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the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task .

the film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments .

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 .

some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .

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 .

a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given .

. . . a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles .

a listless and desultory affair .

short and sweet , but also more than anything else slightM-^E tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .

the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots .

beautifully produced .

cool ? this movie is a snow emergency .

nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending .

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 .

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 .

what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart .

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 .

a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy .

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 .

what bloody sunday lacks in clarity , it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .

troubling and powerful .

an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .

a brilliant gag at the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it .

dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery .

they takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending .

as an entertainment destination for the general public , kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .

the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but . . . it 's at least watchable .

. . . quite endearing .

. . . the movie is just a plain old monster .

a boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater .

an extraordinary dramatic experience .

it 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . it 's laughing at us .

if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .

so much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie .

must be seen to be believed .

desta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro .

distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .

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 .

the longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes .

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 .

contrived as this may sound , mr . rose 's updating works surprisingly well .

julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan .

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 .

enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd .

the only thing `` swept away `` is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .

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 .

simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .

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 .

those who are n't put off by the film 's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them .

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 .

not exactly the bees knees

the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent .

vampire epic succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order .

a haunting tale of murder and mayhem .

it 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish .

an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .

less dizzying than just dizzy , the jaunt is practically over before it begins .

cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .

the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor .

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 .

a passable romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor .

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 ) .

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 .

the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .

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 .

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 .

spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .

mildly amusing .

falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun .

this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .

. . . 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 .

the film can depress you about life itself .

told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .

atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues

there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them .

a thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .

. . . delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story .

bad and baffling from the get-go .

ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible .

it looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons ever has .

as a director , eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot 'surprises ' are really surprising .

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 .

a bad movie that happened to good actors .

a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to .

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 .

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 .

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 .

not a stereotype is omitted nor a clichM-i left unsaid .

like the chelsea 's denizens . . . burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste .

its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered .

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 .

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 .

a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television .

this is n't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it 's the cliffsnotes with pages missing .

a beautifully observed character piece .