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there 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments . | 0 | negative |
williams absolutely nails sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness . | 1 | positive |
curiously , super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length . | 0 | negative |
as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma . | 0 | negative |
watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through . | 0 | negative |
an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating . | 0 | negative |
certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire . | 0 | negative |
i have n't laughed that hard in years ! | 1 | positive |
sorvino is delightful in the central role . | 1 | positive |
a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . | 1 | positive |
what a great way to spend 4 units of your day . | 1 | positive |
a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action . | 1 | positive |
both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right . | 1 | positive |
and vin diesel is the man . | 1 | positive |
just a kiss is a just a waste . | 0 | negative |
murder by numbers just does n't add up . | 0 | negative |
all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new . | 0 | negative |
this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb- , but it feels like unrealized potential | 1 | positive |
in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . | 1 | positive |
an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening . | 0 | negative |
the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive . | 0 | negative |
bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be . | 0 | negative |
dramatically lackluster . | 0 | negative |
made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . | 1 | positive |
this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . | 1 | positive |
yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . | 1 | positive |
their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle . | 0 | negative |
all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . | 0 | negative |
tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . | 0 | negative |
a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices . | 1 | positive |
tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . | 0 | negative |
the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . | 1 | positive |
you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary . | 0 | negative |
lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all . | 0 | negative |
sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . | 1 | positive |
directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . | 0 | negative |
it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships . | 1 | positive |
the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . | 0 | negative |
is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . | 0 | negative |
the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece . | 0 | negative |
spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative . | 1 | positive |
this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . | 1 | positive |
for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced . | 1 | positive |
... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . | 0 | negative |
an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film . | 0 | negative |
enticing and often funny documentary . | 1 | positive |
but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary . | 0 | negative |
the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . | 0 | negative |
whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity . | 1 | positive |
the komediant is a tale worth catching . | 1 | positive |
the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . | 0 | negative |
worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia . | 1 | positive |
it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . | 0 | negative |
an encouraging effort from mccrudden | 1 | positive |
i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise . | 1 | positive |
such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . '' | 1 | positive |
initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama . | 1 | positive |
this is not a jackie chan movie . | 0 | negative |
chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . | 1 | positive |
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago . | 0 | negative |
a timid , soggy near miss . | 0 | negative |
a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration . | 1 | positive |
a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness . | 1 | positive |
smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country . | 1 | positive |
i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . | 0 | negative |
thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic . | 0 | negative |
i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down . | 0 | negative |
if only it were , well , funnier . | 0 | negative |
it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . | 0 | negative |
from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work . | 1 | positive |
charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions . | 0 | negative |
kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party . | 0 | negative |
its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary . | 0 | negative |
an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed . | 1 | positive |
for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience | 0 | negative |
somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . | 0 | negative |
first and foremost ... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings . | 1 | positive |
connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . | 1 | positive |
gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , -lrb- harris -rrb- brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . | 1 | positive |
left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation . | 1 | positive |
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | 0 | negative |
combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . | 1 | positive |
loud , chaotic and largely unfunny . | 0 | negative |
the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort . | 0 | negative |
a movie to forget | 0 | negative |
rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue . | 0 | negative |
starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . | 0 | negative |
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . | 1 | positive |
a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . | 1 | positive |
an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike . | 0 | negative |
the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie . | 0 | negative |
if that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will . | 0 | negative |
this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience . | 0 | negative |
it 's not an easy one to review . | 0 | negative |
ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 . | 0 | negative |
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . | 1 | positive |
what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies . | 1 | positive |
this is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm . | 0 | negative |
-lrb- reaches -rrb- wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair . | 1 | positive |
the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . | 1 | positive |
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