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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .
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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flat , misguided comedy .
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .
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flat , misguided comedy .
a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off
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but the actors make this worth a peek .
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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but the actors make this worth a peek .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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 . '
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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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 . '
and that makes all the difference .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
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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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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 .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
and vin diesel is the man .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off
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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 .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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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 .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
if only it were , well , funnier .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
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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offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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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
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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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
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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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and that makes all the difference .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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and that makes all the difference .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
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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spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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 .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
, `` they 're out there ! ''
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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 .
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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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 .
a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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 .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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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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 . '
and vin diesel is the man .
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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 . '
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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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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