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starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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the film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .
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the idea is more interesting 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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if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !
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there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right .
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kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .
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amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop .
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brought to life on the big screen .
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if it 's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly easy to watch .
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knows how to make our imagination wonder .
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leaks treacle from every pore .
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the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and the quiet american brings us right into the center of that world .
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the actors are fantastic .
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... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .
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... an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...
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neither the funniest film that eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made , showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .
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awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful
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leaping from one arresting image to another , songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .
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intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery .
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faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember '' succeeds through sincerity .
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a wildly entertaining scan of evans ' career .
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does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .
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schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .
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it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .
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-lrb- breheny 's -rrb- lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people .
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-lrb- an -rrb- absorbing documentary .
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if you open yourself up to mr. reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .
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oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material
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it 's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie .
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has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be .
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parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature .
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the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .
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` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '
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the casting of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke .
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exhilarating , funny and fun .
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bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .
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michael moore 's latest documentary about america 's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...
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the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .
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at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .
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nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .
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it 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .
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everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .
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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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enigma is well-made , but it 's just too dry and too placid .
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not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .
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eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof .
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takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .
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it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation .
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short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty .
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smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play .
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a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .
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... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .
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but not without cheesy fun factor .
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tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ?
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becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring .
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heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations .
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last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .
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the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it .
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the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained .
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on the evidence before us , the answer is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough .
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an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism .
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each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .
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assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne 's novel .
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nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives .
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the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .
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a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given .
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... hokey art house pretension .
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unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .
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and there 's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together .
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told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .
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comes across as a fairly weak retooling .
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one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning .
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the big finish is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .
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as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .
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the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...
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it 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .
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apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .
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it never rises to its clever what-if concept .
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shallow , noisy and pretentious .
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demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces .
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not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see .
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engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched .
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a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .
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it 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits .
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an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .
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a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc .
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a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna .
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it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied .
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- style cross-country adventure ... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack .
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a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .
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do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .
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could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life .
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cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .
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is it a comedy ?
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as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .
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it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity .
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its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .
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this is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often .
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both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , what time is it there ?
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