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this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . | it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . | 1 |
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . | incoherence reigns . | 0 |
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't . | richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | 1 |
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't . | dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . | 0 |
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . | likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | 1 |
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 0 |
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie . | 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 pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie . | first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | 0 |
a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . | has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 1 |
a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . | your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | 0 |
the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . | wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . | 1 |
the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . | a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . | 0 |
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- . | -lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | 1 |
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- . | 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 . | 0 |
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 . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 1 |
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 . | dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 0 |
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . | it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . | 1 |
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . | the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | 0 |
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 . | impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | 1 |
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 . | ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | 0 |
comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . | i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | 1 |
comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . | an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | 0 |
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | 1 |
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | 0 |
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ... | the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | 1 |
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ... | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 0 |
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 . | ... 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 |
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 . | a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | 0 |
execrable . | -lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie . | 1 |
execrable . | even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | 0 |
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . | the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | 1 |
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . | visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | 0 |
if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . | 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 |
if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . | happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | 0 |
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | 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 |
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them . | 0 |
you 'll end up moved . | this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 1 |
you 'll end up moved . | comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . | 0 |
... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | 1 |
... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 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 . | 0 |
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain . | delightfully rendered | 1 |
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain . | while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . | 0 |
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 . | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 1 |
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 . | ... 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 . | 0 |
you 'll probably love it . | an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . | 1 |
you 'll probably love it . | a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them . | 0 |
, `` they 're out there ! '' | it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . | 1 |
, `` they 're out there ! '' | a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . | 0 |
-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie . | 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 . | 1 |
-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie . | a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 0 |
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . | ... a solid , well-formed satire . | 1 |
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . | contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | 0 |
these people are really going to love the piano teacher . | ... 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 |
these people are really going to love the piano teacher . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 0 |
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | 1 |
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 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 |
it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . | as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | 1 |
it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . | it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . | 0 |
except it 's much , much better . | even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | 1 |
except it 's much , much better . | adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | 0 |
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | black-and-white and unrealistic . | 1 |
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 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 . | 0 |
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | 1 |
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | 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 . | 0 |
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . | ... 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 |
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . | incoherence reigns . | 0 |
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 . | 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 |
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 . | little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | 0 |
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . | mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | 1 |
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . | the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . | 0 |
to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit . | if only it were , well , funnier . | 1 |
to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit . | in fact , even better . | 0 |
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 . | -lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | 1 |
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 . | a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 0 |
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | ... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . | 1 |
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures . | 0 |
even better than the first one ! | the movie is ingenious fun . | 1 |
even better than the first one ! | ... hypnotically dull . | 0 |
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 | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 1 |
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 | the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | 0 |
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . | the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . | 1 |
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . | the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | 0 |
the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | execrable . | 1 |
the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 0 |
utter mush ... conceited pap . | but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | 1 |
utter mush ... conceited pap . | 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 . | 0 |
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . | what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | 1 |
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . | you 'll end up moved . | 0 |
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . | first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | 1 |
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . | 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 . | 0 |
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie . | 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 |
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie . | ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | 0 |
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 1 |
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . | a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 0 |
a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures . | waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | 1 |
a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures . | does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | 0 |
it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . | at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | 1 |
it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . | this u-boat does n't have a captain . | 0 |
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 . | talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . | 1 |
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 . | the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . | 0 |
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