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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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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yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...
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 .
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yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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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 .
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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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 .
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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incoherence reigns .
... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .
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incoherence reigns .
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
you 'll know a star when you see one .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
delightfully rendered
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
the film is flat .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .
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... 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 .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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... 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 .
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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a marvel of production design .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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a marvel of production design .
... 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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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
full of surprises .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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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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 .
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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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 .
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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delightfully rendered
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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delightfully rendered
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
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although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .
the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
in fact , even better .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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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it 's never dull and always looks good .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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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
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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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
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
a marvel of production design .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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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dreary tale of middle-class angst
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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dreary tale of middle-class angst
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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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 .
we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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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 .
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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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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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 .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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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 .
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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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .
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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 .
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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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 .
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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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-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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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-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
... 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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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
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with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
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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with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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