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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '
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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
even better than the first one !
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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and vin diesel is the man .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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and vin diesel is the man .
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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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
except it 's much , much better .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .
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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 .
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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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 .
despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .
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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 .
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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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 .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
originality is sorely lacking .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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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 .
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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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 .
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
a modestly surprising movie .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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 like it .
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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i like it .
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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... hypnotically dull .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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... hypnotically dull .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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a modestly surprising movie .
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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a modestly surprising movie .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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 collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
where 's the movie here ?
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
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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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 .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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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 .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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 .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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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 .
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
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the movie is ingenious fun .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
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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 .
spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
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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 .
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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shrewd but pointless .
adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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shrewd but pointless .
and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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