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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 .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
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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 .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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... 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 .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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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 .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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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 .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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and vin diesel is the man .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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and vin diesel is the man .
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the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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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 .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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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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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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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 .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
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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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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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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 .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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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 .
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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 .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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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 .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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-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 .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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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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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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a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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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 .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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i like it .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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i like it .
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if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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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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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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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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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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... hypnotically dull .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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... hypnotically dull .
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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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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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a modestly surprising movie .
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a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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a modestly surprising movie .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
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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 .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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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 .
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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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 .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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shrewd but pointless .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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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 .
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a marvel of production design .
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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 .
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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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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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cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
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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 .
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whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .
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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 .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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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 .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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disgusting .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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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 .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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 .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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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 .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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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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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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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 .
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a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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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 .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
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incoherence reigns .
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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 .
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ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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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 .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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shrewd but pointless .
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the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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shrewd but pointless .
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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 .
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