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moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance .
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it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy .
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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 .
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reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script
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roger michell , who did an appealing job directing persuasion and notting hill in england , gets too artsy in his american debut .
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what 's most refreshing about real women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell .
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without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson .
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death might be a release .
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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 .
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with few respites , marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .
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. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the original .
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under-rehearsed and lifeless
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as the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing .
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a muckraking job , the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that .
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more of a career curio than a major work .
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[ gulpilil ] is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass .
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so putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .
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'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 . '
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while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .
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the film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .
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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 .
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. . . 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 .
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chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .
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if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus , sade is your film .
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the premise of jason x is silly but strangely believable .
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ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what 's the point ? '
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at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .
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bogs down badly as we absorb jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance .
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sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you .
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it 's difficult to say whether the tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing -- i 'm prepared to call it a draw .
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morton deserves an oscar nomination .
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takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer
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. . . plays like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .
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as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' .
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so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag .
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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 .
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`` brown sugar `` admirably aspires to be more than another `` best man `` clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .
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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 .
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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 .
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the film was n't preachy , but it was feminism by the book .
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there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 .
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'the chM-bteau is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '
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at some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .
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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 .
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an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .
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without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .
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this pathetic junk is barely an hour long . nevertheless , it still seems endless .
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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 .
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think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch .
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strictly a 'guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .
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as is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than simply pretentious .
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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 .
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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 .
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it 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .
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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 .
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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 .
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both heartbreaking and heartwarming . . . just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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there 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .
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a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children .
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a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .
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a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you can not separate them .
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the weakest of the four harry potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins .
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old-form moviemaking at its best .
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plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .
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with wit and empathy to spare , waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .
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the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .
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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 .
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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 .
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a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making .
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a perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie .
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. . . 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 .
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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 .
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rare is the 'urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie .
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it 's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion .
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matthew mcconaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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