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the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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delightfully rendered
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the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
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the chocolate factory without charlie .
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-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
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the chocolate factory without charlie .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
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full of surprises .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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full of surprises .
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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
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as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
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the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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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 .
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and that is where ararat went astray .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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and that is where ararat went astray .
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it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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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 .
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exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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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 .
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director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?
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a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?
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exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .
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we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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in fact , even better .
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the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
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in fact , even better .
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
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a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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if only it were , well , funnier .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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if only it were , well , funnier .
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you 'll end up moved .
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although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
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although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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if only it were , well , funnier .
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jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
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comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
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jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
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a surprisingly funny movie .
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it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
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the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
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it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
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the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
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your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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a surprisingly funny movie .
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nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .
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a surprisingly funny movie .
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the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .
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eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
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eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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you 'll end up moved .
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it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
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a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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disgusting .
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there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
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dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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execrable .
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the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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you 'll probably love it .
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an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .
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if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
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dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
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in fact , even better .
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does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?
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does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .
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there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
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how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .
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to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .
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i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
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even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .
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utter mush ... conceited pap .
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the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .
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the film is flat .
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snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .
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a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .
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