
"while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire . ",0
an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash . ,1
remember the kind of movie we were hoping `` ecks vs . sever `` or `` xxx `` was going to be ? this is it . ,1
"if there 's no art here , it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days . ",1
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum 's good intentions . ,0
"somewhere short of tremors on the modern b-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes . ",1
despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy . ,0
"it 's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do . ",1
just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over . ,1
"a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy . ",0
"once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera . . . ",1
do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle . ,0
you walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions . ,1
"one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made . ",1
"when the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you 're in trouble . ",0
terrible . ,0
this formulaic chiller will do little to boost stallone 's career . ,0
"a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem . ",0
dramatically lackluster . ,0
"thanks to scott 's charismatic roger and eisenberg 's sweet nephew , roger dodger is one of the most compelling variations on in the company of men . ",1
"an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . `` ",1
"with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout . . . by which time it 's impossible to care who wins . ",0
"it 's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds . ",1
. . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen . ,0
"a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . ",1
"with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering . . . may put off insiders and outsiders alike . ",0
"while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , `` in the bedroom , `` moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations ",1
"it 's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive . ",0
"preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure . ",0
"martin scorsese cria um espetM-aculo visual que nM-co possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo , mas emocionalmente frio . ",0
[ reno ] delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion . ,1
"for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . ",1
"look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music . ",1
the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it . ,0
the minor figures surrounding [ bobby ] . . . form a gritty urban mosaic . ,1
starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill . ,0
"apesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter . ",1
"displaying about equal amounts of naivetM-i , passion and talent , beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential . ",1
"a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna . ",1
"godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence . ",1
"it 's jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite . ",1
"hoffman notches in the nuances of pain , but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness . ",1
an instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick . ,1
the cast is uniformly excellent . . . but the film itself is merely mildly charming . ,0
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression . ,1
"film ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout . ",1
this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong 's john woo . he 's not good with people . ,0
"even with a green mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder , however , kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea . ",0
there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours . ,0
"the video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch . ",0
"the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter 'uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie . ",0
"there 's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like steven spielberg to follow a . i . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority . ",1
. . . begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully . ,1
"nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns . ",0
"coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . ",1
"a dark , dull thriller with a parting shot that misfires . ",0
"a masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . ",1
"engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying . ",1
this is a heartfelt story . . . it just is n't a very involving one . ,0
"secretary manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie . ",1
[ a ] devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama . ,1
neatly constructed thriller . ,1
overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste . ,0
"it uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie my big fat greek wedding . ",1
"a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady 's direction is prosaic . ",0
the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down . ,0
manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time . ,1
an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating . ,0
"elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . ",0
"oft-described as the antidote to american pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough ",0
"in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters M-^W damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide . ",1
"in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song . ",1
"instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view . ",1
the situations and jokes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels . ,0
"a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance . ",1
"a gorgeous , somnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising . ",0
"it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress . ",0
this is n't a movie ; it 's a symptom . ,0
borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . ,0
. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone . ,0
choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy . ,0
the journey toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie . ,0
it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff . ,0
"just like hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination . ",0
"a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences . ",1
"rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 . ",1
sensitive though not quite revelatory documentary . ,0
"ou 've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane . ",1
the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended . ,1
funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness . ,1
"devolves into the derivative , leaning on badly-rendered cgi effects . ",0
[ t ] he ideas of revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution ,0
"on its own , it 's not very interesting . as a remake , it 's a pale imitation . ",0
"so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check . ",0
"most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river . ",0
"`` the dangerous lives of altar boys `` has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors ",1
"scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great . / but daphne , you 're too buff / fred thinks he 's tough / and velma - wow , you 've lost weight ! ",0
nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful . as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years . ,1
"clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . ",1
the title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is . ,0
"deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film . ",1
one of those so-so films that could have been much better . ,0
a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft . ,0
cusack 's just brilliant in this . ,1
"the results , if not memorable , are at least interesting . ",1
"aside from minor tinkering , this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better . ",1
"though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess . ",1
beware the quirky brit-com . they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental . ,0
"it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . ",1
"rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next . ",0
"it 's not original , and , robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks . ",0
one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time . ,1
"a triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction ! ",1
it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . ,0
"dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm . ",0
"watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . as your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart . ",0
the film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes . . . drag the movie down . ,0
watstein handily directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements . . . and sustains off the hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer . ,1
"a slick , skillful little horror film . ",1
"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting . ",0
"the result is solemn and horrifying , yet strangely detached . ",0
"suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video . ",0
there 's a vastness implied in metropolis that is just breathtaking . ,1
"it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on . ",1
"sodden and glum , even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light . ",0
"andersson creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad . ",1
the auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug . ,1
"though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous . it 's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history . ",1
conforms itself with creating a game of 'who 's who ' . . . where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences . ,0
full frontal is the antidote for soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two oscar nominated films in 2000 ,1
what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best . ,0
i 'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow . ,1
"a tired , unnecessary retread . . . a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with . ",0
this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be . ,1
"passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . for me , this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings . ",0
"the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution . ",0
this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies . ,1
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . ,1
"as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle . ",1
if only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con . ,0
. . . wise and elegiac . . . ,1
the result is an 'action film ' mired in stasis . ,0
"after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot . ",0
maguire is a surprisingly effective peter/spider-man . ,1
some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations . ,0
"this is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive . ",1
isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries . ,1
"it 's got its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile . ",0
no screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of clones ' last 45 minutes . ,1
"lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . ",1
the movie fails to live up to the sum of its parts . ,0
"none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ? ",1
"too leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good , it succeeds in being only sporadically amusing . ",0
"it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . ",1
"the film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama . ",0
remember when bond had more glamour than clamor ? no more . ,0
"circuit queens wo n't learn a thing , they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets . ",0
"the comic performances are all spot on , especially lee ross 's turn as ken . ",1
"humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of 'nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days . ",1
"it almost plays like solaris , but with guns and jokes . ",0
"what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it 's icky . ",0
you 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama . ,1
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passion . ,1
"the acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff . ",0
"there is a kind of attentive concern that hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is time for their first public recital . ",1
"sluggish , tonally uneven . ",0
the long-range appeal of `` minority report `` should transcend any awards it bags . this is one for the ages . ,1
"it takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about . so here it is : it 's about a family of sour immortals . ",0
"mr . deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . ",0
"build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year . ",0
"a real clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless . ",0
"it 's a very sincere work , but it would be better as a diary or documentary . ",0
"it 's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism . ",1
". . . while dark water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor . ",1
"a teasing drama whose relentless good-deed/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation . ",1
i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's . ,0
rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment . ,0
"triple x is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude . when you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed . ",1
"earns its laughs from stock redneck 'types ' and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing . ",1
"about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . if you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . ",1
captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics . ,1
"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 . ",1
director barry skolnick and his screenwriters glibly tick off every point of `` the longest yard `` playbook like a checklist . ,0
leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb . ,1
"the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact . ",1
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences . ,0
the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile . ,0
"this is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director dario argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic . ",0
"if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride , do n't settle for this imposter . ",0
incoherence reigns . ,0
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . ,1
"adults , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . ",0
"es divertida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderM-a . ",1
"a respectable but uninspired thriller that 's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact . ",0
characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better . ,0
"the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe . ",0
two-bit potboiler . ,0
"though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere . ",0
. . . silly humbuggery . . . ,0
"the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsive . ",0
"so routine , familiar and predictable , it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated final draft computer program . ",0
"the audacity to view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion . ",1
"[ davis ] has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race . ",0
"the production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicating . ",1
"more concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers , soderbergh 's solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem . ",1
"`` white oleander , `` the movie , is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material . ",1
"the merchant-ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage . ",0
"nicole holofcener 's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style . ",1
"utterly lacking in charm , wit and invention , roberto benigni 's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film . ",0
"slow , dry , poorly cast , but beautifully shot . ",0
"the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded . ",1
"the film meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing . ",0
"dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver . ",1
clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence . ,0
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage . ,0
"with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . ",1
equal parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama . ,0
the ga-zillionth airhead movie about a wife in distress who resorts to desperate measures . ,0
. . . could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 . ,1
"jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive . ",0
"on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny . ",1
"the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . but this time there 's some mold on the gold . ",1
"abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
"audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amM-ilie . ",1
brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes . ,0
"a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there . good performances keep it from being a total rehash . ",0
so relentlessly wholesome it made me want to swipe something . ,0
"a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . ",1
the invincible werner herzog is alive and well and living in la ,1
"the unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right . ",1
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering . ,0
"the film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one . ",0
"hilarious , acidic brit comedy . ",1
"despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless . ",0
the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency . ,1
it trusts the story it sets out to tell . ,1
. . . salaciously simplistic . ,0
an epic of grandeur and scale that 's been decades gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of hollywood . ,1
"[ t ] his beguiling belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film , has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why . ",1
"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 . ",1
"leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here . ",1
"world traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something . ",1
"it may seem long at 110 minutes if you 're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert . ",1
opera on film is never satisfactory . the art demands live viewing . the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . ,0
"director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand . ",1
arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation . ,1
godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess . . . in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating . ,0
"the piano teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control . ",0
aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness . ,0
"while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . ",1
"it 's not a great monster movie . but if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there 's guilty fun to be had here . chomp chomp ! ",1
"a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . ",1
"such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls `` and last year 's `` rollerball . `` enough said , except : film overboard ! ",0
"an enthralling aesthetic experience , one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty . ",1
seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work . ,1
a pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking . ,1
"it could change america , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment . ",1
unflinchingly bleak and desperate ,1
"stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . ",1
diane lane shines in unfaithful . almost everything else is wan . ,0
"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable . ",0
"it 's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one . ",0
do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ? ,1
"an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot ",1
eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters . ,1
"for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek , they 'll probably run out screaming . ",0
"it 's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful . ",0
"the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . ",1
"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem . ",1
"the seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people are nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going . ",1
this surreal gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes . a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers . ,1
"made for teens and reviewed as such , this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age . . . and then only as a very mild rental . ",1
"with generic sets and b-grade special effects , jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as tv 's defunct cleopatra 2525 . ",0
"an absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss . ",1
"the master of disguise is funny -- not `` ha ha `` funny , `` dead circus performer `` funny . and for all the wrong reasons besides . ",0
"guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep . ",0
"few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying . ",1
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
"while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel , they 're presented with a wry dark humor . ",1
"eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation . ",0
"should n't have been allowed to use the word `` new `` in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie . ",0
what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish . ,1
"though writer/director bart freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance . ",1
"the movie 's eventual success should be credited to dennis quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor ",1
"a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board . ",1
"its strengths and weaknesses play off each other virtually to a stand-off , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film . ",0
"the parts are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in new york ) . ",0
really dumb but occasionally really funny . ,0
confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk . ,1
"finally , the french-produced `` read my lips `` is a movie that understands characters must come first . ",1
well-meaning but inert . ,0
"funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director george hickenlooper all takes place in pasadena , `` a city where people still read . `` ",1
"although based on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours . ",0
what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points . ,0
the result is something quite fresh and delightful . ,1
suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . punish the vehicle to adore the star . ,0
"richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . ",0
"this is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters . ",1
writer-director burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear . ,1
is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ? ,0
[ allen ] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise . ,1
spiderman rocks ,1
"a mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser . ",1
"like smoke signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama ",1
"a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of 'home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households . ",1
"a beautiful , entertaining two hours . you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . ",1
"with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . ",1
"potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults . ",0
as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . this is a movie you can trust . ,1
probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis . ,1
"a tender , heartfelt family drama . ",1
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . ,0
looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen . ,0
"beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gone in for pastel landscapes . ",1
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived . ,0
"fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience . ",0
detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor . ,0
"like mike is a harmlessly naM-ove slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real nba 's off-season . ",1
"though this film can be clumsy , its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial . ",1
"warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality . ",1
the smartest bonehead comedy of the summer . ,1
"like an afterschool special with costumes by gianni versace , mad love looks better than it feels . ",0
"it plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness . ",0
"made me unintentionally famous as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen . ",1
"an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view . ",1
"a brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel . ",1
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing . ,0
millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry . ,0
"harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness . ",1
"though moonlight mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama . ",0
"we need [ moore 's ] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we need his shticks , we need his stones . ",1
"one of the best , most understated performances of [ jack nicholson 's ] career . ",1
lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy . ,1
"me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects . ",1
"the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but it 's an enjoyable one . ",1
"a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python 's meaning of life . ",1
"the movie is n't just hilarious : it 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb . ",1
fans of behan 's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by borstal boy . ,1
"for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one . ",0
"seriously , rent the disney version . ",0
"nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book . ",1
too bad maggio could n't come up with a better script . ,0
"is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ? ",0
"in questioning the election process , payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box . ",1
"sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not ",1
an unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse . ,0
"behind the snow games and lovable siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart . ",1
"light , silly , photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time . ",1
"though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude . ",1
"infidelity drama is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by diane lane . ",1
the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to resist . ,1
the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings `` trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j . r . r . tolkien 's middle-earth . ,1
punitively affirmational parable . ,0
the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst . ,1
a painfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots . ,0
"more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 M-= weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema . ",1
"in other words , it 's just another sports drama/character study . yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . plus , like i already mentioned . . . it 's robert duvall ! c'mon ! ",1
"as an actor 's showcase , hart 's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player . as a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired . ",0
a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog . ,0
the movie is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors ' moments . ,0
a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism . ,1
"`` frailty `` has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! `` near the end takes on a whole other meaning . ",1
might be one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people . ,0
"from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work . ",1
"a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence . ",1
breen 's script is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting . ,0
"occasionally melodramatic , it 's also extremely effective . ",1
it 's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood . ,1
the narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys . ,0
"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 . ",1
a dazzling dream of a documentary . ,1
"without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking . ",0
"there are some laughs in this movie , but williams ' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is weak . ",0
real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros . ,1
i admired this work a lot . ,1
"the film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen . ",1
"although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters . ",1
soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . what 's left is a rich stew of longing . ,1
"despite the authenticity of the trappings , the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style . ",0
audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school . ,0
rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . ,1
"a ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking . ",0
"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth . ",1
a loquacious and dreary piece of business . ,0
"not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece . ",1
"swimfan , like fatal attraction , eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub . ",0
a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her . ,0
"it 's sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show . ",0
"an uplifting , near-masterpiece . ",1
"like leon , it 's frustrating and still oddly likable . ",1
a charming romantic comedy that is by far the lightest dogme film and among the most enjoyable . ,1
"entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately . . . dare i say , entertaining ! ",1
"rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust . ",1
"it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershop just does n't make the cut . ",0
a mostly tired retread of several other mob tales . ,0
"does paint some memorable images . . . , but makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters ",0
this is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary ! ,1
"i do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold . ",1
"scooby-doo does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick . ",0
the lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced . . . it 's a pity that [ nelson 's ] achievement does n't match his ambition . ,0
"simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship . ",1
"on the bright side , it contains jesse ventura 's best work since the xfl . ",0
"no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars . ",0
mordantly funny and intimately knowing . . . ,1
"this is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal . ",1
it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous ' . . . the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated . ,0
`` it 's all about the image . `` ,1
its one-sidedness . . . flirts with propaganda . ,0
feels like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the lifetime cable television network . ,0
"culkin , who 's in virtually every scene , shines as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield . ",1
"there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy . ",1
"a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country . ",1
mildly entertaining . ,0
the modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals . it 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after . ,1
"lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth . ",1
"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 . ' ",0
"there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies . ",0
there is truth here ,1
"it 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie . ",0
"even with harris 's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown . ",0
"for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian . ",0
"yes , ballistic is silly . unfortunately , it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies . ",0
the only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow . ,0
"add yet another hat to a talented head , clooney 's a good director . ",1
most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure are still there . ,1
"elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . if you 're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again . it 's 51 times better than this . ",0
"thanks to the chM-bteau 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises . ",1
the thrill is ( long ) gone . ,0
an enjoyable above average summer diversion . ,1
"there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract . ",0
the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffM-i and demi moore 's the scarlet letter . ,0
eerily accurate depiction of depression . ,1
"at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier disney efforts . ",1
"involving at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd . ",0
"walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros . b picture , and i mean that as a compliment . ",1
"a quaint , romanticized rendering . ",0
"parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core . ",0
"the movie is brilliant , really . it is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events . ",1
"great story , bad idea for a movie . ",0
this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty . ,1
"even if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro `` correctly , you 'll appreciate much of vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries . ",1
the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects . ,1
"it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni . ",0
"if [ jaglom 's ] latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing . ",1
"it plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave `` framework is even remotely new or interesting . ",0
"filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . ",1
"'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by . . . blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . ' ",1
"adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . ",0
among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation . ,1
"the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere . ",0
"the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience . ",1
a delirious celebration of the female orgasm . ,1
"pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance . ",1
"not a cheap slasher flick , as the subject matter would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey . ",0
the film 's performances are thrilling . ,1
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . ,1
"i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed . ",1
"the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a halloween that died . ",0
odd and weird . ,0
for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche . ,1
"an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . ",1
"a gentle blend of present day testimonials , surviving footage of burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills . ",1
"frailty is n't as gory or explicit . but in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing . ",1
"it 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yet you ca n't bring yourself to dislike it . ",0
"hey , who else needs a shower ? ",1
"a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design . ",1
the fact that the rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays . ,1
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound . ,0
"as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short . ",0
many of benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice . ,0
"with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , `` maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . ",1
. . . comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental . ,0
[ a ] real pleasure in its laid-back way . ,1
"it 's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team . ",1
it will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster . ,1
"rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language . ",1
far more enjoyable than its predecessor . ,0
. . . the last time i saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches was during my sats . ,0
it 's a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit . ,0
phoned-in business as usual . ,0
frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances . . . keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease . ,1
it is intensely personal and yet -- unlike quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times . ,1
"this is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness . ",0
a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set . ,0
the milieu is wholly unconvincing . . . and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch . ,0
not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers . ,0
the film goes from being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending . ,0
an awkward and indigestible movie . ,0
"when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game . ",0
the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the 'ick ' in 'classic . ' ,0
. . . stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier . ,0
"the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichM-is from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times ",0
"an elegant , exquisitely modulated psychological thriller . ",1
will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues . ,1
directed in a paint-by-numbers manner . ,0
"if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film . ",1
what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters . ,1
what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between . ,0
"by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . ",1
"a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . ",1
he 's the scariest guy you 'll see all summer . ,1
"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back . ",1
"starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . ",0
so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises ,0
"if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there . ",1
the film serves as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people . ,1
"even if you 've seen `` stomp `` ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this ! ",1
"i 've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie . ",1
this version of h . g . wells ' time machine was directed by h . g . wells ' great-grandson . they should have found orson welles ' great-grandson . ,0
"land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored . ",1
ryan gosling . . . is at 22 a powerful young actor . ,1
this movie got me grinning . there 's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something . ,1
"a lot of fun , with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers . ",1
it 's quite diverting nonsense . ,1
"this film looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience . ",0
"seldahl 's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness . ",1
"ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting , personal velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum . ",1
a subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience ; the pianist does not . ,1
the two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath . . . ,1
"holy mad maniac in a mask , splat-man ! good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back ! ",1
"anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . these people are really going to love the piano teacher . ",1
"these three films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people . ",1
"while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart , two towers outdoes its spectacle . ",1
"often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself . ",1
"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 . ",1
"k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia . ",1
"biggie and tupac is so single-mindedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame . ",1
"holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin . ",1
a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed . ,1
"i think it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . ' ",0
"a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . ",1
"loud , silly , stupid and pointless . ",0
"pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director , tony r . abrams , in their feature debut . ",0
"this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that 'they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . ' ",1
"in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row , the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry . ",0
"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary . ",1
"there 's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout . ",1
bottom-rung new jack city wannabe . ,0
"every time you look , sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn . ",0
while mcfarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films . . . it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story . ,1
"[ janey ] forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies . ",0
"despite the 2-d animation , the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience . ",1
"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 . ",1
little more than a well-mounted history lesson . ,0
we get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of americana that hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed . ,1
"by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one . ",1
"ultimate x is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine . ",1
kaufman and jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion -- our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing . ,1
"for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us . ",0
most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; `` frailty `` leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home . ,1
everyone 's to blame here . ,0
"[ less a movie than ] an appalling , odoriferous thing . . . so rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own * * * in embarrassment . ",0
"we root for [ clara and paul ] , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity . ",1
"for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there 's something creepy about this movie . ",0
there 's not much going on in this movie unless you simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in point pleasant . ,0
the material and the production itself are little more than routine . ,0
set in a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york . ,0
"it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . ",1
"ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin . ",0
a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more . ,1
"feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime . . . and , perhaps more than he realizes , just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work . ",0
a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world . ,1
"as [ the characters ] get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound . ",0
"short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty . ",1
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin . ",1
"unfortunately , it appears that [ jackie ] chan 's us influence is starting to show in his hong kong films . ",1
it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment . ,0
"too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tickets . ",1
"a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . ",1
"like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangled up in the twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten . ",0
the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) thirdM-^Eemotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes shorter is better . ,1
"the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film , i 'm the one that i want , in 2000 . ",1
"watching austin powers in goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . it 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied . ",0
"at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . ",1
"ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters . ",1
"not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense . ",1
"if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four- minute egg . ",0
"too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes . ",0
"watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement . the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . ",1
it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x . . . look positively shakesperean by comparison . ,0
"there are no special effects , and no hollywood endings . ",1
"este M-i apenas mais um ( longo ) episM-sdio do programa da mtv . a M-znica diferenM-ga M-i que , desta vez , a paramount teve o mau gosto de exibi-lo nos cinemas . ",0
the film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm ,1
what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera 's attention to detail . ,1
"if you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment . ",0
the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . ,1
"witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy . ",1
a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers . ,1
a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties . ,0
"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it 's still pretty tasty . ",1
"an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . ",1
"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground . ",0
this movie is maddening . it conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought . ,0
"it 's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty . ",1
"nakata 's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects . ",1
the verdict : two bodies and hardly a laugh between them . ,0
"the film delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride `` that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans . ",1
"a puzzle whose pieces do not fit . some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie . ",0
the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film . ,0
"ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago `` in 2002 . zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a ",0
"time stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . ",0
"sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end . ",0
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . ,1
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 . ,0
"if melville is creatively a great whale , this film is canned tuna . ",0
"it 's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner . ",0
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie . ,0
"for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera . ",1
snow dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him ,0
"for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their * * * off for an hour-and-a-half . ",1
a low-rent retread of the alien pictures . ,0
"more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . ",1
solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike . ,1
it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices . ,0
"it understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking . ",1
lawrence should stick to his day job . he 's a better actor than a standup comedian . ,0
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through . ,0
murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous . ,0
this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs . ,0
"the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film . ",0
"undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters . ",0
"it 's a bizarre curiosity memorable mainly for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction . ",0
like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz . ,0
"insomnia is one of the year 's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances . ",1
"the sum of all fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) . ",0
serious and thoughtful . ,1
"wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of hubert 's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn . ",0
"despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable ",0
"not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well . ",0
"the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had . ",0
"everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david 's point of view . ",0
"a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin 's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . ",0
consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g ,0
"giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun . but the talented cast alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes . ",1
illuminating if overly talky documentary . ,1
"a vile , incoherent mess . . . a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant 'videodrome . ' ",0
worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance . ,1
"ultimately , it ponders the reasons we need stories so much . ",1
"it 's really yet another anemic and formulaic lethal weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness . ",0
there are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film . ,0
it 's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but . ,1
"follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun . ",0
"there is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false . ",0
what would jesus do if he was a film director ? he 'd create a movie better than this . ,0
"the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen . ",0
"what 's next ? rob schneider , dana carvey and sarah michelle gellar in the philadelphia story ? david spade as citizen kane ? ",0
"a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices . ",0
"i enjoyed time of favor while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory . ",1
chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama . ,0
"although the editing might have been tighter , hush ! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern japan . ",1
"the characters are based on stock clichM-is , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . ",0
a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi . ,1
everything that 's worthwhile about collision course can already be seen on television . ,0
"waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality . ",1
fancy a real downer ? [ leigh ] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race . ,0
". . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n ' roll . ",1
"it will not appeal to the impatient , but those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth . ",1
"the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one . ",1
"the stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious . ",0
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma . ",0
succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture . ,1
"[ director ] o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . ",0
"it 's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once . ",1
"by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chick is pretty damned funny . ",1
delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information . ,1
a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival . ,1
arguably the best script that besson has written in years . ,1
what might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors . ,0
"die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with . ",0
"to my taste , the film 's comic characters come perilously close to being amoses and andys for a new generation . ",0
"we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies . ",1
a riveting documentary . ,1
goes on and on to the point of nausea . ,0
"on a cutting room floor somewhere lies . . . footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire . ",0
a genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama . ,1
"workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies . ",1
staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce . ,0
"van wilder does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table , but it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like tomcats , freddy got fingered , and slackers . ",0
"death to smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito 's misanthropic vision . ",1
seems like someone going through the motions . ,0
"the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron . ",1
"the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam'ron seal the deal . ",1
cho 's timing is priceless . ,1
i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies . ,1
at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance . ,0
"it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through . ",0
"kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults . ",1
"while you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet , you 're a jet all the way , `` it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . `` ",0
"amidst the action , the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . `` ",0
"for all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos , lily chou-chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam . ",0
they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film . ,0
"good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked . ",1
feels familiar and tired . ,0
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 . ,0
post 9/11 the philosophical message of `` personal freedom first `` might not be as palatable as intended . ,1
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . ,1
"although what time offers tsai 's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . ",1
"has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre . ",1
'a ' for creativity but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy . ,0
"to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore . ",0
"the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : fatal attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = do n't if you 're married to one . ",0
"no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive . ",0
"denis forges out of the theories of class- based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord . ",1
"jae-eun jeong 's take care of my cat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema . ",1
the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based . ,1
stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story `` and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies . ,1
"the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication . ",0
a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community . ,1
"martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid . ",1
"in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st . ",1
"it may not be history but then again , what if it is ? but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while . ",1
does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in- the-blanks with a tragic past . ,0
utter mush . . . conceited pap . ,0
the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness . ,1
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progress ? ,1
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . ,0
"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 . ",1
"despite its sincere acting , signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype . ",0
"helmer devito . . . attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' tv and revenge . ",0
"she 's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness . ",1
"not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen . this is n't my favorite in the series , still i enjoyed it enough to recommend . ",1
one suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison . ,0
"the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed . ",1
what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is . ,1
its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks . ,0
"smith profiles five extraordinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities . ",1
"needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey . ",0
"M-I uma pena que , mais tarde , o prM-sprio filme abandone o tom de parM-sdia e passe a utilizar os mesmos clichM-js que havia satirizado . ",1
"rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual . ",1
mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life ,1
"the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie . ",1
something has been lost in the translation . . . another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise . ,0
now i can see why people thought i was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies `` . ,0
snipes is both a snore and utter tripe . ,0
qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating . ,0
a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it . ,1
"the chM-bteau would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens . ",0
if your taste runs to 'difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it . ,1
"leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago . ",1
"so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . ",1
the film has a childlike quality about it . but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass . ,0
"chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : david jacobson 's dahmer . ",1
"i wish i could say `` thank god it 's friday `` , but the truth of the matter is i was glad when it was over . ",0
a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers . ,0
"irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater . ",0
"glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism . ",0
"despite its good nature and some genuinely funny moments , super troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development . ",0
the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes . ,0
[ p ] artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . ,0
. . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman . ,0
"a hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol . ",1
"a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups . ",0
"nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction . ",1
"you 'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . ",1
"professionally speaking , it 's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller . ",0
"because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before . ",1
a sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply . ,0
"an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation . ",1
the impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day . ,0
"witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful . ",1
"flavorful and romantic , you could call this how martha got her groove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with . ",1
"`` catch me `` feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . ",1
"the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected . ",0
this time kaufman 's imagination has failed him . ,0
the story the movie tells is of brian de palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career . ,0
"viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance , the film would be a total washout . ",0
the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . ,0
a sophomoric exploration of 'life problems ' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about . ,0
"a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum . ",0
"eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good . ",0
". . . one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else . ",0
"'you 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you 'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter . . . ' ",0
[ a ] n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s . ,1
"victor rosa is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance . ",1
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that are n't funny . ,0
"as a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions . ",1
"thoughtless , random , superficial humour and a lot of very bad scouse accents ",0
"makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place . ",0
"an appalling 'ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton . if any of them list this 'credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film . . . ",0
a half-assed film . ,0
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur . ,0
the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar . ,1
will probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 . ,0
"drags along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the- past numbness . ",0
"the values that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure . ",1
the level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor . ,1
i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art . ,0
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite . ,0
"any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years . ",0
definitely worth 95 minutes of your time . ,1
may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen . ,0
"the passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air . ",1
really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length . ,0
"cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone . ",1
"the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . these are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future . ",0
". . . the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught . ",0
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans . ,0
all of the filmmakers ' calculations ca n't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness . ,0
a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays . ,1
"nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit . ",1
"s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective . it 's a quirky , off-beat project . . . . ",1
"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 . ",1
never comes together as a coherent whole . ,0
"like a tarantino movie with heart , alias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing . ",1
"suspend your disbelief here and now , or you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits . ",1
"a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . ",1
this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring ,0
"the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine . ",0
"will only satisfy those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly . ",0
a romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores . ,1
"funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . ",1
". . . very funny , very enjoyable . . . ",1
as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpan . ,1
the film apparently takes place in a fantasy world where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other . ,0
"the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end . ",1
"it 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet i found it weirdly appealing . ",1
at the bottom rung of the series ' entries . ,0
the slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters . ,1
"it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film . ",1
feral and uncomfortable . ,1
"a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom M-^W handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus . ",1
". . . has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . it 's a sly wink to the others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can `` warped logic . ",1
credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic . ,1
"too ordinary to restore [ harmon ] to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience . ",0
"barney has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful . ",1
"a breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy . ",1
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue . ,1
"there 's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish . ",0
an often unfunny romp . ,0
rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories . ,0
enough similarities to gymkata and howie long 's firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs . ,0
"it 's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire ! ",1
. . . too sappy for its own good . ,0
if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` the isle `` you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else . ,1
"made me feel uneasy , even queasy , because [ solondz 's ] cool compassion is on the border of bemused contempt . ",0
much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo . their computer-animated faces are very expressive . ,1
visually captivating . ,1
meant for star wars fans . it is there to give them a good time . ,1
"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 . ",1
the only thing to fear about `` fear dot com `` is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film . ,0
nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition . ,1
fantastic ! ,1
"celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat . ",1
"as averse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies , this one got to me . ",1
the movie is one of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon . ,1
intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject . ,0
"a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised . ",0
tiresomely derivative and hammily acted . ,0
"jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism . ",1
"trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere . ",0
reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish . ,0
"though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millennium . ",1
all three women deliver remarkable performances . ,1
. . . overly melodramatic . . . ,0
"behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting . quelle surprise ! ",0
could as easily have been called 'under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' . . . a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . ,0
by the final whistle you 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic . ,0
"[ chaiken 's ] talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters . ",1
starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichM-is . ,0
fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds . ,0
"strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused . ",1
the structure the film takes may find matt damon and ben affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a good will hunting trilogy that was never planned . ,0
this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . ,0
"gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways . ",1
"edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery . ",1
"no matter how you slice it , mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore . ",0
caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely . ,1
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations . ",0
the movie is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances . ,1
the sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines through every frame . ,1
"admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . ",1
"if this is satire , it 's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook . ",0
there are now two signs that m . night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs . ,0
"feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake . ",0
largely a for-fans artifact . ,0
a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd . ,1
"it 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions . ",1
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater . ,0
promises is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination . ,1
the real question this movie poses is not 'who ? ' but 'why ? ' ,0
"the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops , but there 's not enough to the story to fill two hours . ",0
"the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year . ",1
"one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers . ",1
"interminably bleak , to say nothing of boring . ",0
"unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me . i found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic . ",0
"the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama . ",0
"from beginning to end , this overheated melodrama plays like a student film . ",0
"drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why . ",1
"a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages . ",1
`` 13 conversations about one thing `` is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . ,1
"the otherwise good-naturedness of mr . deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less- than-likely new york celebrities . . . certainly raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before . ",1
the worst kind of independent ; the one where actors play dress down hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors ,0
wow . i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time . ,0
horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible . ,0
"despite the fact that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be , it 's still not a good movie ",0
"i do n't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool . ",0
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory . ,0
another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre . ,1
"because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , 'swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling . ",0
"it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me , but there 's stuff here to like . ",1
"not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending . ",0
the film seems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino picture ,0
"the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it 's extremely well played and often very funny . ",1
"like most bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . a heavy reliance on cgi technology is beginning to creep into the series . ",1
rates an 'e ' for effort -- and a 'b ' for boring . ,0
"one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation . ",0
there 's a lot to recommend read my lips . ,1
gives everyone something to shout about . ,1
"with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell . ",1
". . . there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise . ",0
"in both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you . you end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that . ",0
"uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity . ",1
"hardly makes the kind of points egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world . ",0
"solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts . ",1
"combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time , beck seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest system of a down video . ",0
"what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching . ",1
lightweight but appealing . ,1
. . . an inviting piece of film . ,1
one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time . ,1
"i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great . . . i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care . ",0
nicholas nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into scrooge . ,0
"by and large this is mr . kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since the doors . ",1
"even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie . ",1
burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast . ,0
"it 's not that waiting for happiness is a bad film , because it is n't . it 's just incredibly dull . ",0
it will break your heart many times over . ,1
"even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good . ",1
we do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close . ,1
"a bright , inventive , thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy . ",1
"at times , however , dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . ",0
a peculiar misfire that even tunney ca n't save . ,0
more good than great but freeman and judd make it work . ,1
. . . an interesting slice of history . ,1
this is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography . ,1
schneidermeister . . . makin ' a fool of himself . . . losin ' his fan base . . . ,0
leigh makes these lives count . and he allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range . ,1
"[ it 's ] difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of american chai , despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view . ",0
"a blessed gift to film geeks and historians . if the '70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy . ",1
polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style . ,1
"while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it 's far from being this generation 's animal house . ",0
"the lower your expectations , the more you 'll enjoy it . ",0
"in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way . ",1
a deep and meaningful film . ,1
"this miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through . ",0
"whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting . ",0
"a grating , emaciated flick . ",0
"it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . ",1
each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense . ,0
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . ,0
what could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination . ,0
"the ring is worth a look , if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment . ",1
"metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story . ",1
the next generation of mob movie . part low rent godfather . part three stooges . ,1
children and adults enamored of all things pokemon wo n't be disappointed . ,0
"it 's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can . ",1
resourceful and ingenious entertainment . ,1
the son 's room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos . ,1
"if you 've ever wondered what an ending without the input of studio executives or test audiences would look like , here it is . ",1
"sean penn , you owe nicolas cage an apology . ",1
an average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son 's discovery of his homosexuality . ,1
storytelling feels slight . ,0
"an overemphatic , would-be wacky , ultimately tedious sex farce . ",0
never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance . ,0
"a dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise . ",0
this is carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach . ,1
there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye . ,1
nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin . ,1
jarecki and gibney do find enough material to bring kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives . ,1
"gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , [ harris ] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . ",1
"in the end , white oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel . it 's a flashy , star-splashed reduction . ",0
"the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess . ",1
"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break ! `` ",1
the exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you 'll find in this dreary mess . ,0
"that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain ' jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums . ",1
"despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age . ",1
i did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot . ,0
"not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again . ",1
"there 's an energy to y tu mamM-a tambiM-in . much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors . ",1
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing . ,1
charming and funny ( but ultimately silly ) movie . ,1
"cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of denmark 's dogma movement . ",1
"although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious . ",1
"most new movies have a bright sheen . some , like ballistic , arrive stillborn . . . looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future . ",0
sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group . ,1
gondry 's direction is adequate . . . but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script . ,1
pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle . ,0
if you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice . i will be . ,1
"passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats . ",1
"what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . ",1
it 's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time . ,0
it 's a glorious spectacle like those d . w . griffith made in the early days of silent film . ,1
"suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by hollywood . ",0
"it 's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford movie - six days , seven nights , maybe , or that dreadful sabrina remake . ",0
"the old-world- meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco bollywood that , by the end of monsoon wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater . ",1
a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary . ,1
"stale , futile scenario . ",0
"unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow . ",1
"despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . ",1
as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games . ,1
the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative . ,0
any one episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes . ,0
douglas mcgrath 's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically . ,1
"much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here . ",0
the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh 's three lead actresses . ,1
"the film may appear naked in its narrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine ",1
"overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone . ",1
"a fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . certainly the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for . . . but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps . ",1
often hilarious . ,1
'unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . too bad . ,0
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . ,1
"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . ",1
"a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling . ",1
"it 's a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions . ",1
it was a dark and stormy night . . . ,0
"' . . . the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well . . . but quite frankly , scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . ' ",0
"another one of those estrogen overdose movies like `` divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood , `` except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better . ",1
an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas . ,0
"high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky . ",0
"from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait . ",1
trades run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease . ,1
i hated every minute of it . ,0
"not only unfunny , but downright repellent . ",0
"a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana . ",1
kapur 's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself . ,0
"at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second . ",1
cq 's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best european directors . ,1
"adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a 'topless tutorial service . ' ",0
"`` 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 . charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . ",1
noyce 's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective . ,1
a prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell . ,0
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . ,0
"technically , the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial . ",0
"the film has a kind of hard , cold effect . ",1
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts ,1
"evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes . ",1
"the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well . ",1
the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive . . . ,0
uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance . ,1
"for a film about explosions and death and spies , `` ballistic : ecks vs . sever `` seems as safe as a children 's film . well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies . ",0
"it 's tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you 'll feel like mopping up , too . ",0
"the bland outweighs the nifty , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is . ",0
"frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for . ",0
"an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world . ",1
superb production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot . ,1
very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary . ,1
a gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem . ,1
"for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical `` or `` suck `` into a sentence . ",0
"one minute , you think you 're watching a serious actioner ; the next , it 's as though clips from the pink panther strikes again and/or sailor moon have been spliced in . ",0
the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design . ,1
that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar . ,1
"a taut , intelligent psychological drama . ",1
kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested . ,0
"does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces . . . that raise the bar on stylized screen violence . ",0
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ? ",0
"purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons . ",0
this picture is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer . ,0
"what will , most likely , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 . ",0
you leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing . ,0
pompous and garbled . ,0
we have n't seen such hilarity since say it is n't so ! ,0
"it extends the writings of jean genet and john rechy , the films of fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of goya . ",1
the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film . a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16 . ,1
this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater ,0
"theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . ",1
"unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck . ",1
"while the isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic , its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at . ",1
"seeing seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but . ",1
"[ a ] wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting . ",1
"in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation , like mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency . ",1
"while it would be easy to give crush the new title of two weddings and a funeral , it 's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of hugh grant whimsy . ",1
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . ,1
"for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck 's film from coming together . ",0
"when mr . hundert tells us in his narration that 'this is a story without surprises , ' we nod in agreement . ",0
so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines . ,0
a bravura exercise in emptiness . ,0
"one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . . . . stylistically , the movie is a disaster . ",0
the only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles M-^V several of them . ,0
like being trapped at a perpetual frat party . . . how can something so gross be so boring ? ,0
"this is a nicely handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch . ",1
"[ swimfan ] falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting . ",0
almost as offensive as `` freddy got fingered . `` ,0
any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainment . ,0
yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents . ,0
"bluto blutarsky , we miss you . ",0
lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . ,1
"none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere . ",1
"it represents better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience . ",1
it 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground . ,0
"it 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style . ",1
the most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone 's flawed but staggering once upon a time in america . ,1
the problem is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball . ,0
"[ t ] here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n ' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them . ",0
a wildly funny prison caper . ,1
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d . ,1
i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays . ,0
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids . ",1
"satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity . ",1
"a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . ",1
the mantra behind the project seems to have been 'it 's just a kids ' flick . ' translation : 'we do n't need to try very hard . ' ,0
fans of nijinsky will savor every minute of cox 's work . ,1
makes even the claustrophobic on-board quarters seem fun . ,1
to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor . ,0
"each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception . ",0
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . ",1
boring and meandering . ,0
"a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire . ",1
a film that suffers because of its many excesses . ,0
. . . manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal . ,1
"windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live . ",1
"in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh . ",0
"a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience . ",1
this dubious product of a college-spawned ( colgate u . ) comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a mix of cheech and chong and chips . ,0
a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be . ,0
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence . ,0
"what you would end up with if you took orwell , bradbury , kafka , george lucas and the wachowski brothers and threw them into a blender . but that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients . ",0
it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so ,0
formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . ,0
"it 's burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown . ",1
"i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . it 's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun . ",0
this story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments . ,1
melodrama with a message . ,1
"fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . ",1
"while the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation . ",0
[ l ] ame and unnecessary . ,0
i firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon . i also believe that resident evil is not it . ,0
it 's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge . ,0
"it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . ",1
"its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life . ",0
the gantzes ' interviews tend to let the guys off the hook . ,0
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold . ",1
"the genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates . ",1
this version does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre . ,1
you 'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold . yet the act is still charming here . ,1
". . . a good , if not entirely fresh , look at war . ",1
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . ,1
"an artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
"allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duraciM-sn ",1
"there 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on three or four more endings . ",0
a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the new age . ,1
"entertaining enough , but nothing new ",0
"this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party . ",0
". . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games . ",1
"a journey that 's too random and inconclusive to be compelling , but which hoffman 's brilliance almost makes worth taking . ",0
strange and beautiful film . ,1
made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss . ,0
"the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi . ",0
"doug liman , the director of bourne , directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses damon 's ability to be focused and sincere . ",1
"the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself . she 's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life . ",0
none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think . ,0
"in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic . ",0
"merely as a technical , logistical feat , russian ark marks a cinematic milestone . ",1
"an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism . ",0
"90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping . ",0
even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney . ,0
"a predictable , manipulative stinker . the story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge . ",0
"it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating . ",0
"the low-budget full frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother . ",0
"ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . ",1
"a woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect . ",0
"maybe leblanc thought , `` hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . `` ",0
shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors . . . ,0
". . . unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . ",0
too bad kramer could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up . ,0
"the plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling . ",0
"wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ? ",1
"shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high . ",1
[ majidi ] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day . ,1
a thoughtful look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 . ,1
the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . ,0
"strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre . ",1
"the actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but viewers do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types . ",0
flounders due to the general sense that no two people working on the production had exactly the same thing in mind . ,0
"building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise . ",1
"the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful . ",1
this is n't a `` friday `` worth waiting for . ,0
the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . ,1
its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story . ,1
"a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . he may have meant the internet short saving ryan 's privates . but windtalkers does n't beat that one , either . ",0
"although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out . ",0
simply does n't have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time . ,0
a film that loses sight of its own story . ,0
"it 's harmless , diverting fluff . but it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre . ",0
a bit too eager to please . ,0
"one of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating . ",0
intimate and panoramic . ,1
"basically , it 's pretty but dumb . ",0
earnest but heavy-handed . ,0
"the continued good chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained . ",1
the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart . ,0
this charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make jay and silent bob 's excellent adventure seem understated . ,0
"thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings . ",1
"it 's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary . ",0
( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . ,1
"skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor . ",1
. . . an enjoyably frothy 'date movie ' . . . ,1
"although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants , dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell . ",1
just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer . ,1
the cartoon that is n't really good enough to be on afternoon tv is now a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters . ,0
"anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly . ",0
"instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos . ",0
plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast were sending up . ,0
"it is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems . ",1
"the images are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker 's misfit artist is concerned . ",0
what 's next : `` my mother the car ? `` ,0
"those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals . ",0
"illiterate , often inert sci-fi action thriller . ",0
a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy . ,1
the film 's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling . ,0
"though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before . ",0
"there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year . unfortunately , they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo 's life imaginable . ",1
canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people . ,1
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullock 's best work in some time . ",1
"after a while , hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . ",0
"to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy . ",0
"between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism . ",1
"at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue . ",0
"the best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance . ",0
"here , adrian lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get . ",1
"angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . ",1
"birthday girl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments . ",1
puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman . ,1
it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart ,1
"a few artsy flourishes aside , narc is as gritty as a movie gets these days . ",1
has something to say . . . but it is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller . ,0
"as banal as the telling may be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention . ",1
"this toothless dog , already on cable , loses all bite on the big screen . ",0
the only thing in pauline and paulette that you have n't seen before is a scene featuring a football field-sized oriental rug crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers . ,0
"the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . ",0
"it does n't quite work , but there 's enough here to make us look forward to the russos ' next offering . ",0
ferrara 's best film in years . ,1
the first half bursts with a goofy energy previous disney films only used for a few minutes here and there . ,1
"scotland , pa . is a strangely drab romp . some studio pizazz might have helped . ",0
"run , do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen . ",1
"you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . thumbs down . ",0
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 . ' the filmmakers might want to look it up . ,0
"it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy ! ",0
technically and artistically inept . ,0
desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats . ,0
"in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players . ",1
this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines . ,0
the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film . ,0
despite its flaws . . . belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn . ,1
"the film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next . ",0
a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances . ,1
"every joke is repeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ? ",0
"a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in iran . ",1
"overall , interesting as a documentary -- but not very imaxy . ",1
ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese 'cultural revolution . ' ,1
a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world . ,1
shallow . ,0
almost peerlessly unsettling . ,1
"if you 're a crocodile hunter fan , you 'll enjoy at least the `` real `` portions of the film . if you 're looking for a story , do n't bother . ",0
has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke . ,1
"a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time . ",1
"everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend . it goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste . ",0
"not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics . ",1
darkly funny and frequently insightful . ,1
"without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie . ",0
it gets old quickly . watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through . ,0
"charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy . ",1
"the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst 's forced avuncular chortles . ",1
"a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into . ",0
"byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground . ",1
represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen . ,0
"while cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it 's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem . ",1
"while puerile men dominate the story , the women shine . ",1
the master of disaster - it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy . ,0
"no sophomore slump for director sam mendes , who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand . ",1
"if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake . personally , i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet . ",0
jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama . ,1
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles . ,0
"despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , the man who wrote rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this . ",0
stephen earnhart 's homespun documentary mule skinner blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens . ,1
pumpkin wants to have it both ways . ,0
this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : al pacino loathing robin williams . ,1
the subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one . ,0
"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch . ",0
"one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution . ",0
"the film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . but M-^E in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has M-^V ironically - distanced us from the characters . ",1
"do n't judge this one too soon - it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going . ",1
there are moments of hilarity to be had . ,1
"one of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever . ",1
lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i could n't help being captivated by it . ,1
"we never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity . ",0
"greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill ",1
"the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public ",1
maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements . ,1
"a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike . ",1
"after seeing swept away , i feel sorry for madonna . ",0
has the feel of an unedited personal journal . ,0
"it is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ) . ",0
the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts . ,0
"a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . ",1
"if you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart . this is the best star trek movie in a long time . ",1
"a reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , spielberg knows how to tell us about people . ",1
"if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . ",1
a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here . ,0
"it 's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long . ",0
"sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwick , it 's a sitcom without the snap-crackle . ",0
it 's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly . ,0
"while locals will get a kick out of spotting cleveland sites , the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning coen brothers envious . ",1
overly long and worshipful bio-doc . ,0
the story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence . ,0
"i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is always possible . ",1
"muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious . ",0
you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic ! ,0
"one of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but . . . also one of the most curiously depressing . ",1
"the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . ",0
made by jackasses for jackasses . ,0
"'all in all , reign of fire will be a good ( successful ) rental . ' ",0
"thoughtful , even stinging at times , and lots of fun . ",1
"as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them . ",0
his work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories . ,1
"not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season . ",1
"exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming . ",1
intelligent and moving . ,1
offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . ,1
"if it 's possible for a sequel to outshine the original , then sl2 does just that . ",1
the film sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects . ,1
"an uplifting , largely bogus story . ",0
"overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper . ",0
"on its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist byatt . ",1
it makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens ,0
. . . the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see . ,1
an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening . ,0
some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darker . ,1
"who knows what exactly godard is on about in this film , but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you . ",1
it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull . ,0
it 's as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works . ,1
what makes this film special is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context . ,1
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality . ,1
". . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams . ",1
the rollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey . ,0
returning director rob minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joel rubin . . . have done a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age . ,1
"de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen 's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . ",0
"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men is finally just one long drag . ",0
"the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take . ",0
it 's drab . it 's uninteresting . it squanders chan 's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt ! ,0
"an awfully good , achingly human picture . ",1
"being unique does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke . ",0
about as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local drive through . ,0
"like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well . ",1
"what you get with empire is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead . ",0
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . ,0
nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows . ,0
"there 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title . ",0
"this pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend , but if saccharine earnestness were a crime , the film 's producers would be in the clink for life . ",0
"this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect . ",1
"if myers decides to make another austin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil . ",0
"between the drama of cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results . ",1
the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ' ,1
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others . ,1
"denis o'neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others . ",0
two hours of junk . ,0
"a resonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution . ",1
"visually , 'santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative . ",1
"decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . the unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful . ",1
"it is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill ",0
"the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came . ",1
"en sM-m mismo el rey leM-sn es un espectM-aculo digno de contemplarse en cine , dvd o en su soberbio montaje teatral ; pero el hacerlo en la pantalla imax es una experiencia colosal . ",1
i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness . ,1
"as conceived by mr . schaeffer , christopher and grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell . ",0
"spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t know an orc from a uruk-hai . ",1
the film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go . ,0
"like its predecessor , it 's no classic , but it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate . ",1
"if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . ",0
"before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . ",0
"hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it 's heading . ",0
[ crystal and de niro ] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing . ,0
this is really just another genre picture . ,0
a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . there is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them . ,1
"the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable . ",0
"most of the problems with the film do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved ",0
"'divertida , enternecedora , universal y profundamente sincera , es una de las mejores comedias romM-anticas en mucho tiempo . una verdadera delicia . ' ",1
"i 'm guessing the director is a magician . after all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long . ",0
a byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido . ,1
"this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics . ",1
"limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly . ",0
horrible ,0
it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . ,0
what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ? ,0
"a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions . ",1
"i kept thinking over and over again , 'i should be enjoying this . ' but i was n't . ",0
"the makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . i like frank the pug , though . ",0
"there 's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent . ",0
the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects . ,0
"a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well . ",1
it 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infectious . ,1
"audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . ",1
"kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshner wins , but it 's close . ) ",0
every so often a movie comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it . the new guy is one of them . ,0
it 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins . ,0
"although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . ",0
"dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny . ",1
a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion . ,1
"divertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy . ",0
"an easy watch , except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character . ",0
i 'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment . ,0
"it 's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world . ",1
"jonah is only so-so . . . the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it . ",0
director boris von sychowski instead opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through . ,0
"[ hayek ] throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . ",1
"the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride . ",1
feels less like a change in [ herzog 's ] personal policy than a half-hearted fluke . ,0
"silly , loud and goofy . ",0
"4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly . ",0
"chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement . ",1
"while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points . ",0
"a cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big , four-legged herbivore . ",1
"high crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort . ",1
malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . ,0
"`` 13 conversations `` holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point . ",1
"there are a couple of things that elevate `` glory `` above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall . ",1
"so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat . ",0
"the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness . ",1
"instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film 's more determined to become the next texas chainsaw massacre . but what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ? ",0
"even if it is generally amusing from time to time , i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have . ",0
"why come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from shirley jackson , richard matheson . . . and puke up something like rose red ? ",0
"in many ways , reminiscent of 1992 's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue . ",1
"thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together . ",0
a solid examination of the male midlife crisis . ,1
"velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene . ",0
"mr . goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way . ",0
as happily glib and vicious as its characters . ,0
"it 's not that kung pow is n't funny some of the time -- it just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all oedekerk 's impish augmentation . ",0
"it puts washington , as honest working man john q . archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher . ",0
the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons `` fantasy with modern military weaponry . . . ,1
". . . a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original . ",1
demeo is not without talent ; he just needs better material . ,0
". . . generically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish . ",0
a harmless and mildly amusing family comedy . ,0
"though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees . ",1
"eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot . ",0
"the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale ",0
"i admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending . ",1
director chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking . ,0
"this is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak . ",1
"to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs . sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement . ",0
"you might not want to hang out with samantha , but you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story . ",1
diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance ,0
"payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast . ",0
fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . and forget about any attempt at a plot ! ,0
"in the end , we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love , chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest . ",0
ali 's graduation from little screen to big is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier . ,1
"elaborate special effects take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side . ",0
u . s . audiences may find [ attal and gainsbourg 's ] unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typically concocts . ,1
has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly inhabited a character ? it is now . ,1
makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience . ,0
"with minimal imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub . ",0
"releasing a film with the word 'dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and snow dogs deserves every single one of them . ",0
the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down . ,0
"despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break . ",0
"collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9/11 , an antique , in the end . as are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness . ",0
chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . ,1
"it 's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously . ",1
"in exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if i 'd been sitting naked on an igloo , formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey . ",0
fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . ,0
"it 's sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun . ",0
a clever blend of fact and fiction . ,1
the performances are remarkable . ,1
good-naturedly cornball sequel . ,1
"this breezy caper movie becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are . ",1
"each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as brother-man vs . the man . ",1
"even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy . ",0
the directive to protect the code at all costs also begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge ,1
cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio . ,1
"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood . ",0
"excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters . ",0
the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the [ teen comedy ] genre a bad name . ,0
"there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture . ",0
everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized . ,0
"with recent tensions rekindled by the kathleen soliah trial and the upcoming trial of sla members emily and william harris , not to mention sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate fire 's bright side . ",0
the cast comes through even when the movie does n't . ,1
the plot 's contrivances are uncomfortably strained . ,0
"ms . phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening . ",0
the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled . ,0
lazily directed by charles stone iii . . . from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis . ,0
"occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . ",1
labute was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public . ,0
psychologically revealing . ,1
"trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause . . . . then , something terrible happens . ",0
a comic gem with some serious sparkles . ,1
"nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah . ",0
"a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama 's family . ",0
"if you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then . ",0
"if h . g . wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . ' ",0
"fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film . ",1
"however sincere it may be , the rising place never quite justifies its own existence . ",0
"[ russell ] makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards . ",1
"the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack . ",0
"i approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise . ",0
an incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . ,0
"a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart . ",1
"one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know was being taken . ",1
"sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . and in this regard , on guard delivers . ",1
"together , miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey . ",1
". . . the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . there 's already been too many of these films . . . ",0
"majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places . ",1
"there are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door . the same should go for movie theaters . ",0
"in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar . ",0
"a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes . ",1
"call me a wimp , but i cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film . ",1
"a compassionate , moving portrait of an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp . ",1
i loved the look of this film . ,1
"the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giants ' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed . ",0
george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension . ,1
"filled with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience . ",1
"when it 's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it 's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper . ",0
. . . there is enough originality in 'life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens . ,1
very well-written and very well-acted . ,1
highly engaging . ,1
"full frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . by that measure , it is a failure . ",0
"this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part . ",1
it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . ,0
"vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . ",1
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . ,0
bouquet gives a performance that is masterly . ,1
less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan . ,0
"like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely . ",1
"suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is . ",1
"alex nohe 's documentary plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget nc-17 version of tank girl . ",0
"quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to . ",1
there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all . ,1
but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ; it 's about a very human one . ,1
ja rule and kurupt should have gotten to rap . it would have benefitted the dialogue . ,0
"given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is . ",0
"the quiet american is n't a bad film , it 's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar . ",1
"the tuxedo was n't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , 'hungry-man portions of bad ' . ",0
"this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller . ",1
mctiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . ,0
. . . a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional . ,0
"unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such 'have-yourself-a-happy-little-holocaust ' movies as life is beautiful and jakob the liar , the grey zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in auschwitz . ",1
this overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . hmmmM-^Emight i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ? ,0
". . . expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape . ",0
a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive potency . ,0
"[ carvey 's ] characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark . ",0
"squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare . ",0
"you really have to salute writer-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch . ",1
director clare kilner 's debut is never as daft as it should have been . ,0
"instead of panoramic sweep , kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust . ",0
"if this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards , more power to it . ",0
it 's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing . ,1
"poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . ",0
"the very definition of the 'small ' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher . ",1
"it has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame . ",1
"with elements cribbed from lang 's metropolis , welles ' kane , and eisenstein 's potemkin , the true wonder of rintarM-t 's metropolis is the number of lasting images all its own . ",1
"the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched . ",0
". . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . ",0
"as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers . ",1
"whatever about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards , someone should dispense the same advice to film directors . ",0
"a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world . ",1
"essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off of aliens . ",1
all these developments and challenges facing santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility . ,0
"portentous and pretentious , the weight of water is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama . ",0
"all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject . ",0
ruh-roh ! romething 's really wrong with this ricture ! ,0
"truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before . ",0
". . . while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare 's macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention . ",0
woody allen has really found his groove these days . the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another . ,0
"there is very little dread or apprehension , and though i like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill . ",0
"'almodM-svar logra un filme entraM-qable , lleno de compasiM-sn , comprensiM-sn , amor , amistad , esperanza y humanidad que es sencillamente inolvidable . ' ",1
"director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here . ",0
"given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is , this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done . ",0
"the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard . ",0
as it stands it 's an opera movie for the buffs . ,0
"by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived . ",0
"while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . ",0
it 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look . ,1
i do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version . but i do . ,1
"flawed , but worth seeing for ambrose 's performance . ",1
worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . ,1
"amid the clichM-i and foreshadowing , cage manages a degree of casual realism . . . that is routinely dynamited by blethyn . ",0
"unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . ",1
"the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is . ",0
i do n't think i 've been as entranced and appalled by an asian film since shinya tsukamoto 's iron man . ,1
"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 . ",0
fulford-wierzbicki . . . deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen . ,1
there 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl . ,1
"at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion . ",0
"the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality . ",0
"for the future , one hopes mr . plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter . ",0
"simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn . ",0
"screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability . ",0
its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since sept . 11 ) . ,0
exists then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise . ,0
much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie . ,0
either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks . ,1
"astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild . ",0
zigzag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted . ,0
"a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year 's very best pictures . ",1
this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wan na have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment . ,1
a hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face . ,0
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games . ,0
grating and tedious . ,0
"humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention . ",0
it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . you could put it on a coffee table anywhere . ,0
"what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence . ",0
less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990 . ,1
comedy troupe broken lizard 's first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot . ,0
"if you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work . much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments . . . ",1
it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark . ,1
"every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . half past dead is just such an achievement . ",0
its director 's most substantial feature for some time . ,1
"k-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy saving private ryanovich . ",0
"writer-director randall wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic . ",0
those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find what time is it there ? well worth the time . ,1
"philip k . dick must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach . ",0
"you do n't need to know your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california . ",1
what kids will discover is a new collectible . what parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial . ,0
"despite slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours . ",0
great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex . ,1
"as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . ",1
features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever . ,1
"pascale bailly 's rom-com provides amM-ilie 's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest . ",0
"a dull , dumb and derivative horror film . ",0
"message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular ? alas , it 's neither . ",0
"[ director peter ] jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not . ",1
"it 's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous full frontal . ",1
beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling . . . recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly . ,1
"the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment . ",1
"hip-hop has a history , and it 's a metaphor for this love story . ",1
"a combination of standard , stiff tv-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move . ",0
"`` men in black ii , `` has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but will anyone really care ? ",0
distinctly sub-par . . . more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine . ,0
"performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances . ",1
"it kinda works and qualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . ",0
"[ allen 's ] been making piffle for a long while , and hollywood ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now . ",0
the leanest and meanest of solondz 's misanthropic comedies . ,1
". . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young gaghan 's resume . ",1
birot 's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honorM-i ) is n't so much bad as it is bland . ,0
one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre . ,1
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications . . . that have no bearing on the story . ,0
"unspools like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers . ",0
"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 . ",0
walsh ca n't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm . ,0
"a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome . ",1
newcomer helmer kevin donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept M-^V a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman . ,0
"good for a few unintentional laughs , `` extreme ops `` was obviously made for the `` xxx `` crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction . ",0
"smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers . ",1
. . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers . ,0
the director 's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff . ,0
the umpteenth summer skinny dip in jerry bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle . ,0
i 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute . ,1
billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse . ,0
"often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ? into how long is this movie ? ",0
the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier . ,0
"what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else . ",0
"there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes , plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme . ",0
flaunts its quirky excesses like a new year 's eve drunk sporting a paper party hat . ,0
"lM-astima por schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones . ",0
the movie is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old 'juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot . ,0
"the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring . ",1
"if somebody was bored and . . . decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they 'd come up with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler . ",0
"if you pitch your expectations at an all time low , you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce . ",0
"sunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed . ",0
"if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . ",1
"it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi . ",0
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion . ,0
abderrahmane sissako 's heremakono ( waiting for happiness ) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences . ,1
new best friend should n't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video . ,0
narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself . ,0
one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade . ,1
"it takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as 'worse than expected , ' but ghost ship somehow manages to do exactly that . ",0
your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn . ,0
"[ drumline ] is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do . ",1
. . . [ a ] strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense . ,0
"an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in music video . ",1
the pianist is polanski 's best film . ,1
"the message of such reflections -- intentional or not -- is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one . ",1
. . . a pretentious mess . . . ,0
a woman 's pic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken . ,1
"just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . or a profit . or some damn thing . ",0
a dreary movie . ,0
happy times maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it . ,1
. . . pray does n't have a passion for the material . he nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race . ,1
. . . with `` the bourne identity `` we return to the more traditional action genre . ,1
this mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost . ,0
"try as i may , i ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , 'thank you ! ' when leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie . ",0
"at 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer . ",0
what sets ms . birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents . ,1
"has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape . ",0
"like its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through , the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover . ",0
"bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves . ",1
"is red dragon worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies ? as hannibal would say , yes , 'it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' . ",1
"the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it takes your breath away . ",1
"delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for . ",1
"a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional . ",1
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . ,0
". curiously , super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length . ",0
"eight legged freaks is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer . ",1
a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over . ,1
"the whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by . ",1
"it 's all about anakin . . . and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect . ",1
"evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn . ",1
"a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice . ",1
my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake . ,1
"everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . ",0
a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard . . . and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels . ,1
a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama that should bolster director and co-writer juan josM-i campanella 's reputation in the united states . ,1
"[ grant 's ] bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle . ",1
"true to its animatronic roots : . . . as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus . . . 'the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation . ",0
"a restrained ribisi convinces as an italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones . ",0
"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . ",0
"on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it . ",0
a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters . ,1
"the french director has turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing . ",0
"see it now , before the inevitable hollywood remake flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles . ",1
a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours . ,1
shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting . ,0
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . ,1
there is nothing redeeming about this movie . ,0
"expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery . ",0
"a road trip that will get you thinking , 'are we there yet ? ' ",0
"the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc . ",0
". . . a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . ",0
"if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy . ",1
"i 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . ",0
discursive but oddly riveting documentary . ,1
nearly every attempt at humor here is doa . ,0
"like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen . ",0
"oops , she 's really done it this time . that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel . ",0
"there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch . ",1
less than fresh . ,0
"the work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims . ",1
"for movie lovers as well as opera lovers , tosca is a real treat . ",1
ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon ,1
hits one out of the park for the 'they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department . ,1
"[ garbus ] discards the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation . ",0
one sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . ,0
it reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death . ,1
"driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm . . . the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs . ",1
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap hollywood tension . ,0
"though not for everyone , the guys is a somber trip worth taking . ",1
"the path ice age follows most closely , though , is the one established by warner bros . giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release . ",1
achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium . ,1
tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too often . ,0
"like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being , the hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable `` novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right . ",1
"filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi . ",1
"paid in full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma 's scarface . that 's a cheat . ",0
"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked . ",0
munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . he watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . his scenes are short and often unexpected . ,1
"if this dud had been made in the '70s , it would have been called the hills have antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins . ",0
the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . ,1
. . . the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes `` what time is it there ? `` something the true film buff will enjoy . ,1
it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that . ,1
. . . spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative . ,1
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest . ,0
"' . . . the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . ' ",1
"unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes . ",0
a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . ,0
"sadly , 'garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as 'wayne . ' ",0
"colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory . ",1
solondz is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining . ,1
"in an effort , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy . ",0
amazingly dopey . ,0
take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen and all you have left are john leguizamo 's cool jackets . ,0
"everything else about high crimes is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented . ",0
the film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition . ,1
"while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary . ",0
this is pretty dicey material . but some unexpected zigs and zags help . ,1
"well before it 's over , beijing bicycle begins spinning its wheels . ",0
"nair 's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances . ",1
"nair does n't use [ monsoon wedding ] to lament the loss of culture . instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions . ",1
i liked this film a lot . . . ,1
what `` empire `` lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart . ,1
"smart and alert , thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem . ",1
one of the greatest films i 've ever seen . ,1
"no worse a film than breaking out , and breaking out was utterly charming . ",1
"`` analyze that `` is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original . ",0
a clichM-id and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men . ,0
"ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing . ",0
hayek is stunning as frida and . . . a star-making project . ,1
a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation . ,1
"a pale xerox of other , better crime movies . ",0
too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped . ,0
one groan-inducing familiarity begets another . ,0
mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming was witty . mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness . ,0
take care of my cat offers a refreshingly different slice of asian cinema . ,1
there 's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance . ,0
compellingly watchable . ,1
"the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . ",0
"if villainous vampires are your cup of blood , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest . ",1
"this is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . mr . scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated . ",1
"since lee is a sentimentalist , the film is more worshipful than your random e ! true hollywood story . ",0
"the film 's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen . ",1
"george , hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please . ",0
a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic . ,1
to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr . freud . ,1
k 19 stays afloat as decent drama/action flick ,1
this is the best american movie about troubled teens since 1998 's whatever . ,1
friday after next is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans . ,0
"romanek keeps the film constantly taut . . . reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score . ",1
"the directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep . but the actors make this worth a peek . ",1
does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background . ,1
"`` spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff . if you 're a comic fan , you ca n't miss it . if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . `` ",1
. . . a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life . ,1
just not campy enough ,0
. . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ,1
"nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release . ",0
deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits . ,0
"too often , son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment `` will occur and not `` if . `` ",1
top-notch action powers this romantic drama . ,1
it 's hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong . ,0
"it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like hatfield and hicks . ",1
"best of all is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man . ",1
a cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man . ,0
you may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie . ,0
"after making several adaptations of other writers ' work , armenian-canadian director atom egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject . ",1
comes off like a bad imitation of the bard . ,0
"as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makes two hours feel like four . ",0
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood . ,1
"the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . ",1
"shamelessly resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail ",1
too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining . ,0
"a small fortune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek ) . ",0
"it 's fun , but the code-talk will fly right over everyone 's head ",1
"when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , 'hey , kool-aid ! ' ",0
"compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get . ",1
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made christmas card . ,1
"initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama . ",0
"where last time jokes flowed out of cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines . ",0
a ragbag of cliches . ,0
an unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood . ,1
it 's exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making . ,0
watching beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it . ,1
"before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story . . . is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience . ",0
"directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft . ",1
"'it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . ' ",0
"passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . ",1
"' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . ' ",1
"very well made , but does n't generate a lot of tension . ",0
"whenever you think you 've figured out late marriage , it throws you for a loop . ",1
"nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . ",0
"twenty years later , e . t . is still a cinematic touchstone . ",1
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
"more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet . ",1
"myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . ",0
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that works . ,1
"pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical . ",1
"a broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right . ",0
cuts right through the b . s . giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up `` to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another . ,1
"the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom . ",0
"while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle . ",0
"i realized that no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was making no sense at all . ",0
how i killed my father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only it never melts . ,0
"it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination . ",0
"it 's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress . ",0
the talk-heavy film plays like one of robert altman 's lesser works . ,0
"elegant and eloquent [ meditation ] on death and that most elusive of passions , love . ",1
"whereas last year 's exemplary sexy beast seemed to revitalize the british gangster movie , this equally brutal outing merely sustains it . ",0
"it takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding . ",1
it 's mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like punch-drunk love . ,0
a long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been . ,0
"the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes . ",0
"unlike his directorial efforts , la femme nikita and the professional , the transporter lacks besson 's perspective as a storyteller . ",0
"reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining . ",1
"so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
it 's exactly what you 'd expect . ,0
the movie has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects . ,1
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way . ,1
diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful . ,1
"lends itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial disney boy movie . ",1
"watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown . ",1
good ol ' urban legend stuff . ,1
"a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . ",1
a movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lil ' bow wow . ,1
wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men . ,1
"you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting . the movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll . ",1
a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire . ,1
"big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level . ",0
"if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters , he does n't hold them in contempt . ",1
what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is ! ,0
"sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy . . . attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called 'my husband is travis bickle ' . ",1
"the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough . ",1
it 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before . ,0
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial . ,0
has the marks of a septuagenarian ; it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick . ,0
denis and co-writer michele petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . lead provocatuers testud and parmentier give superlative performances ,1
great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood . ,1
"the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written . . . in the thrall of a vicious hangover . ",0
"generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it 's not without style . ",0
"hatosy . . . portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue . ",1
"the story line may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amaro . . . could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment . ",1
'barbershop `` is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story . ,1
the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread . ,1
'enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . a waste of good performances . ,0
morvern rocks . ,1
the latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen . ,0
this film 's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation . ,0
"the ending does n't work . . . but most of the movie works so well i 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong . ",0
"the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations ",1
"like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable . ",0
the formula is familiar but enjoyable . ,1
"there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosions start , they fall to pieces . ",0
"weird , vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste . ",1
here 's a self-congratulatory 3d imax rah-rah . ,0
this movie . . . does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is . ,0
the film 's bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place . ,0
warmed-over tarantino by way of wannabe elmore leonard . ,0
"drives for the same kind of bittersweet , conciliatory tone that three seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality . ",0
"the movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle . ",1
"this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself . ",0
"the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill . ",1
"however clever nelson has been in providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging , the question remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release . ",0
nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity . . . ,1
"if mr . zhang 's subject matter is , to some degree at least , quintessentially american , his approach to storytelling might be called iranian . ",1
it 's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again . ,1
"a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man . . . about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy . ",1
"director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . ",1
"greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders . ",1
"what with the incessant lounge music playing in the film 's background , you may mistake love liza for an adam sandler chanukah song . ",0
a charmer from belgium . ,1
"all-in-all , the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us . ",1
"the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone . ",0
"everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones . ",0
we want the funk - and this movie 's got it . ,1
it recycles every clichM-i about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera . ,0
"so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully . ",0
"no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels . ",1
"it 's [ ricci 's ] best work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will . ",1
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today . ,1
"pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . what results is the best performance from either in years . ",1
"well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull . ",1
"there is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out . ",1
"not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at . ",0
"payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business . ",1
australian filmmaker david flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them . ,1
"if religious films are n't your bailiwick , stay away . otherwise , this could be a passable date film . ",0
"even in its most tedious scenes , russian ark is mesmerizing . ",1
"call me a cynic , but there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message . ",0
"scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . ",1
this overproduced and generally disappointing effort is n't likely to rouse the rush hour crowd . ,0
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 . ,1
"`` my god , i 'm behaving like an idiot ! `` yes , you are , ben kingsley . ",0
the overall effect is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood sellouts . ,0
sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house . ,0
"as it stands , there 's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more . ",0
"whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . if horses could fly , this is surely what they 'd look like . ",1
the best film about baseball to hit theaters since field of dreams . ,1
"i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold ! the movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance . ",1
knockaround guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up . but they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail . ,0
"a pleasant , if forgettable , romp of a film . ",1
"full of witless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogyny ",0
"what 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class . ",0
"jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . ",1
"it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul . ",1
neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn . ,0
"disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself . ",1
"while [ hill ] has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film . ",0
"the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor . ",1
"the funny thing is , i did n't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit . ",1
new yorkers always seem to find the oddest places to dwell . . . ,0
the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . `` it may as well be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie . `` it 's that painful . ,0
"the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . ",1
M-^E is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awful . ,0
warmed-over hash . ,0
sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . ,1
"a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism . ",1
viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget . ,1
"chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . ",1
as vulgar as it is banal . ,0
admirably ambitious but self-indulgent . ,0
a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence . ,1
"too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good . ",0
ice cube holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance . . . ,1
. . . one resurrection too many . ,0
"without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelstrM-vm is just another winter sleepers . ",0
"it 's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . but on the whole , you 're gon na like this movie . ",1
a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book . ,1
"in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in . ",0
"the title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well . ",0
the film starts out as competent but unremarkable . . . and gradually grows into something of considerable power . ,1
"as gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy , clean-cut dahmer ( jeremy renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge . ",0
"it 's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story ",1
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker . ,1
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen . ,0
"halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . it 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy . ",0
"the gags , and the script , are a mixed bag . ",0
it 's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form . ,1
"mr . tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and what time is it there ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor . ",1
the limited sets and small confined and dark spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie . ,1
". . . has about 3/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake- of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity . ",0
it is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished . the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward . ,0
the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard ( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ) is that it 's not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered . ,0
greg kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior . ,1
"aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol 's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it . ",1
an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differencesM-^E the chM-bteau is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . ,1
"tambor and clayburgh make an appealing couple M-^W he 's understated and sardonic , she 's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better . ",0
"contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster . ",0
"while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth . ",1
"sad nonsense , this . but not without cheesy fun factor . ",0
"leigh 's daring here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other . ",1
"the characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter . ",0
"dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation . it haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away . ah yes , and then there 's the music . . . ",1
"'charly ' will divide its audience in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy . . . ",1
"jaw-droppingly superficial , straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company . ",0
"complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold . ",0
"[ f ] rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels . ",1
"with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool . ",0
"when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs . woo , it looks like woo 's a p . o . w . ",0
"whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity . ",1
"'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrM-sn de orquM-mdeas es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . ' ",1
"city by the sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes . but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing . ",0
"'film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . ' ",1
the film 's essentially over by the meet-cute . ,0
"the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television- caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy . ",0
"despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [ seinfeld 's ] revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . ",0
an asian neo-realist treasure . ,1
no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess . ,0
it 's all pretty tame . the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it . ,0
"[ lawrence bounces ] all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place . ",1
"cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth . ",0
"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . another great M-^Qwhat you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances ",1
"the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children . ",0
let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : stay home . ,0
one fantastic ( and educational ) documentary . ,1
"despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show . . . represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it . ",1
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most 'right-thinking ' films . ,1
toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away . ,1
"a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty . ",1
"this english-language version . . . does full honor to miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters . ",1
a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats . ,0
"nair just does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy . ",0
"bisset delivers a game performance , but she is unable to save the movie . ",0
"[ the kid 's ] just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow . ",0
wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . ,1
another rent installment for the ian fleming estate . ,0
"oh , it 's extreme , all right . extremely dumb . extremely confusing . extremely boring . ",0
"if you 're burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for . it depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept . ",1
alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience . ,1
a compelling journey . . . and `` his best friend remembers `` is up there with the finest of specials . ,1
"director kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . ",1
"the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart . ",1
"well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special . ",0
". . . a story we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as americans , and human beings , should know . ",1
throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment . ,1
"lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings . ",0
"pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . ",1
"while the story 's undeniably hard to follow , iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce . ",1
"whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes . ",0
"there is no entry portal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . ",0
"it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look . ",1
"the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia . ",0
"although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol ' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke . ",0
the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . any rock pile will do for a set . reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap . ,0
the film did n't convince me that calvin jr . 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side . ,0
offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere . ,1
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . ,1
"the characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life . ",1
"beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . ",1
"whether [ binoche and magimel ] are being charming or angst-ridden , they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria . ",1
"life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . ",0
"a loud , ugly , irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target . ",0
"zany , exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure . ",1
"other than a mildly engaging central romance , hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst . ",0
"bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon . ",0
trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son . ,1
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 `` is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger . ",0
"an earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . it 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views . ",0
"though jones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and clichM-i . ",0
only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : anthony . hopkins . ,1
"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 . ",0
"all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents . ",1
"this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is . ",1
"no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film . ",0
a predictable and stereotypical little b-movie . ,0
the film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off . ,0
so lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun . ,0
"there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . ",1
"ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . ignore the reputation , and ignore the film . ",0
"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief . ",0
does n't amount to much of anything . ,0
maudlin and melodramatic we expected . boring we did n't . ,0
little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick . ,0
bennett 's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup perdition has a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake . ,1
"theology aside , why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story ? ",0
"gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichM-is . ",0
a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women . ,0
"an intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you 're getting its metaphysical point . ",1
a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age . ,1
"alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick . ",0
"it does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject . ",0
it 's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more . ,1
"you see robin williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz . ",0
"the movie does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us . ",0
an irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale . ,1
"moore 's complex and important film is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a david and goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out . ",1
this is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable . ,1
"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 . ",1
there 's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about . ,0
fluffy and disposible . ,0
"offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm . ",0
fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way . . . that feels very human and very true to life . ,1
"there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself . ",0
cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes . ,0
"it 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie . ",1
it 's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . ,1
the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film . ,0
anyone who can count to five ( the film 's target market ? ) can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going . ,0
"brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade . ",1
"the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame . ",1
bow 's best moments are when he 's getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores . ,1
"visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction . ",1
"christians sensitive to a reductionist view of their lord as a luv-spreading dr . feelgood or omnipotent slacker will feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise god for delivering such an instant camp classic . ",0
. . . a roller-coaster ride of a movie ,1
"wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . ",0
an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent . ,0
nothing more substantial than a fitfully clever doodle . ,0
"despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy . ",0
"scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . ",0
"as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe . ",1
alarms for duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks . ,0
"jacquot 's rendering of puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera . in his first stab at the form , jacquot takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically . ",0
"louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense . ",0
"es una de esas pelM-mculas de las que uno sale reconfortado , agradecido , genuinamente sorprendido . ",1
"after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father clichM-i has been unturned . but no . ",0
"unexpected , and often contradictory , truths emerge . ",1
it 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high . ,0
"gangs of new york is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up . ",0
a work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse . ,0
"some of seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . ",0
disjointed parody . ,0
stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time . ,0
a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt . ,0
an impressive hybrid . ,1
"it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise . ",1
"call this the full monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux . ",1
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet . ,1
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades ,0
"by the end of no such thing the audience , like beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster . ",1
"a superfluous sequel . . . plagued by that old familiar feeling of 'let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find . ",0
a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe . ,1
all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull . ,0
cinematic poo . ,0
"it 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what [ aniston ] has always needed to grow into a movie career . ",1
"plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story . ",0
"with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . ",1
"terrific performances , great to look at , and funny . a little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr . ",1
"whatever eyre 's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place . ",0
ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled . ,1
"this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable . ",0
"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable . ",1
"the inhospitability of the land emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time . ",1
a characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie . ,0
generally provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and ear candy to make its moral medicine go down . ,1
"pure of intention and passably diverting , his secret life is light , innocuous and unremarkable . ",0
"really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart . ",1
"the action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up . ",0
piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling . ,1
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue . ,1
"a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort . ",0
"perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated . ",0
a yawn-provoking little farm melodrama . ,0
bad company . bad movie . just plain bad . ,0
the date movie that franz kafka would have made . ,1
"the pairing does sound promising in theory . . . but their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners . ",0
not at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were i doubt it would be all that interesting . ,0
"though everything might be literate and smart , it never took off and always seemed static . ",1
the film offers an intriguing what-if premise . ,1
"even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold . ",1
"visits spy-movie territory like a novel you ca n't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last . ",1
"an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud . ",1
mckay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness ,0
[ a ] strong piece of work . ,1
some remarkable achival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jews who escaped the holocaust . ,1
"feels at times like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place . ",0
mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything . that 's because relatively nothing happens . ,0
"during the tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time , there is n't one true 'chan moment ' . ",0
do n't waste your money . ,0
"the plot is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults . ",0
"interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots . ",0
the film 's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferior to that of john . ,0
"there 's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination . ",0
"the whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels . ",0
russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage . ,1
has a shambling charm . . . a cheerfully inconsequential diversion . ,1
"a work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director eric byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy . ",1
to call the other side of heaven `` appalling `` would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be . ,0
"if this is the resurrection of the halloween franchise , it would have been better off dead . ",0
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground . ,0
"last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . it 's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective . ",1
"M-^Ea big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason . ",0
"quite frankly , i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out . ",0
"mild , meandering teen flick . ",0
. . . a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet . ,1
"russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features . ",0
"birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it . ",0
an overstuffed compendium of teen-catholic-movie dogma . ,0
the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul . . . he elevates the experience to a more mythic level . ,1
you wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies . ,1
a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for `` is given a full workout . ,1
"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 . ",1
a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late . ,0
"like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it 's never too late to learn . ",1
an eccentric little comic/thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality . ,0
an endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick . ,1
"nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . it 's horribly depressing and not very well done . ",0
the kind of spectacularly misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated . ,0
"i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake . ",0
"not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream american audience , but there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit . ",1
will anyone who is n't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it has n't gone straight to video ? ,0
"it 's so mediocre , despite the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction . ",0
"in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life . ",0
"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . ",1
the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher . ,0
i 'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about . ,0
audacious-impossible yet compelling . . . ,1
the film has several strong performances . ,1
it 's a charming and often affecting journey . ,1
"an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen . ",0
"once [ kim ] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard . ",0
"while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . ",1
"as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad . ",1
a charming but slight comedy . ,1
"it is an indelible epic american story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives . ",1
it just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on ( or be entertained by ) . ,0
judith and zaza 's extended bedroom sequence . . . is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics . ,1
"with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie . ",1
"the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr . day-lewis roars with leonine power . ",1
some movies blend together as they become distant memories . mention `` solaris `` five years from now and i 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share . ,1
"too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries . ",1
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . ,0
there is so much plodding sensitivity . ,0
"you may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet . ",1
"a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie . ",1
about as cutting-edge as pet rock : the movie . ,0
a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic . ,1
"it does n't do the original any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality . ",0
is it a comedy ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ? ,0
it 's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread . ,0
"though harris is affecting at times , he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities . ",0
"branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit . ",1
an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more . ,0
"graM-gas M-`s interaM-gM-ues entre seus personagens , o filme torna-se nM-co apenas uma histM-sria divertida sobre uma curiosa perseguiM-gM-co , mas tambM-im um belo estudo de personagens . ",1
one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals . . . a psychological masterpiece . ,1
befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject ,0
"preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment . ",1
"flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern 's thick , working-class scottish accent . ",0
it 's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant . ,1
"all ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click . ",0
"for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride . ",1
"jeong-hyang lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying . ",1
"a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole . ",0
lovely and poignant . puts a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with . ,1
"the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud . ",0
"while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , there 's nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration . ",0
one of those strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends . ,0
"a hypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life . ",1
"for anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out . ",1
jonathan parker 's bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films . ,0
a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . ,1
"few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with are terribly convincing , which is a pity , considering barry 's terrific performance . ",0
at its best ( and it does have some very funny sequences ) looking for leonard reminds you just how comically subversive silence can be . ,1
it shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit . ,0
"there 's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . ",0
"daring , mesmerizing and exceedingly hard to forget . ",1
a no-holds-barred cinematic treat . ,1
a muted freak-out ,1
"what saves it . . . and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice . ",1
"as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved . ",0
"it 's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought . ",1
amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances . ,1
worthy of the gong . ,0
schaefer 's . . . determination to inject farcical raunch . . . drowns out the promise of the romantic angle . ,0
tsai ming-liang has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point . ,1
"with jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . he fails . ",0
a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences . ,0
"think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star . ",0
"admirable , certainly , but not much fun to watch . for caine lovers only . ",0
"made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . the charming result is festival in cannes . ",1
"a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films . ",0
a very funny movie . ,1
a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . ,1
"alain choquart 's camera barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating . ",1
"fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers . ",0
huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty . ,1
"high on melodrama . but it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast . ",1
the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting . ,0
"never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline does n't live up to barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery . ",0
"if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act . ",1
it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . ,1
"divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances . ",1
"what 's the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it 's not as pathetic as the animal . ",0
"[ sports ] admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency . ",1
surprisingly insightful ,1
sometimes smart but more often sophomoric . ,0
"has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 `` at the end of its title . ",1
it 's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller . ,0
it 's just a little too self-satisfied . ,0
"as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance . ",1
the problem with all of this : it 's not really funny . ,0
"these are lives worth watching , paths worth following . ",1
"if deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good . but it was n't . ",0
"crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families . ",0
"a smart , witty follow-up . ",1
"the movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . killing time , that 's all that 's going on here . ",0
"even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities . ",0
"if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time . ",1
an inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of vietnamese refugees living in u . s . relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 . ,1
a glorious mess . ,1
"what we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance . ",0
bravo reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda . ,0
"the result is more depressing than liberating , but it 's never boring . ",1
"if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though . . . you will likely enjoy this monster . ",1
a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy . ,1
"if the count of monte cristo does n't transform caviezel into a movie star , then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago . ",1
delightfully rendered ,1
"wedding feels a bit anachronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin . ",1
"collateral damage offers formula payback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly . ",0
a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe . . . the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history . ,1
consummate actor barry has done excellent work here . ,1
even the digressions are funny . ,1
"uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof . ",1
brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day . ,1
you 'll end up moved . ,1
an hour and a half of joyful solo performance . ,1
"it 's unfortunate that wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue . ",0
it 's refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything . ,1
"going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber - it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through . ",1
"problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . ",0
"ultimately . . . the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults . ",0
"after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky . ",0
"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age . ",0
a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts . ,1
"a lack of thesis makes maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special . ",0
turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting . ,1
"this version 's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful . ",1
this is not a jackie chan movie . it 's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it . and that makes all the difference . ,0
"'si bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales . ' ",1
"one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . proof of this is ballistic : ecks vs . sever . ",0
"smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong . . . it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera . ",0
it 's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental . ,1
a smug and convoluted action-comedy that does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie . ,0
friday after next is a lot more bluster than bite . ,0
. . . watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . and if the hours wins 'best picture ' i just might . ,0
. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i 've seen in quite a long time . ,1
the hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone . ,0
oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material ,0
genuinely unnerving . ,1
kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night matthew was killed . ,1
"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 . ",1
the execution is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl . ,0
"deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness . ",0
buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichM-is and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr . chips off the old block . ,0
a cockeyed shot all the way . ,0
"sandra nettelbeck beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed martha as her heart begins to open . ",1
will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it . ,1
a tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship . ,0
so exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming . ,0
a biopic about crane 's life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video . ,1
"steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen . ",0
"a strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half . ",0
"so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned . ",0
some actors have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book . hugh grant and sandra bullock are two such likeable actors . ,1
at once half-baked and overheated . ,0
"lavishly , exhilaratingly tasteless . ",1
"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
under 15 ? a giggle a minute . over age 15 ? big fat waste of time . ,0
"amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way . ",0
"meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the- making . ",0
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool . ",1
"the crime matters less than the characters , although the filmmakers supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us . ",1
"with a confrontational stance , todd solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families . ",1
too clever by about nine-tenths . ,0
"once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back . ",0
pray has really done his subject justice . ,1
"like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it 's significant without being overstated . ",1
"it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood `` to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started . ",1
about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . ,0
"a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable . ",0
a surprisingly funny movie . ,1
"i ca n't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents . . . ",0
"opens as promising as any war/adventure film you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` glory : a soldier 's story . `` ",0
these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers . ,0
you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week . ,1
"the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie . ",1
"starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end . it 's still worth a look . ",1
"largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbers . ",0
this may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen . ,1
"shadyac shoots his film like an m . night shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace ; he just forgot to add any genuine tension . ",0
"although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , `` orange county `` is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be . ",1
"one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations . ",0
even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor . ,0
one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year . ,1
the movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life . ,1
"like an episode of mtv 's undressed , with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance . . . indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper . ",1
you can practically smell the patchouli oil . ,0
"frankly , it 's pretty stupid . i had more fun with ben stiller 's zoolander , which i thought was rather clever . but there 's plenty to offend everyone . . . ",0
"i 'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '70s . ",0
"his best film remains his shortest , the hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive . ",0
"because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin . ",1
"philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . ",0
i 'd watch these two together again in a new york minute . ,1
"not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but it has clearly been made with affection and care . ",1
"deadly dull , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel . ",0
"a slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered . ",1
plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . ,0
"enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment . ",0
"a lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j . m . barrie 's peter pan . ",0
a film with a great premise but only a great premise . ,0
a tasty masala . ,1
dense and enigmatic . . . elusive . . . stagy and stilted ,0
"i liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive . ",1
"there is no insight into the anguish of heidi 's life -- only a depiction of pain , today 's version of greek tragedy , the talk-show guest decrying her fate . ",0
"you might say tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible . suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled . ",0
one of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm . ,1
barely gets off the ground . ,0
"even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it does n't make for completely empty entertainment ",1
"niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press ",1
if you dig on david mamet 's mind tricks . . . rent this movie and enjoy ! ,1
"a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop . ",0
if steven soderbergh 's 'solaris ' is a failure it is a glorious failure . ,1
"this is a good movie in spurts , but when it does n't work , it 's at important times . ",0
what an embarrassment . ,0
"half submarine flick , half ghost story , all in one criminally neglected film ",1
"this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains oddly detached . ",0
an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . ,1
the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines . ,0
"light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat . ",1
"it 's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story . ",0
it 's a count for our times . ,1
a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . ' ,1
"viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama , there 's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture . ",0
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter . ,0
"there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but `` elling `` manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases . ",1
"a perceptive , good-natured movie . ",1
manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite . ,0
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest the mummy returns . ,0
would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed 'the french lieutenant 's woman . ' ,1
"lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most american love stories look downright unfree . ",1
a subtle variation on i spit on your grave in which our purported heroine pathologically avenges a hatred for men . ,0
"all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . ",1
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . ,1
"but the power of these [ subjects ] is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative . ",0
why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ? ,0
leaks treacle from every pore . ,0
"beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama . ",1
"it throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` look at this ! this is an interesting movie ! `` but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging . ",0
"while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out . ",1
hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
"parker holds true to wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness . ",1
hugely accomplished slice of hitchcockian suspense . ,1
"when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? ",0
"the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get . ",0
"watching e . t now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision . ",1
"there 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing . ",1
"a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor . ",0
delirious fun . ,1
moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy . ,1
"this is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man . ",1
"it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . ",0
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work . ",0
"others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that 'the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating . ",1
"offers an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works . ",1
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be . ,0
"despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions . ",1
"crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy . ",1
the episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . but the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored . ,0
"if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising , it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion . ",1
"it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time . ",0
there ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious . ,0
we learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef . ,1
includes too much obvious padding . ,0
"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 . ",0
"if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's , one imagines the result would look like something like this . ",1
horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists . ,0
a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . ,0
so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along . ,0
"expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially seven , which director william malone slavishly copies . ",0
"if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch . ",0
"unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party . ",0
renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance . ,1
"a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment . ",0
"if you think that jennifer lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan . ",0
"an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses . ",0
"here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep . but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , the queen of the damned can not be said to suck . ",1
this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience . ,0
"the story is naturally poignant , but first-time screenwriter paul pender overloads it with sugary bits of business . ",0
"a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks . ",0
"this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same . ",0
it 's splash without the jokes . ,0
"while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat 's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun . ",0
"no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing . robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the show . ",0
secret ballot is too contemplative to be really funny . ,0
"after an uncertain start , murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling . ",1
"working from elliott 's memoir , rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character- and- relationship study he 's favored for decades . ",1
"children may not understand everything that happens -- i 'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted . ",1
been there done that . ,0
"the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it . ",0
"in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . ",1
an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary . ,1
"escaping the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie . ",1
the plot meanders from gripping to plodding and back . ,0
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . ,0
the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own . ,0
this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired . ,0
"this is wild surreal stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other . ",1
it 's difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion . ,0
"the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care . ",0
"13 conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , karen sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas . ",1
maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while . ,1
"[ two ] fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now . ",0
"it briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - audience sadism -- is evaded completely . ",0
"this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer . ",0
"dissing a bond movie is quite like calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerity to run over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . ",0
"it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but resident evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure . ",0
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy . ,1
"harsh , effective documentary on life in the israeli-occupied palestinian territories . ",1
"challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . but it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . ",1
is n't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? and it 's a lousy one at that . ,0
"this starts off with a 1950 's doris day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast . the first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year ! ",1
stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed . ,0
"smart , provocative and blisteringly funny . ",1
it 's been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our hollywood has all but lost . ,1
every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here . ,0
"proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report . ",0
"with lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- max is static , stilted . ",0
"filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water . ",0
"at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot . ",0
perhaps the best sports movie i 've ever seen . ,1
the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demme 's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects . ,0
"unless you 're a fanatic , the best advice is : 'scooby ' do n't . ",0
an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race . ,1
"if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about . ",0
`` me without you `` is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades . ,1
"it 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth . ",1
"another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh . ",0
the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure . ,1
"there 's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable . ",1
"this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world . ",1
"a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled african-american 's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle . ",1
this movie is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states . ,0
"very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant achilles ' heel in `` stuart little 2 `` : there 's just no story , folks . ",0
"a whole lot foul , freaky and funny . ",1
what could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent . ,0
"like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest . ",0
"there 's something deeply creepy about never again , a new arrow in schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes . ",0
"labute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era : he 's changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film . ",0
it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo . ,1
it all adds up to good fun . ,1
'how many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? ' ,0
"although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . ",1
"the film 's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard . . . ",1
what 's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children . ,1
"the three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling . ",0
"perhaps the grossest movie ever made . funny , though . ",1
"a soggy , shapeless mess . . . just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie . ",0
"kwan makes the mix-and- match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action . ",0
"instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games , we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized . ",0
"a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion . ",1
"by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . ",1
"the year 's happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way . ",1
there 's no clear picture of who killed bob crane . but here 's a glimpse at his life . ,1
"the four feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox . ",0
"that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . ",1
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting . ,0
"this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . ",0
it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film . ,1
"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time . ",1
the balkans provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman . ,0
allen 's funniest and most likeable movie in years . ,1
the film 's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design . ,0
"mckay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative . ",0
there 's no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong . this is an hour and a half of daydreaming . ,0
a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point . ,0
"if you adored the full monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting , then this should keep you reasonably entertained . ",0
"those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie improved . ",1
imagine a really bad community theater production of west side story without the songs . ,0
"thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda . ",1
"a movie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance . ",1
"you 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear . ",1
"it 's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family . ",1
"smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . instead , he shows them the respect they are due . ",1
"the appearance of treebeard and gollum 's expanded role will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum 's 'performance ' is incredible ! ",1
"sweetly sexy , funny and touching . ",1
"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 . ",0
"though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting . ",1
has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness . ,0
"there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right . ",0
it 's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 . ,1
"best indie of the year , so far . ",1
may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor . ,0
"a few hours after you 've seen it , you forget you 've been to the movies . ",0
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . ,1
"the only question . . . is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i 'm afraid . ",0
"this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand . ",0
"the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative . ",1
"one of those rare , exhilarating cinematic delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind . ",1
a stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for kissinger as a calculating war criminal . ,1
"a gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crM-hme brM- { lM-ie . ",0
"efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug . ",1
"the director , mark pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head . ",1
most of crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness . ,1
"loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness . ",0
the good thing -- the only good thing -- about extreme ops is that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list . ,0
a high-minded snoozer . ,0
the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you wo n't be disappointed . ,1
"sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . ",0
"the criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters . . . ",0
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . ,1
"simplistic , silly and tedious . ",0
"you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it never quite gets there . ",0
not even the hanson brothers can save it ,0
"it makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing . ",1
features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . ,1
"as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion . ",1
kinnear gives a tremendous performance . ,1
the only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare . ,0
chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folly . ,0
"it 's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage . ",1
"at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery . . . ",1
"when the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility . ",0
mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline . ,0
[ u ] nrelentingly stupid . ,0
"aside from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd , there 's little to be learned from watching 'comedian ' ",0
"a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller . ",1
"baran is n't the most transporting or gripping film from iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations . ",1
the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side . ,1
gere gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it . ,0
spare yet audacious . . . ,1
feeble comedy . ,0
slick piece of cross-promotion . ,0
"for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout . ",0
"effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken . ",1
leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom . ,1
"just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller . ",0
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i 've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . ,0
the fast runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space ,1
"off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . ",0
no way i can believe this load of junk . ,0
"as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor . ",0
"this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards . ",1
"if you love the music , and i do , its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary . . . ",1
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get . ,1
"it 's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school . ",0
"often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy . ",0
"finally coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie . ",0
an estrogen opera so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon . ,1
a cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary . ,0
"a swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith . ",1
less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself . ,1
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 . ,0
"a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . ",1
"director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries ,",0
"for a film that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking . ",0
"although occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs . ",1
"a recent favourite at sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of def leppard 's pyromania . ",1
"it is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction . ",1
the actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face . ,0
"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , however , it is not . ",1
this is amusing for about three minutes . ,0
"feels like one of those contrived , only-in -hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating oscar talk . ",0
gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . ,1
"a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys . ",1
"a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution . ",0
. . . a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off . ,0
a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind . ,1
"succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the touched by an angel school of non-god spiritual-uplift movies . ",0
"[ a ] superbly controlled , passionate adaptation of graham greene 's 1955 novel . ",1
"it 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's . ",0
"secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving . ",1
"if you like peace , you 'll like promises . ",1
"this time out , [ sade ] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested . ",1
a work of astonishing delicacy and force . ,1
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
"the film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . the extent to which it succeeds is impressive . ",1
"though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed . . . that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like mr . schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear . ",0
"adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt ",0
"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . ",1
"this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be . ",0
warm and exotic . ,1
"extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten . ",1
a . . . cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . ,1
"leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute . ",1
"evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention . ",0
"it 's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming . ",1
"none of this violates the letter of behan 's book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor . ",0
"a sweet-natured reconsideration of one of san francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads . ",1
"the band 's courage in the face of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) . ",1
"nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still , the derivative nine queens is lots of fun . ",1
"almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences . ",0
with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters . . . margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake . ,0
the kind of nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilarate you . ,1
"reggio 's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . ",0
"though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work . ",0
"makes s & m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight . ",1
"a perplexing example of promise unfulfilled , despite many charming moments . ",0
"i 've always dreamed of attending cannes , but after seeing this film , it 's not that big a deal . ",0
"the cast . . . keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired . ",1
an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter . ,0
while much of the cast has charm -- especially allodi and nolden -- the performers are sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy . ,0
"britney 's performance can not be faulted . lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all . ",0
"despite impeccable acting . . . and a script that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns , love is just too , too precious in the end . ",0
"a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy . ",0
"what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates . ",1
"bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie . ",0
it 's an awfully derivative story . ,0
"'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit ",1
"why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ? would n't one about their famous dad , author of death in venice , etc . , be more valuable ? ",0
". . . the good and different idea [ of middle-aged romance ] is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend `` never again . `` ",0
"for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience ",0
"for his first attempt at film noir , spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future . ",1
"ray liotta and jason patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled : nobody deserves any prizes here . ",1
"writer/director walter hill is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable . ",1
i was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness . ,0
it all seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . ,0
a mixed bag of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out of this world . ,0
"using his audience as a figurative port-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead . ",1
"the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most . ",1
"ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok . ",0
"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway . ",0
i ca n't recommend it . but it 's surprisingly harmless . ,0
the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow 'do . ,0
a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films . ,1
the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker . ,0
"the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . it 's in the action scenes that things fall apart . ",0
"a quiet , disquieting triumph . ",1
"this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times . ",1
"longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days . ",1
this is one of the year 's best films . ,1
"a poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality . ",1
rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart . ,1
a cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of [ besson 's ] earlier work . ,0
"asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema 's capability for recording truth . ",1
an uneven look into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k . dick stories . ,0
"the sort of film that makes me miss hitchcock , but also feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet . ",1
"'carente de imaginaciM-sn , mal dirigida , peor actuada y sin un M-apice de romance , es una verdadera pM-irdida de tiempo y dinero ' ",0
`` home movie `` is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time . ,1
"rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding . ",1
"features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances , ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory . ",0
a deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish . ,1
a compelling portrait of moral emptiness ,1
"since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche . ",0
city by the sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . but how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery . ,0
"unfortunately , it 's also not very good . especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie . ",0
"if it 's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly easy to watch . ",1
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is . ,0
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . ,0
mr . spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . ,1
"hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script . . . that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire . ",0
. . . this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core . ,0
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons . ,1
"when in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie winks . ",0
"for the first time in years , de niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars . ",1
"spielberg 's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later . ",1
a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left . ,0
"definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the 'laughing at ' variety than the 'laughing with . ' ",1
a yarn that respects the marvel version without becoming ensnared by it . ,1
"holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals . ",0
an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength . ,0
arnold 's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces . ,0
"britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . ",0
it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since . . . well . . . since last week 's reign of fire . ,0
it 's hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story . ,0
a well-crafted letdown . ,0
"a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man . ",1
forgettable horror -- more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power . ,1
"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 . ",1
a certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents . ,1
turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters ,0
"while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut . ",0
able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history . ,1
"the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no . 1 , but falls apart long before the end . ",0
alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise . ,1
"julie davis is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent . ",0
it 's fascinating to see how bettany and mcdowell play off each other . ,1
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . ,1
just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat . ,1
insanely hilarious ! i have n't laughed that hard in years ! ,1
"the country bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either . ",0
"miller is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness . ",0
"you watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises . ",1
an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams . ,1
this is a film living far too much in its own head . ,0
"stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . but once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on red alert . ",1
"seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie . ",0
presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency . ,0
"the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus . ",0
"sturdy , entertaining period drama . . . both caine and fraser have their moments . ",1
"in the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes , director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of . . . outrageous gags . ",0
"too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay . ",0
"like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions . ",0
i have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered . ,0
"it 's a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene . ",1
what happened with pluto nash ? how did it ever get made ? ,0
a gushy episode of `` m * a * s * h `` only this time from an asian perspective . ,0
"as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel `` the death of napoleon `` and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn ",1
"it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it begs to be parodied . ",0
the reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies . ,1
"`` the time machine `` is a movie that has no interest in itself . it does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humorM-^Eit 's just plain bored . ",0
mark pellington 's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth . ,1
"the script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks . ",0
"this is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes . ",0
eric byler 's nuanced pic avoids easy sentiments and explanations . . . ,1
"verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action , tedium for thrills . ",0
"in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys ' career to a whole new level . ",1
it 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere . ,0
"all in all , there 's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone . ",0
"if there 's one big point to promises , it 's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other . ",1
it 's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . ,1
notorious c . h . o . has oodles of vulgar highlights . ,1
"schmaltzy and unfunny , adam sandler 's cartoon about hanukkah is numbingly bad , little nicky bad , 10 worst list bad . ",0
maryam is more timely now than ever . ,1
star wars is back in a major way . ,1
. . . the picture 's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine . ,0
"benigni 's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow . ",0
the bourne identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups . ,1
"hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film . ",0
"the doofus-on- the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is . ",0
'rare birds ' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience . ,0
"de niro and mcdormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest . ",0
"the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice . ",0
"it 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . ",0
"there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit . ",1
"lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects ",1
"lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest . ",1
the movie sticks much closer to hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of high fidelity did . ,1
it 's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth . ,0
"intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being . ",1
deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence . ,0
demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack . ,0
undercover brother does n't go far enough . it 's just a silly black genre spoof . ,0
"a horrible , 99-minute stink bomb . ",0
"the actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do indeed feel for them . ",1
"hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels . ",1
"if a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then they works spectacularly well . . . a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . ",1
"hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound . ",0
"director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great . ",0
gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife . ,1
"like all of egoyan 's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . ",1
what a great way to spend 4 units of your day . ,1
"large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder is n't better . ",0
"the best you can say about it is it 's so uninspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now . ",0
the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . ,0
"this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them ! ",0
'what 's the russian word for wow ! ? ' ,1
sparse but oddly compelling . ,1
plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story . ,0
it 's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit . ,0
"just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation . ",0
director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about drumline is its energy . ,1
"does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively . ",1
i ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops . ,0
"for a good chunk of its running time , trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller . ",1
"unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs . ",0
"i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound . ",1
". . . just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise . ",0
"whether kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion . ",1
"it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well . ",1
"the trinity assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and george ratliff 's documentary , hell house , reflects their earnestness M-^W which makes for a terrifying film . ",1
"sometimes , fond memories should stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well . ",0
"samira makhmalbaf 's new film blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal ",0
it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense . ,0
a film in a class with spike lee 's masterful do the right thing . ,1
"it 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense . ",0
a little better than sorcerer 's stone . ,1
"awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . ",1
it 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat . but the second half of the movie really goes downhill . ,0
sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero . ,1
"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 . ",0
"could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals . ",1
"there 's very little sense to what 's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash . ",1
the warm presence of zhao benshan makes the preposterous lying hero into something more than he reasonably should be . ,1
more tiring than anything . ,0
"an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary china . ",1
with exquisite craftsmanship . . . olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society . ,1
a workshop mentality prevails . ,0
"too loud , too long and too frantic by half , die another day suggests that the bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through . ",0
"it virtually defines a comedy that 's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while . ",0
"do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor . ",0
a feel-good picture in the best sense of the term . ,1
"pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs . ",0
"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 . but they fascinate in their recklessness . ",1
windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop . ,1
"more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . . ",1
. . . the implication is kissinger may have decided that when it comes to truncheoning it 's better to give than to receive . ,1
a good thriller . ,1
a riveting story well told . ,1
"successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie . ",1
an awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work . ,0
"the film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are . ",1
"this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but it 's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it . ",1
a moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child . ,1
"bad company leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script . ",0
". . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . ",1
"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was . . . hence , storytelling is far more appealing . ",1
this version incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire . ,1
"berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making `` die another day `` one of the most entertaining bonds in years ",1
the movie plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength . ,1
. . . rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle . ,1
romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . they cheapen the overall effect . ,0
it 's as if de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese . ,0
extremely bad . ,0
"feels less like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers . ",0
"the fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer . ",1
"if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows . ",0
"a sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it 's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling . ",1
the film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip . ,1
gibney and jarecki just want to string the bastard up . ,0
"though the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare . ",1
"for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships . ",1
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know . ,1
"all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat . ",0
"dull and mechanical , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit ",0
"great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . ",1
"the picture , scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety . ",0
"we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest . ",0
the film is really not so much bad as bland . ,0
"lead actress gaM-o , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren . ",1
"[ cho 's face is ] an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots . ",1
the movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it . ,1
too much of the humor falls flat . ,0
there 's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to lau . ,1
"if this is the danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps . ",0
sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth . ,0
brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression . ,1
nice piece of work . ,1
the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass `` fan could want . ,1
"the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . and vin diesel is the man . ",1
"possession is elizabeth barrett browning meets nancy drew , and it 's directed by . . . neil labute . hmm . ",1
a film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not . ,0
[ a ] crushing disappointment . ,0
"the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates . ",0
"characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs . ",0
"a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience . ",0
the tenderness of the piece is still intact . ,1
"finally , a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less . ",1
this thing works on no level whatsoever for me . ,0
plays less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial . ,0
"a sad , superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life . ",1
"its direction , its script , and weaver 's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that 's what you 're in the mood for . ",1
"there 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening . ",0
"by presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world , pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so . ",1
"not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one . ",1
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script . ,1
a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes . ,0
it 's one long bore . ,0
there 's . . . an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . ,1
"it 's not only dull because we 've seen [ eddie ] murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed . ",0
"considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well . ",0
"the humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . but it could have been worse . ",0
"an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ",1
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences . ,1
"not only is undercover brother as funny , if not more so , than both austin powers films , but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time . ",1
"it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right . ",1
"bears resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences . ",0
"provides the kind of 'laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel better already . ",1
"unfortunately , carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg . ",0
"the movie , directed by mick jackson , leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting . ",0
"the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me . ",1
"even by dumb action-movie standards , ballistic : ecks vs . sever is a dumb action movie . ",0
the cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed . ,1
there 's a disturbing 'great white hope ' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its message of christian love and compassion . ,0
jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar . ,0
a map of the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice drawn with a master 's steady stroke . ,1
"it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject . ",0
what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey . ,1
the average local news columnist has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town america . ,0
"peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical . ",1
"a meatier deeper beginning and/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` a `` range , as is , it 's a very very strong `` b+ . `` i love the robust middle of this picture . ",1
"beers , who , when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall . . . [ but ] the script goes wrong at several key junctures . ",0
"a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . ",0
"there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies . ",1
"brainy , artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation . ",0
a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity . ,0
"an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century . ",1
a chiller resolutely without chills . ,0
"bourne , jason bourne . he can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl . he 's super spy ! ",1
"affirms the gifts of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together . ",1
"takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker . ",0
"the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain . ",0
"maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul `` full frontal `` seems , well , contrived . ",0
"it 's up to [ watts ] to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe . ",1
"while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own . ",1
looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way . ,0
will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them . ,1
"the camera whirls ! the camera twirls ! oh , look at that clever angle ! wow , a jump cut ! ",0
you could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time . ,0
"it 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing , and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer . ",1
"[ director ] byler may yet have a great movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one . ",0
better to just call it abc kiarostami . for aids and africa are nothing more than part of the scenery . ,0
"several of steven soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . sadly , full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante . ",0
"by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . ",0
it ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of latin america 's most oppressive regimes . ,1
the film is one of the year 's best . ,1
"even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting . ",1
"ong chooses to present ah na 's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism . ",0
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining . ,0
"if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material . ",1
"funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic . ",1
the characters are never more than sketches . . . which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach . ,0
"with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness . ",1
binoche and magimel are perfect in these roles . ,1
it all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer . ,0
the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads . ,0
. . . standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added . ,0
an atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding . ,0
a bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points . ,0
rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always get me down . ,0
"rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema . ",1
"analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in . ",0
"not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching . ",1
"this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience . ",0
"the adventure does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 . ",0
"boy oh boy , it 's a howler . ",0
"[ h ] ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by . ",0
"stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom . ",0
although it does n't always hang together -- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- `` cherish `` certainly is n't dull . ,1
what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . ,0
"haneke keeps us at arm 's length . guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens . ",0
a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification . ,0
the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies . ,1
"directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space . ",0
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you . ,1
"this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air . ",1
"just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit . ",0
"an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium . ",0
"in his debut as a film director , denzel washington delivers a lean and engaging work . ",1
"in a way , the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in . ",1
so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt . ,1
"a respectable venture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films . . . cross over to a more mainstream audience . ",1
"all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad . ",1
"as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances . ",1
"the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together . ",1
"i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that . ",1
interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story . ,1
"defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it . but darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats . ",1
"'god help us , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves . ' ",0
"the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece . ",0
"just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be . ",0
". . . an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work . ",0
the magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances . ,1
"[ e ] ventually , every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism . ",0
uno de los policiales mM-as interesantes de los M-zltimos tiempos . ,1
"an unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writer/director john mckay can swallow . ",0
"the animated subplot keenly depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense . ",1
"this insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering . instead , it 'll only put you to sleep . ",0
"even if the ride 's a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth , you got ta give director roger michell , best known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying . ",1
"with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't , it is more likely to induce sleep than fright . ",0
"though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation . ",0
the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset . ,0
a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise . ,0
"journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . ",0
an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves . ,1
the movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical . what 's worse is that pelosi knows it . ,0
"this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell . ",0
screenwriters scott abbott and michael petroni have turned rice 's complex akasha into a cartoon monster . ,0
a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope . ,1
"it showcases carvey 's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff . ",0
"the direction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . ",0
feeling like a dope has rarely been more fun than it is in nine queens . ,1
"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 . ",0
your taste for jonah - a veggie tales movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit . ,0
mostly the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values . ,0
a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it . ,0
an enjoyable experience . ,1
"it 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny , and it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed . ",0
"the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again . ",0
"herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews might have changed 20th-century history is undermined by ahola 's inadequate performance . ",0
"the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically . ",0
"tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . ",0
the pivotal narrative point is so ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky . ,0
watching the film is like reading a times portrait of grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it . ,0
sayles is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation . ,1
"it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness . ",0
"this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos . ",1
corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in . ,0
"the son of the bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . this movie is to be cherished . ",1
the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism . ,1
"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 . ",1
marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary . ,1
the all-french cast is marveilleux . ,1
"wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars ",1
unwieldy contraption . ,0
"it 's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon . ",1
ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar . ,1
you 're better off staying home and watching the x-files . ,0
"a supernatural mystery that does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama . it ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors . ",0
"rock 's stand-up magic wanes . hopkins , squarely fills the screen . action - mechanical . ",0
"ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life 's stasis . ",1
"just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite . ",0
"simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kiss is really all about performances . ",1
allen 's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal . ,1
"the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . ",1
"'synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree . ",0
could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes fatal attraction look like a classic by comparison ? that 's the only sane rationale i can think of for swimfan 's existence . ,0
"every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . frank mcklusky c . i . is that movie ! ",0
"no dia em que aceitou dirigir esta continuaM-gM-co , harold ramis deve ter saM-mdo da cama com o pM-i esquerdo . e aqueles que decidiram assistir a este filme tambM-im . ",0
"skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt . ",0
sweet and memorable film . ,1
one of the film 's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret . ,1
what really surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . ,1
"a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . ",1
this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary people . ,0
"apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program . ",0
no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it . ,0
this beautifully animated epic is never dull . ,1
"it is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie . . . but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made eurotrash cult object . it is also , at times , curiously moving . ",0
is there enough material to merit a documentary on the making of wilco 's last album ? ,0
van wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'comedy gag . ' at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch . ,0
no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces wild . ,0
an ironic speculation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it . ,1
"the question hanging over the time machine is not , as the main character suggests , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? ' ",0
"the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness . ",0
"while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight . ",1
"you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear . ",1
that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture ,1
"egoyan 's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious . ",0
"what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies . ",1
"`` the ring `` is pretty much an english-language copy of the film that inspired it , and it carries the same strengths and flaws . ",1
arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year ,1
"in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects . ",1
even better than the first one ! ,1
"what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america . . . sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight ",1
"when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence . ",0
real women have curves does n't offer any easy answers . ,1
a dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . ,0
its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up . ,0
involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters . ,0
the film 's maudlin focus on the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking . ,0
the entire cast is extraordinarily good . ,1
what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . ,1
more maudlin than sharp . ,0
"[ moore 's ] better at fingering problems than finding solutions . but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more . ",1
a fascinating and fun film . ,1
"while this film has an 'a ' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love . ",0
"according to the script , grant and bullock 's characters are made for each other . but you 'd never guess that from the performances . ",0
"a witty , low-key romantic comedy . ",1
how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ? ,0
"brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results . ",1
. . . a bland murder-on-campus yawner . ,0
the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington 's fine performance in the title role . ,0
"it 's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced -- but its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way . ",1
"a disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the bard , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers . ",0
what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough . ,0
hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture . ,0
"even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . ",0
"la de salma es una versiM-sn de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningM-zn contenido . ",0
the movie 's seams may show . . . but pellington gives `` mothman `` an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling . ,1
"standing by yourself is haunting . . . [ it 's ] what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction . ",1
". . . only bond can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction . ",1
absorbing character study by andrM-i turpin . ,1
"a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable . ",0
strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery . ,0
"with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives . ",1
"in a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the discovery channel . but in imax 3-d , the clichM-is disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography . ",1
the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth . ,0
"hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people . ",1
not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way . ,1
like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor . ,1
reign of fire looks as if it was made without much thought -- and is best watched that way . ,1
quite funny for the type of movie it is . . . ,1
there 's plenty of style in guillermo del toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes . ,0
"with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity . ",0
it 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant . ,0
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower . ,0
vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them . ,0
this is just lazy writing . even kids deserve better . ,0
"it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind . ",0
i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons ! ,1
"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 . ",1
the movie would seem less of a trifle if ms . sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine . ,0
"naipaul fans may be disappointed . those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep . ",0
the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers . ,1
"whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen . ",1
this is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet . ,0
. . . del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy . ,0
"if the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of 'there but for the grace of god , ' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world . ",0
the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters . ,0
it 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration . ,1
"by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way . ",1
a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . ,1
"there 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity . ",0
"below may not mark mr . twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished . ",1
"feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work . ",1
one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud . ,0
"maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations , the movie passes inspection . ",1
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip . ,0
"the people in abc africa are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras . ",0
"the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing . ",0
begins as a promising meditation on one of america 's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt . ,0
a negligible british comedy . ,0
"it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag . ",0
the pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . and diesel is n't the actor to save it . ,0
"one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning . ",1
"obviously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . ",0
"offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented . ",0
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory . ,0
"it 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget . ",0
"tom shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it . ",0
that frenetic spectacle [ on the tv show ] has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout . ,0
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching . ,1
the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card . ,0
"shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time it arrives . ",0
"a baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie [ woody allen ] has made in the last twenty years . ",0
"you 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you 'll laugh . ",1
imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor ,1
"if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch . ",1
"the actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . the characters never change . ",0
proves mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts . ,1
i ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together -- but i almost can ; it 's the kind of movie that makes you want to like it . ,0
"lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter . ",1
"has its moments , but it 's pretty far from a treasure . ",0
"kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . ",1
"by the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing . ",0
"in the end , there is n't much to it . ",0
i felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . ,0
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epic . ,0
raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings . ,1
deliciously slow . ,1
"who is this movie for ? not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are 'edgy . ' ",0
it 's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long . ,0
captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head . ,1
[ ferrera ] has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen . ,1
"terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable . ",0
demme 's loose approach kills the suspense . ,0
"fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . ",1
francophiles will snicker knowingly and you 'll want to slap them . ,1
"here 's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you . ",1
"sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before . ",1
"it 's also clear from the start that the transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and once the initial high wears off , the film 's shortcomings start to shine through . ",0
scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company . ,0
the movie 's heavy-handed screenplay navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness . ,0
"a jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages . ",0
"the film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles . ",0
"nohe has made a decent 'intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant . ",0
the most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 miles to graceland . ,0
[ a ] rather thinly-conceived movie . ,0
"this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn . ",1
a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian . . . life . ,1
becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring . ,0
frenetic but not really funny . ,0
"yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack . . . and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable . ",1
"as a singular character study , it 's perfect . it 's also the year 's sweetest movie . ",1
"the film is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low . ",0
"none of this so-called satire has any sting to it , as if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him . ",0
it 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force . ,1
"on the surface a silly comedy , scotland , pa would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play . ",1
"the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not . ",0
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . ,1
ararat feels like a book report ,0
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor . ,1
me without you has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood . ,1
"[ serry ] wants to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition . it 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one . ",0
the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie . ,1
duvall is strong as always . ,1
"good , solid storytelling . ",1
"for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion . ",0
"the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension . ",0
watching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good . ,0
mediocre fable from burkina faso . ,0
director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback . ,0
adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book . ,1
"in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris . but even then , i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes . ",0
no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population . ,0
has a long and clunky ending . . . which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence ,0
"the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes ",0
"sweet home alabama `` is what it is M-^V a nice , harmless date film . . . ",1
smothered by its own solemnity . ,0
"what 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . ",1
there are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . where 's the movie here ? ,0
"impostor does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast . ",0
there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way . ,1
"with its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , the ring makes its stupidity more than obvious . it 's painful . ",0
a very charming and funny movie . ,1
". . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar . ",0
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother 's hold over her . ,1
"a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of hogan 's heroes star bob crane . ",1
"just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos . ",0
"it 's a talking head documentary , but a great one . ",1
richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez . ,1
"elegant , mannered and teasing . ",1
"this boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy . ",1
the komediant is a tale worth catching . ,1
the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they 'll get plenty ) fills me with revulsion . ,0
to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist . ,0
the ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch . ,0
"it 's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing . ",1
"a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community . ",1
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
"its plot and animation offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more . ",0
mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . the only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub . ,1
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy 's well-honed prima donna shtick . ,0
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap . ,0
a difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present . ,1
"no movement , no yuks , not much of anything . ",0
"the movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense . ",1
speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life . ,1
"at nearly three hours , the whole of safe conduct is less than the sum of its parts . ",1
"rabbit-proof fence will probably make you angry . but it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker . ",1
the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally . ,1
. . . surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs . ,0
offers that rare combination of entertainment and education . ,1
there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country . ,1
"has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original . if i want music , i 'll buy the soundtrack . if i want a real movie , i 'll buy the criterion dvd . ",0
"helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome . ",0
it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe . . . but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor . ,0
"as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . ",1
"vera 's three actors -- mollM-` , gil and bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances . ",1
"while super troopers is above academy standards , its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling . ",0
one of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart . ,0
"jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . ",0
it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt . ,0
"apart from its own considerable achievement , metropolis confirms tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence on the animM-i tradition and its defining philosophical conscience . ",1
"the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long . ",0
"will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings . ",0
these people would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance . ,0
"[ taylor ] takes us on a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb . ",0
"the movie is too cute to take itself too seriously , but it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students . ",0
a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee . ,0
a crude teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss . ,0
"as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago . . . has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency . ",1
"yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior `` friends , family . . . ",0
"shallow , noisy and pretentious . ",0
it 's been 20 years since 48 hrs . made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . ,0
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent . ,0
if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun . ,1
"with the film 's striking ending , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved . ",1
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . ,0
"broomfield reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed . ",1
"the film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed . ",1
blithely anachronistic and slyly achronological . ,1
"remains a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster . . . done up by howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand . ",1
". . . ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion . ",1
catch it . . . if you can ! ,1
"i have no problem with `` difficult `` movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out . but first , you have to give the audience a reason to < b > want < /b > to put for that effort , and `` i ",0
"if you like quirky , odd movies and/or the ironic , here 's a fun one . ",1
"a smart , sweet and playful romantic comedy . ",1
a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect . ,0
"lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . leave these flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine . ",0
sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance . ,0
de niro cries . you 'll cry for your money back . ,0
"the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema . ",1
"nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern france in his documentary to be and to have , easily one of the best films of the year . ",1
. . . what a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be ,0
exhilarating but blatantly biased . ,1
an original little film about one young woman 's education . ,1
"[ w ] hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall 's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands . ",0
"a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff . ",1
the script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue . ,0
"it 's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance . ",0
"a smart , compelling drama . ",1
"an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama . ",1
so-so entertainment . ,0
"now as a former gong show addict , i 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show . ",1
"amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it . ",1
exactly what you 'd expect from a guy named kaos . ,0
"it does n't help that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel . ",0
"it 's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between morgan and redgrave . ",1
bubba ho-tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by bruce campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it . ,1
"for those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough . ",1
"bM-iart and berling are both superb , while huppert . . . is magnificent . ",1
so brisk is wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe . ,0
"this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work . ",0
'interesante y disfrutable trabajo gracias a que prescinde del clM-asico elemento estadounidense patriotero y manipulador . ' ,1
"never does `` lilo & stitch `` reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan `` or `` tarzan . `` ",0
a true-blue delight . ,1
"what makes the movie work M-^W to an admittedly limited extent M-^W is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers . weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . ",1
"it 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance . ",1
"whatever complaints i might have , i 'd take [ its ] earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time . ",1
. . . there are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen . ,1
ranks among willams ' best screen work . ,1
"what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves . ",1
"if i have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , treasure planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters , i 'll take the latter every time . ",1
the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish . ,0
a really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness . ,0
suffers from all the excesses of the genre . ,0
"a classy , sprightly spin on film . ",1
it tells more than it shows . ,0
"a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series . ",0
"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 . it 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars ",0
sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people . ,1
"the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings . ",1
farrell . . . thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis 's world-weary colonel . ,1
something must have been lost in the translation . ,0
deepa mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world . ,1
works better in the conception than it does in the execution . . . winds up seeming just a little too clever . ,0
the movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne . ,0
"terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english , it 's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers . ",1
"the leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material . ",0
"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 . ",0
"judd 's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice . ",0
"impossible as it may sound , this film 's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition . ",1
"in all , this is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been . ",1
noyce has worked wonders with the material . ,1
skip work to see it at the first opportunity . ,1
this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks . ,0
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides . ,1
"opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between . ",0
"stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little * * * * . no cute factor hereM-^E . not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . ",0
"a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun . ",0
"in his u . s . debut , mr . schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist . ",1
"this charming but slight tale has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed . ",1
a simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them . ,1
it gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its emotions . ,0
"somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but the field of roughage dominates . ",0
"clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up . ",0
"yes , 4ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to spirited away ? ",0
"intended to be a comedy about relationships , this wretched work falls flat in just about every conceivable area . ",0
often silly and gross but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . ,0
the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths . ,1
"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then blood work is for you . ",0
what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian . ,0
the best thing that can be said of the picture is that it does have a few cute moments . ,0
"does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez . ",0
just how these families interact may surprise you . ,1
aggravating and tedious . ,0
more concerned with sade 's ideas than with his actions . the movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as . . . [ quills ] did by showing them . ,1
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
it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie . arnie blows things up . ,0
just plain silly . ,0
a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . ,0
"this engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . ",1
an extraordinary swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage -- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that bille august does best . ,1
"this film is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay . ",0
"gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable . ",0
the movie should be credited with remembering his victims . ,1
"a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . we can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art . ",0
"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 ",0
the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling . ,0
ethan hawke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the beatnik generation and it 's all over his chelsea walls . ,0
"a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight . ",0
"maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back . ",0
"the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective . ",1
"the rock is destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan `` and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal . ",1
the film is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses . ,1
"a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in . ",1
"those who would follow haneke on his creepy explorations . . . are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from huppert and magimel . ",1
"although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks . ",0
has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies . . . ,0
"what [ denis ] accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned . ",1
my response to the film is best described as lukewarm . maybe i found the proceedings a little bit too conventional . ,0
"as hugh grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , 'lovely ! brilliant ! ' ",1
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . ,0
serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time . ,0
may seriously impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman . ,1
"meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull . ",0
"cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace . ",0
"for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually assured . ",1
"not the best herzog perhaps , but unmistakably herzog . ",1
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down . ,0
"call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid . ",0
"every potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol . ",0
"bill morrison 's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . ",1
whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear . but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary . ,0
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . ,0
"the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them . ",1
"due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter . ",0
"reassuring , retro uplifter . ",1
el crimen del padre amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors . ,0
"a thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film . ",1
poignant and funny . ,1
"like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert , john q . is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause . ",0
"scooby doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation . ",1
it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal . ,0
"the film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters . ",1
madonna still ca n't act a lick . ,0
"the angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging . ",0
the gags are often a stitch . ,1
perhaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis tout ? is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime . ,0
[ westbrook ] makes a wonderful subject for the camera . ,1
[ woo 's ] most resonant film since the killer . ,1
"the members manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might , thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible . it 's very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle . ",1
"all in all , the count of monte cristo is okay , but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based . ",1
"the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot . ",0
a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground ,0
"only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry . ",0
the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary . ,0
"star trek : nemesis meekly goes where nearly every star trek movie has gone before . wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty . ",0
provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views . ,1
"it may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul's-eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case . ",1
"some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like ballistic : ecks vs . sever , were made for the palm screen . ",0
a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood 's comic-book adaptations . ,1
"like those to rome , all roads in the banger sisters inevitably lead to a joke about hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them . ",0
"the entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . about half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal . ",0
kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party . ,0
"huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack . ",1
"she 's not yet an actress , not quite a singer . . . ",0
"a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message . ",1
"by the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular . ",1
the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise . ,1
"[ the digital effects ] reminded me of terry gilliam 's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together . ",1
"even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film . ",1
"expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street . ",1
"pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . it 's fun , but it 's a real howler . ",0
[ newton ] wanders through charlie completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality . ,0
"ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing . ",0
steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches . ,1
constantly slips from the grasp of its maker . ,0
"unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression . ",0
"not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it 's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare . ",1
rifkin 's references are . . . impeccable throughout . ,1
the issue of faith is not explored very deeply ,0
you 're too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous . ,0
"the photographer 's show-don't-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject . ",0
". . . with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . it 's a trifle . ",0
a movie that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action tv series . ,0
tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable . ,1
". . . a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here . ",0
a movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't want to be . ,1
"welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst . ",0
"a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy . ",1
"impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhunter ' was . ",1
[ an ] hilarious romantic comedy . ,1
. . . a magnificent drama well worth tracking down . ,1
"nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror `` flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . ",0
one of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced . ,0
everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeing . ,1
"for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype . ",0
directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia . ,1
"the people in jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out . ",1
"so earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer , ponderous awfulness of its script . ",0
"in some ways , lagaan is quintessential bollywood . except it 's much , much better . ",1
"it 's not life-affirming M-^W its vulgar and mean , but i liked it . ",1
"once she lets her love depraved leads meet , [ denis ' ] story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle ",0
"the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah . . . never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment . ",0
"your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first film . ",1
"a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces . ",0
it 's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience . ,1
vile and tacky are the two best adjectives to describe ghost ship . ,0
i can take infantile humor . . . but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers . ,0
do n't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches . . . ,1
"the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy . ",0
"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 . ",1
"even when foreign directors . . . borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting . ",1
os universos de chuck barris e charlie kaufman sM-co complementares . e igualmente fascinantes . ,1
"the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix . ",0
"unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity ofM-^Eemotional recovery . ",1
"bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that . ",0
has its share of arresting images . ,1
'would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? ' ,0
provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of todd solondz . ,1
"you really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this . ",0
"this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed . ",1
"its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work . ",1
"the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness . ",1
this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences . . . and it 's all the stronger because of it . ,1
"a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two ",1
"a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro 's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original . ",0
"'linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project . . . ' ",0
ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies . ,0
"i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies ! ",0
episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight . ,0
"the heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death . ",1
"liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transformed himself from his smooth , goodfellas image . ",1
this is so bad . ,0
an average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains . ,1
"when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there . it 's that good . ",1
[ a ] rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity . ,1
"more a load of enjoyable , conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the mummy pictures represent . ",1
the only time 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers . ,0
"it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound . ",0
"as comedic spotlights go , notorious c . h . o . hits all the verbal marks it should . ",1
it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . ,1
jackson is always watchable . ,1
thoroughly awful . ,0
a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film . ,0
"there 's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . ",1
"the phone rings and a voice tells you you 've got seven days left to live . then you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees . o . k . , not really . ",0
"although life or something like it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director stephen herek 's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . ",1
you could nap for an hour and not miss a thing . ,0
i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon . ,1
"while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing . ",1
the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks . the rest of the film . . . is dudsville . ,0
"[ clooney 's ] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh . ",1
"methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain . ",1
"if you can stomach the rough content , it 's worth checking out for the performances alone . ",1
"functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing . ",1
"anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity . ",0
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one . ,0
"[ gosling 's ] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character . ",1
"there 's a heavy stench of 'been there , done that ' hanging over the film . it 's everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more . ",0
"a better title , for all concerned , might be swept under the rug . ",0
"depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . ",0
". . . a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of legally blonde and drop dead gorgeous , starring piper perabo in what could be her breakthrough role . ",1
plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons `` has . ,0
but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns . . . this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity . ,1
the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission . ,1
"a timid , soggy near miss . ",0
. . . somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichM-is to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks . ,1
travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment . ,1
it 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of action man clichM-i atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of [ woo 's ] best work . ,0
"every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy ",1
"the case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause . ",1
"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days . ",1
"directing with a sure and measured hand , [ haneke ] steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology . ",1
"the only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team . ",0
"not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this 'we 're -doing-it-for -the-cash ' sequel were . ",0
i hate this movie ,0
"broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient . ",0
"to the degree that ivans xtc . works , it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance . ",1
noyce films it more as a shocking history lesson than as drama . ,1
much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever . ,1
the film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod . ,1
"all right , so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast . ",1
"adults will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . but what are adults doing in the theater at all ? ",0
"a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense . ",0
"it 's as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker . ",0
"kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . ",1
intriguing and downright intoxicating . ,1
"this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper . it should have stayed there . ",0
a relative letdown . ,0
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion . ,0
"it 's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than scratch the surface . ",0
has its moments -- and almost as many subplots . ,0
. . . pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism . ,0
"apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess . ",0
"director juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris `` or `` american beauty , `` but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . ",1
"no , i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money . ",0
. . . fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense . ,0
manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane . ,0
the truth is that the truth about charlie gets increasingly tiresome . ,0
the superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other . ,0
[ barry ] gives assassin a disquieting authority . ,1
the problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not . ,0
"with danilo donati 's witty designs and dante spinotti 's luscious cinematography , this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role . ",0
"there seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there . ",0
"just entertaining enough not to hate , too mediocre to love . ",0
"cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing . ",1
it 's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie . ,0
"beating the austin powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness . ",1
what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears ' first movie . ,0
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 . ,0
'enigma ' is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of 'we were soldiers . ' ,1
"altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece . ",1
"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflM-i . ",0
it 's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film . ,0
"smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play . ",1
"a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . ",1
"it 's the perfect star vehicle for grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona . ",1
"the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on bM-|ttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history . ",1
late marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u . s . viewers off their feet . ,0
"when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm . ",1
a family-friendly fantasy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise . ,0
hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining . ,1
everything is off . ,0
superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen . ,1
"it is a likable story , told with competence . ",1
suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands . ,0
"all the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , all or nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit . ",1
tres greek writer and star nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script . ,1
"the screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . ",0
"heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on petter nM-fss ' delicate , clever direction . . . and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius . ",1
to say this was done better in wilder 's some like it hot is like saying the sun rises in the east . ,0
too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience . ,1
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera . . . more salacious telenovela than serious drama . ,0
the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility . ,0
". . . pitiful , slapdash disaster . a doa dud from frame one . ",0
"its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , steven soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience . ",0
almost gags on its own gore . ,0
"the tone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons . ",1
"it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope . ",1
there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies . ,1
"what i saw , i enjoyed . ",1
yet another weepy southern bore-athon . ,0
"far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama . ",1
. . . its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits . ,0
"this rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens . . . or if it were subtler . . . or if it had a sense of humor . ",0
"the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins . ",1
the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience . ,0
"it 's not hateful . it 's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical . ",0
"there is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . ",1
john mctiernan 's botched remake may be subtler than norman jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . it 's also stupider . ,0
"ken russell would love this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout M-^W and meat loaf explodes . ",0
"bad in such a bizarre way that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste . ",0
a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ) . ,0
"in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition ",1
"hard , endearing , caring , warm . bring tissues . ",1
"it 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking . ",0
"what is 100 % missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting . ",0
"leaping from one arresting image to another , songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . ",1
"a movie that 's held captive by mediocrity . not bad , but not all that good . bacon keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price . ",0
thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer . ,1
no reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either . ,0
"there 's something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties . ",0
one of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms . spears . ,0
"without shakespeare 's eloquent language , the update is dreary and sluggish . ",0
"charming , if overly complicated . . . ",0
an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay . ,0
i could n't recommend this film more . ,1
an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients . ,1
"maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is . ",1
"i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise . ",1
"at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture . ",1
"time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . ",1
runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino 's performance . ,1
"first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film . ",1
"reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and ryoko hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that . ",0
cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . ,0
viewing this underdramatized but overstated film is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppet . ,0
"this 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes , but it 's a tad slow . ",0
"unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most hollywood offerings , character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of italian for beginners . ",1
"somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . ",0
"the problem with this film is that it lacks focus . i sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand . ",0
"if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover enron stock that will double in value a week from friday . ",0
"for the first time in several years , mr . allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the hollywood empress of ms . leoni 's ellie . ",1
one-of-a-kind near-masterpiece . ,1
"in spite of good housekeeping 's unsavory characters and wwf mentality , this white trash war of the roses is a surprisingly engaging film . ",1
. . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it . ,0
"may take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours . ",1
"despite a story predictable enough to make the sound of music play like a nail-biting thriller , its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it . ",1
villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) . ,0
it 's so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it . ,0
moore 's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995 's safe . ,1
ecks this one off your must-see list . ,0
"director-chef gabriele muccino keeps it fast -- zippy , comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale . ",0
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere . ,0
"there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but that 's ok . ",1
denzel washington 's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony . ,0
"overly stylized with lots of flash black- & -white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's ) at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring . ",0
"a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory . ",1
"cold , nervy and memorable . ",1
"el peso de un lM-mquido incoloro , el peso del lM-mquido vital , del amor como elemento de vida , y de muerte . . . ",1
summer 's far too fleeting to squander on offal like this . ,0
it 's a fanboy 'what if ? ' brought to life on the big screen . ,0
"the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and the quiet american brings us right into the center of that world . ",1
"sem se preocupar em criar momentos melodramM-aticos para arrancar lM-agrimas do espectador , o pianista M-i um filme triste sem que , para isso , precise ser emocionante . ",1
"the good is very , very good . . . the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . ",0
"' [ hopkins ] does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . no , even that 's too committed . he gets his secretary to fax it . `` ",0
"bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them . ",0
majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast . ,1
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994 's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility . ,1
i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done . ,0
"occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring , often boring . ",0
"a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain . ",1
at heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance . ,1
"it 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter . ",0
nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about . ,0
"thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters . mom and dad can catch some quality naptime along the way . ",0
"like being trapped inside a huge video game , where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again . ",0
"this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men . ",1
"the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible . ",1
"an often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach ",0
"what could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale M-^V as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters . ",1
too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise . ,0
an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle . ,0
"insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it does n't disgrace it , either . ",1
"a lovely film . . . elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic . . . hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity . ",1
"the pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie 's final scenes . ",0
bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability . ,1
"most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and , no matter how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence . ",0
there 's nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever . ,0
not so much farcical as sour . ,0
"in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve . ",1
"children of the century , though well dressed and well made , ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers . ",0
"it 's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom . ",1
"you can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling . ",1
a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script . ,1
could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ? ,1
banal and predictable . ,0
"a disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants . ",0
"though frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle . ",1
return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market . ,0
"a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . ",1
"comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire . ",0
what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . ,0
"it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . ",1
"daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails . ",1
a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects . ,1
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance . ,0
"a rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation . ",1
"now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism . ",1
"an uplifting drama . . . what antwone fisher is n't , however , is original . ",0
"here 's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior . ",0
"insomnia is involving . still , i thought it could have been more . ",1
a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man 's quest to find an old flame . ,0
you do n't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable b-minus to the emperor 's club . ,1
"droll caper-comedy remake of `` big deal on madonna street `` that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` bellini `` begins to look like a `` real kaputschnik . `` ",1
"the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they 've told a nice little story in the process . ",1
the vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful . ,1
"a sly game of cat and mouse that 's intense and thrilling at times , but occasionally stretches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivances . ",1
but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest `` overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference . . . ,1
"on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . ",1
"its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy . ",1
"much like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date . ",0
uzumaki 's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse . . . ,0
"a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . ",1
"director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding . ",1
murderous maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy . . . ,1
director david fincher and writer david koepp ca n't sustain it . ,0
a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters . ,1
toward the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick . ,0
an entertainment so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots . ,0
"morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema . ",1
"the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him . ",0
that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle . ,1
"will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted . ",0
it does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes . it still feels like a prison stretch . ,0
"more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again . ",1
"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 . ",1
"a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera . ",1
"this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against . ",0
"a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater . ",0
an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years . ,0
"the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat . ",0
"throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another . ",1
a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy . ,1
"more intimate than spectacular , e . t . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades . ",1
the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment . ,0
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal . ",1
"it 's unnerving to see recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . good film , but very glum . ",1
"the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises . ",0
"watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing . almost . ",0
jacquot 's tosca is a treat . ,1
"mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . ",0
"the best movie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use special effects . ",1
"it 's still adam sandler , and it 's not little nicky . and for many of us , that 's good enough . ",1
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious . it 's too bad nothing else is . ,0
fuller would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn . ,1
this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short . ,1
it 's just plain boring . ,0
"if you love motown music , you 'll love this documentary . ",1
an intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort . ,0
"skip this dreck , rent animal house and go back to the source . ",0
as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west . ,0
a frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women . ,1
a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart . ,1
too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient . ,0
god help the poor woman if attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse . ,0
"the actors are appealing , but elysian fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental . ",0
"the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface . ",0
"it does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28k modem . ",0
"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue . ",1
"payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human . ",1
how inept is serving sara ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly . ,0
"despite its flaws , crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle . ",1
it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire . ,1
collateral damage finally delivers the goods for schwarzenegger fans . ,1
"a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . ",1
"good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing . ",1
"there are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust . ",0
"a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms . ",0
what better message than 'love thyself ' could young women of any size receive ? ,1
"aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand . ",0
an enchanting spectacular for potter fans anxious to ride the hogwarts express toward a new year of magic and mischief . ,1
"a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters . ",1
these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . ,0
"macdowell , whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role . ",1
refreshing . ,1
"`` extreme ops `` exceeds expectations . good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography . ",1
"elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them . ",1
director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama . ,0
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender and i know this because i 've seen 'jackass : the movie . ' ,0
a limp eddie murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of . ,0
the actors are fantastic . they are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre . ,1
this romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in . ,0
"if you want to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from , then look no further , because here it is . ",1
"where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval . ",0
"an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film . ",0
"some actors steal scenes . tom green just gives them a bad odor . this self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy stealing harvard , but he 's the most obvious one . ",0
solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke ,0
writer/director mark romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in america . it 's a scathing portrayal . ,1
it 's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish . ,0
apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap . ,0
"the real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep . ",1
the combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives italian for beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic . ,1
"a truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort . ",1
if you recognize zeus ( the dog from snatch ) it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one . ,0
a noble failure . ,0
an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula . ,1
a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play . ,1
the movie is as padded as allen 's jelly belly . ,0
"not everything works , but the average is higher than in mary and most other recent comedies . ",1
"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 . ",1
"cuba gooding jr . valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy . ",0
sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out . ,0
"no , it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences . ",0
"'butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . ",0
"possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose . ",0
"although . . . visually striking and slickly staged , it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . ",0
"be forewarned , if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . ",0
"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding . ",0
apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film . ,0
what the four feathers lacks is genuine sweep or feeling or even a character worth caring about . ,0
"is n't as sharp as the original . . . despite some visual virtues , 'blade ii ' just does n't cut it . ",0
"i do n't know precisely what to make of steven soderbergh 's full frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it . ",1
"the most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank . ",0
if you 're not the target demographic . . . this movie is one long chick-flick slog . ,0
"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home . ",1
"a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral . ",0
"this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer 's star trek vi : the undiscovered country . ",1
compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children . ,1
"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable . ",0
. . . fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film . ,1
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie . ,1
an off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that is amiss in the world . ,1
"unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style . ",0
". . . too slow , too boring , and occasionally annoying . ",0
"while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying 'get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer ",0
"at a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons , it 's refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history . ",1
"witty , vibrant , and intelligent . ",1
"i enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was . ",0
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs . there can be no other explanation . hilariously inept and ridiculous . ,0
"hey arnold ! the movie could have been made 40 years ago , and parents ' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing . ",0
"the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing . ",0
"believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic , and it is too cute by half . but arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us . ",1
kosminsky . . . puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting . ,1
"give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour . ",0
the film favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ) . ,0
roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion . ,0
"[ javier bardem is ] one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama . ",0
a movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair . ,1
"super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers/abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers . ",0
well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons . ,0
murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together . ,0
"serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst . ",0
"wallace gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste . ",0
"the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin . ",1
"a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder ",0
"it made me feel unclean , and i 'm the guy who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies . oh , and booty call . ",0
"ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film . ",0
new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is . ,0
even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate . ,1
"this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem . ",1
"a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide . ",1
"there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects . ",0
a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp . ,0
miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary . ,1
"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment . ",1
those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi . ,1
"seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore . ",0
"although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken . ",0
it 's solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be . ,1
. . . the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning . ,0
everyone should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting . ,1
eyre is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee . ,1
"i like it . no , i hate it . no , i love it . . . hell , i dunno . ",0
at its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers . ,1
"a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you . ",1
"a fragile framework upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming . ",0
a very capable nailbiter . ,1
a stylistic romp that 's always fun to watch . ,1
griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession . ,1
the story really has no place to go since simone is not realM-^Wshe ca n't provide any conflict . ,0
the film grows on you . and how . ,1
they kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book . ,0
there 's lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x . ,1
"pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal . ",0
a great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . tim story 's not there yet - but 'barbershop ' shows he 's on his way . ,1
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . ,0
it 's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel . ,0
provide [ s ] nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue . ,1
"mattei is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity . ",0
"stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes . ",0
schM-|tte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close . ,1
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see . ,1
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid . ,1
this action-thriller/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage . ,0
what could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama . ,0
"a silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker . ",0
"chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's . . . like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror . ",0
what makes it worth watching is quaid 's performance . ,1
"rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . last dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true . ",1
a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line . ,0
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man 's tortured soul . ,1
"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists . ",1
the biggest problem with this movie is that it 's not nearly long enough . ,1
"compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , runteldat is something of a triumph . ",1
"the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but on imax it seems better , not just bigger . ",1
a three-hour cinema master class . ,1
"comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . ",1
"mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . ",1
"a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . ",1
"slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption . ",1
all but the most persnickety preteens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure . ,1
the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey . ,1
a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 . ,1
"after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichM-is , depression and bad alternative music . ",0
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . ,1
"this is not chabrol 's best , but even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer . ",1
"contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing . ",0
"this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what [ evans ] had , lost , and got back . ",1
an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch . ,1
"halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary . ",0
"go , girls , right down the reality drain . ",0
"as a belated nod to some neglected all-stars , standing in the shadows of motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining . ",1
a worthwhile way to spend two hours . ,1
"taken purely as an exercise in style , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . but as a movie , it 's a humorless , disjointed mess . ",0
a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos . ,1
"the fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious . ",0
earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding . ,0
a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare . ,1
"a pleasing , often-funny comedy . ",1
an enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside st . petersburg 's hermitage museum . ,1
as original and insightful as last week 's episode of behind the music . ,0
"written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there 's something about mary co-writer ed decter . ",0
displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to deliver ,0
"whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment . ",1
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame . ,0
"this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . ",1
"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching . . . gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms . ",1
"why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ? there 's no good answer to that one . ",0
it 's a coming-of-age story we 've all seen bits of in other films -- but it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity . ,1
"the furious coherence that [ deniro ] brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing . ",0
[ fincher 's ] camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . ,1
". . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit . ",0
"the new guy does have a heart . now , if it only had a brain . ",1
"fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent . ",0
the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture . ,1
"while its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite , the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving . ",1
"it 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime . ",1
"shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion . ",1
a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 . ,1
reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies . ,1
"murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie , but it 's a perfectly acceptable widget . ",1
"while the path may be familiar , first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting . ",1
"with the exception of mccoist , the players do n't have a clue on the park . the acting is n't much better . ",0
"what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism . ",0
"with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . ",0
"i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen . ",0
a gripping drama . ,1
this is a very fine movie -- go see it . ,1
this is more a case of 'sacre bleu ! ' than 'magnifique ' . ,0
"they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn . they were right . ",0
do n't let your festive spirit go this far . ,0
this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first . ,1
"it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future . ",1
"although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america . ",1
a compelling film . ,1
this film puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers . ,1
every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it was n't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv . ,0
gently humorous and touching . ,1
"parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way kenneth branagh and baz luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss wilde 's still-contemporary play . ",0
"like mike does n't win any points for originality . it does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism . ",1
cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . ,1
"witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it 's dench who really steals the show . ",1
abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . ,0
dolgin and franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-american girl with a brand new name in southern tennessee . ,1
there 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter . ,0
"what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we 've shared a great adventure . ",1
"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character . ",0
"sunshine state lacks the kind of dynamic that limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece . ",0
"with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast . ",1
"alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . it 's a masterpeice . ",1
"flotsam in the sea of moviemaking , not big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising . ",0
there 's not enough to sustain the comedy . ,0
see it . debate it . remember it . ,1
"a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession M-^V one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom . ",1
"the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . ",1
lapaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope works with weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class . ,1
"any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it . ",0
"once again , director jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action/effects on the spectacular scale . ",1
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . ,1
"an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie . ",1
it 's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman . ,1
the best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations . then lower them a bit more . ,0
"too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless . ",0
"a huge disappointment coming , as it does , from filmmakers and performers of this calibre ",0
plays like some corny television production from a bygone era ,0
the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected . ,0
depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived . only masochistic moviegoers need apply . ,0
"it 's dumb , but more importantly , it 's just not scary . ",0
some people want the ol ' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain . ,1
the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun . ,0
one from the heart . ,1
"were dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke 's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , 'do not go gentle into that good theatre . ' ",0
there are n't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv . ,0
"if you 're hard up for raunchy college humor , this is your ticket right here . ",1
"an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do . ",1
"although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey ",1
"this may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other holocaust films , but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there . ",1
"this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned . ",1
it never fails to engage us . ,1
"directed by kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut . ",0
cho 's fans are sure to be entertained ; it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- i 'm not one of them . ,0
handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism . ,0
an artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art . ,0
pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick . ,0
"a free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . ",0
"ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous . ",0
poignant and delicately complex . ,1
"the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy . ",0
"you can almost see mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is going to be something really good . ' and it is . ",1
the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive . ,0
"the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . ",1
"the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination . ",1
it 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you do n't want to call the cops . you want to call domino 's . ,1
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . ,0
a sequel that 's much too big for its britches . ,0
horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth . ,1
". . . perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world . ",0
"without resorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the best same-sex romance i have seen . ",1
audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling . ,1
boisterous and daft documentary . ,1
"a gripping , searing portrait of a lost soul trying to find her way through life . ",1
"the biggest problem with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything . ",0
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market . ,1
"the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake . ",0
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap . ,0
"it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated . just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective . ",1
"miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images . ",1
a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino . ,1
energetic and boldly provocative . ,1
the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma . ,1
"the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . ",1
. . . the plot weaves us into a complex web . ,1
"the french are rather good at this kind of thing , unlike the americans , who have a passion for musketeers , only to spoof them . ",1
a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than `` memento `` ,1
"occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story . ",0
the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry . ,0
"creeps you out in high style , even if nakata did it better . ",1
". . . the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with . ",1
"byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama . ",1
the dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen . ,1
this is n't even madonna 's swept away . this is her blue lagoon . ,0
"bears is bad . not 'terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , 'i once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad . ",0
the film 's heady yet far from impenetrable theory suggests that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality . ,1
imagine o . henry 's < b > the gift of the magi < /b > relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas ! ,1
"the entire cast is first-rate , especially sorvino . ",1
"in this film , aussie david caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie . ",0
"despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film . ",1
a portrait of an artist . ,1
"directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting . ",0
the modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones . ,0
"several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful . `` why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me . ",0
"bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . it 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough . ",1
"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 . ",0
[ howard ] so good as leon barlow . . . that he hardly seems to be acting . ,1
excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . ,1
nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts -- is authentic . ,0
. . . a well-observed and disturbing little movie ,1
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . ,1
decent but dull . ,0
"a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . ",1
"a 'girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that . ",0
"immersing us in the endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive world of hip-hop djs , the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch . ",1
candid camera on methamphetamines . ,1
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling . ,0
some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast . ,1
"though howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this southern gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter . ",0
"if disney 's cinderella proved that 'a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes . ",0
it 's fitfully funny but never really takes off . ,0
such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show . ,0
"ruzowitzky has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it . ",1
"an entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story with an intimate heart . ",1
"it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition . ",0
"a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him . ",1
"two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more 's the pity . ",1
"writhing under dialogue like 'you 're from two different worlds ' and 'tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability . ",0
"you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary . ",1
a very average science fiction film . ,0
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment . ,1
disturbingly superficial in its approach to the material . ,0
a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others . ,1
might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper . ,0
"dark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement . ",1
there 's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance . ,1
"without a strong script and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos . ",0
there 's something not entirely convincing about the quiet american . and that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser . ,0
"a simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past . ",1
"while the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work . ",1
"an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity . ",0
"this piece of channel 5 grade trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast . ",0
[ the film 's ] taste for `` shock humor `` will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers . ,0
"so unassuming and pure of heart , you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell 'safe ! ' ",1
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold . ,1
i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down . ,0
"though the controversial korean filmmaker 's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding . ",1
the film is bright and flashy in all the right ways . ,1
"tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . ",0
"deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i . q . than when i had entered . ",0
"84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . it 's also , clearly , great fun . ",1
"another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures . ",0
"sam jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune . ",1
"a highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . . it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash ",1
"safe conduct , however ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull's-eye . ",0
"thanks to haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act . ",1
"the editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden . ",0
this ill-fitting tuxedo is strictly off-the-rack . ,0
dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments . ,1
a classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done . ,1
"combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . ",1
jeffrey tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator is oscar-worthy . ,1
"the unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession . ",0
"what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once . ",0
"over-the-top and a bit ostentatious , this is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance . ",1
"as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers . ",1
derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone . ,0
"a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect . ",0
"an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema . ",1
this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september . ,0
"the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . ",0
"human nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control . ",0
the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did . ,0
"if you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies , what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever . ",0
"a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours . . . a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . ",0
"a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry . ",1
"sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it . ",0
"loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin . ",0
"constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act . ",1
"a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty . ",1
i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone . ,1
"this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie . ",0
audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones . ,0
". . . the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs . ",0
"the hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . the hours is what movies are supposed to be . . . ",1
the story itself is actually quite vapid . ,0
"so stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly . ",0
"still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different . ",1
"this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c . walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago . ",0
ahhhh . . . revenge is sweet ! ,1
"`` juwanna mann ? `` no thanks . wewannour money back , actually . ",0
can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music ,1
"even on its own ludicrous terms , the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series . ",0
sexy and romantic . ,1
"all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence . ",0
none of birthday girl 's calculated events take us by surprise . . . ,0
"the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome . ",1
this dramatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old hollywood saw : evil is interesting and good is boring . ,0
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack ,1
"impostor ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies . ",0
two badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity . ,0
"it 's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout . ",1
"chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie . ",0
"compelling revenge thriller , though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady . ",1
"whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . ",1
"a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . ",1
"most of the supporting characters in eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . this one 's weaker than most . ",0
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report . ,1
"a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe . ",1
M-^Eits solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself . ,0
it 's sweet . . . but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end . ,0
claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications . ,1
an impeccable study in perversity . ,1
"a very witty take on change , risk and romance , and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth . ",1
this strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the hook . ,0
what little grace [ rifkin 's ] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . ,0
"a turgid little history lesson , humourless and dull . ",0
"'ejemplo de una cinta en que no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos , deplorable . ' ",0
"this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment . ",0
"more honest about alzheimer 's disease , i think , than iris . ",1
"goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast . ",1
"woody allen 's latest is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz . ",1
"it 's rather like a lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable . ",1
"it 's a film that hinges on its casting , and glover really does n't fit the part . ",0
". . . an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler . ",0
"madonna has made herself over so often now , there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose . ",0
there 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale . ,0
"the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively french in its rhythms and resonance . ",1
tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination . ,0
a painfully slow cliche-ridden film filled with more holes than clyde barrow 's car . ,0
"it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast . ",1
"this film is not a love letter for the slain rappers , it 's a taunt -a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered . ",1
. . . a lesson in prehistoric hilarity . ,1
"despite the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans `` make this a charmer . ",1
this horror-comedy does n't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira 's hooters . ,1
"somewhat blurred , but kinnear 's performance is razor sharp . ",1
"though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch . ",0
"a solid , psychological action film from hong kong . ",1
"for 95 often hilarious minutes , [ cho ] riffs on the diciness of colonics , on straight versus gay personal ads , on how men would act if they had periods , and on the perils of a certain outrM-i sexual practice . ",1
"a blair witch- style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast . ",0
works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making ,0
"every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency . ",1
"the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr . mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy . ",1
"director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ? ",0
simply a re-hash of the other seven films . ,0
"there are a few stabs at absurdist comedy . . . but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranian specialty . ",1
"the film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style . ",0
"manages to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious . ",0
"for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . ",1
the observations of this social/economic/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony . ,1
too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style . ,0
"not a bad premise , but the execution is lackluster at best . ",0
"an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship . ",1
"not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse , it 's almost funny . ",0
feels like a cold old man going through the motions . ,0
"it is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be . ",1
let 's hope -- shall we ? -- that the 'true story ' by which all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired `` was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen . ,0
a coarse and stupid gross-out . ,0
"it 's about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . socrates motions for hemlock . ",0
"suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative . still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed . ",1
"reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes . ",1
"impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act . ",0
"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 . ",0
"any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors . ",0
"the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery . ",1
"the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained . ",0
delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity . ,1
"if you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer . otherwise , maybe . ",1
"there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys . ",1
"a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching . ",0
"there 's no emotional pulse to solaris . with an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , soderbergh 's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff . ",0
"for all its plot twists , and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down , blood work is a strong , character-oriented piece . ",1
it 's both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary . . . ,1
a plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists . ,0
has a solid emotional impact . ,1
"while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time . ",1
"as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even ms . redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality . ",0
hard to resist . ,1
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . ,1
"the movie , while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it . ",0
"a colorful , joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters . ",1
a wonderful character-based comedy . ,1
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time . ,0
"not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches . ",0
an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary . ,1
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work . ",1
"if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it 's john turturro , who 's simply fab as a spanish butler with a foot fetish . ",0
the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing . ,1
abysmally pathetic ,0
"the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people . ",1
"coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting , circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story . ",0
interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen ,0
". . . instead go rent `` shakes the clown `` , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance . ",0
"as teen movies go , `` orange county `` is a refreshing change ",1
much monkeyfun for all . ,1
"even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a matinee admission 's worth of funny to keep it afloat . ",0
"scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle . ",0
"chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution . ",1
harland williams is so funny in drag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment . ,0
"it 's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence . ",1
"if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ? ",0
"a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary . ",1
"the movie 's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values gives it an honest , lived-in glow . ",1
"exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling . ",1
"this new time machine is hardly perfectM-^E yet it proves surprisingly serviceable . even at its worst , it 's not half-bad . ",1
"with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare . ",1
my wife is an actress works as well as it does because [ the leads ] are such a companionable couple . ,1
"as an entertainment , the movie keeps you diverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting . ",1
"it 's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to . ",1
"the movie is for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it . ",1
"there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels . ",0
"no worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",0
"fun , flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment . ",1
"a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity . ",1
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women . ",1
"as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . ",0
"majidi 's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times . ",1
"a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . ",1
"it 's a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear . ",1
manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state . ,1
"the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all . ",1
"if it 's another regurgitated action movie you 're after , there 's no better film than half past dead . ",0
"in the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan . ",0
"this is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it . if you do n't . . . well , skip to another review . ",1
"a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction . ",1
"it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid-'90s . ",0
"the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family . ",1
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just is n't much to laugh at . ,0
"despite besson 's high-profile name being wasabi 's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone . ",1
a painfully funny ode to bad behavior . ,1
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder . ,1
i did n't laugh . i did n't smile . i survived . ,0
"if it 's seldom boring , well , it 's also rarely coherent . ",0
"a film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . ",0
"while the film is competent , it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires . ",0
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film . . . it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break . ,0
"you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , `` and consider a dvd rental instead . ",1
"something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously . ",0
it has a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it 's over . ,1
". . . the first 2/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor . . . ",1
"it 's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series . ",1
"the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers . ",1
"reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down . ",0
"invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion . ",1
a refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary american film . search it out . ,1
"though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama . ",1
"shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere . ",0
the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary . ,1
"there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally . ",0
glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum . ,0
"the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis . ",1
"`` the tuxedo `` should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask `` was for jim carrey . alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes . ",0
"an erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either . ",0
traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichM-is that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill . ,0
"well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull . ",0
"the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie . ",0
overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances . ,1
"this one is certainly well-meaning , but it 's also simple-minded and contrived . ",0
crikey indeed . ,0
"does n't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films . ",0
"it may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality ",1
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . ,1
merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage . ,0
a big fat pain . ,0
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every clichM-i of japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage . ,1
"it 's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties . ",1
"like the best of godard 's movies . . . it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable . ",1
a gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema ,1
"the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . ",0
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale . ,0
"it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs . cinematic pratfalls given a working over . the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back . ",1
it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen . ,0
the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies . . . but the film suffers from its own difficulties . ,1
". . . in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint . ",1
"if you 're looking for comedy to be served up , better look elsewhere . ",0
gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing . ,0
"passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards . ",1
"this road movie gives you emotional whiplash , and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride . ",1
among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations . ,1
"a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation . ",0
"a sterling film - a cross between boys do n't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made . ",0
ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier . ,1
[ t ] he film is never sure to make a clear point even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation . ,0
the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment . ,0
"after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . ",0
a picture as erratic as its central character . ,0
"what could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking . ",1
"the movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat . ",1
"sometimes this modest little number clicks , and sometimes it does n't . ",0
this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic . ,0
my own minority report is that it stinks . ,0
"the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material . ",0
"occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma . ",0
"'no es la mejor cinta de la serie , ni la mejor con brosnan a la cabeza , pero de que entretiene ni duda cabe . ' ",1
"it dares to be a little different , and that shading is what makes it worthwhile . ",1
it 's refreshing to see a romance this smart . ,1
"carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , 'if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . ' ",0
"much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome clichM-i . ",0
make like the title and dodge this one . ,0
"stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd . ",0
"every bit as bogus as most disney live action family movies are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point . ",0
oh come on . like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away . ,0
looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination . ,0
"far too clever by half , howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another . ",0
"i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie . ",1
it has plenty of laughs . it just does n't have much else . . . especially in a moral sense . ,0
salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon . ,1
"although olivier assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation . . . its three-hour running time plays closer to two . ",1
"scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence . it 's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job . ",0
"as spent screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink . ",0
"forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending . ",0
there are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness . ,1
"often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed . ",1
a smart little indie . ,1
"[ city ] reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and 'analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year . ",1
"renner ? s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance . see it for his performance if nothing else . ",1
"y tu mamM-a tambiM-in es un buen filme gracias a lo poco convencional de su narrativa , y es quizM-a el proyecto mM-as arriesgado en la carrera de alfonso cuarM-sn ",1
`` the turntable is now outselling the electric guitar . . . `` ,1
japan 's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date . ,1
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 . ,0
"morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern 's soul , even though the character is almost completely deadpan . ",1
it 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant . ,0
the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy . ,0
"without ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality . ",1
a modestly surprising movie . ,1
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
"laughably , irredeemably awful . ",0
"if festival in cannes nails hard- boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy , much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing . ",0
a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life . ,0
dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material . ,0
bland but harmless . ,0
"there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling . ",1
"there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ? ",0
arty gay film . ,0
"a morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take turns hurting each other . it 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those `` can this marriage be saved ? `` columns from ladies home journal . . . ",0
what a pity . . . that the material is so second-rate . ,0
. . . a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism . ,1
"no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are 'german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . ",0
"kenneth branagh 's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles . ",0
"as an actress , madonna is one helluva singer . as the mediterranean sparkles , 'swept away ' sinks . ",0
"if you 're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then mostly martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite . ",1
stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation . ,1
schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression . ,0
"just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain . ",1
"an action/thriller of the finest kind , evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat . ",1
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . ,1
the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven . `` ,0
the comedy is nonexistent . ,0
"only for young children , if them . their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes . ",0
"the boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements . ",0
wallace seems less like he 's been burning to tell a war story than he 's been itching to somehow tack one together ,0
. . . liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad . ,0
trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! `` ,0
it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it 's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition . ,0
"light , cute and forgettable . ",1
i loved looking at this movie . i just did n't care as much for the story . ,0
a sequence of ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes . ,0
"the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious . ",0
"affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things . ",1
"the town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial . ",0
"gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive . ",1
"snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like 'masterpiece ' and 'triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this . ",0
"a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set . ",0
a bit of an unwieldy mess . ,0
there 's something about a marching band that gets me where i live . ,1
"easier to respect than enthuse over , andersson 's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing . ",1
thoroughly enjoyable . ,1
"hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman 's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares . ",0
"[ hawn 's character ] is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten . ",1
"yes , it 's as good as you remember . in fact , even better . ",1
what was subtle and mystifying in the novella is now broad and farcical . ,0
the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters . ,0
"everytime you think undercover brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse . ",1
plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year . ,0
"but buying into sham truths and routine `` indie `` filmmaking , freundlich has made just another safe movie . it 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre . ",0
daring and beautifully made . ,1
an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction . ,1
this slight premise . . . works because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon . ,1
"once again , director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . ",0
i 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here . ,0
"beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it 's a lyrical endeavour . ",1
"unintelligible , poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , harvard man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic . ",0
this is one of polanski 's best films . ,1
"will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr . besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms . shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic . ",0
what you expect is just what you get . . . assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height . ,0
it 's fairly self-aware in its dumbness . ,1
"cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time . ",0
"perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie . ",0
"[ t ] hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepford wives mentality does n't work in a modern context . ",0
an opportunity missed . ,0
the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be . ,1
"family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . ",1
". . . is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking . ",1
a feel-good movie that does n't give you enough to feel good about . ,0
"like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it . ",0
"it 's obviously struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world . ",1
"woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . ",1
"none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny . ",0
familiar but utterly delightful . ,1
quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ? ,0
"escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions . ",1
"it is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film . ",0
"`` i blame all men for war , `` [ the warden 's daughter ] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment . ",0
"there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering . ",0
the movie 's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal script error . ' ,0
"the emperor 's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . ",1
more whiny downer than corruscating commentary . ,0
this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still . ,0
when it really counts . . . bloody sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language . ,1
"the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half ",1
"the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people . ",0
"'frailty `` starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme . ",1
"sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours . ",0
"if it tried to do anything more , it would fail and perhaps explode , but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right . ",1
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 ! ,1
time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term . ,1
eh . ,0
"just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years . ",1
"bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly . ",0
"director ferzan ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person . ",0
[ a ] smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks . ,1
"like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net . ",1
"it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho . ",1
an intriguing and entertaining introduction to johnson . ,1
"the pleasures of super troopers may be fleeting , but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor . ",1
"human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart . ",0
the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure . `` ,0
kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business . ,0
"although there are several truly jolting scares , there 's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at . ",0
"loud , chaotic and largely unfunny . ",0
it 's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance . ,1
"there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel . ",0
"with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by cedric the entertainer as perry 's boss , there is n't a redeeming moment here . ",0
"everything that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan 's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and true . ",1
"a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded . ",1
"though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . ",1
has all the depth of a wading pool . ,0
"andy garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and mick jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , performance . ",1
"it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but notorious c . h . o . still feels like a promising work-in-progress . ",0
"it seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag , no less . ",0
it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you . . . ,1
"a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . ",0
an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture . . . in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . ,0
"it 's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting . ",0
campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful . ,1
"it 's a treat M-^V a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy scoreM-^E grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun . ",1
"full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing . ",1
this franchise has not spawned a single good film . the crap continues . ,0
two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy . ,1
it would work much better as a one-hour tv documentary . ,0
"obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de idiomas , y todo aquel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor . ",1
"a rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means . ",1
"a sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity . ",1
"with a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door . ",0
"films are made of little moments . changing lanes tries for more . it does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received . ",1
"while undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes mr . hill higher than he 's been in a while . ",1
just a kiss is a just a waste . ,0
reggio 's continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought-provoking . ,1
". . . best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report . ",1
"the ingenious construction ( adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel ) constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism ",1
"those prone to indignation need not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up . ",1
"a sensitive , cultivated treatment of greene 's work as well as a remarkably faithful one . ",1
"in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . ",1
"it 's tough , astringent , darkly funny and . . . well , it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning . ",0
"' . . . a great , participatory spectator sport . ' ",1
has a lot of the virtues of eastwood at his best . ,1
the film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold . ,0
the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself . ,1
". . . grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces . ",0
obstacles are too easily overcome and there is n't much in the way of character development in the script . ,0
"there 's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream . ",0
the ending is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i do n't have an i am sam clue . ,0
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . ,0
is office work really as alienating as 'bartleby ' so effectively makes it ? ,1
boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing . ,1
a vivid cinematic portrait . ,1
a little weak -- and it is n't that funny . ,0
"thought-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic . ",1
rarely has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign . ,0
sum `` is jack ryan 's `` do-over . `` give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . especially give credit to affleck . ,1
"not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest . ",0
"as dumb and cheesy as they may be , the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy . ",0
"[ screenwriter ] pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation . ",0
the christ allegory does n't work because there is no foundation for it ,0
"foster and whitaker are especially fine . she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew . ",1
it 's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion . ,1
"in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . ' ",0
"even in this less-than-magic kingdom , reese rules . ",0
exciting and well-paced . ,1
a savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in america 's culture of fear . ,1
"a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience . ",1
it 's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good . ,1
"we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher . ",1
"as immaculate as stuart little 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous . ",0
dilbert without the right-on satiric humor . ,0
"perhaps not since nelson eddy crooned his indian love call to jeanette macdonald has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest . ",1
"benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice . ",0
samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process . ,1
only in its final surprising shots does rabbit-proof fence find the authority it 's looking for . ,0
"as a science fiction movie , `` minority report `` astounds . ",1
"as a first-time director , paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides frailty with its dark soul . ",1
labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone . ,1
"hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse . ",1
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . ,1
"an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen . ",1
"[ shyamalan ] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count . ",1
"complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effort ",0
do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action . ,0
"the first hour is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie . ",0
"it 's better than the phantom menace . but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . ",0
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear . ,0
"'abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' . . . you should definitely let dante 's gloomy words be your guide . ",0
"it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity . ",1
"watching trouble every day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms . ",0
"one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . ",1
"even though it 's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth . ",1
feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series . ,0
"leading a double life in an american film only comes to no good , but not here . matters play out realistically if not always fairly . ",1
it 's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert . ,0
heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations . ,0
an uninspired preachy and clichM-id war film . ,0
"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . ",0
". . . a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh . ",1
"it 's another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds . ",1
"claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem . ",0
"coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . ",0
"unfortunately , one hour photo lives down to its title . thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film . ",0
"tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure . ",1
"left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation . ",1
"the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . ",1
"ram dass fierce grace moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour . ",0
"all the amped-up tony hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that . ",0
it 's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script . ,0
as plain and pedestrian as catsup -- ,0
"guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares . ",0
smart and taut . ,1
behan himself knew how to spin a tale and one ca n't help but think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art . ,1
"the movie has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers . ",0
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes . ,0
"fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten ",1
". . . if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games . ",1
"seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors . ",0
knows how to make our imagination wonder . ,1
"thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods . ",1
"for once , a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own . ",1
strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . ,0
"many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short . ",0
credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment . ,0
"if there 's one thing this world needs less of , it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam . ",0
forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore . ,0
the powder blues and sun-splashed whites of tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs . ,1
the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs . ,1
"one of the best films i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense . ",1
"when it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , `` real women have curves `` is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams . ",1
"with this new rollerball , sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment . ",0
". . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags . ",1
"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers . ",1
"in the new guy , even the bull gets recycled . ",0
"to work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion . ",0
the culmination of everyone 's efforts is given life when a selection appears in its final form [ in `` last dance `` ] . ,1
"most haunting about `` fence `` is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen . noyce 's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us ",1
"visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and completely reimagine it . ",0
"it is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film . ",1
the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid . ,0
star/producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own . ,1
"what 's not to like about a movie with a 'children 's ' song that includes the line 'my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ? ",1
it rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide . ,1
many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date . ,1
"ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e com saudades de um tempo em que , para mim , a existM-jncia de papai noel era um fato inquestionM-avel . ",1
rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning . ,0
"rob schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian . ",0
"we 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments . ",0
the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel . ,0
k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn . ,1
"it does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than `` confessions of a dangerous mind . `` ",0
"parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buM-quel 's casings ",1
two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama . ,1
not one moment in the enterprise did n't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow . ,0
"with 'bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . ",1
"with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap . ",0
the sinister inspiration that fuelled devito 's early work is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mindless . ,0
i got a headache watching this meaningless downer . ,0
"it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza . ",1
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . ,1
"a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . ",1
"part comedy , part drama , the movie winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas , but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whole . ",0
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread . ,1
"even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . ",1
"when a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . a very bad sign . ",0
"nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives . ",0
two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated . ,1
"[ haynes ' ] homage to such films as `` all that heaven allows `` and `` imitation of life `` transcends them . simply put , `` far from heaven `` is a masterpiece . ",1
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human . ,1
"this is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem . ",1
the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers . ,1
"same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse . ",1
"though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament . ",1
"who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the 'qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ? ",1
"like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless . ",0
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects , the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one . ",0
"granddad of le nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek . ",0
any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things . ,0
"like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six . ",0
a moving picture that does not move . ,0
"when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems . ",0
"a direct-to-void release , heading nowhere . ",0
alternative medicine obviously has its merits . . . but ayurveda does the field no favors . ,0
"stevenson 's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed , a volatile combination . ",1
a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 . ,1
"guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled . ",1
"jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability . ",0
. . . built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol ' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids . ,0
feels like six different movies fighting each other for attention . ,0
"from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces `` , you can feel the love . ",1
dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution . `` ,1
it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel . ,1
this rough trade punch-and-judy act did n't play well then and it plays worse now . ,0
a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . ,0
"frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music . ",0
an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people . . . manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy . ,0
ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city . ,1
"anyway , for one reason or another , crush turns into a dire drama partway through . after that , it just gets stupid and maudlin . too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances , it 's not a total loss . ",0
"when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4ever . ",0
"ver wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless . ",0
"first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . ",0
it 's such a mechanical endeavor [ that ] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it . ,0
"what makes salton sea surprisingly engrossing is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion . ",1
genuinely touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love . ,1
"things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . ",0
they threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans . ,0
despite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . ,0
"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare . ",0
"[ raimi 's ] matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you 'll ever see . ",1
. . . a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual ,1
"this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , 'ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . ' ",0
succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver screen . ,1
worth a look as a curiosity . ,1
'easily my choice for one of the year 's best films . ' ,1
"if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish . ",0
all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . ,0
"brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deuces wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism . ",0
"the actors do n't inhabit their roles -- they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes . ",0
adaptation is simply brilliant . ,1
"a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow . ",1
"dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but costner , flailing away . it 's a buggy drag . ",0
"instead of contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major- character-who-shall- remain-nameless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? ",0
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing . ,1
"the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention . ",0
"a provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love . ",1
"brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life . ",1
clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable . . . ,1
"qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere . ",1
"i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless . ",0
". . . does such a fine job of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought . ",1
"fans of the tv series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored . ",0
"an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor . ",0
"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 . ",1
this follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric peter . ,0
"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 . ",1
what we get . . . is caddyshack crossed with the loyal order of raccoons . ,0
"another big , dumb action movie in the vein of xxx , the transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black bmw through . ",0
"elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per christian ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . ",1
"a droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits of feeling . ",1
"men in black ii has sequel-itis something fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job . . . ",0
"that rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film . ",1
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . ,0
"this is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be . ",1
"we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas . ",0
"as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . ",0
"i admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint . ",1
"y tu mamM-a tambiM-in is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt . ",1
deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance . ,1
"even if britney spears is really cute , her movie is really bad . ",0
everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel . ,0
"there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it wins you over . ",1
"spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama . ",0
"for decades we 've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . prepare to marvel again . ",1
topkapi this is not . ,0
a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1/2 . ,0
"young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig , simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . ",1
the subtle strength of `` elling `` is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation . ,1
fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animation . ,1
"accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue is n't smart , then you need to use more poetic license . ",0
"charlotte sometimes is a brilliant movie . it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity . ",1
kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities . ,0
. . . a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance ,1
pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick . ,0
"to the film 's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment . ",1
"with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge . ",0
nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises . ,0
"while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation . ",1
". . . the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form . ",1
"the movie spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his . ",0
"this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie . ",0
"wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own . ",0
"perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness . ",1
"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film . ",1
parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion ,1
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
overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube . ,0
it 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive . ,1
its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper . ,0
"the 3d images only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen . ",1
ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
'stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . ' ,1
"the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey . . . [ it ] comes off like a hallmark commercial . ",0
"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
"an occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story . ",0
"`` bad `` is the operative word for `` bad company , `` and i do n't mean that in a good way . ",0
pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film . ,0
"minority report is exactly what the title indicates , a report . ",0
"if you liked the 1982 film then , you 'll still like it now . ",0
"there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . paul cox needed to show it . it is up to you to decide if you need to see it . ",1
a great idea becomes a not-great movie . ,0
"[ i ] f you 've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you 've already seen this kind of thing . ",0
wait for it to hit cable . ,0
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . ,0
"gaghan captures the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing . ",0
". . . begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot . ",1
it 's all a rather shapeless good time . . . ,1
"imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s . ",0
"mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun . ",1
"insightfully written , delicately performed ",1
takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze . ,1
"the problem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring . ",0
"its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess . ",0
just because a walk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls . ,0
a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama . ,1
"a celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences . ",1
"one big blustery movie where nothing really happens . when it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia . ",0
"one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact . ",0
"you would n't want to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit . ",1
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . he has a great cast and a great idea . but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work . ,0
"it 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo . ",0
it treats women like idiots . ,0
tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down . ,1
"while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even . ",0
mM-|nch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable . ,1
[ stevens is ] so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits . ,0
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a * * holes . ,1
"poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter . ",1
"a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor . ",1
"has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents . ",0
"for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no less subservient to bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero . ",0
there are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them . ,0
"a warm , funny , engaging film . ",1
"twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task . ",0
`` auto focus `` works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era ,1
jagger the actor is someone you want to see again . ,1
"superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line . ",1
"mr . deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way . ",1
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five . ,1
un thriller manquM-i qui tombe sur les nerfs presque dM-hs la premiM-hre image . ,0
nothing more than a mediocre trifle . ,0
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie . ,0
"on the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but it has a lot in common with piesiewicz 's and kieslowski 's earlier work , films like the double life of veronique . ",1
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . ,1
a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality . ,1
the timing in nearly every scene seems a half beat off . ,0
"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun . ",1
"a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy . ",1
"para hitler , o mundo era sua tela ; e o horror , seu pincel . e max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constataM-gM-co da realidade histM-srica . ",1
the film 's center will not hold . ,0
[ stephen ] earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have . ,1
it inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental 'picture shows . ' ,1
how do you spell clichM-i ? ,0
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . ,0
"nicks , seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh , runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy . ",0
"dull , lifeless , and amateurishly assembled . ",0
"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 . ",1
"the problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago . ",0
"as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace . ",1
kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . ,1
rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material . ,1
the entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy mood . ,1
"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 . ",1
nothing about it fits . ,0
"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 . ",0
ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action . ,0
australian actor/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation . ,1
obvious ,0
"a naturally funny film , home movie makes you crave chris smith 's next movie . ",1
heavy-handed exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension . ,0
one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time . ,0
the movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark . ,0
"certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire . ",0
"too often , the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance . ",0
crummy ,0
"the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms . . . is a nonstop hoot . ",1
"the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament . ",0
"it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world . ",0
"this romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s . ",1
lacks depth . ,0
"[ while the last metro ] was more melodramatic , confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history . ",1
"far from perfect , but its heart is in the right place . . . innocent and well-meaning . ",1
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within . ,1
"this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing . ",0
"while it 's nice to watch a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium , yu 's cinematic alchemy produces nearly as much lead as gold . ",0
"davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . ",1
the bard as black comedy -- willie would have loved it . ,1
i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here . ,1
michael moore 's latest documentary about america 's thirst for violence is his best film yet . . . ,1
"like the best 60 minutes exposM-i , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining . ",1
"the result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood . ",0
bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description . ,0
"efficient , suitably anonymous chiller . ",1
it 's just not very smart . ,0
the fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural french school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work . ,1
"a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm . ",1
"it 's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb . ",1
"armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . ",1
"it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come . ",1
a beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep 'epic . ' ,0
"i saw knockaround guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the spanish-american war . . . it 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink . ",0
"daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . it does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain . ",1
"if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions . ",1
"egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose . ",0
time changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets ,1
"`` red dragon `` is entertaining . an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ? but it is entertaining on an inferior level . it is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see . ",1
"[ nM-fs ] directed the stage version of elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage . ",1
the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks . ,1
son of the bride may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness . ,1
did the film inform and educate me ? yes . did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ? no . and that is where ararat went astray . ,0
diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy . ,1
. . . there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . ,1
"while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears . . . should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . ",1
it 's a sometimes interesting remake that does n't compare to the brilliant original . ,0
the pace and the visuals are so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything . ,0
"the film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey 's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment . ",0
a semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it . ,0
proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . ,1
"with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller ",1
[ seems ] even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels . ,0
"after watching it , you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history . ",1
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . ,0
"highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up . ",1
"boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie . ",0
"this time mr . burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again . ",0
"never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful . ",0
"charles ' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time . ",1
"swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds . ",1
it 's a masterpiece . ,1
"a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution . ",1
"fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor . ",0
a crisp psychological drama [ and ] a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone `` episode . ,1
"every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat . ",1
"a shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly . . . its hilarity is completely unintentional . ",0
"surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy . ",0
the tone shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy . ,0
ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance ,0
"[ taymor ] utilizes the idea of making kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work . this is n't a new idea . it 's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion . ",1
what does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear ? ,1
does n't add up to much . ,0
as steamy as last week 's pork dumplings . ,0
"M-^Ean eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller . ",1
"cannon 's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces . ",1
"the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next . ",1
"like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . ",1
a stylish thriller . ,1
"this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce . ",1
"blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . ",1
"the film 's greatest asset is how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture . ",1
a piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness . ,1
"trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive . ",0
it 's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen . ,0
"slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth . ",0
"mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service . ",0
"while the script starts promisingly , it loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target . ",0
"at once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future . ",1
"the strong subject matter continues to shock throughout the film . not everyone will play the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher . ",1
"mr . polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival . ",1
"the twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating , and this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows . ",0
what 'blade runner ' would 've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel . ,0
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum . ,0
"o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing . ",1
for all its problems . . . the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring . . . which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience . ,1
`hey arnold ! ' has some visual wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere . ,0
[ denis ' ] bare-bones narrative more closely resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product . ,0
"while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often . ",0
focuses on joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her `` madness `` so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 . 50 on this 21st century torture device . ,0
by-the-numbers yarn . ,0
"it 's another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue . ",0
"a hit- and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped . ",0
"sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film . ",1
has a plot full of twists upon knots . . . and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill . ,1
"a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery . ",0
"at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upon where you live ) , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two . ",1
"about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers , it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological . ",1
"i found myself liking the film , though in this case one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage . ",1
lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned . ,0
one hour photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions ; it 's just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight . ,1
consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept . ,0
"scene-by-scene , things happen , but you 'd be hard-pressed to say what or why . ",0
it is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters . ,1
a manically generous christmas vaudeville . ,1
es triste tener que decirles que lo M-znico grato de la cinta es el cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . . ,0
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him . ,0
a backhanded ode to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship . ,0
the film is flat . ,0
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made . ,1
"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 . ",0
[ macdowell ] ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is . ,0
"not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made . ",1
"despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum . ",0
"demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh . ",0
"it is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival . ",1
a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism . ,1
"jones . . . makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart . ",1
a glossy knock-off of a b-movie revenge flick . ,0
"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim . ",1
"if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on . ",1
"this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border . ",1
"a wild , endearing , masterful documentary . ",1
"in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep . ",1
go see it and enjoy . ,1
"except for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain , the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion . ",0
"as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming . ",1
"the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann , rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s . ",1
director nancy savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could . ,1
the film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . the end result is a film that 's neither . ,0
"just what makes us happy , anyway ? ",1
"as written by michael berg and michael j . wilson from a story by wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . ",0
a cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall . ,1
quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor . ,1
"nervy and sensitive , it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood . ",1
escapism in its purest form . ,1
the problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . a rumor of angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness . ,0
"the plot combines the blues brothers and almost famous ( but with bears , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure . ",0
"feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together . ",0
an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing . ,1
if only merchant paid more attention the story . ,0
tries to add some spice to its quirky sentiments but the taste is all too familiar . ,0
bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers . ,0
"despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j . k . rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore . ",0
"not as good as the full monty , but a really strong second effort . ",1
"it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience . ",1
"moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . too predictably , in fact . ",0
"almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . ",1
there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid ,0
"if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . an exit sign , that is . ",0
even murphy 's expert comic timing and famed charisma ca n't rescue this effort . ,0
"though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract . ",0
"it challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should . ",1
"if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . ",1
davis . . . is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is . ,0
"it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression . ",1
"shatner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . ",0
will no doubt delight plympton 's legion of fans ; others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting . ,0
a sudsy cautionary tale . ,0
"ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr . ",0
"there 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted . ",0
"though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors . ",1
godawful boring slug of a movie . ,0
. . . turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock . ,0
"it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn . ",1
"for all of the contemporary post-colonialist consciousness that kapur tries to bring to the four feathers , the oddest thing about the movie is how it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear . ",0
"the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise . . . then mike myers shows up and ruins everything . ",0
enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age . ,1
"acting , particularly by tambor , almost makes `` never again `` worthwhile , but [ writer/director ] schaeffer should follow his titular advice ",0
the filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment . ,1
"as played by ryan gosling , danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction . ",1
"a miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out ",1
gaghan . . . has thrown every suspenseful clichM-i in the book at this nonsensical story . ,0
a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last . ,1
"shot perhaps 'artistically ' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . ",0
"inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening . ",1
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness . ,1
`` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store `` ,0
an unflinching look at the world 's dispossessed . ,1
"kidman is really the only thing that 's worth watching in birthday girl , a film by the stage-trained jez butterworth ( mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of british comedies in the post-full monty world . ",0
"this is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all . ",1
a momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year . ,0
visually striking and viscerally repellent . ,1
it asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up . ,1
attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . ,1
worse than 'silence of the lambs ' better than 'hannibal ' ,1
"no new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through . ",0
collapses under its own meager weight . ,0
transforms one of [ shakespeare 's ] deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy . ,1
"cry havoc and let slip the dogs of cheese , indeed . ",0
chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe . ,0
a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures . ,1
"rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle ",1
"it is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad . ",1
"it will probably prove interesting to ram dass fans , but to others it may feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture . ",0
"despite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book . ",0
"no one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins . ",1
"paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . ",0
you know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this . ,0
i am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson . ,1
'sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it will likely call it 'challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates . ,0
slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by . ,0
"miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet . ",1
a disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by philip glass . ,1
the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy . ,0
"the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naM-ovetM-i and arbitrary flashbacks . ",0
blue crush is as predictable as the tides . . . . the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies . ,0
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called 'the gift of tears . ' ,1
"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 . ",1
"a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation . ",1
"for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven . ",1
"although jackson is doubtless reserving the darkest hours for the return of the king , we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of the two towers . ",1
video games are more involving than this mess . ,0
originality is sorely lacking . ,0
less worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life and more time spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie . ,0
despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed . ,1
perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions . ,1
"it 's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins . ",1
really quite funny . ,1
a stirring road movie . ,1
"a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story . ",0
"an enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids . ",1
tian emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to liyan 's backyard . ,1
"while not all that bad of a movie , it 's nowhere near as good as the original . ",1
jaglom . . . put [ s ] the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters ,1
it 's secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours . ,1
a compelling spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession . ,1
passable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k . court house of life type of flick . strictly middle of the road . ,0
`` the mothman prophecies `` is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls . ,1
scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario . ,1
"as weber and weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create . ",1
"stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it 's `` waking up in reno . `` go back to sleep . ",0
succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the police academy series . ,0
"if your senses have n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests , if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket . ",1
offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux . ,1
"it believes it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile . ",0
may cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists . ,0
"like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends . ",0
woody allen used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending . now he makes them . ,0
"lacks heart , depth and , most of all , purpose . ",0
"bad . very bad . stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad . ",0
not a bad journey at all . ,1
"the problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay . ",0
an unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection . ,1
"ca n't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers . still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . ",0
"looking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in jane hamilton 's exemplary costumes , rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon . ",1
"spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . he just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . here , thankfully , they are . ",1
"murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and parmentier . ",1
almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family `` to everyone looking in . . . `` my big fat greek wedding `` comes from the heart . . . ,1
"the story may not be new , but australian director john polson , making his american feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly . ",1
a psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention to detail . ,1
"solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , `` `` out of sight `` and `` ocean 's eleven , `` never were . ",0
"old people will love this movie , and i mean that in the nicest possible way : last orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship . ",1
"while it is interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side , longley 's film lacks balance . . . and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context . ",0
[ gayton 's script ] telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience . ,0
"due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . ",0
"the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . ",0
it becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . `` interview `` loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into . ,0
a moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war reach much further than we imagine . ,1
"this one is a few bits funnier than malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks . ",0
"lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year . ",0
schindler 's list it ai n't . ,0
"with lesser talents , high crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable . with freeman and judd , i 'll at least remember their characters . ",1
"birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters . ",1
the director 's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . ,0
what bubbles up out of john c . walsh 's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch . ,1
"fierce , glaring and unforgettable . ",1
"a movie that , rather than skip along the seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek . ",0
"go for la salle 's performance , and make do as best you can with a stuttering script . ",0
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 . ,1
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 . ,0
'christian bale 's quinn [ is ] a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . ' ,0
"unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optimistic a title . ",0
"belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film . ",1
"beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images . ",1
classic cinema served up with heart and humor ,1
"the messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the whale . determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult . ",0
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted . ",0
most folks with a real stake in the american sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant . ,0
a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored . ,1
calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it 's more like entertainment for trolls . ,0
"in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises . ",0
. . . although this idea is `` new `` the results are tired . ,0
"mr . wollter and ms . seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear . ",0
less about shakespeare than the spawn of fools who saw quentin tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations . ,0
"it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged . ",1
"a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness . ",1
"its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops . ",0
"it 's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery , it 's about as exciting as a sunburn . ",0
"although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . ",1
"the concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers . ",1
"seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil . ",1
"if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . ",0
"i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr . holland 's class for the music , or to robin williams 's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . ",0
an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work . ,1
this thing is just garbage . ,0
"a movie just for friday fans , critics be damned . if you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again . ",0
". . . unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted . ",0
a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks . ,0
"the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . ",1
it 's a movie forged in the fires of chick flick hell . ,0
"like showgirls and glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional . ",0
"authentic , and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow . ",0
"we can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer . ",1
thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic . ,1
an unwise amalgam of broadcast news and vibes . ,0
a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be . ,1
"as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner . ",1
"what the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean . ",0
it 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss . ,1
a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers . ,0
"sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , [ ahola ] has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation . ",0
"it is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of stewart and hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle . ",1
director oliver parker labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two . ,0
"whether you like rap music or loathe it , you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie . ",1
"sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudly in execution . ",0
"unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook . ",0
"all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely . ",1
"sometimes it feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s , and starred chevy chase and goldie hawn . ",0
"with notorious c . h . o . cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy . ",1
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries . ,1
truly terrible . ,0
birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked . ,1
"a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children . ",1
"nijinsky says , 'i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too . ",0
"the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull . ",0
the whole affair is as predictable as can be . ,0
the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
there 's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . ,0
"meeting , even exceeding expectations , it 's the best sequel since the empire strikes back . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth . ",1
hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story . ,0
"because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags . ",0
"her film is like a beautiful food entrM-ie that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless . ",0
"an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement . ",1
"stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor . ",0
"coppola 's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema . ",1
labute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering . ,1
family fare . ,1
the story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships . ,0
it 's always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work . ,1
griffin & co . manage to be spectacularly outrageous . ,1
"is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ? ",0
"a somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing , he becomes an enemy to his own race . ",1
"witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic . ",0
the film is insightful about kissinger 's background and history . ,1
"a profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility . ",0
the big ending surprise almost saves the movie . it 's too bad that the rest is n't more compelling . ,0
"while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging . ",1
"take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length . ",1
the name says it all . jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set . ,0
"often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself . ",1
the movie 's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension . ,0
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 . ,1
. . . as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement . ,1
"borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark `` and `` extremities `` . . . but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption . ,0
new best friend 's playboy-mansion presentation of college life is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . ,0
"aaliyah rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with townsend . when she speaks , her creepy egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music . ",0
"a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece . . . so dull that its tagline should be : 'in space , no one can hear you snore . ' ",0
a moving story of determination and the human spirit . ,1
it may not be `` last tango in paris `` but . . . ,1
the film makes a fatal mistake : it asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life . ,0
"rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . ",0
"the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work . ",1
australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place . ,1
a potent allegorical love story . ,1
"ben affleck as jack ryan , tom clancy 's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what 's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ? ",0
"has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . ",1
the worst film of the year . ,0
"when you think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble : he 's the con , and you 're just the mark . ",1
"an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence . ",1
"the streets , shot by cinematographer michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them . ",0
the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors . ,1
"a preposterous , prurient whodunit . ",0
"at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood . ",1
"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal . ",0
the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure . ,1
the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya . ,1
"the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears . ",1
"in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine . ",0
"i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap clichM-i . ",0
apallingly absurd . . . the chemistry or lack thereof between newton and wahlberg could turn an imax theater into a 9 `` black and white portable tv . ,0
"interesting , but not compelling . ",0
putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a pandora 's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest . ,0
davis . . . gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . ,1
the talents of the actors helps `` moonlight mile `` rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing . ,1
"renner 's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . ",1
a movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle . ,0
an extremely unpleasant film . ,0
"talky , artificial and opaque . . . an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . ",0
"even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . ",1
"this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny . ",1
malcolm mcdowell is cool . paul bettany is cool . paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ? cool . ,1
"while the film misfires at every level , the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy . ",0
the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad . ,0
"a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy . ",1
about nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the american dream . ,1
"finds a way to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original . ",1
"it would be interesting to hear from the other side , but in talk to her , the women are down for the count . ",1
"one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them . ",1
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch . ,0
the filmmakers lack the nerve . . . to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor . ,0
"the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based 'drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged . ",0
"though it 's become almost redundant to say so , major kudos go to leigh for actually casting people who look working-class . ",1
"a deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy . ",1
"polished , well-structured film . ",1
"anemic , pretentious . ",0
aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . ,0
watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy . ,1
it 's probably not easy to make such a worthless film . . . ,0
"there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us . ",1
"on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film . ",1
topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs . ,1
could n't someone take rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ? ,0
"impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie does n't quite fly . for starters , the story is just too slim . ",0
"a dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment . ",0
contrived pastiche of caper clichM-is . ,0
"an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient ",1
"writer/director john mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable . ",0
disturbing and brilliant documentary . ,1
"you wo n't like roger , but you will quickly recognize him . and that 's a big part of why we go to the movies . ",1
"unfortunately , as a writer , mr . montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor . ",0
full of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in . ,0
it may play well as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding ,0
sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers ' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ? ,0
the movie is obviously a labour of love so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted . ,0
"together , tok and o orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . in the process , they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in hong kong cinema . ",1
mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . ,0
nair does n't treat the issues lightly . she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly . ,1
"[ d ] espite its familiar subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing . . . ",1
"lauren ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist . ",1
. . . the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity . ,0
"the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness . ",0
a mess when it comes to the characters and writing . . . but works its way underneath the skin like few movies have in recent memory . ,1
"if this movie were a book , it would be a page-turner , you ca n't wait to see what happens next . ",1
"this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance . ",0
the movie gets muted and routine . ,0
these characters become wearisome . ,0
"the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . ",1
"a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style favored by many directors of the iranian new wave . ",1
"there 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristo . . . never quite settles on either side . ",0
"the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes . ",0
the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
"not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and daniel radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as harry , but the film conjures the magic of author j . k . rowling 's books . ",1
this is no `` waterboy ! `` ,0
merci pour le movie . ,1
"the best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence . ",1
"'it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . cynics need not apply . ' ",1
"vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much . ",0
"captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper . ",1
"even if you do n't think [ kissinger 's ] any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch . ",1
scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about . ,0
"it 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable . ",0
"the humor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny . ",0
"while the stoically delivered hokum of hart 's war is never fun , it 's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-saving private ryan tributes to the greatest generation . ",1
"nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach . . . sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle . ",0
it helps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . ,1
"as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely . ",0
"personal velocity ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces . ",0
"confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it . ",0
"shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams , trots out every ghost trick from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies . ",0
"except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made . ",0
cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera . ,1
"an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson . ",0
"this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success . ",1
"producer john penotti surveyed high school students . . . and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . `` ignoring that , he made swimfan anyway ",0
what 's infuriating about full frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . what 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn . ,1
"leaves you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness . ",0
"romantic , riveting and handsomely animated . ",1
"laconic and very stilted in its dialogue , this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters . ",0
"it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the filmit was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did i miss something ? `` ending . ",0
another useless recycling of a brutal mid-'70s american sports movie . ,0
"dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter . ",0
"about schmidt belongs to nicholson . gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . as schmidt , nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance . ",1
it 's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent . ,1
deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . ,1
"benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it 's dong jie 's face you remember at the end . ",1
"300 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . ",1
"as expected , sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . ",1
"the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . immediately . ",0
an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten . ,0
at once disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious . ,1
"sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading . ",0
"enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary . ",1
"a highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he 's afraid of his best-known creation ? ",1
alternately frustrating and rewarding . ,0
"while not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy . ",1
"a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers . ",0
"a movie that 's just plain awful but still manages to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it's-funny level . ",1
"the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past . ",1
both deeply weird and charmingly dear . ,1
"it 's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . ",1
"contando com uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memM-sria . ",1
nothing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks . ,0
"i did n't find much fascination in the swinging . what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling . ,0
it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept . ,0
people cinema at its finest . ,1
"a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking . ",1
"the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude . ",1
the innocence of holiday cheer ai n't what it used to be . ,0
fun and nimble . ,1
the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years . ,1
"director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j . wilson and peter ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time . ",1
"it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . ",1
"when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts . . . had this much imagination and nerve . ",1
a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem . ,1
a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away . ,1
"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . it ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to . ",0
"too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one . ",0
"uncommonly stylish but equally silly . . . the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions . ",0
deserving of its critical backlash and more . ,0
a crisply made movie that is no more than mildly amusing . ,0
"an intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them . ",1
"a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . ",0
"lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks , but not anyone else . ",0
' [ the cockettes ] provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . ' ,1
"most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . the movie is n't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave . ",0
a working class `` us vs . them `` opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered . ,0
"an important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values . ",1
i do n't even care that there 's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff . it 's still terrible ! ,0
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness . ,0
"forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ? ",0
"obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque . ",0
"long after you leave justine , you 'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean . ",1
demands too much of most viewers . ,0
"its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the man in the iron mask and the musketeer . ",0
"this nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an eddie murphy film . and just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops nathan lane . ",1
"good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of european , american and asian influences . ",1
"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more . ",1
"there 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache . ",1
"a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions . ",1
"in adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns . ",1
"it provides the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot . ",1
"amazing ! a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing ! ",1
a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid . ,1
"like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . ",0
"the stunning , dreamlike visuals will impress even those viewers who have little patience for euro-film pretension . ",1
beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm . ,1
not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . ,0
"quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year . . . a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it does n't have all the answers . ",1
bogdanich is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side . ,0
"prurient playthings aside , there 's little to love about this english trifle . ",0
"johnson has , in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to . ",0
"this is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy . ",0
"the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack . ",1
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning . ,1
"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
mr . soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious . ,0
"the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace does n't organize it with any particular insight . ",0
"though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . ",1
"about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces . . . positively dreadful . ",0
"with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend `` , who needs enemies ? just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills . ",0
a beautifully made piece of unwatchable drivel . ,0
"in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses . ",0
a series of immaculately composed shots of patch adams quietly freaking out does not make for much of a movie . ,0
"it 's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence . ",0
"a moving , if uneven , success . ",1
"like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . ",0
"a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels . ",0
"it 's all entertaining enough , but do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper . ",1
"it feels like a community theater production of a great broadway play : even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original . ",0
"whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end . but , no , we get another scene , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain . ",0
an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . . ,1
"it 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue . ",0
"this rather superficial arthouse middle-brow film knows how to please a crowd , and that 's about all it does well . ",0
"what 'dumb and dumber ' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script . ",1
"although mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . ",1
"vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . ",1
"if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers . ",1
"the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly . ",1
"as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain . ",0
"the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . ",1
"the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing . ",1
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . ,1
gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance . ,0
"the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story . ",0
"the attempt is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven . ",0
"brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . ",1
"the new faces are interesting , but the old story is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted . ",0
"lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered . ",0
gloriously goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff . ,1
"although it 's a bit smug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do . ",1
the movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs . ,0
"elicits more groans from the audience than jar jar binks , scrappy doo and scooby dumb , all wrapped up into one . ",0
shrewd but pointless . ,0
. . . understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation . ,1
i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring . ,0
"if the first men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it 's fun lite . ",1
"this insightful , oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes , gives peace yet another chance . ",1
"to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman is off-putting , to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved . ",0
a thinly veiled look at different aspects of chinese life clashing with each other . ,1
like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr . wong 's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting . ,1
"while undercover brother is definitely one for the masses , it 's also full of sharp , smart satire . ",1
the central story lacks punch . ,0
"a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat . ",1
"the only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers . ",0
"nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them . ",0
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved . ,1
it 's made with deftly unsettling genre flair . ,1
"secretary `` is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . ",1
"it 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today . ",1
"it is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . i have n't seen one in so long , no wonder i did n't recognize it at first . ",1
only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate . ,0
"apart from dazzling cinematography , we 've seen just about everything in blue crush in one form or the other . ",0
"as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done . but , for that , why not watch a documentary ? ",0
"contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin . ",0
"the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line . ",0
"[ nelson 's ] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes . ",0
"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
the performances are uniformly good . ,1
"for a shoot-'em-up , ballistic is oddly lifeless . ",0
"overall , it 's a pretty mediocre family film . ",0
plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel . ,1
"bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . it may even fall into the category of films you love to hate . i admit it , i hate to like it . ",0
spend your benjamins on a matinee . ,1
one long string of cliches . ,0
one thing is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou . ,0
"cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drive you crazy . ",0
"shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that 's something i would rather live in denial about ",0
it 's not original enough . ,0
a masterpiece four years in the making . ,1
the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong . ,1
"intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed . ",1
". . . if you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie , you might want to catch freaks as a matinee . ",0
the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing . ,1
high crimes miscasts nearly every leading character . ,0
"normally , rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable . ",0
not since freddy got fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through . ,0
"britney has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway . ",1
"works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them . ",0
a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera . . . ,1
exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable . ,0
"with tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension , miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises . ",1
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing . ,1
"taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as much as they promise . ",0
"the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood . ",1
as unseemly as its title suggests . ,1
raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen . ,1
"i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks . ",0
a must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle . ,1
a bland animated sequel that hardly seems worth the effort . ,0
"human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard . ",0
recalls quiet freak-outs like l'avventura and repulsion . ,1
"while the resident evil games may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games , the movie really only succeeds in the third of these . ",0
"everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids . ",1
. . . a confusing drudgery . ,0
"the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface . ",0
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel . ,0
"sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . ",0
"morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but morvern callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start . ",1
you 'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . you 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus . ,0
kudos to the most enchanting film of the year . ,1
barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality . ,0
"an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . ",0
"watching the powerpuff girls movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures . ",0
"unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters . ",0
chao was chen kaige 's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about . ,0
here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix . ,1
hugh grant 's act is so consuming that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are . ,0
"light-years ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least artistically . ",1
howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buM-quel retrospective . ,0
"de niro looks bored , murphy recycles murphy , and you mentally add showtime to the pile of hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal . ",0
"a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences . ",1
it 's not the least of afghan tragedies that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history . ,1
"in auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer . ",1
too silly to take seriously . ,0
"an awful lot like one of [ spears ' ] music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it . ",0
"american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize . and the lesson , in the end , is nothing new . ",0
"dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation . ",0
"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . ",0
downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler `` pg-13 rating . ,0
"hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry . ",0
"just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail . ",0
"scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent ; perdition , meanwhile , reads more like driving miss daisy than goodfellas . ",0
the movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in hollywood 's hastier productions . ,1
"swinging , the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . or intelligent . ",0
a decidedly mixed bag . ,0
just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of time . ,0
"dreary , highly annoying . . . 'some body ' will appeal to no one . ",0
"the re- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well . ",0
"both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others . ",1
"even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids . . . getting . . . very . . . heavy . . . ",0
"`` freaky friday , `` it 's not . ",0
"creepy , authentic and dark . this disturbing bio-pic is hard to forget . ",1
it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us . ,0
the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots . ,0
"chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws . ",1
"it 's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics . ",1
coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit . ,0
"godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . ",0
"ultimately , `` mib ii `` succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless . ",1
"if there 's nothing fresh about wannabes , which was written by mr . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addessi , much of the time the movie feels authentic . ",1
"eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . but even a hero can stumble sometimes . ",0
"an overstylized , purM-ied mM-ilange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wankery . ",0
. . . irritating soul-searching garbage . ,0
"despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire . ",0
"director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel . ",0
"an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension . ",0
"when perry fists a bull at the moore farm , it 's only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart . ",0
"'a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . ' ",1
has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope . ,1
better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine . ,0
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . ,0
"a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter . ",1
"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool . ",0
the way coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art -- is giddily entertaining . ,1
"a lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love . ",1
"it 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . unfortunately , that 's precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does . ",0
a rather tired exercise in nostalgia . ,0
highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within . ,0
the film 's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone . ,1
"you wo n't believe much of it , but you will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all . ",1
"there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms is n't it . ",0
"it may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? ",1
"a compelling , moving film that respects its audience and its source material . ",1
"highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . ",1
how anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchy-feely message this preachy produce promotes is beyond us . ,0
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 . ,0
"if you liked such movies as notting hill , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones ' diary or high fidelity , then you wo n't want to miss about a boy . ",1
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 . ,1
"queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame . ",0
"george clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years . ",1
. . . `` bowling for columbine `` remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film . . . ,1
generic thriller junk . teens only . ,0
the film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry . ,1
a faster paced family flick . upper teens may get cynical . smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy . ,0
serving sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs . ,0
the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited . ,1
"like rudy yellow lodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . ",1
trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible . ,0
"co-writer/director jonathan parker 's attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire fall dreadfully short . ",0
"a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . ",1
. . . they missed the boat . ,0
"real women may have many agendas , but it also will win you over , in a big way . ",1
a loving little film of considerable appeal . ,1
"more romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original . ",1
"kurys never shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention . ",0
there has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes . i believe the message is in the messenger : the agent is a woman . ,1
"an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance . ",0
"there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure . ",1
"one of creepiest , scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling blair witch or the others . ",1
witless but watchable . ,1
"the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own . ",0
"narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess . ",0
the story has little wit and no surprises . ,0
"a mess , but it 's a sincere mess . ",1
"in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . ",1
"if you saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park , you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police . ",0
"brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . ",1
this is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years . ,1
"blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy . ",0
"fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique . ",0
"[ schweiger is ] talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists . ",1
". . . tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here . . . ",0
"it 's like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? ) . ",0
a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy . ,0
ms . hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate . ,1
"makes one thing abundantly clear . american musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun's-sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway . ",1
"with a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of los angeles , where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , the dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same path . ",0
an exquisitely crafted and acted tale . ,1
[ fessenden ] is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills ,1
"corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . it 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . at all . ",1
"while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds . ",1
a weird and wonderful comedy . ,1
"the film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand . ",1
"one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised . ",1
"it 's hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first . many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , [ yet ] are worthwhile . ",1
director nalin pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . no question . ,1
[ a ] stuporously solemn film . ,0
yakusho and shimizu . . . create engaging characterizations in imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix . ,1
"soul is what 's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself . ",0
a selection of scenes in search of a movie . ,0
"by turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy , never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre . ",1
"the soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too . ",0
there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory . ,1
"as an actor , the rock is aptly named . ",0
"though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining . ",0
"to be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw . ",0
"the man from elysian fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves . ",0
"the vampire thriller blade ii starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout . ",0
i just loved every minute of this film . ,1
"would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . ",1
"despite some strong performances , never rises above the level of a telanovela . ",0
"that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults . ",1
this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material . ,0
"wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse . ",1
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience . ,0
it 's one heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them . ,1
predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king . ,0
"between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season . ",1
uneven but a lot of fun . ,1
"i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them . ",0
"it 's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas . ",1
"the humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant . ",0
tuck everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth . ,1
"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 . ",1
"a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . ",1
guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it 's not scary in the slightest . ,0
one lousy movie . ,0
"visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . ",1
"it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships . ",1
a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity . ,0
"mr . caine and mr . fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances . ",1
"on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture . ",0
a pretentious mess . ,0
hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette 's dialogue . ,1
"exploits [ headbanger ] stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . ",1
"the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster . ",0
"like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories . ",0
"too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot . ",0
"if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? `` or maybe `` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ",0
haynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed . ,1
one ca n't deny its seriousness and quality . ,1
"katz 's documentary does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it . ",1
psychologically savvy . ,1
"a poorly scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . ",0
"[ a ] thoughtful , visually graceful work . ",1
an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic . ,0
"has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting . ",0
much of what is meant to be 'inspirational ' and 'uplifting ' is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing [ the movie 's ] mindset . ,0
"the film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle . ",0
part of the charm of satin rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness . ,1
"the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough . ",1
"writer-director 's mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres . ",1
it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious . ,0
"this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . in fact , it 's quite fun in places . ",1
"beneath the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve . ",1
"k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . ",1
"if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it . ",0
brave and sweetly rendered love story . ,1
long time dead ? not nearly long enough . ,0
"supposedly , pokemon ca n't be killed , but pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over . ",0
"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 . ",0
"the wwii drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear . ",1
"over the years , hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor . ",1
"there 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery . ",0
fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy . ,1
"'estupendamente actuada , sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana , es una experiencia fM-mlmica imposible de olvidar ' ",1
"there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked . ",0
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . ,1
"a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration . ",1
"after the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go . ",0
cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle . ,0
"in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks . ",1
it is definitely worth seeing . ,1
this riveting world war ii moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of american culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms . ,1
"[ johnnie to and wai ka fai are ] sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers . ",0
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting 'chops ' and they take full advantage . ,1
"' . . . mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . ' ",1
"an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion . ",1
what makes the movie special is its utter sincerity . ,1
a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl 's life . ,1
flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey . ,0
greengrass ( working from don mullan 's script ) forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation . ,1
a solidly seaworthy chiller . ,1
"anchored by friel and williams 's exceptional performances , the film 's power lies in its complexity . nothing is black and white . ",1
"what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time . ",0
"it is ridiculous , of course . . . but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness . ",1
there is no denying the power of polanski 's film . . . ,1
"earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese . ",1
"god is great , the movie 's not . ",0
"the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight . ",1
troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal . ,0
more of the same old garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now . ,0
"ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head , but he knows how to pose madonna . ",0
"if we do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose , we deserve the trash that we get . ",0
"if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way . ",0
"it 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast . ",0
"vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes . ",1
brilliantly explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition . ,1
"well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery . ",0
"returning aggressively to his formula of dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters , sandler , who also executive produces , has made a film that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy . ",0
the original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece ! ,0
"too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , david arquette . ",0
most of the action setups are incoherent . ,0
"sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema . ",1
"after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be . ",0
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ? ,0
"devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . ",1
it 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it . ,1
"at the film 's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . ",1
"tony gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but director d . j . caruso 's grimy visual veneer and kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably . ",1
. . . unbearably lame . ,0
"it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling . ",0
"on top of a foundering performance , [ madonna 's ] denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag . ",0
i 'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes . ,0
likely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer . ,1
"the intent is almost exactly the same [ as the full monty ] . all that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight . ",0
'cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about ,0
formula 51 is so trite that even yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor . ,0
"streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , `` big trouble `` is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter . ",1
meandering and confusing . ,0
"even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness . ",0
like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions . ,0
"a long-winded , predictable scenario . ",0
has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes . ,0
this is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer . ,1
"it will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . but here 's the real damn : it is n't funny , either . ",0
"because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions . ",1
"its maker , steven spielberg , has n't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping indiana jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray . ",1
`` the quiet american `` begins in saigon in 1952 . that 's its first sign of trouble . ,1
"the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering . ",1
it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this . ,1
"thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all . ",1
"are monsters born , or made ? ",0
the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder . ,0
"opening with some contrived banter , cliches and some loose ends , the screenplay only comes into its own in the second half . ",1
do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list - eye see you is pure junk . ,0
it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another . ,1
"it moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss ; it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the cold war datedness -- of its premise . ",1
"an energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up . ",1
"anchored by a terrific performance by abbass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides . ",1
daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story ,1
gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or laugh . ,0
the film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film . ,0
"though the opera itself takes place mostly indoors , jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set . ",0
"silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another . ",0
"gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences . ",1
it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising `` to `` interesting `` to `` familiar `` before landing squarely on `` stupid `` . ,0
"this film seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities . ",1
"this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed tosca that you want . i 'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper . ",1
"one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time . ",0
"overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek 's novel by some way . it settles for being merely grim . ",0
japanese director shohei imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . ,1
"one of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory . ",1
"as a film director , labute continues to improve . ",1
"by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters , i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie . ",0
"cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . ",0
director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims . ,1
the movie is . . . very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes . ,1
"it 's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contenders should be measured . ",1
sandra bullock 's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot . ,0
"ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints . ",1
"as if drop dead gorgeous was n't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition . ",0
"crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama . ",0
"day is not a great bond movie , but it is a good bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knock-offs . ",1
"for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . ",1
an affectionately goofy satire that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary . . . ,1
draggin ' about dragons ,0
"even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end . . . you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time . ",1
"on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness . ",1
"it 's a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story . ",0
"the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one . ",1
the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad . ,0
eight legged freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love . . . ,0
murderous maids may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth . ,1
the whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well . ,0
"the principals in this cast are all fine , but bishop and stevenson are standouts . ",1
"twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . big time . ",0
"this is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm . ",0
the movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster . ,0
a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer . ,0
what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log ? ,0
"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative . it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness . ",0
a captivating new film . ,1
"maybe it 's asking too much , but if a movie is truly going to inspire me , i want a little more than this . ",0
clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer . ,0
"baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children . ",1
"audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit . ",1
just one bad idea after another . ,0
i could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy . ,0
"if a big musical number like 'praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids . ",1
wait for pay per view or rental but do n't dismiss barbershop out of hand . ,0
"in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor 's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach . ",0
"a recipe for cinematic disaster . . . part quentin tarantino , part guy ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof , it 's all bad . ",0
it 's like an all-star salute to disney 's cheesy commercialism . ,0
"despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of `` lilo `` could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script . ",1
its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads . ,1
"just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay . ",0
"be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . the ring never lets you off the hook . ",1
"`` the kid stays in the picture `` is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
worth the effort to watch . ,1
i love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off . ,1
"ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive . ",0
"maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades . . . but honestly , analyze that really is n't all that bad . ",1
"despite hoffman 's best efforts , wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher ; his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before . ",0
the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting . ,1
woefully pretentious . ,0
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you 've imagined the ring . ,0
a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through . ,0
worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia . ,1
just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole . ,0
"a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk'n'slash . ",0
predictably soulless techno-tripe . ,0
"as any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death . on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint . ",1
"sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti ",0
"the diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time . ",1
"for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking . ",0
`` an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . `` ,0
"like its two predecessors , 1983 's koyaanisqatsi and 1988 's powaqqatsi , the cinematic collage naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever . ",1
"chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of jeffrey dahmer , serial killer . ",1
"offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . ah , what the hell . ",1
"[ creates ] the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama . ",0
"the problem is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes . the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material . ",0
"birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency . ",1
"it 's mildly amusing , but i certainly ca n't recommend it . ",0
completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage . ,0
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in intelligence and b-grade stylishness . ,1
"from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times . ",1
"a shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown . ",1
"for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . if you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts . ",1
"some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat . ",1
"daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation . ",1
a sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears . ,1
has its charming quirks and its dull spots . ,0
"in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . sometimes , that 's enough . ",1
"[ green is ] the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and i 'm just about ready to go to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike . ",0
"both flawed and delayed , martin scorcese 's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas . ",1
digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . ,1
"if the message seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care . ",1
"it 's not without its pleasures , but i 'll stick with the tune . ",0
"let 's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate . ",0
"the pianist is a fine valedictory work for polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain . ",1
"the thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case . ",0
holden caulfield did it better . ,0
"jolting into charleston rhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? who cares ? ) . ",1
"a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder . ",1
"this cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap . ",1
"neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered . ",0
"a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium . ",0
flawed but worthy look at life in u . s . relocation camps . ,1
"a bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror . ",1
"while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) 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 . ",0
"and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest . if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy ! ",0
"a quiet , pure , elliptical film ",1
"with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichM-is . ",0
a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls . ,0
"it 's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name . ",0
a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate . ,1
"a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed . ",0
it makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film . ,1
"holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . ",1
"even if you feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before , it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to belushi 's easy-going likableness . ",0
"the charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin . ",0
it would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00 . ,0
the plot twists give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed . ,1
nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a dream . ' ,1
"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 . ",1
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team . . . but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote . ,0
less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession . ,0
"a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . ",0
grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors . ,1
the element of surprise might be the only thing femme fatale has going for it . ,0
"the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide . ",0
"shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . extraordinary debut from josh koury . ",1
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason . ,1
"with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee . ",0
"aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships . ",0
"in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buM-quel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . ",0
this is a superior horror flick . ,1
"despite the film 's bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity . ",1
"by the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk , . . . actually pretty good . of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad . ",0
confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis . acting can not be acted . ,1
"the reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone . ",0
"try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson , this movie will worm its way there . ",1
"sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . ",1
what more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ? ,0
anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in 'the ring . ' ,0
"i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment 'tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay . ",0
plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood . ,0
"huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine . ",1
"see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . but be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still . or that the battery on your watch has died . ",0
huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair . ,1
a benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion . ,0
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams . ,0
. . . a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause . ,0
"[ fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ] show us the world they love and make us love it , too . ",1
curling may be a unique sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary . ,0
"it is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients . ",1
a little objectivity could have gone a long way . ,0
sweet home alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of [ witherspoon 's ] better films . ,0
like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film . ,1
possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio . ,0
"morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating . ",0
the picture does n't know it 's a comedy . ,0
"the emperor 's club is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but . . . ",0
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl- ",1
"a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being . ",1
a sometimes tedious film . ,0
"mr . deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy . ",1
an intelligently made ( and beautifully edited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch . ,1
"to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed . ",1
"for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown . ",0
"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos . ",0
the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming . ,0
a wildly inconsistent emotional experience . ,0
we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold . ,0
"it 's a much more emotional journey than what shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and gibson , stepping in for bruce willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip . ",1
it will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days . ,1
"far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series . ",1
innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good . ,0
effective but too-tepid biopic ,1
an ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation . ,1
"'lovely and amazing , ' unhappily , is neither . . . excessively strained and contrived . ",0
poignant japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak . ,1
"yes , one enjoys seeing joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch , but her love for the philandering philip only diminishes her stature . ",0
"a mess . the screenplay does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen . ",0
"this kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch . but director danny devito and screenwriter adam resnick ( remember cabin boy ? ) just pound away . ",0
this film biggest problem ? no laughs . ,0
"what begins as a seemingly brainless , bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy . ",0
"[ jackson and bledel ] seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd . ",0
"wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy , but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited . ",0
a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters . ,1
"i liked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further . i 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't . ",0
while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course . . . director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades . ,1
"for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . ",1
a worthy entry into a very difficult genre . ,1
"ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon . ",1
a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies . ,1
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . ,1
"when the first few villians are introduced as `` spider `` and `` snake `` you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak . ",0
combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ? ,1
obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of hey arnold ! the movie will reach far beyond its core demographic . ,0
"nearly surreal , dabbling in french , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . i enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme . ",1
"some of it is clever , but it is never melodic/ ",0
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work . ,0
"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it . ",1
"the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat . ",0
"care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters . ",0
"sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 . ",0
"the stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002 's first quarter . ",0
funny but perilously slight . ,1
"high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd . ",0
"by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious . ",0
"it has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline . ",0
will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts . . . ,0
"ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . ",1
"`` antwone fisher `` is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by washington . it wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking . ",1
slight but enjoyable documentary . ,1
"a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget . ",1
"works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren . ",1
"this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath . ",1
"chicago pode atM-i ser um filme divertido e cativante ( como M-i ) , mas acaba representando um passo que vai na direM-gM-co contrM-aria M-` evoluM-gM-co dos musicais . ",1
nettelbeck . . . has a pleasing way with a metaphor . ,1
it is quite a vision . ,1
weird . rewarding . ,1
one of the best movies of the year . ,1
"the production values are up there . the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . the voices are fine as well . the problem , it is with most of these things , is the script . ",0
"take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera . ",0
an unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story . ,1
"sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ? ",0
"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty . ",0
"the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . ",1
"it 's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make just a kiss seem minty fresh . ",1
"it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning . ",0
"to better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and i wo n't be sitting through this one again . . . that in itself is commentary enough . ",0
"blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling . ",0
just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name . ,0
"watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat . ",1
too simple for its own good . ,0
certainly the performances are worthwhile . ,1
"grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue . ",1
"the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
goes a long way on hedonistic gusto . ,1
"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . ",1
an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you 'd be wise to send your regrets . ,0
although commentary on nachtwey is provided . . . it 's the image that really tells the tale . ,1
"writer/director burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results . ",0
"when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down easily . ",1
"see scratch for the history , see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion . ",1
"the whole mildly pleasant outing -- the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen . ",1
well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . ,1
deliciously mean-spirited and wryly observant . ,1
the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the setting remains indistinct . ,0
"with dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . ",1
"it 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit . ",1
zhang . . . has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast . ,1
provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust . ,1
"weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting . ",0
"one of the pleasures in walter 's documentary . . . is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him . ",1
"please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film . ",0
"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution . ",0
"comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class . . . . designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` crossroads `` instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns . ",0
"you may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping . ",1
"beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . it really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet 'evelyn . ' ",1
"how can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ? in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) . ",0
robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in -the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows . ,1
"it 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period . ",1
"this one is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics . ",0
a marvel like none you 've seen . ,1
"the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast is n't the least bit mesmerizing . ",0
"an unforgettable look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage . ",1
the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers . ,0
offers absolutely nothing i had n't already seen . ,0
. . . would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges . ,0
ozpetek 's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie . ,1
"it 's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . ",0
i was sent a copyof this film to review on dvd . for free . i still want my money back . ,0
exciting documentary . ,1
"an eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake . ",1
"the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women . ",0
"what 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be . ",0
"priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal . ",0
"the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . ",1
writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call 'too clever by half . ' ,0
fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . ,1
'like a child with an important message to tell . . . [ skins ' ] faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty . ' ,1
"the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing . ",1
it all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time . ,0
"talk to her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching . ",1
"the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . ",1
"a depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected `` have suspected all along : george w . bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide . ",1
very stupid and annoying . ,0
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid . ",1
mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupidity as a substitute for humor . ,0
"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper . ",0
a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions . ,0
you might be shocked to discover that seinfeld 's real life is boring . ,0
"ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a communion wafer without the wine . ",1
. . . has virtually no script at all . . . ,0
"i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort . ",0
"it might be 'easier ' to watch on video at home , but that should n't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience . ",1
"windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself . ",1
no wonder they 're talking about `` talk to her . `` it 's astonishing . ,1
"the action is reasonably well-done . . . yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together . ",0
an absorbing and unsettling psychological drama . ,1
". . . no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch . ",0
aniston has at last decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil . ,1
the kind of primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of . ,1
"what is captured during the conceptual process does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form . ",0
"an intelligent , moving and invigorating film . ",1
"the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo . ",0
a pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place . ,1
"the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed . ",0
montias . . . pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters . ,1
"the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness . ",0
the script by vincent r . nebrida . . . tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot . ,0
huppert 's superbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face . ,1
. . . hokey art house pretension . ,0
"as part of mr . dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair . ",1
"bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie . . . is , also , frequently hilarious . ",1
a model of what films like this should be like . ,1
the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain . ,0
the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises . ,0
a rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest . ,1
"there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one . ",1
tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident . ,0
"it 's as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , mad cows . ",0
anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups . ,0
going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film . ,0
ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one ? ,0
got a david lynch jones ? then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action . . . ,1
"this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends . ",1
"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
"originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . ",1
"the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter 's ghosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second . ",0
secretary is just too original to be ignored . ,1
spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry . ,1
"that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . ",1
it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action . ,0
this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . ,1
fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers . ,0
"watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen . ",0
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive . ,0
"though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . ",0
"boisterous , heartfelt comedy . ",1
the film makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the motown sound . ,1
"a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags . ",0
"in the second half of the film , frei 's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwey for self-analysis . ",0
it 's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet russia . ,1
"a frustrating 'tweener ' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . ",0
meyjes ' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil . ,1
by turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy . ,0
"literally nothing in the pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980 's this one should appease you for 90 minutes . ",0
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . ,1
"steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life . ",1
"neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers , the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price . ",0
"these spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining . ",0
not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everything except good intentions . ,0
"at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability . . . all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it ",0
"hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u . s . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema . ",1
would benigni 's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? ,0
"tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy . ",1
once you get into its rhythm . . . the movie becomes a heady experience . ,1
none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest . ,0
an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism . ,0
miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . ,1
"the story . . . is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . it is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band . ",1
"never again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds . ",0
a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know . ,1
"the impulses that produced this project . . . are commendable , but the results are uneven . ",0
a french film with a more down-home flavor . ,1
the film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers . ,1
a by-the-numbers effort that wo n't do much to enhance the franchise . ,0
a movie with a real anarchic flair . ,1
all prints of this film should be sent to and buried on pluto . ,0
"as the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role , [ franco ] has all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability . ",0
"it 's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly wo n't win any honors . ",0
"first good , then bothersome . excellent acting and direction . ",0
what 's most striking about this largely celebratory film . . . is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an ikea world . ,1
"all very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble than it 's worth , with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion . ",0
"the most memorable moment was when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration . ",0
"strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . ",0
imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with footage from behind enemy lines and set to jersey shore techno . ,0
"the film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths . entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn . ",1
"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness . ",1
a pleasant romantic comedy . ,1
"despite a quieter middle section , involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . ",1
passably entertaining but also mechanical and joyless . ,0
"a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . ",1
bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time . ,1
"romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here . ",1
"no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make . ",0
"it has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion . it risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise . ",1
a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness . ,0
"for those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed . ",1
"this is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary . ",1
"mr . wedge and mr . saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . their film falters , however , in its adherence to the disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that i 'd hoped the movie would avoid . ",0
"for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them . ",0
a disturbing examination of what appears to be the definition of a 'bad ' police shooting . ,1
a mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia ,0
. . . a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet . ,0
animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots . ,0
"a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers . . . ",1
handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy . ,1
lawrence preaches strictly to the converted . ,0
too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century . ,0
"if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth . ",1
needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance . ,0
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence . ,1
"there 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but generally , it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance . ",0
you do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance . ,1
"an amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail . ",1
"moonlight mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things . it is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter . ",1
cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want . . . but it 's still damn funny stuff . ,1
"a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect . ",1
"mattei so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money . ",0
"barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference . ",0
"an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video . ",0
"smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise . ",1
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . ,1
tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel . ,0
"it 's hard not to be seduced by [ witherspoon 's ] charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max . ",1
"an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks . ",1
"despite bearing the paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement european pickup . what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there ",0
the performances take the movie to a higher level . ,1
"visually fascinating . . . an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty . ",1
"the overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the star trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction . ",0
a chaotic panorama that 's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags . ,0
drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band . ,1
"not the great american comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too . ",0
"( caine ) proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film . ",1
"it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year . ",1
works because reno does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience . ,1
"director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo . it is not what you see , it is what you think you see . ",1
". . . spiced with humor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around ) ",1
sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates . ,0
"its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway . ",1
"a comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising . ",1
it 's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters . ,1
"an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band . ",1
sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . ,0
"quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhang 's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house . ",1
"a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships . ",1
"a mild , reluctant , thumbs down . ",0
"cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . her delivery and timing are flawless . ",1
"the pianist [ is ] a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music . ",1
a tremendous piece of work . ,1
it never rises to its clever what-if concept . ,0
"i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problemM-^Eit 's supposed to be a drama . ",0
would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility . ,0
a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con . ,1
"sorvino is delightful in the central role . she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit . ",1
"in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . ",1
"the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other . ",1
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with . ,1
nothing is sacred in this gut-buster . ,1
so few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler . ,0
what 's missing is what we call the 'wow ' factor . ,0
what might have been a predictably heartwarming tale is suffused with complexity . ,1
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney . ,1
"cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective . ",1
together writer-director danny verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt . ,1
this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero . ,0
the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn . the results are far more alienating than involving . ,0
"been there , done that . . . a thousand times already , and better . ",0
upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute . ,0
may puzzle his most ardent fans . ,0
one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters . ,0
overall very good for what it 's trying to do . ,1
"like all abstract art , the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and -- unless prewarned -- it would be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all . ",0
whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black . ,0
"the acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan 's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year . ",0
"a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . ",1
. . . always remains movingly genuine . ,1
"it 's worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children . ",1
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games . ",1
"unofficially , national lampoon 's van wilder is son of animal house . officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny . ",0
credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter . ,0
"the movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens . ",0
"each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top . ",0
"as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure . ",0
it 's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer . ,1
"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 . ",1
the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about . ,0
'de niro . . . is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . ' ,1
first-time director joM-co pedro rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on . ,0
"writer/director david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza . ",1
it 's stylishly directed with verve . . . ,1
[ sen 's ] soap opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions . ,0
there 's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies . ,0
"this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year . ",1
"although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . ",1
avary 's film never quite emerges from the shadow of ellis ' book . ,0
one of the year 's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces . ,1
a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it . ,1
jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema . ,1
"red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin . ",1
"one of the most original american productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state . ",1
"a reasonably efficient mechanism , but it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory they should have avoided . ",0
it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . ,1
morrissette 's script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it does n't signify a whole lot either . ,0
"its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart . ",1
the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat . ,0
brisk hack job . ,0
the film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen . ,0
"an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that derrida would doubtless give his blessing to . ",1
"it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . ",0
it 's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . ,1
os problemas tM-jm inM-mcio a partir do momento em que saM-mmos do cinema e comeM-gamos a pensar sobre o que acabamos de ver . M-I entM-co que sinais realmente desaponta . ,1
a valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the nba . ,0
"the film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations . ",1
"despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine . ",0
there 's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career . ,0
long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame . ,0
it seems grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all . ,1
"a real movie , about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know . ",1
. . . lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soar . ,0
"i 'm sure if you 're a hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself . . . me , i did n't care for it . ",0
i wonder what the reaction of israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation . ,0
this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal . ,1
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars . ,0
an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans . ,1
"with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie . ",0
"gay or straight , kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years . ",1
often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the american 'hosts ' and their 'guests . ' ,1
"plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king . ",0
"while there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it does n't . ",1
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . ,1
five screenwriters are credited with the clichM-i-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before . ,0
an engaging overview of johnson 's eccentric career . ,1
"[ morgan ] , judd and franklin ca n't save the script , rooted in a novel by joseph finder , from some opportunism . ",0
`` the best disney movie since the lion king `` ,1
looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights . ,0
heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension . ,1
there are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending . ,0
"deliberately and devotedly constructed , far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate . ",0
it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong . ,0
it 's young guns meets goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy . ,0
like other great documentaries . . . this goes after one truth ( the ford administration 's complicity in tearing 'orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling . ,1
"novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach . ",1
"i 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent . ",1
tsai convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here . ,1
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . ,1
"claire is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains . ",1
"fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots . ",1
"a sour , nasty offering . ",0
highly watchable stuff . ,1
"even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness , it would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest . ",0
merchant effectively translates naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen . ,1
a subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chiller . ,1
woody allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . but i had a lot of problems with this movie . ,0
"if there 's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , i think it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately r-rated ) paid . ",1
"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . ",0
"both overstuffed and undernourished . . . the film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time . ",0
"dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring . ",0
rosenthal ( halloween ii ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense . ,0
"a picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion . ",1
"wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . ",1
"what 's surprising about full frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you . ",1
"caso vocM-j sinta necessidade de sair da sala antes do tM-irmino da projeM-gM-co , nM-co se preocupe : ninguM-im lhe enviarM-a penas simbolizando covardia . ",0
"it 's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity . but it 's hardly a necessary enterprise . ",1
the film is full of charm . ,1
"falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice . ",0
"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 . ",0
a moody horror/thriller elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship . ,1
"mandel holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by phifer and black are ultimately winning . you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie . ",0
a flawed but engrossing thriller . ,1
the disarming cornball atmosphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on . ,1
"i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures , but there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life . ",0
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow . ,1
anthony hopkins ? big deal ! we 've already seen the prequel to the silence of the lambs and hannibal -- and it was better the first time . ,0
"i do n't think i laughed out loud once . and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem . ",0
it 's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure . ,0
"this is pure , exciting moviemaking . you wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted . ",1
a terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown . ,1
one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history . ,0
hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . ,1
"children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it . ",0
"if you 're not totally weirded- out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle , quitting hits home with disorienting force . ",1
"even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor . ",1
"maneuvers skillfully through the plot 's hot brine -- until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors . ",1
"neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead , but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula . ",1
"this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them . ",1
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read books . ",0
"director benoit jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with tosca , conveys the heaving passion of puccini 's famous love-jealousy- murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation . ",1
"outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent . ",0
the corpse count ultimately overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption . ,0
this is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever . ,1
one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever . ,1
"at best , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . ",0
maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts . ,1
the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel . ,1
"a chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department . ",1
". . . routine , harmless diversion and little else . ",0
"lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s . ",0
"sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood . ",1
a sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception . ,1
"visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality . ",1
"this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed . ",1
"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 ) . ",0
"expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
"likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes . ",1
"pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly . ",1
"everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull . ",0
"the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard . ",1
"the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . there are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting . ",1
"they crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness . and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment . ",1
who needs love like this ? ,0
this idea has lost its originality . . . and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture . ,0
the movie is a mess from start to finish . ,0
. . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal 's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs . ,1
"entertains by providing good , lively company . ",1
"as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses . ",0
"for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression . ",0
a fifty car pileup of cliches . ,0
"by taking entertainment tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy , auto focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing . ",1
"while guzmM-an frustratingly refuses to give pinochet 's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable . ",1
"for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer . ",0
"using a stock plot , about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater . ",1
"the ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece . ",1
"the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . ",0
"a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre . ",0
"a weird , arresting little ride . ",1
it 's a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure . ,1
vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role . ,1
"shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme . ",0
a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france 's most inventive directors . ,1
"unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france . ",1
"the story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned : it 's a slow slog to get there . ",1
"will you go ape over this movie ? well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look . ",1
"well , it does go on forever . ",0
"feels shrill , simple and soapy . ",0
"a deft , delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph . ",1
"reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby . ",0
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what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level . ,1
consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire . ,0
the best movie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites . ,1
"pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins . ",1
rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid . . . ,1
"this is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few . ",0
"goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing . . . but she and writing partner laurence coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage . ",0
writer/director alexander payne ( election ) and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing . ,1
helps to remind the first world that hiv/aids is far from being yesterday 's news . ,1
"hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast . ",0
"nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head . ",1
"at just over an hour , home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face . ",1
there 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie . . . that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups . ,0
"some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan `` have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war . ",1
"makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted . ",1
clever but not especially compelling . ,0
"scotland , pa . blurs the line between black comedy and black hole . ",0
"from spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat , vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of jean renoir . ",1
just a bloody mess . ,0
the scorpion king is more fun than conan the barbarian . ,1
"against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine . ",1
'this movie sucks . ' ,0
"the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain ; it has a dull , costumey feel . ",0
"[ a ] soulless , stupid sequel . . . ",0
"when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read 'seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . ' ",0
"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 . ",1
"in his debut as a director , washington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressive . ",1
. . . a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations . ,1
a tasty slice of droll whimsy . ,1
one of those movies that make us pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society . ,1
"a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . ",1
"it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his 'angels of light . ' ",1
"a witty , whimsical feature debut . ",1
"uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year . ",1
a refreshing korean film about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters . ,1
"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it . ",0
every note rings false . ,0
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare . ,1
several degrees shy of the gross-out contests one expects from current teen fare . ,1
a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being . ,0
it might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a three 's company-style laugh track . ,0
candid and comfortable ; a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work . ,1
offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication . ,1
viewers of barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it . ,0
"although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds , there 's no denying the fun of watching de niro and crystal having fun . ",1
"suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal . ",0
wanker goths are on the loose ! run for your lives ! ,0
"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 . ",1
"as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . ",1
a major waste . . . generic . ,0
". . . tunney is allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope . ",1
"too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartley 's least accessible screed yet . ",0
"anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . ",0
astonishingly skillful and moving . . . it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one . ,1
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding . ,1
"unlike most surf movies , blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave . by the end you ca n't help but feel 'stoked . ' ",1
"there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal 's character . . . performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double . ",0
"highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting . ",1
the story and characters are nowhere near gripping enough . ,0
"an absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true . ",1
"romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , one hour photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures . ",1
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
"shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic . ",1
"feels haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot . ",0
"a smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire . ",1
"a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community . ",1
"broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles . ",1
"some episodes work , some do n't . ",0
"you would n't call the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid . ",1
charlize chases kevin with a gun . courtney chases stuart with a cell phone . the sound of gunfire and cell phones ringing . ,0
"this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question 'why ? ' ",0
"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
"nair and writer laura cahill dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life . ",1
comes across as a fairly weak retooling . ,0
a well acted and well intentioned snoozer . ,0
"a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale . ",0
"at its best , which occurs often , michael moore 's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s . ",1
"even if you do n't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why . ",1
"while this has the making of melodrama , the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them . ",1
the saturation bombing of reggio 's images and glass ' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning . ,1
"love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it . ",0
a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese . ,0
the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama . ,0
a cop story that understands the medium amazingly well . ,1
may be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country . ,1
a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence . ,0
that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies . ,0
a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation . ,1
the tug of war that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern china in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology . ,1
"rain is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic . ",1
possibly not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another . ,0
"just as moving , uplifting and funny as ever . ",1
"none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any 'comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens . ",0
"offers much to enjoy . . . and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends . ",1
what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved . ,1
"the whole is quite entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the film . ",1
there 's no reason to miss interview with the assassin ,1
most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears . ,0
"this series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last james bond movie . ",0
a solid film . . . but more conscientious than it is truly stirring . ,0
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . ,1
[ sam 's ] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining . ,0
"open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream -- will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny . ",1
there 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here . ,0
"`` what john does is heroic , but we do n't condone it , `` one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia . ",0
the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . we 're drawn in by the dark luster . ,1
"for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m . night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . ",1
"director hoffman , his writer and kline 's agent should serve detention ",0
a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system ,1
spain 's greatest star wattage does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy . ,0
"how good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not . ",1
"foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling . ",1
jolie 's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips . ,0
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody . ,1
"there 's absolutely no reason why blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is ",1
"ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde . ",0
"a difficult , absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than are far more pointed and clear . ",1
"frida is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings . ",1
"i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . ",0
disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances . ,0
"barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful . ",1
the best way to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson 's magnolia and david lynch 's mulholland dr . ,1
the film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . it 's just filler . ,0
"the four feathers has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes . ",1
the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not . ,0
filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power . ,1
does n't really add up to much . ,0
"a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes . ",0
"a graceless , witless attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwii espionage thriller . ",0
`` cremaster 3 `` should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! `` ,1
the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year . ,0
"feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter tony gayton 's narcotics noir to life . ",1
"with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral . ",0
stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kind . ,0
"a thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy . . . a weird amalgam of 'the thing ' and a geriatric 'scream . ' ",0
the cold turkey would 've been a far better title . ,0
"peralta 's mythmaking could have used some informed , adult hindsight . ",0
an instant candidate for worst movie of the year . ,0
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . ,1
"despite its old-hat set-up and predictable plot , empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining . ",1
"if you love reading and/or poetry , then by all means check it out . you 'll probably love it . ",1
it drowns in sap . ,0
"on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality . ",0
"in the end , ted bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there 's no larger point , and little social context . ",0
"kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera . ",0
"to paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato . ",0
the movie bounces all over the map . ,0
"i still ca n't relate to stuart : he 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough . ",0
"at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage . it 's not a motion picture ; it 's an utterly static picture . ",1
"like schindler 's list , the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way . ",0
"it 's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . ",0
"the movie is n't always easy to look at . but if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here . ",1
a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility . ,0
"overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love . ",1
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense . ,0
"the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences . ",0
"i stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights . ",1
too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could 've been an impacting film . ,0
this is junk food cinema at its greasiest . ,0
"cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent 's days ",1
its sheer dynamism is infectious . ,1
just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny . ,0
"for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized . ",1
"did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? ",0
a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and goldie hawn . ,1
it 'll keep you wide awake and . . . very tense . ,1
"the x potion gives the quickly named blossom , bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays . ",0
"solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me . ",0
"it 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role . ",0
the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture . ,0
all the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi . ,0
"as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile . ",1
"the film is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once . . . a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller . ",1
that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor . ,1
the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man . ,0
it 's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex . ,0
this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time . ,0
"in all the annals of the movies , few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant . ",0
"feels slight , as if it were an extended short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class . ",0
"director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a french poodle . ",0
even legends like alfred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles . . . so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential . ,0
easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen . ,1
"green might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project . ",0
"if you do n't flee , you might be seduced . if you do n't laugh , flee . ",1
instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence . ,0
touchM-i ! ,1
"at its best , it 's black hawk down with more heart . at its worst , it 's rambo- meets-john ford . ",0
offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing . ,1
"the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly -stunning insight that crime does n't pay . ",0
falls short in explaining the music and its roots . ,0
the picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn . ,0
the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value . ,0
"it 's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke . ",1
"the script 's judgment and sense of weight is way , way off . ",0
the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy . ,1
"it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you . ",1
"while glover , the irrepressible eccentric of river 's edge , dead man and back to the future , is perfect casting for the role , he represents bartleby 's main overall flaw . ",0
"the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . ",1
"a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor . ",0
"it 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell . ",1
the bottom line is the piece works brilliantly . ,1
beneath clouds is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence . ,1
"it 's fun , but a psychological mess , with austin powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet . ",0
norton holds the film together . ,1
"lanie 's professional success means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and does n't know how to have fun . ",0
the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true `` us `` versus `` them `` . ,1
". . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror . ",1
i weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about young women . ,0
though its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . ,0
"it may be a prize winner , but teacher is a bomb . ",0
"based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness . ",0
"at its best , queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s . at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects . ",0
the central character is n't complex enough to hold our interest . ,0
"when not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack , the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since macy gray 's game of chinese whispers with mr bean . ",0
the kind of sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant need to constantly draw attention to itself . ,1
"crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action . ",1
coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else . ,0
"what time is it there ? is not easy . it haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it . ",1
roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than 'shindler 's list ' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie . ,1
"having had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public , khouri then gets terrific performances from them all . ",1
it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters . ,1
"who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . ",0
"it 's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the american people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech . ",1
dignified ceo 's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laughter ? ,0
"the movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate/surf culture , the l . a . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults . ",1
damon brings the proper conviction to his role as [ jason bourne ] . ,1
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . ,0
"watching haneke 's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . but watching huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting . ",1
ca n't seem to get anywhere near the story 's center . ,0
i do n't think this movie loves women at all . ,0
"yet another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence . ",0
"claude chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that 's okay . ",1
more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . ,0
"the more kevin costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tossed at them . ",0
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . ,1
"a great ending does n't make up for a weak movie , and crazy as hell does n't even have a great ending . ",0
a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord . ,1
so purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it 's a fairly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride . ,1
"a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . ",0
an uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously . ,0
a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness . ,1
"i wish windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes . ",0
"too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging . . . the isle defies an easy categorization . ",0
"not for the prurient or squeamish , it 's a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics . ",1
schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past . ,1
"sadly , hewitt 's forte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks . ",0
"muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner . ",0
"if you 're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . but fans should have fun meeting a brand-new pokemon called celebi . ",1
[ a ] painfully flat gross-out comedy . . . ,0
a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted . ,0
"there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see . ",0
one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album . ,0
"it is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish . ",1
"instead of hiding pinocchio from critics , miramax should have hidden it from everyone . ",0
diane lane 's sophisticated performance ca n't rescue adrian lyne 's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing . ,0
"what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . still , i 'm not quite sure what the point isM-^E ",1
"faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember `` succeeds through sincerity . ",1
"not always too whimsical for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs . ",0
low rent from frame one . ,0
"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes . ",0
it 's difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks . ,0
`` abandon `` will leave you wanting to abandon the theater . ,0
"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off- broadway play . ",1
the best part about `` gangs `` was daniel day-lewis . ,1
"so young , so smart , such talent , such a wise . ",1
"tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances . ",1
despite its many infuriating flaws -- not the least of which is amy 's self-absorbed personality -- amy 's o 's honesty will win you over . ,1
"the entire movie is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad . ",0
"the pain , loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze . ",1
"if you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ! ? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there 's nothing very attractive about this movie . ",0
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout . ,1
"it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny . ",0
this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted . ,0
it 's a lovely film with lovely performances by buy and accorsi . ,1
"an earnest racial-issues picture that might have gotten respectful critical praise in a different era -- say , the '60s . ",0
an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . if only there were one for this kind of movie . ,0
it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . ,1
"instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life . ",1
john leguizamo may be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie . ,0
". . . familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes ' word processor . ",0
there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances . ,1
not too far below the gloss you can still feel director denis villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters . ,1
"an ambitious movie that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off . ",1
"this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it . ",0
"some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent . ",0
this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format . ,1
terrific casting and solid execution give all three stories life . ,1
"ok arthouse . the power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up . ",1
"national lampoon 's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house , but it more closely resembles this year 's version of tomcats . ",0
"that is essentially what 's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point . ",0
"here 's my advice , kev . start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line . ",0
"unless you are in dire need of a diesel fix , there is no real reason to see it . wait for video -- and then do n't rent it . ",0
"no number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story . ",0
"an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . ",1
"the so-inept- it's-surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks . ",0
"yeah , these flicks are just that damn good . is n't it great ? ",1
"i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism . ",0
"trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead . ",0
the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line . ,0
"busy urban comedy is clearly not zhang 's forte , his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy . ",0
"demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking . ",1
"too slow , too long and too little happens . ",0
eight legged freaks ? no big hairy deal . ,0
"a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise . ",1
"a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia 's film history . ",1
a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichM-is and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood . ,1
"tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother . ",1
"it 's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . no , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so children of the century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else . ",0
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny . ,0
"the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . ",1
"it irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . ",1
a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical limit . ,0
"it 's not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it 's well worth a rental . ",0
"the movie is a desperate miscalculation . it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time . ",0
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [ franM-gois and michM-hle 's ] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them . ,0
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process . ,1
an interesting look behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco . . . ,1
"personal velocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness , yet miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire . she boxes these women 's souls right open for us . ",1
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions . ",0
it 's so good that you can practically see the hollywood 'suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too -inevitable american remake . ,1
outrageousness is all plympton seemed to be going for this time . we miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride . ,0
"the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive . ",0
"while kids will probably eat the whole thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . ",0
sucking all the 'classic ' out of robert louis stevenson 's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fied adolescent angst . . . ,0
"the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . ",0
"on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion . ",1
ihops do n't pile on this much syrup . ,0
an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution . ,1
makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases . ,0
". . . unlike [ scorsese 's mean streets ] , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . ",0
"kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie . ",1
"amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop . ",1
"self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable . ",0
bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness . ,1
i wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways . ,0
a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities . ,1
"muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss . . . provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex . ",1
a processed comedy chop suey . ,0
"there 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that 's what makes it irresistible . ",1
"an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging . ",0
"once one experiences mr . haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else . ",0
"the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt . ",1
there is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights . ,0
the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art . ,1
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration . ,1
the best of the pierce brosnan james bond films to date . ,1
"if you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining , you 're in luck . ",1
"a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece . ",0
"the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience . ",0
"slapstick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ? ",0
"a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists . ",1
"the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial . ",0
there 's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie . ,0
"[ gai ] comes closer to any actress i can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form . ",1
a sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss . ,1
"`` feardotcom `` has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but it simply becomes a routine shocker . ",0
"the movie is well crafted , and well executed . if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists `` are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining . ",1
"the techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are chan and hewitt , but when such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff , we ca n't recommend anything but a rental for the tuxedo . ",0
"it 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . ",1
neither revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored . ,0
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . ' ,0
"schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs . . . ",0
. . . the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) . . . ,0
its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch . ,1
"the problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . sorry , charlie ",0
this movie has the usual impossible stunts . . . but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie . ,1
too close to phantom menace for comfort . ,0
for all its serious sense of purpose . . . [ it ] finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor . ,1
sayles . . . once again strands his superb performers in the same old story . ,0
"the director mostly plays it straight , turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder . ",0
"oscar wilde 's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . it 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker 's movie adaptation . ",1
"it 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant . ",1
i 'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film . ,0
looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was due . ,0
"mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group articulates a flood of emotion . ",1
"complex , affecting and uniquely almodM-svar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong . ",1
unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script . ,0
"mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances . . . and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . ",1
"femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience . are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ? ",0
the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment . ,0
"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory . ",1
"in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice . ",0
"the premise of `` abandon `` holds promise , . . . but its delivery is a complete mess . ",0
a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy . ,0
"full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience . ",1
"a `` home alone `` film that is staged like `` rosemary 's baby , `` but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . ",0
"an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc . ",0
"this version moves beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience . ",1
". . . will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . after seeing the film , i can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it . ",0
"the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood . ",0
"stephen earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text M-^V when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type . ",0
it 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns . ,0
oddly compelling . ,1
you wonder why enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie . ,0
"`` the emperor 's new clothes `` begins with a simple plan . . . . well , at least that 's the plan . ",1
"dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth 's best soundtrack in years . ",1
"contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom . ",0
the next big thing 's not-so-big ( and not-so-hot ) directorial debut . ,0
a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on . ,0
"drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story . ",0
most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement . ,0
"using an endearing cast , writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred . ",1
"it has the ability to offend and put off everyone , but it holds you with its outrageousness . ",1
fails to bring as much to the table . ,0
one of the worst films of 2002 . ,0
"nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion . ",1
they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering . ,0
"it 's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth . ",1
"klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed . ",0
devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower . ,1
an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivetM-i and sophistication . ,1
"eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath . it 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting . ",0
"the movie 's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries . ",1
"happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet . ",1
[ villeneuve ] seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death . ,1
pumpkin struts about with `` courage `` pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back . ,0
"equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid . ",0
funny and touching . ,1
it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill . naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation . ,1
. . . this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . ,0
"you 're not merely watching history , you 're engulfed by it . ",1
"a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind . ",0
"jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory . ",1
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . ,0
"all in all , a great party . ",1
enduring love but exhausting cinema . ,0
"for a film about two mismatched buddies , crystal and de niro share little screen time and even less chemistry . ",0
yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit . ,0
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . ,0
"human nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal . ",0
this is art paying homage to art . ,1
"a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work . ",1
"a triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light . ",1
harmless fun . ,1
the script ? please . ,0
it is so refreshing to see robin williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years . ,1
"[ n ] o matter how much good will the actors generate , showtime eventually folds under its own thinness . ",0
can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality ' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality . ,0
"as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , mr . murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold . ",0
this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . ,0
"karmen moves like rhythm itself , her lips chanting to the beat , her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat . ",1
"hu and liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love . ",1
"an incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy ",1
it 's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies . ,1
"this extremely unfunny film clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long . ",0
"it 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational , and yet it 's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff . ",0
the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic . ,0
"occasionally , in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new . ",1
"since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things . ",0
"a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento . . . ",1
"'the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel . ",0
"the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way . ",1
"it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it . ",0
bullock 's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film ,0
"it 's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids . ",1
"sometimes this 'blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist . . . still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game . ",1
"the entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what 's available is lovely and lovable . ",1
"as crimes go , writer-director michael kalesniko 's how to kill your neighbor 's dog is slight but unendurable . ",0
davis has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces . ,1
[ a ] shapeless blob of desperate entertainment . ,0
equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 . ,1
"mM-as sarcM-astica , divertida y demencial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos . ",1
"an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled 'hip ' , 'innovative ' and 'realistic ' . ",0
those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give `` scratch `` a second look . ,1
the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun . ,1
"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 . ",1
"patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . ",0
"as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids . ",1
a somewhat disappointing and meandering saga . ,0
"funny in a sick , twisted sort of way . ",1
"ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . enigma lacks it . ",0
hoffman 's performance is authentic to the core of his being . ,1
what 's needed so badly but what is virtually absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy . ,0
"talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing . ",1
engagingly captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship . ,1
"a densely constructed , highly referential film , and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among jean-luc godard 's finest work . ",1
"captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world . ",1
"walter hill 's pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity . ",0
"this is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery . ",1
"between bedroom scenes , viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap . ",0
"once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . chances are you wo n't , either . ",1
"worth seeing once , but its charm quickly fades . ",0
"all ms . jovovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters . ",0
"if only it were , well , funnier . ",0
"cassavetes thinks he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon . ",0
a strangely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama . ,1
a chick flick for guys . ,1
"director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters . ",0
"how many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ? ",0
the dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film . first-timer john mckay is never able to pull it back on course . ,0
a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques . ,0
"with all the sympathy , empathy and pity fogging up the screen . . . his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles . ",0
"frank capra played this story straight . but the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate 'comedy ' scenes . ",0
"for anyone who grew up on disney 's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victor fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor . ",0
"the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . mr . koshashvili is a director to watch . ",1
"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible . ",1
one of the best rock documentaries ever . wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many . ,1
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they do n't fit well together and neither is well told . ,0
barely goes beyond comic book status . ,0
"there 's something with potential here , but the movie decides , like lavinia , to go the conservative route . ",0
"yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling . ",0
this is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers . ,1
". . . if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with , then you 're in for a painful ride . ",0
a less-than-thrilling thriller . ,0
we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the warpath but no sense of the devilish complexity of the balkans conflict . ,0
"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 . ",1
"oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama that offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single . ",0
"[ it 's ] a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jones , but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy . ",0
close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air . ,1
comes . . . uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief . ,0
a lovely film for the holiday season . ,1
"there is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine . ",1
"the bottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film . ",0
"confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong . ",1
"famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the clichM-i-riddled genre can offer . ",1
we may never think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again . ,0
it 's a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements . ,1
to show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape -- is overkill to the highest degree . ,0
broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force . ,1
"it 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise . ",0
a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore . ,0
"not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions . ",1
"mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . ",0
it 's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding . ,0
"two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all . ",0
"although german cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine , mostly martha could make deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists . ",1
what should have been a cutting hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety . ,0
. . . a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking . ,1
"content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance . ",0
"films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many . ",1
"a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . judging by those standards , 'scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary . ",1
the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison . ,0
"if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh . ",0
there 's nothing to gain from watching they . it is n't scary . it hates its characters . it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers . ,0
"somehow we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become g . i . jane . ",0
"we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat . ",0
somehow ms . griffiths and mr . pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy . ,1
some stunning visuals -- and some staggeringly boring cinema . ,0
adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary . ,1
"though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal , the film shatters you in waves . ",1
cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries . ,1
"about schmidt is nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear . ",1
"a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun . ",0
well-meant but unoriginal . ,0
a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation . ,1
an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie . ,0
"well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious . ",1
"the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . ",1
"strange it is , but delightfully so . ",1
"the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies , but it does n't go too much further . ",1
a small movie with a big impact . ,1
"instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources M-^V good sources , bad mixture ",0
"director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates . ",1
"a pleasant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors . ",1
"it 's a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center . ",0
"despite engaging offbeat touches , knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast . ",0
"hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic . ",1
hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity . ,0
"plays as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights . ",0
"as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma . ",0
"yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . ",1
aan opportunity wasted . ,0
adam sandler ! in an art film ! ,1
"a coda in every sense , the pinochet case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the british court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors . ",1
"fubar is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way . ",1
a pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . ,1
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers . ,0
photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic . ,1
"it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly . ",0
"i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent , and that 's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing . ",0
a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a M-^Qdirect-to-video ' release . ,1
cliches are as thick as the cigarette smoke . ,0
"the latest installment in the pokemon canon , pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace . ",0
"[ evans is ] a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie . ",0
`` its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right . `` ,1
"its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary . ",0
"for its 100 minutes running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen . ",0
"kung pow is oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . ",0
"the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t . ",1
"choppy , overlong documentary about 'the lifestyle . ' ",0
a carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling -- but unquestionably alive . ,1
"this is n't a stand up and cheer flick ; it 's a sit down and ponder affair . and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . ",1
"instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart 's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl , waits until after halftime to get started . ",0
just is n't as weird as it ought to be . ,0
an amused indictment of jaglom 's own profession . ,1
"i felt sad for lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier , by rohmer , for example . ",0
"hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script . ",0
"drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst . ",1
"fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix . ",0
proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . ,0
the actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus . ,0
cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility . ,0
"a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness . ",1
"the film seems a dead weight . the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt . ",0
a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities . ,0
it wo n't be long before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you . ,0
"slap me , i saw this movie . ",0
simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy . ,0
"there 's no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 mgm version . ",0
an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship . ,0
"its story may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ? ",0
"it 's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . ",1
enjoy it for what it is ; you can hate yourself later . ,1
"director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks . ",0
[ broomfield ] uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue . ,1
"proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel . ",1
"meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . ",0
"a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe . ",1
"newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . ",1
"bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted- from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen . ",1
verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies . ,0
"comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible . ",0
"the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy . ",1
"the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates . ",1
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version . ,1
"woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan `` battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ? ",0
"its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers . ",0
"it 's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic . ",1
one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce . ,1
"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick . ",0
a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches . ,0
"despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart . ",0
a film that will enthrall the whole family . ,1
"for the most part , director anne-sophie birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama . ",1
"filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie ",1
"if you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun , wasabi is a good place to start . ",1
"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 . ",1
i can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial . coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings . ,0
"it smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original . ",0
the draw [ for `` big bad love `` ] is a solid performance by arliss howard . ,1
"in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's 'red shoe diaries . ' ",0
"as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type , more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else . ",0
"like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour . ",0
has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool . ,0
a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse . ,0
"'punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . ' ",0
"there are touching moments in etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject . ",0
"the best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast . ",0
a great ensemble cast ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar . ,0
"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy . ",0
"the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters . ",0
"vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores . ",1
"'yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . ' ",0
lacks dramatic punch and depth . ,0
the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes . ,1
"it all plays out . . . like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . ",1
a film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story . ,1
the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation . ,1
"the film is a fierce dance of destruction . its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude . ",1
"you would be better off investing in the worthy emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production . ",0
the title helpfully offers the most succinct review of it you 'll read anywhere . ,0
the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda . ,1
national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion ,0
"while the glass slipper does n't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale . ",1
an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays were written by somebody else . ,1
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead . ,1
"deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises ",1
". . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there is n't much about k-19 that 's unique or memorable . ",1
"the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . ",0
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films . ",1
girls gone wild and gone civil again ,1
"offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life . ",0
a conventional but heartwarming tale . ,1
fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references . ,0
like old myths and wonder tales spun afresh . ,1
"a slick , engrossing melodrama . ",1
. . . nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects . ,0
this is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live . ,0
director rob marshall went out gunning to make a great one . ,1
"if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell . ",0
"the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms . ambrose . ",1
"the words , 'frankly , my dear , i do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate . ",0
it is just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style . ,0
skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . ,1
a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies . ,1
". . . brian de palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it 's a beautiful madness . ",1
"the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why , after only three films , director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers . ",1
"a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original . ",0
'they ' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying i 'm still stunned . and i 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on . ,1
"with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm . ",0
"nicks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy . ",0
"a romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions . ",1
". . . a story , an old and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take . ",1
"more timely than its director could ever have dreamed , this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food . ",1
brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichM-id white-trash situation imaginable . ,0
friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it 's called where 's chris tucker when you need him ? ,0
a lame comedy . ,0
a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth . ,1
"full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low . ",0
writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured . ,1
ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedious . ,1
"given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube . ",0
an elegant and sly deadpan comedy . ,1
it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long . ,0
marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula . ,1
robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side . ,1
"this limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982 's tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh . ",0
"shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . ",1
"very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan ",1
"it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity . ",1
"all 's well that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags . ",0
"that 'alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) . . . ",1
"like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll . ",1
"there 's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present . ",0
"an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood . ",1
"merely ( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense . ",0
should have been someone else- ,0
"as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting . ",1
"whether writer-director anne fontaine 's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above , it is as seductive as it is haunting . ",1
"both lead performances are oscar-size . quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver . ",1
"it 's a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic . ",1
"this rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point . ",1
"it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction . ",0
serving sara should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it . ,0
a modest masterpiece . ,1
"for all the complications , it 's all surprisingly predictable . ",0
"the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life . a little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged . ",1
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . ,1
"as directed by dani kouyate of burkina faso , sia lacks visual flair . but kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them . ",1
10 minutes into the film you 'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away . ,1
the perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide . ,1
excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic . ,0
"it wo n't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it . after all , it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies . ",0
completely awful iranian drama . . . as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque . ,0
"if you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash . ",0
"although very much like the first movie based on j . k . rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude . ",1
it 's definitely a step in the right direction . ,1
a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale . . . a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more . ,0
"by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around . ",0
"a soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title . ",0
it 's absolutely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice . ,1
". . . the one thing this wild film has that other imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . that 's fun for kids of any age . ",1
"the film 's real appeal wo n't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers . ",1
"it 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible . ",0
"'anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . ' ",1
"one of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise . ",1
a moving and important film . ,1
"a grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level . ",0
"narc may not get an 'a ' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . ",1
thin period piece . ,0
throw smoochy from the train ! ,0
"puportedly `` based on true events , `` a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story `` with a straight face . ",0
few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness . ,1
"bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any 'reality ' show , and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch some body first . ",1
"cold and scattered , minority report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . that 's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying . ",0
the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls . ,0
"even if the ring has a familiar ring , it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror . ",1
"though filmed partly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
"the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact . ",1
it 's all surface psychodramatics . ,0
"while certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts , jeong-hyang lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness . ",0
"deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame . ",1
"white has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else . ",0
an exhilarating experience . ,1
"tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience . ",1
"whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other `` and `` the self , `` derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . ",1
"it strikes hardest when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain . fifty years after the fact , the world 's political situation seems little different , and [ director phillip ] noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill . ",1
"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting . `` ",0
"the evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear . ",1
"i 'll put it this way : if you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the movie for you . ",1
"like shrek , spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world . ",1
"de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli . ",1
"this is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous . ",0
"an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement . ",1
"[ there 's ] quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin . ",1
"garcM-ma bernal and talancM-sn are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out . ",1
"perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable , nothing to write home about . ",0
"holds limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp . ",0
creepy but ultimately unsatisfying thriller . ,0
less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle . ,0
"though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works , invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . ",1
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english -- round out the square edges . ",1
the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . ,1
"meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant . ",0
"moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not . ",1
an escapist confection that 's pure entertainment . ,1
this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience . ,0
"may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless . ",1
a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . ,1
all i can say is fuhgeddaboutit . ,0
"even if you 're an elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd . ",0
a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze . ,1
disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen . . . tuck everlasting is a little of both . ,1
a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . ,1
it 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part . ,1
"if this movie belonged to a sorority , it would be called beta alpha delta . ",0
a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather . ,0
"o M-stimo esforM-go do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro , que , depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos sM-co explicados . ",0
"the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . ",1
ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick would . ,0
"there 's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it . ",0
tailored to entertain ! ,1
"this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic . ",1
arguably the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie . ,0
an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone . ,1
the trials of henry kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking because you get it . ,1
"a film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact . ",0
"with an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi 's , dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy . ",1
"rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut . ",1
"often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter 's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie . ",1
"fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees . ",1
"a woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai 's vaunted empathy . ",0
"we get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . ",0
. . . hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves . ,0
"it proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study . ",1
"the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality . ",0
"if jews were catholics , this would be catechism ",0
"a gorgeous , high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama . ",1
an utterly compelling 'who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question . ,1
about as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come . ,1
the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing . ,0
it 's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow . ,0
wins my vote for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema ' award . ,0
"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 . ",1
"the idea of 49-year-old roberto benigni playing the wooden boy pinocchio is scary enough . the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque . ",0
"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 . ",0
"the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance . it 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing . ",1
"despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow , the weight of water is oppressively heavy . ",0
highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it . ,1
if i spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it 's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . ,0
"it 's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas . ",1
a fun ride . ,1
empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . it does n't work as either . ,0
the story ultimately takes hold and grips hard . ,1
the concept is a hoot . the trailer is a riot . the movie is a dud . ,0
"it 's an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable . ",0
"thoughtful , provocative and entertaining . ",1
"katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself ",1
"all that ( powerpuff girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it 's spread too thin . ",0
this tuxedo . . . should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations . ,0
"the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect . ",0
"lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it does n't even try for the greatness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) . ",0
"every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . there 's no energy . ",0
propelled not by characters but by caricatures . ,0
"an offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays . ",1
a winning and wildly fascinating work . ,1
"for the most part , it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions . ",1
"if this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) . ",0
"[ dong ] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up . ",1
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional . ,1
a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . ,1
"the filmmakers try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching . ",1
"the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it . ",0
"a wonderful , ghastly film . ",1
"with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s . ",0
". . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway . ",1
'dragonfly ' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck . ,0
the film does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal . ,0
"an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order ",1
"phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american . ",1
terminally brain dead production . ,0
"as lo-fi as the special effects are , the folks who cobbled nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that george lucas has long forgotten . ",1
adam sandler is to gary cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse . ,0
"everything about the quiet american is good , except its timing . ",1
uneasy mishmash of styles and genres . ,0
"call it magic realism or surrealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . ",1
"a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences . ",1
"though it is by no means his best work , laissez-passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them . ",1
"as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . ",1
uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth . ,0
"by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it . . . . then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . ",0
both awful and appealing . ,0
an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character . ,1
not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear . ,1
"this is what imax was made for : strap on a pair of 3-d goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space . ",1
"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . ",1
". . . a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy . . . ",1
sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative . ,1
"a slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits , age-wise . ",0
"had the film boasted a clearer , more memorable , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin . ",0
the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense . ,0
not since japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa 's ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur . ,1
"twist open the ouzo ! it 's time to let your hair down greek style . a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe . ",1
"though it draws several decent laughs , it 's low-cal woody at best . ",0
a standard haunted house tale transplanted to the high seas . ,0
the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted . ,1
a reality-snubbing hodgepodge . ,0
"makes for some truly odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at least this time there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff . ",0
the action clichM-is just pile up . ,0
"a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special . ",0
"sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . ",0
"manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer . ",1
a generic international version of a typical american horror film . ,0
"given that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same , we need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster ; this time , there is n't much . ",0
"guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things . she lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs . ",0
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallagher stand-up act . ,0
". . . a light , yet engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject M-^V taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history . ",1
this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang 's forte and it shows . ,0
"you just know something terrible is going to happen . but when it does , you 're entirely unprepared . ",1
"at first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin . ",0
"a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour . ",0
"tells a fascinating , compelling story . ",1
"director-writer bille august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger . ",1
not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate . ,0
otto-sallies has a real filmmaker 's eye . ,1
there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade . ,1
"texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . ",1
the film 's only missteps come from the script 's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of abagnale 's antics . ,1
"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
"the film 's lack of personality permeates all its aspects M-^W from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed . ",0
"the plot is very clever , but boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of . ",0
"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 . ",0
"no better or worse than 'truth or consequences , n . m . ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater . ",0
"a lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures . ",1
"the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . ",0
it 's obvious [ je-gyu is ] trying for poetry ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom . ,0
"partway through watching this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected tv show . ",0
"frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women . and it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting . ",0
"here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha . ",0
"plodding , peevish and gimmicky . ",0
"chris columbus ' sequel is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original . ",1
"though catch me if you can is n't badly made , the fun slowly leaks out of the movie . ",0
the movie does n't add anything fresh to the myth . ,0
"j . lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl . ",0
"a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness . ",0
"a sexy , surprising romance . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . ",1
the film provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game . ,1
"the movie is well done , but slow . ",1
"say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue . ",0
a trite psychological thriller designed to keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home . ,0
"leave it to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama . ",1
"this is not an easy film . but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one . ",1
borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion . ,0
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next . ,1
is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to find out . ,1
"this film , starring anthony hopkins and chris rock , is your typical 'fish out of water ' story . you 've seen them a million times . just one problem : fish out of water usually die . this one does . ",0
"with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . ",1
"this is n't a narrative film -- i do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about september 11th , though i 'm sure some will try -- but it 's as close as anyone has dared to come . ",1
exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids . ,0
the casting of von sydow . . . is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke . ,1
never inspires more than an interested detachment . ,0
a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale . ,0
"bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches . ",1
the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups do n't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters . ,0
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . ,0
this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar . ,0
an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions . ,0
"after all the big build-up , the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying . ",0
"the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting . ",1
"they 're going through the motions , but the zip is gone . ",0
"while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . ",0
. . . too dull to enjoy . ,0
"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 . ",0
"if you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama , it ai n't half-bad . ",1
"pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two . ",0
"the film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality . ",1
a small movie with a big heart . ,1
"the premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them . ",0
"while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . ",1
changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say . ,1
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichM-is and showcases a group of dedicated artists . ,1
"much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , haneke has a different objective in mind -- namely the implications of our craving for fake stimulation . ",1
"that storytelling has value can not be denied . not even solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . ",1
"take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year . ",1
melanie eventually slugs the yankee . too bad the former murphy brown does n't pop reese back . ,0
"a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable . ",1
it 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this `` two weddings and a funeral `` fun . ,1
scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism . ,1
"it 's slow -- very , very slow . it 's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie . that 's pure pr hype . ",0
[ d ] oes n't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful . ,1
"boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect . ",0
so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it . ,0
meyjes . . . has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics . ,1
"her fans walked out muttering words like `` horrible `` and `` terrible , `` but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero . ",0
the film is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer . ,1
could the country bears really be as bad as its trailers ? in a word -- yes . ,0
"it 's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies chris rock , garry shandling and colin quinn . ",1
"a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title would have you believe . ",1
the first fatal attraction was vile enough . do we really need the tiger beat version ? ,0
"an operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length . ",1
. . . a guiltless film for nice evening out . ,1
"it 's the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough . ",1
a coming-of-age movie that hollywood would n't have the guts to make . ,1
"it 's super- violent , super-serious and super-stupid . ",0
"a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable ",0
"a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters . ",0
the script is n't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work . ,0
"as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame . ",0
"just because it really happened to you , honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else . ",0
historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material . ,0
"a farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise , it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films . ",0
"this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad . ",0
less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) . ,1
"[ reynolds ] takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . ",1
"a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . ",1
". . . ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 . ",0
the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull . ,0
"although huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun . ",0
you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to . ,0
"even as lame horror flicks go , this is lame . ",0
"ritchie 's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact amber is such a joke . ",0
jacquot 's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances . . . while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself . ,1
if sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over . ,0
"( a ) hollywood sheen bedevils the film from the very beginning . . . ( but ) lohman 's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer . . . ",1