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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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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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 .
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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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 .
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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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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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the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
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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the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
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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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
flat , misguided comedy .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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the film is flat .
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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the film is flat .
and that makes all the difference .
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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 .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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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 .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
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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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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where 's the movie here ?
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
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where 's the movie here ?
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
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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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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make like the title and dodge this one .
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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make like the title and dodge this one .
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
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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 .
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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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 .
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .
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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the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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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a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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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 .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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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 .
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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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .
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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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you 'll know a star when you see one .
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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you 'll know a star when you see one .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
if only it were , well , funnier .
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adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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 .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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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contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
incoherence reigns .
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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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 .
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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 .
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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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 .
full of surprises .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
... hypnotically dull .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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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 .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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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 .
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
except it 's much , much better .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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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like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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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with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .
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with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
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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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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originality is sorely lacking .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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originality is sorely lacking .
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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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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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if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .
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 so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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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 .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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 .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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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disgusting .
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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disgusting .
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
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a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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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a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
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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