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on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- reynolds -rrb- takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . | 1 | positive |
if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers . | 1 | positive |
this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn . | 1 | positive |
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent . | 1 | positive |
it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire . | 0 | negative |
ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay . | 0 | negative |
... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable . | 1 | positive |
this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part . | 1 | positive |
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing . | 0 | negative |
this is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes . | 0 | negative |
every joke is repeated at least four times . | 0 | negative |
the gags , and the script , are a mixed bag . | 0 | negative |
and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle . | 0 | negative |
the best film of the year 2002 . | 1 | positive |
blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden . | 1 | positive |
the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it 's actually watchable . | 1 | positive |
a movie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance . | 1 | positive |
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | 0 | negative |
this is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope . | 1 | positive |
a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . | 0 | negative |
most haunting about `` fence '' is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen . | 1 | positive |
starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés . | 0 | negative |
the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe . | 0 | negative |
-lrb- i -rrb- t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be . | 0 | negative |
but the second half of the movie really goes downhill . | 0 | negative |
a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release . | 1 | positive |
this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand . | 0 | negative |
the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game . | 0 | negative |
an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle . | 0 | negative |
although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . | 0 | negative |
an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller . | 1 | positive |
a gripping drama . | 1 | positive |
it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film . | 1 | positive |
the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies . | 1 | positive |
its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock -lrb- since sept. 11 -rrb- . | 0 | negative |
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie . | 1 | positive |
as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances . | 1 | positive |
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . | 0 | negative |
classic cinema served up with heart and humor | 1 | positive |
there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but it is not what is on the screen . | 0 | negative |
the result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis . | 0 | negative |
that 's because relatively nothing happens . | 0 | negative |
an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium . | 0 | negative |
but they do n't fit well together and neither is well told . | 0 | negative |
like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior ... circuit gets drawn into the party . | 0 | negative |
with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen . | 1 | positive |
oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . | 1 | positive |
i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone . | 1 | positive |
when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm . | 1 | positive |
... there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise . | 0 | negative |
it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot . | 1 | positive |
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . | 1 | positive |
this is a children 's film in the truest sense . | 1 | positive |
a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . | 1 | positive |
the movie does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating . | 0 | negative |
a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . | 1 | positive |
there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys . | 1 | positive |
plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . | 0 | negative |
a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i saw the film . | 1 | positive |
leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . | 1 | positive |
sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not | 1 | positive |
it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs . | 1 | positive |
it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . | 1 | positive |
the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences . | 0 | negative |
she boxes these women 's souls right open for us . | 1 | positive |
all the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling . | 0 | negative |
this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year . | 1 | positive |
though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . | 0 | negative |
jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging . | 1 | positive |
one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out . | 0 | negative |
other than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else is top shelf . | 1 | positive |
a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . | 1 | positive |
`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , '' and i do n't mean that in a good way . | 0 | negative |
seriously , rent the disney version . | 0 | negative |
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d . | 1 | positive |
it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 . | 0 | negative |
as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project . | 1 | positive |
the only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub . | 0 | negative |
in visual fertility treasure planet rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage . | 1 | positive |
if you go , pack your knitting needles . | 0 | negative |
call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid . | 0 | negative |
assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan . | 1 | positive |
notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl - | 1 | positive |
the big ending surprise almost saves the movie . | 1 | positive |
an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging . | 0 | negative |
what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie . | 0 | negative |
too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks . | 0 | negative |
austin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride . | 0 | negative |
nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- t -rrb- oo many of these gross out scenes ... | 0 | negative |
an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind | 1 | positive |
when it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia . | 0 | negative |
killing time , that 's all that 's going on here . | 0 | negative |
it 's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal . | 1 | positive |
if you like peace , you 'll like promises . | 1 | positive |
the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . | 0 | negative |
a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy . | 1 | positive |
the performances are uniformly good . | 1 | positive |
it would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . | 0 | negative |
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