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the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense . | 0 | negative |
uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth . | 0 | negative |
even on its own ludicrous terms , the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series . | 0 | negative |
boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing . | 1 | positive |
the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it . | 0 | negative |
you do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . | 0 | negative |
the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling . | 0 | negative |
the tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals . | 1 | positive |
it 's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer . | 1 | positive |
often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself . | 1 | positive |
in its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land . | 1 | positive |
sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it . | 0 | negative |
this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september . | 0 | negative |
talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing . | 1 | positive |
it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness . | 0 | negative |
shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting . | 0 | negative |
in fact , even better . | 1 | positive |
feels familiar and tired . | 0 | negative |
the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value . | 0 | negative |
but it 's worth the concentration . | 1 | positive |
a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away . | 1 | positive |
the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them . | 1 | positive |
humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . | 1 | positive |
what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight | 1 | positive |
one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work . | 1 | positive |
is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief . | 1 | positive |
brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes . | 0 | negative |
an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor . | 0 | negative |
the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema . | 1 | positive |
catch it ... if you can ! | 1 | positive |
to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor . | 0 | negative |
it 's not too much of anything . | 0 | negative |
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i 've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . | 0 | negative |
everything was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had . | 0 | negative |
the bard as black comedy -- willie would have loved it . | 1 | positive |
memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual . | 0 | negative |
this is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party . | 1 | positive |
the performances are remarkable . | 1 | positive |
as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain . | 1 | positive |
not a strike against yang 's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ? | 0 | negative |
everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel . | 0 | negative |
both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes . | 1 | positive |
this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- p -rrb- artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . | 1 | positive |
i have a confession to make : i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy . | 0 | negative |
a captivating new film . | 1 | positive |
it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing | 1 | positive |
you 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama . | 1 | positive |
this is just lazy writing . | 0 | negative |
a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho 's fans . | 1 | positive |
while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle . | 0 | negative |
coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else . | 1 | positive |
is one of this year 's very best pictures . | 1 | positive |
the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . | 1 | positive |
the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting . | 1 | positive |
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart . | 1 | positive |
ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city . | 1 | positive |
satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time . | 1 | positive |
trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! '' | 0 | negative |
wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time . | 1 | positive |
because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin . | 1 | positive |
more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch . | 1 | positive |
i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound . | 1 | positive |
a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice . | 1 | positive |
and it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it . | 0 | negative |
contrived as this may sound , mr. rose 's updating works surprisingly well . | 1 | positive |
mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . | 0 | negative |
just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite . | 0 | negative |
it 's always enthralling . | 1 | positive |
one big blustery movie where nothing really happens . | 0 | negative |
one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them . | 1 | positive |
diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful . | 1 | positive |
one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking . | 1 | positive |
is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title . | 1 | positive |
but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie . | 0 | negative |
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | 0 | negative |
watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard . | 0 | negative |
an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds . | 1 | positive |
can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music | 1 | positive |
this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie . | 0 | negative |
the jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail . | 0 | negative |
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack | 1 | positive |
smarter than its commercials make it seem . | 1 | positive |
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994 's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility . | 1 | positive |
could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies . | 1 | positive |
a french film with a more down-home flavor . | 1 | positive |
when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it . | 0 | negative |
an asian neo-realist treasure . | 1 | positive |
generic thriller junk . | 0 | negative |
an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view . | 1 | positive |
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . | 0 | negative |
more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . | 1 | positive |
apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program . | 0 | negative |
thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods . | 1 | positive |
a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic . | 1 | positive |
or maybe `` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '' | 0 | negative |
it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose . | 1 | positive |
the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers . | 0 | negative |
sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb- , but still a very good time at the cinema . | 1 | positive |
by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived . | 0 | negative |
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