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an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie . | 0 | negative |
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . | 1 | positive |
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | 1 | positive |
it 's all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect . | 1 | positive |
solondz is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining . | 0 | negative |
... pitiful , slapdash disaster . | 0 | negative |
the crap continues . | 0 | negative |
while the story 's undeniably hard to follow , iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce . | 1 | positive |
it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . | 0 | negative |
this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy . | 0 | negative |
a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics . | 1 | positive |
a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory . | 1 | positive |
unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making . | 0 | negative |
i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed . | 1 | positive |
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | 0 | negative |
you may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping . | 1 | positive |
nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release . | 0 | negative |
as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary . | 0 | negative |
aside from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art . | 1 | positive |
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists . | 1 | positive |
this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them ! | 0 | negative |
there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us . | 0 | negative |
the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . | 1 | positive |
the ingenious construction -lrb- adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel -rrb- constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism | 1 | positive |
the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . '' | 0 | negative |
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 1 | positive |
weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . | 1 | positive |
it 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing . | 1 | positive |
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . ' | 1 | positive |
quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to . | 1 | positive |
not to mention absolutely refreshed . | 1 | positive |
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . | 1 | positive |
arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation . | 1 | positive |
there 's no reason to miss interview with the assassin | 1 | positive |
i like this movie a lot . | 1 | positive |
comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire . | 0 | negative |
close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air . | 1 | positive |
while the transgressive trappings -lrb- especially the frank sex scenes -rrb- ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative . | 0 | negative |
blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought . | 0 | negative |
a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- a -rrb- strong piece of work . | 1 | positive |
daring and beautifully made . | 1 | positive |
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . | 1 | positive |
... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny . | 0 | negative |
slight but enjoyable documentary . | 1 | positive |
adam sandler 's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . | 0 | negative |
when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . | 1 | positive |
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | 0 | negative |
not even solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . | 0 | negative |
and in a sense , that 's a liability . | 0 | negative |
the romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be . | 0 | negative |
hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy . | 1 | positive |
poignant and funny . | 1 | positive |
this is pure , exciting moviemaking . | 1 | positive |
never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days . | 0 | negative |
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . | 0 | negative |
the film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . | 1 | positive |
there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . | 1 | positive |
a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord . | 1 | positive |
one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then . | 1 | positive |
an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . | 1 | positive |
there 's an energy to y tu mamá también . | 1 | positive |
the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . | 0 | negative |
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . ' | 0 | negative |
not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . | 0 | negative |
miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . | 1 | positive |
the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . | 0 | negative |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | 1 | positive |
all in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate they 're forced to follow . | 1 | positive |
in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . | 0 | negative |
ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . | 1 | positive |
i do n't think so . | 0 | negative |
at best this is a film for the under-7 crowd . | 0 | negative |
a fresh , entertaining comedy that looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles . | 1 | positive |
poetry in motion captured on film . | 1 | positive |
parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . | 0 | negative |
the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish . | 0 | negative |
almost peerlessly unsettling . | 0 | negative |
despite auteuil 's performance , it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug . | 0 | negative |
-lrb- ferrera -rrb- has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen . | 1 | positive |
a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . | 1 | positive |
flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary . | 1 | positive |
while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter | 0 | negative |
the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . | 1 | positive |
daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . | 0 | negative |
if not a home run , then at least a solid base hit . | 1 | positive |
it 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance . | 1 | positive |
what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart . | 1 | positive |
carrying off a spot-on scottish burr , duvall -lrb- also a producer -rrb- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper . | 1 | positive |
there are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit . | 1 | positive |
suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled . | 0 | negative |
the picture 's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed . | 1 | positive |
walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros. . | 1 | positive |
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance . | 0 | negative |
whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . | 0 | negative |
fred schepisi 's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point . | 1 | positive |
there 's no energy . | 0 | negative |
starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner . | 0 | negative |
kosminsky ... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting . | 1 | positive |
a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . | 1 | positive |
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