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two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending . | 1 | positive |
and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience . | 1 | positive |
obvious . | 0 | negative |
`` birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost . | 1 | positive |
the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters . | 1 | positive |
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs . | 0 | negative |
i liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive . | 1 | positive |
that , in itself , is extraordinary . | 1 | positive |
yes . | 1 | positive |
k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn . | 1 | positive |
and educational ! | 1 | positive |
an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation . | 1 | positive |
confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong . | 1 | positive |
the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo . | 0 | negative |
sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative . | 1 | positive |
crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half . | 1 | positive |
strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . | 0 | negative |
the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve . | 1 | positive |
i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short . | 0 | negative |
... despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . ' | 1 | positive |
witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy . | 1 | positive |
they 're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . | 0 | negative |
watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy . | 1 | positive |
spain 's greatest star wattage does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy . | 0 | negative |
director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel . | 0 | negative |
colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor . | 1 | positive |
... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman . | 0 | negative |
a small movie with a big heart . | 1 | positive |
maggie g. makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . | 1 | positive |
most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement . | 0 | negative |
-lrb- the cockettes -rrb- provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . ' | 1 | positive |
most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; `` frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home . | 1 | positive |
the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited . | 1 | positive |
this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero . | 0 | negative |
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | 0 | negative |
holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals . | 1 | positive |
... rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle . | 1 | positive |
lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy . | 1 | positive |
maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while . | 1 | positive |
tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written . | 1 | positive |
an inventive , absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- russell -rrb- makes good b movies -lrb- the mask , the blob -rrb- , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards . | 1 | positive |
what little grace -lrb- rifkin 's -rrb- tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . | 0 | negative |
the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . | 1 | positive |
however sincere it may be , the rising place never quite justifies its own existence . | 0 | negative |
the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas . | 0 | negative |
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment . | 0 | negative |
no laughs . | 0 | negative |
but the actors make this worth a peek . | 1 | positive |
a gem of a movie . | 1 | positive |
the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad . | 0 | negative |
it 's exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making . | 0 | negative |
mr. clooney , mr. kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster . | 1 | positive |
it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction . | 0 | negative |
both deserve better . | 0 | negative |
between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season . | 1 | positive |
upsetting and thought-provoking , the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them . | 1 | positive |
slap me , i saw this movie . | 0 | negative |
visually , ` santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative . | 1 | positive |
a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board . | 1 | positive |
` it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . | 1 | positive |
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | 1 | positive |
hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired . | 0 | negative |
bogdanich is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side . | 0 | negative |
like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . | 0 | negative |
take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year . | 1 | positive |
miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout . | 1 | positive |
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . | 1 | positive |
vereté has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs . | 1 | positive |
ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film . | 0 | negative |
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | 0 | negative |
director roger kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity . | 1 | positive |
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . | 1 | positive |
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ... a curiously constricted epic . | 0 | negative |
then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed . | 0 | negative |
a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels . | 1 | positive |
the re - enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well . | 0 | negative |
if a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . | 1 | positive |
oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between . | 0 | negative |
often silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . | 0 | negative |
spielberg 's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later . | 1 | positive |
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . | 0 | negative |
you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject . | 1 | positive |
slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption . | 1 | positive |
sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life . | 0 | negative |
godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence . | 1 | positive |
under-rehearsed and lifeless | 0 | negative |
the film offers an intriguing what-if premise . | 1 | positive |
this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired . | 0 | negative |
you need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work . | 1 | positive |
rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart . | 1 | positive |
a witty , low-key romantic comedy . | 1 | positive |
what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates . | 1 | positive |
a delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach . | 1 | positive |
it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but notorious c.h.o. still feels like a promising work-in-progress . | 1 | positive |
a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing . | 0 | negative |
a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two | 1 | positive |
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage . | 0 | negative |
with ` bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . | 1 | positive |
i liked it just enough . | 1 | positive |
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