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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . | it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . | 1 |
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . | it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 0 |
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 ... | utter mush ... conceited pap . | 1 |
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 ... | 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 . | 0 |
it 's just rather leaden and dull . | i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . | 1 |
it 's just rather leaden and dull . | the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 0 |
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . | long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . | 1 |
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . | if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | 0 |
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . ' | except it 's much , much better . | 1 |
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . ' | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 |
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 . | 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 . | 1 |
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 . | woody allen has really found his groove these days . | 0 |
never inspires more than an interested detachment . | no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | 1 |
never inspires more than an interested detachment . | and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 0 |
incoherence reigns . | 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 . | 1 |
incoherence reigns . | and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 0 |
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | 1 |
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | in fact , even better . | 0 |
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . | one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album . | 1 |
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . | boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . | 0 |
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . | nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | 1 |
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . | dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . | 0 |
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . | and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 1 |
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . | make like the title and dodge this one . | 0 |
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . | 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 ? | 1 |
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . | 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 . | 0 |
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . | an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | 1 |
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . | a modestly surprising movie . | 0 |
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . | 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 . | 1 |
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . | 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 ? | 0 |
... a solid , well-formed satire . | a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | 1 |
... a solid , well-formed satire . | jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | 0 |
... 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 have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 1 |
... 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 . | it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . | 0 |
a marvel of production design . | but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 1 |
a marvel of production design . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 0 |
and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment . | it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 1 |
and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment . | 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 ? | 0 |
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better . | 1 |
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 0 |
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 1 |
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | 0 |
adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . | a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | 1 |
adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . | and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | 0 |
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | the movie is ingenious fun . | 1 |
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 |
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . | your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 1 |
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . | comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . | 0 |
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . | this u-boat does n't have a captain . | 1 |
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . | a modestly surprising movie . | 0 |
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 . | whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
delightfully rendered | a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 1 |
delightfully rendered | like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | 0 |
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 1 |
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead . | a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | 0 |
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 . | disgusting . | 1 |
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 . | it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | 0 |
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . | an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | 1 |
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . | the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . | 0 |
it 's never dull and always looks good . | a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . | 1 |
it 's never dull and always looks good . | gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | 0 |
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts | a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | 1 |
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts | though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . | 0 |
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | make like the title and dodge this one . | 1 |
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | 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 . | 0 |
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better . | has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 1 |
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better . | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 0 |
dreary tale of middle-class angst | 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 . | 1 |
dreary tale of middle-class angst | a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 0 |
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 . | but seriously , folks , it does n't work . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . | 1 |
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | disgusting . | 0 |
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 surprisingly funny movie . | 1 |
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 . | plodding , peevish and gimmicky . | 0 |
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ' | a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | 1 |
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ' | a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | 0 |
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 . | spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | 1 |
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 . | undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . | 0 |
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 1 |
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . | 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 . | 0 |
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next . | utter mush ... conceited pap . | 1 |
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next . | the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . | 0 |
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 1 |
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . | make like the title and dodge this one . | 0 |
-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 . | i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | 1 |
-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 . | though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . | 0 |
` 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 . | 1 |
` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . ' | the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | 0 |
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . | the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . | 1 |
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . | 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 . | 0 |
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination . | 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 . | 1 |
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 ? | 0 |
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . | this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 1 |
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . | a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . | 0 |
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 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 . | 1 |
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 0 |
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 . | serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination . | 1 |
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 . | the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . | 0 |
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