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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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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 ...
... hypnotically dull .
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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 ...
` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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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 .
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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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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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 .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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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 .
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
a modestly surprising movie .
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incoherence reigns .
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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incoherence reigns .
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
and that makes all the difference .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
flat , misguided comedy .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
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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 .
i like it .
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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 .
everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .
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a marvel of production design .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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a marvel of production design .
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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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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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 .
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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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 .
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 poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
... 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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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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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 .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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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 .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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delightfully rendered
... 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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delightfully rendered
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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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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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 .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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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 .
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
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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 .
the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
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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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 .
imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .
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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 .
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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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 poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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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 .
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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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
full of surprises .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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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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 .
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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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 .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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 .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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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 .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
even better than the first one !
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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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 .
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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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 .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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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 .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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