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the locale ... remains far more interesting than the story at hand .
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releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and snow dogs deserves every single one of them .
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alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life .
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director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates .
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shankman ... and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .
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cinematic poo .
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she 's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .
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i ca n't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents ...
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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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in an art film !
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presents a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .
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after watching it , you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history .
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promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish .
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it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .
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robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side .
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the sweetest thing is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .
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the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged .
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tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down .
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a disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants .
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playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows .
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the story itself is actually quite vapid .
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this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed .
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he does n't , however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash .
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no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story .
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the film has several strong performances .
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nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah .
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the wild thornberrys movie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .
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too predictably , in fact .
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what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .
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it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .
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japanese director shohei imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .
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one of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears .
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jaw-droppingly superficial , straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company .
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not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet .
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a true pleasure .
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lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck .
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if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign .
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a movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling .
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i loved this film .
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if this is cinema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .
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could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ?
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for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .
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it 's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert .
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probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis .
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i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .
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this is one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .
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sparse but oddly compelling .
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despite the opulent lushness of every scene , the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings .
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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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the movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .
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-lrb- the film 's -rrb- taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers .
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as a remake , it 's a pale imitation .
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lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery .
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-lrb- washington 's -rrb- strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene .
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only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .
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i 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .
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this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men .
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i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon .
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entertaining enough , but nothing new
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pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance .
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changing lanes tries for more .
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the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances .
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the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .
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ludicrous , but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .
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for his first attempt at film noir , spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .
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a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family .
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certainly the performances are worthwhile .
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fifty years after the fact , the world 's political situation seems little different , and -lrb- director phillip -rrb- noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .
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i do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold .
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the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .
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spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .
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a weird and wonderful comedy .
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smart and taut .
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a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .
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this is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .
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in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .
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a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise .
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every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .
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an extraordinary dramatic experience .
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piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent .
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no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .
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it 's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf .
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drowning 's too good for this sucker .
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if i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i would go back and choose to skip it .
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as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west .
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everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized .
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a bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events .
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a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached .
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directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .
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it 's an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise .
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cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .
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would benigni 's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ?
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this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life .
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there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down .
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i 'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .
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it 's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud .
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chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folly .
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the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one .
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they just do n't work in concert .
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