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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
you 'll know a star when you see one .
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full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .
the whole film has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product .
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full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
where 's the movie here ?
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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
a marvel of production design .
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it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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 ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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the film is flat .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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the film is flat .
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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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 .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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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 .
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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where 's the movie here ?
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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where 's the movie here ?
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
even better than the first one !
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and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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make like the title and dodge this one .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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make like the title and dodge this one .
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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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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 .
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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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 .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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 .
full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .
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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 .
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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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 .
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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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 .
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 droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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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 .
the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .
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what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best .
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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what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best .
... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .
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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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you 'll know a star when you see one .
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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you 'll know a star when you see one .
originality is sorely lacking .
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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
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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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
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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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
if only it were , well , funnier .
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
may puzzle his most ardent fans .
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contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .
the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one -lrb- and no one -rrb- .
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contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .
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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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
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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 .
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
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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 .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
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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 .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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 .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
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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while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
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like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
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like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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originality is sorely lacking .
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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originality is sorely lacking .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
disgusting .
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the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
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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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 .
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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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 .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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disgusting .
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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disgusting .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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 compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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