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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 .
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Brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life .
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It 's secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours .
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The Hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .
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Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing .
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This is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .
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With an expressive face reminiscent of Gong Li and a vivid personality like Zhang Ziyi 's , Dong stakes out the emotional heart of Happy .
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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 .
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Secret Ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .
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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 .
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Birthday Girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .
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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 .
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Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness .
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Jackson is always watchable .
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works , it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .
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A wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs .
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Confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk .
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The film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .
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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 .
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A dazzling dream of a documentary .
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A keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters .
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Brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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The film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .
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A hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look .
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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 .
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If you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .
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The difference between Cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited .
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Sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .
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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 .
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` Anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '
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Seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil .
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Mordantly funny and intimately knowing ...
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What makes the movie special is its utter sincerity .
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Fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd .
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One of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement .
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And Vin Diesel is the man .
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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 .
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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 .
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The film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .
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Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .
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Despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .
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Vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , Metropolis is a feast for the eyes .
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Sweetly sexy , funny and touching .
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... while Dark Water is n't a complete wash -LRB- no pun intended -RRB- , watched side-by-side with Ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .
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For decades we 've marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .
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Prepare to marvel again .
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A witty , low-key romantic comedy .
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More good than great but Freeman and Judd make it work .
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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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Could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies .
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Together writer-director Danny Verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .
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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 .
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Its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .
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In other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study .
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Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .
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Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall !
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This story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments .
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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 .
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A modestly made but profoundly moving documentary .
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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 .
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Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker .
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The performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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This slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon .
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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 .
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Although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make Italian for Beginners worth the journey
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The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and you wo n't be disappointed .
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Kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .
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It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .
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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 .
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Director Paul Cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing Nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding .
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Most of the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure are still there .
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Mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .
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Best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events .
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Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere .
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-LRB- Westbrook -RRB- makes a wonderful subject for the camera .
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A film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .
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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 .
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Ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .
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Hardly a film that comes along every day .
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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 .
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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 .
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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
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to .
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The filmmakers wisely decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .
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A winning and wildly fascinating work .
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We do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .
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Worth catching for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .
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An interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama .
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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 + . ''
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I love the robust middle of this picture .
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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 .
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Maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts .
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There is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .
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Paul Cox needed to show it .
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