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it 's too bad that the helping hand he use to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .

the inspirational screenplay by mike rich cover a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end .

ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remain 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 .

so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitute cruelty to canines .

adults will wish the movie was less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized .

you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report come to share airtime alongside the farm report .

thanks to haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pull off this stylistic juggling act .

the problem with this film is that it lack focus .

belong to daniel day-lewis as much as it belong to martin scorsese ; it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .

involve two mysteries -- one it give away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matter .

a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seem to be made for a different film altogether ) .

a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that cover all the usual ground

while undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that take mr. hill higher than he 's been in a while .

cq 's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggest nothing less than a new voice that deserve to be considered as a possible successor to the best european directors .

dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the piano teacher is a film that defy categorisation .

a literate presentation that wonderfully wove a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 .

a cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belong to a big , four-legged herbivore .

as a rumor of angels reveal itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even ms. redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .

it showcase 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 .

anchored by friel and williams 's exceptional performances , the film 's power lie in its complexity .

harrison 's flowers put its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all .

dragonfly have no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but costner , flailing away .

a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love take us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart .

a movie that successfully crush a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandate that you avoid the godzilla sized soda .

villeneuve spend too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) .

care deftly capture the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embrace the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .

play like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread .

not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale ask disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics .

come off like a rejected abc afterschool special , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class .

it have its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feel generic , derivative and done to death .

rare birds have more than enough charm to make it memorable .

it 's a bit disappointing that it only manage to be decent instead of dead brilliant .

it have all the excitement of eating oatmeal .

it haunt , horrifies , startles and fascinate ; it is impossible to look away .

( 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 defeat them .

`` mostly martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wear its heart on its sleeve for all to see .

a simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompass a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past .

binoche make it interesting trying to find out .

although huppert 's intensity and focus have a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun .

on the heels of the ring come a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .

the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feel incomplete , as if the real story start just around the corner .

it treat women like idiots .

but it 's too long and too convoluted and it end in a muddle .

although german cooking do not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine , mostly martha could make deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists .

scorsese do n't give us a character worth giving a damn about .

with rabbit-proof fence , noyce have tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .

do little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .

feature debuter d.j. caruso direct a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter tony gayton 's narcotics noir to life .

it do nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that make the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28k modem .

one of those energetic surprises , an original that please almost everyone who see it .

( director ) o'fallon manage to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- fall short .

offer very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm .

every dance become about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency .

it take a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but ghost ship somehow manage to do exactly that .

it can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoy a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull .

despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker have somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charge full admission and get hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .

a hamfisted romantic comedy that make our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line .

if your taste run to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it .

zaidan 's script have barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .

the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott give a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing .

building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drew characterizations , develop into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .

the director know how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .

instead , he show them the respect they are due .

first-time writer-director serry show a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film .

vera 's technical prowess end up selling his film short ; he smooth over hard truths even as he uncover them .

put a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with .

make for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience .

ahhhhed ... revenge is sweet !

... take the beauty of baseball and meld it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport

against all odds in heaven and hell , it crept me out just fine .

as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy make its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .

there 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director run with it and present it with an unforgettable visual panache .

the so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) bring back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks .

kinnear do n't aim for our sympathy , but rather deliver a performance of striking skill and depth .

it is amusing , and that 's all it need to be .

writer-director 's mehta 's effort have tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres .

a taut psychological thriller that do n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time .

burns never really harness to full effect the energetic cast .

harris command the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .

offer much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends .

the piquant story need more dramatic meat on its bones .

my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feel so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake .

the magic of the film lie not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances .

this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it become everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .

the jabs it employ are short , carefully placed and dead-center .

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

too much of the humor fall flat .

the film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seem to have no goal and no urgency .

too slow , too long and too little happen .

due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trail off into inconsequentiality .

chabrol have taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .

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 do well .

it will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cut to the heart of american society in an unnerving way .

richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as do french actor oliver martinez .

two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form come away exhilarated .

drop you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowball out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .

atom egoyan have conjured up a multilayered work that tackle any number of fascinating issues

well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strain to become cinematic poetry , it remain depressingly prosaic and dull .

the vitality of the actors keep the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .

in the end , the movie collapse on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joed carnahan .