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a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being . | 0 | negative |
trapped presents a frightening and compelling ` what if ? ' | 1 | positive |
all right , so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny -lrb- sometimes hilarious -rrb- comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast . | 1 | positive |
a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products . . . | 0 | negative |
henry bean 's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect | 1 | positive |
not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way . | 1 | positive |
... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking . | 1 | positive |
it may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but i enjoyed barbershop . | 1 | positive |
glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum . | 0 | negative |
the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story . | 1 | positive |
... familiar and predictable , and 4\/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc . | 0 | negative |
call it magic realism or surrealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . | 1 | positive |
this is as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . | 0 | negative |
the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life . | 1 | positive |
neatly constructed thriller . | 1 | positive |
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | 1 | positive |
rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language . | 1 | positive |
rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema . | 1 | positive |
a lovably old-school hollywood confection . | 1 | positive |
it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time . | 1 | positive |
one of the year 's best films , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . | 1 | positive |
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ? | 0 | negative |
it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction . | 0 | negative |
if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | 1 | positive |
the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters . | 0 | negative |
but it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won . | 0 | negative |
what 's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children . | 1 | positive |
the bottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film . | 0 | negative |
wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too . | 1 | positive |
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur . | 0 | negative |
nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant . | 0 | negative |
although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success . | 0 | negative |
the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications . | 0 | negative |
even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ... | 0 | negative |
a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in . | 1 | positive |
watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown . | 1 | positive |
hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . | 1 | positive |
despite its sincere acting , signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype . | 0 | negative |
making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror . | 1 | positive |
it 's a masterpeice . | 1 | positive |
incoherence reigns . | 0 | negative |
the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention . | 0 | negative |
disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances . | 0 | negative |
works because reno does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience . | 1 | positive |
it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . | 1 | positive |
wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ? | 1 | positive |
-lrb- a -rrb- wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting . | 1 | positive |
... tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here ... | 0 | negative |
this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost . | 1 | positive |
a major waste ... generic . | 0 | negative |
see it . | 1 | positive |
it 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . | 1 | positive |
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum 's good intentions . | 0 | negative |
tres greek writer and star nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script . | 1 | positive |
this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . | 0 | negative |
a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world . | 1 | positive |
really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart . | 1 | positive |
... plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family . | 1 | positive |
this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end , is tepid and tedious . | 0 | negative |
but how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery . | 0 | negative |
the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst . | 1 | positive |
this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- city -rrb- reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year . | 1 | positive |
fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . | 1 | positive |
it 's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary . | 0 | negative |
watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat . | 1 | positive |
this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year . | 0 | negative |
real-life strongman ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders . | 0 | negative |
a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1\/2 . | 0 | negative |
nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book . | 1 | positive |
it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull . | 0 | negative |
there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure . | 1 | positive |
there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects . | 0 | negative |
as relationships shift , director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc . | 1 | positive |
nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit . | 1 | positive |
here the love scenes all end in someone screaming . | 0 | negative |
a lot smarter than your average bond . | 1 | positive |
a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds . | 1 | positive |
enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary . | 1 | positive |
too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay . | 0 | negative |
kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . | 1 | positive |
stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes . | 0 | negative |
that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . | 1 | positive |
for more than two decades mr. nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity . | 1 | positive |
in fact , it does n't even seem like she tried . | 0 | negative |
superb production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot . | 1 | positive |
visually striking and viscerally repellent . | 1 | positive |
though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ... but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . | 1 | positive |
stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor . | 0 | negative |
rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning . | 0 | negative |
dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material . | 0 | negative |
it 's an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb- , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . | 1 | positive |
an unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood . | 1 | positive |
just because a walk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls . | 0 | negative |
the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me . | 0 | negative |
the script is smart , not cloying . | 1 | positive |
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 | negative |
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ' | 1 | positive |
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | 0 | negative |
on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture . | 0 | negative |
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