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conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences . | 0 | negative |
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . | 1 | positive |
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ... it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break . | 0 | negative |
blue crush is as predictable as the tides . | 0 | negative |
we 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments . | 0 | negative |
the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . | 1 | positive |
with minimal imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub . | 0 | negative |
just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay . | 0 | negative |
instead of contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major - character-who-shall - remain-nameless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? | 0 | negative |
brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema . | 1 | positive |
their computer-animated faces are very expressive . | 1 | positive |
not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches . | 0 | negative |
the acting is n't much better . | 0 | negative |
a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s . | 1 | positive |
another best of the year selection . | 1 | positive |
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional . | 0 | negative |
it 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . | 0 | negative |
its one-sidedness ... flirts with propaganda . | 0 | negative |
the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude . | 1 | positive |
the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . | 1 | positive |
` synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree . | 0 | negative |
the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing . | 1 | positive |
too clumsy in key moments ... to make a big splash . | 0 | negative |
a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad . | 1 | positive |
the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . | 0 | negative |
... quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks . | 1 | positive |
arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws . | 1 | positive |
` the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ' | 0 | negative |
in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting . | 0 | negative |
i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold ! | 1 | positive |
literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds . | 1 | positive |
it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' . | 0 | negative |
a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs . | 1 | positive |
tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star . | 1 | positive |
the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness . | 1 | positive |
romething 's really wrong with this ricture ! | 0 | negative |
an uninspired preachy and clichéd war film . | 0 | negative |
el crimen del padre amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors . | 0 | negative |
a processed comedy chop suey . | 0 | negative |
rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 . | 1 | positive |
part of the charm of satin rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness . | 1 | positive |
its story about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling . | 1 | positive |
great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . | 1 | positive |
but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . | 1 | positive |
the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is . | 0 | negative |
the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines . | 0 | negative |
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . | 1 | positive |
manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state . | 1 | positive |
what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . | 0 | negative |
serving sara should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it . | 0 | negative |
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . | 0 | negative |
a winning and wildly fascinating work . | 1 | positive |
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be . | 0 | negative |
for once , a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- fincher 's -rrb- camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . | 1 | positive |
but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold . | 1 | positive |
there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally . | 0 | negative |
some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . | 0 | negative |
and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest . | 0 | negative |
it 's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought . | 1 | positive |
it 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even fans of sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting . | 0 | negative |
things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . | 0 | negative |
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . | 1 | positive |
drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth . | 1 | positive |
there 's absolutely no reason why blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is | 1 | positive |
mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life | 1 | positive |
contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin . | 0 | negative |
transforms one of -lrb- shakespeare 's -rrb- deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy . | 1 | positive |
successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie . | 1 | positive |
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . | 1 | positive |
an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication . | 1 | positive |
even better than the first one ! | 1 | positive |
i ca n't recommend it . | 0 | negative |
poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . | 0 | negative |
more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films . | 1 | positive |
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today . | 1 | positive |
by-the-numbers yarn . | 0 | negative |
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . | 1 | positive |
those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . | 1 | positive |
an ambitious ` what if ? ' | 1 | positive |
when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there . | 1 | positive |
nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . | 0 | negative |
it 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring . | 1 | positive |
a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . | 1 | positive |
the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . | 1 | positive |
even if you 've seen `` stomp '' -lrb- the stage show -rrb- , you still have to see this ! | 1 | positive |
this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times . | 1 | positive |
the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . | 1 | positive |
while not all that bad of a movie , it 's nowhere near as good as the original . | 0 | negative |
as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . | 1 | positive |
its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff . | 1 | positive |
a less-than-thrilling thriller . | 0 | negative |
would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement . | 0 | negative |
the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment . | 1 | positive |
some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan '' have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war . | 1 | positive |
morton deserves an oscar nomination . | 1 | positive |
you 'll just have your head in your hands wondering why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery . | 0 | negative |
by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious . | 1 | positive |
it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey . | 0 | negative |
-lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters . | 0 | negative |
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