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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 poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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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 .
incoherence reigns .
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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the chocolate factory without charlie .
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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the chocolate factory without charlie .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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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the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
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full of surprises .
a modestly surprising movie .
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full of surprises .
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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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 .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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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 .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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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and that is where ararat went astray .
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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and that is where ararat went astray .
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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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 .
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
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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 .
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
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a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
delightfully rendered
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a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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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 .
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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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 .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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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 ?
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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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 ?
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
shrewd but pointless .
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long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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in fact , even better .
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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in fact , even better .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
full of surprises .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .
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if only it were , well , funnier .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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if only it were , well , funnier .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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 .
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jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
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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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 like it .
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it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
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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 .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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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 .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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a surprisingly funny movie .
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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a surprisingly funny movie .
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 .
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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 .
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
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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 .
... 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 .
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it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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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 .
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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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 .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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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dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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 .
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the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
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the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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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 a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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 .
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a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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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 .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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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 .
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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hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
, `` they 're out there ! ''
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hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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 .
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
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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 .
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 .
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i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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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i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
execrable .
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first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
and vin diesel is the man .
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even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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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 .
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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 .
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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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 .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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