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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
you 'll probably love it .
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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 ...
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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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 ...
tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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 script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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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 .
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
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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 .
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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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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incoherence reigns .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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incoherence reigns .
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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 wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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 wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
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 .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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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 .
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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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 .
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 .
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a marvel of production design .
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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a marvel of production design .
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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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
originality is sorely lacking .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
-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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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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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 .
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 poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
and vin diesel is the man .
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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 .
brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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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 .
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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delightfully rendered
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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delightfully rendered
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 .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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 .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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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 .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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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 .
, `` they 're out there ! ''
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
flat , misguided comedy .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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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it 's never dull and always looks good .
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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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
the movie is ingenious fun .
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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
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
in fact , even better .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .
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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 .
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 .
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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 .
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 .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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 .
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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 .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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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 .
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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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
full of surprises .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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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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 .
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
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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 .
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 .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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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 all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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 .
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
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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 .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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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 .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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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 .
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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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 .
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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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 .
we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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