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to add the magic that made it all work
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is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying
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an object lesson in period filmmaking
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4,403
air of gentle longing
1positive
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while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift
1positive
4,405
though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .
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the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film
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than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run
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insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion .
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is a career-defining revelation .
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funny and fun
1positive
4,411
witty dialog between realistic characters
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, why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?
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the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film
1positive
4,414
doze off during this one
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watch , giggle
1positive
4,416
a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters
1positive
4,417
expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape
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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
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buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block
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4,420
baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic
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nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film
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romantic , riveting and handsomely animated .
1positive
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by its own pretentious self-examination
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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 .
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4,425
turmoil
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4,426
long-faced sad sack
0negative
4,427
a flawed but engrossing thriller
1positive
4,428
a rude black comedy
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4,429
pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart
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4,430
christian love
1positive
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douglas mcgrath 's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically .
1positive
4,432
the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life
1positive
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the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
1positive
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understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring
1positive
4,435
marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue .
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sickeningly
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strangely funny
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the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency
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a perfect medium
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plays like a tired tyco ad .
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while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place
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sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .
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if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours
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a classy , sprightly spin on film .
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is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes
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makes the grade as tawdry trash .
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hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .
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of extraordinary journalism
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turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy .
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pill to swallow
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's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it
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dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder
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is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor
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too clear
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are simply dazzling ,
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raw urban humor
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returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension
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on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film
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you 're likely to see all year .
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forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining .
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a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind
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tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .
1positive
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the funny bone
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a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time ,
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bad taste
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the only young people who possibly will enjoy it
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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
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career - kids = misery )
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a bad premise , just
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nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper
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recite some of this laughable dialogue
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mandy moore leaves a positive impression
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it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .
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the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past
1positive
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the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon
1positive
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more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '
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laughs are lacking
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for easy , seductive pacing
1positive
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in this elegant entertainment
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4,480
too good to be bad
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a lot of warmth
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, every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .
1positive
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christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists
1positive
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a vibrant and intoxicating fashion
1positive
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'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .
0negative
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big-budget/all-star movie
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meaningless
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that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad
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is as consistently engaging as it is revealing
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portray themselves
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, ( goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .
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to really care
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take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire
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same old garbage
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the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half
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but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner
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a passion for the material
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is a fascinating little tale .
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skip this dreck , rent animal house
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