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the movie does n't generate a lot of energy . | 0 | negative |
and yet , it still works . | 1 | positive |
it squanders chan 's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt ! | 0 | negative |
... a light , yet engrossing piece . | 1 | positive |
really quite funny . | 1 | positive |
pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two . | 0 | negative |
a singularly off-putting romantic comedy . | 0 | negative |
diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance | 0 | negative |
the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen . | 0 | negative |
the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery . | 1 | positive |
nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here . | 0 | negative |
an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` spy kids 2 ' is a visual treat for all audiences . | 1 | positive |
a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor . | 0 | negative |
saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory . | 1 | positive |
an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale . | 1 | positive |
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . | 1 | positive |
kaufman 's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious . | 0 | negative |
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 1 | positive |
like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six . | 0 | negative |
its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude . | 1 | positive |
although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , `` orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- the film -rrb- tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . | 1 | positive |
the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . | 0 | negative |
it 's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed . | 0 | negative |
an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema . | 1 | positive |
the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent . | 1 | positive |
charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy . | 1 | positive |
amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances . | 1 | positive |
with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . | 0 | negative |
a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish . | 1 | positive |
... an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller . | 1 | positive |
despite juliet stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela 's emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs . | 0 | negative |
this film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion . | 1 | positive |
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . | 1 | positive |
what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time . | 0 | negative |
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime . | 0 | negative |
those eternally devoted to the insanity of black will have an intermittently good time . | 1 | positive |
the pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . | 0 | negative |
she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit . | 1 | positive |
and for many of us , that 's good enough . | 1 | positive |
meyjes ... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics . | 1 | positive |
poetic , heartbreaking . | 1 | positive |
a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . | 1 | positive |
as an actress , madonna is one helluva singer . | 1 | positive |
the script by vincent r. nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot . | 0 | negative |
just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation . | 0 | negative |
the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal . | 1 | positive |
a film that will enthrall the whole family . | 1 | positive |
it just does n't have anything really interesting to say . | 0 | negative |
much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes . | 1 | positive |
while you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet , you 're a jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . '' | 0 | negative |
a quaint , romanticized rendering . | 1 | positive |
filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home . | 1 | positive |
as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . | 1 | positive |
a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films . | 0 | negative |
a movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . | 0 | negative |
seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie . | 0 | negative |
a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence . | 1 | positive |
how do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? | 0 | negative |
fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing . | 1 | positive |
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael . | 1 | positive |
sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip . | 0 | negative |
it 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage . | 1 | positive |
so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style . | 0 | negative |
a faster paced family flick . | 1 | positive |
`` analyze that '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original . | 0 | negative |
fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm . | 1 | positive |
the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths . | 1 | positive |
i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché . | 0 | negative |
in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . | 1 | positive |
let 's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate . | 1 | positive |
tiresomely derivative and hammily acted . | 0 | negative |
i walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . | 1 | positive |
what should have been a cutting hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety . | 0 | negative |
the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . | 1 | positive |
the heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death . | 1 | positive |
the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus . | 0 | negative |
puts to rest any thought that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food . | 1 | positive |
with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity . | 0 | negative |
no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | 0 | negative |
a well-executed spy-thriller . | 1 | positive |
lisa rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . | 0 | negative |
the trailer is a riot . | 1 | positive |
this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell . | 0 | negative |
alas , getting there is not even half the interest . | 0 | negative |
a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness . | 1 | positive |
the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable . | 1 | positive |
i 'll go out on a limb . | 1 | positive |
deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film . | 1 | positive |
sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb . | 0 | negative |
as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass 's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life . | 1 | positive |
maybe leblanc thought , `` hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . '' | 0 | negative |
gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre . | 1 | positive |
he nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race . | 1 | positive |
escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions . | 1 | positive |
full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life . | 0 | negative |
a naturally funny film , home movie makes you crave chris smith 's next movie . | 1 | positive |
director hoffman , his writer and kline 's agent should serve detention | 0 | negative |
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script . | 1 | positive |
it 's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex . | 0 | negative |
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