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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
if only it were , well , funnier .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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and vin diesel is the man .
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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and vin diesel is the man .
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
you 'll probably love it .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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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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 .
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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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 .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
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 .
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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 .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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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i like it .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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i like it .
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
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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 .
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... hypnotically dull .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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... hypnotically dull .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
if only it were , well , funnier .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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a modestly surprising movie .
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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a modestly surprising movie .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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 ...
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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 .
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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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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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 .
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
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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 .
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
a marvel of production design .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
you 'll probably love it .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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 .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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 .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
-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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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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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the movie is ingenious fun .
... 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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the movie is ingenious fun .
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
originality is sorely lacking .
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
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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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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shrewd but pointless .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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shrewd but pointless .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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