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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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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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 ...
incoherence reigns .
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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 ...
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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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
full of surprises .
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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 .
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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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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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 .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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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 .
and vin diesel is the man .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
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incoherence reigns .
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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incoherence reigns .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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 .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
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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... a solid , well-formed satire .
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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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 lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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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 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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a marvel of production design .
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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a marvel of production design .
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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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 .
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 .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
i like it .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
shrewd but pointless .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
-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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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
make like the title and dodge this one .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
except it 's much , much better .
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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 .
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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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 .
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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delightfully rendered
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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delightfully rendered
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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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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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 .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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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 .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
a marvel of production design .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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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
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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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
originality is sorely lacking .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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 .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
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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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 .
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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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 .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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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 compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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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 .
make like the title and dodge this one .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
i like it .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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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 .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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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 .
in fact , even better .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
, `` they 're out there ! ''
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
a modestly surprising movie .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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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 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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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 .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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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 .
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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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
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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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
... 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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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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 ?
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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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 .
we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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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 .
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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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 .
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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