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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 . | a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 1 |
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 . | -lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie . | 0 |
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 1 |
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | 0 |
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | 1 |
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 0 |
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . ' | i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | 1 |
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . ' | originality is sorely lacking . | 0 |
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 1 |
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . | 0 |
the chocolate factory without charlie . | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | 1 |
the chocolate factory without charlie . | a modestly surprising movie . | 0 |
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . | jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | 1 |
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . | the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | 0 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | 1 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 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 . | 0 |
full of surprises . | ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | 1 |
full of surprises . | adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . | 0 |
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 . | a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . | 1 |
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 . | stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | 0 |
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . | a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | 1 |
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . | ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | 0 |
and that is where ararat went astray . | what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | 1 |
and that is where ararat went astray . | brave and sweetly rendered love story . | 0 |
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 . | lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . | a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . | 1 |
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . | has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 0 |
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 1 |
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | 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 . | 0 |
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . | angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 1 |
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . | execrable . | 0 |
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 1 |
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . | 0 |
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 ? | 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 . | 1 |
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 ? | 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 . | 0 |
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . | this u-boat does n't have a captain . | 1 |
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . | it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | 0 |
we just do n't really care too much about this love story . | one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off | 1 |
we just do n't really care too much about this love story . | woody allen has really found his groove these days . | 0 |
in fact , even better . | an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular . | 1 |
in fact , even better . | 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 | 0 |
black-and-white and unrealistic . | everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . | 1 |
black-and-white and unrealistic . | boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . | 0 |
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 1 |
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 0 |
if only it were , well , funnier . | first-time director joão pedro rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on . | 1 |
if only it were , well , funnier . | turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts | 0 |
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . | 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 . | 1 |
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . | the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | 0 |
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . | 1 |
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | but the actors make this worth a peek . | 0 |
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | 1 |
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 |
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . | 1 |
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 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 |
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 . | depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | 1 |
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 . | if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | 0 |
a surprisingly funny movie . | these people are really going to love the piano teacher . | 1 |
a surprisingly funny movie . | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | 0 |
eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good . | 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 . | 1 |
eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good . | this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . | 0 |
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | 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 . | 1 |
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | flat , misguided comedy . | 0 |
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . | a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 1 |
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . | richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | 0 |
there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs . | a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . | 0 |
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . | as a film director , labute continues to improve . | 1 |
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . | like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . | 0 |
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half | so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . | 1 |
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half | serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination . | 0 |
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular . | it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . | 1 |
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular . | there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | 0 |
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . | long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . | 1 |
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . | with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | 0 |
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | 1 |
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . | 0 |
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | 1 |
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 0 |
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . | disgusting . | 1 |
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . | and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | 0 |
what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . | 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 |
what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . | what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | 0 |
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare . | the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . | 1 |
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare . | but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | 0 |
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 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 . | 1 |
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . | 0 |
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 . | stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | 1 |
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 . | one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off | 0 |
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . | 1 |
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | 0 |
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | 1 |
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | even better than the first one ! | 0 |
even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | you 'll end up moved . | 1 |
even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | ... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . | 0 |
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | 1 |
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | 0 |
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 . | 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 |
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 . | woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . | 0 |
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