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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . | 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 . | 1 |
and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . | gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | 0 |
there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | 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 . | 1 |
there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | ` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . ' | 0 |
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | 1 |
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 0 |
brave and sweetly rendered love story . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 1 |
brave and sweetly rendered love story . | 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 . | 0 |
too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries . | execrable . | 1 |
too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries . | happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | 0 |
flat , misguided comedy . | 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 . | 1 |
flat , misguided comedy . | with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | 0 |
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | 1 |
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 0 |
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | 1 |
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | 0 |
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 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 . | 1 |
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . | 0 |
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | 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 . | 1 |
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | 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 ? | 0 |
but the actors make this worth a peek . | the movie is ingenious fun . | 1 |
but the actors make this worth a peek . | ... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . | 0 |
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 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 . | 1 |
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 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 . | 0 |
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 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 . | 1 |
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 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 . | 0 |
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . | 1 |
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | , `` they 're out there ! '' | 0 |
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . ' | talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . | 1 |
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . ' | and that makes all the difference . | 0 |
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . | true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation . | 1 |
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . | angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 0 |
plodding , peevish and gimmicky . | ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . | 1 |
plodding , peevish and gimmicky . | you 'll probably love it . | 0 |
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | 1 |
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | -lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie . | 0 |
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . | 0 |
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 1 |
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 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 . | 0 |
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 1 |
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | 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 . | 0 |
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | 1 |
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 0 |
while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth . | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 1 |
while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth . | make like the title and dodge this one . | 0 |
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | in fact , even better . | 1 |
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | 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- . | 0 |
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 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 . | 1 |
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 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 . | 0 |
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | 1 |
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | 0 |
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 . | the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 1 |
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 . | -lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | 0 |
no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 1 |
no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare . | 0 |
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | 1 |
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | 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 . | 0 |
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . | there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front . | 1 |
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . | and that is where ararat went astray . | 0 |
if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia | one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch . | 1 |
if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia | the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | 0 |
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | 1 |
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | 0 |
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . | 1 |
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 0 |
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | 1 |
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . | 0 |
and that makes all the difference . | this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 1 |
and that makes all the difference . | the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | 0 |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . | 1 |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | the chocolate factory without charlie . | 0 |
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . | ... 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 . | 1 |
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . | the chocolate factory without charlie . | 0 |
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 1 |
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished . | the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . | 0 |
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 . | and that makes all the difference . | 1 |
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 . | we just do n't really care too much about this love story . | 0 |
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . | black-and-white and unrealistic . | 1 |
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . | lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | 0 |
but seriously , folks , it does n't work . | the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | 1 |
but seriously , folks , it does n't work . | wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . | 0 |
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . | likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | 1 |
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . | 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 . | 0 |
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | 1 |
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . | 0 |
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . | enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | 1 |
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . | while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth . | 0 |
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | 1 |
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain . | 0 |
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 . | i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 1 |
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | 0 |
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | 1 |
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | 0 |
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 . ' | happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | 1 |
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 . ' | if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . | 0 |
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . | 1 |
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | 0 |
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