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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . | 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 film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . | the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . | 0 |
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 . | enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | 1 |
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 . | though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . | 0 |
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | and that is where ararat went astray . | 1 |
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ' | 0 |
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | -lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy . | 1 |
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | and that makes all the difference . | 0 |
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | 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 . | 1 |
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . | 0 |
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . | 1 |
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | 0 |
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . | 1 |
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | 0 |
the film is flat . | the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . | 1 |
the film is flat . | a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . | 0 |
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 . | it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . | 1 |
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 . | this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . | 0 |
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 1 |
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 0 |
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 1 |
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . | it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | 0 |
where 's the movie here ? | 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 . | 1 |
where 's the movie here ? | blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | 0 |
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | 1 |
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | you 'll know a star when you see one . | 0 |
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures . | 1 |
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | 0 |
make like the title and dodge this one . | 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 . | 1 |
make like the title and dodge this one . | a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | 0 |
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 1 |
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | 0 |
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . | 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 . | 1 |
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . | it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 0 |
sly , sophisticated and surprising . | as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . | 1 |
sly , sophisticated and surprising . | mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | 0 |
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 . | execrable . | 1 |
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 . | , `` they 're out there ! '' | 0 |
everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . | adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | 1 |
everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 0 |
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 . | a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | 1 |
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | 0 |
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 . | pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | 1 |
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | 0 |
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | 1 |
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . | 0 |
you 'll know a star when you see one . | 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 . | 1 |
you 'll know a star when you see one . | ... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . | 0 |
adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | 1 |
adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | a marvel of production design . | 0 |
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 1 |
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | delightfully rendered | 0 |
woody allen has really found his groove these days . | turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts | 1 |
woody allen has really found his groove these days . | it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush . | 0 |
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | 1 |
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | delightfully rendered | 0 |
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | 1 |
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | 0 |
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 . | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | 1 |
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 . | 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 |
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . | 1 |
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead . | 0 |
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 1 |
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . | so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . | 0 |
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 . | 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 ... | 1 |
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 . | the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . | 0 |
a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | 1 |
a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | 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 | 0 |
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . | this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie . | 1 |
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . | 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 |
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | 1 |
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 0 |
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . | 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 . | 1 |
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . | the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | 0 |
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | 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 . | 1 |
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 0 |
originality is sorely lacking . | there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | 1 |
originality is sorely lacking . | although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . | 0 |
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . | 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 | 1 |
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . | if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | 0 |
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 . | i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 1 |
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 . | a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | 0 |
the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
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 surprisingly funny movie . | 0 |
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 . | sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . | 1 |
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 . | a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | 0 |
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | may puzzle his most ardent fans . | 1 |
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | 0 |
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | 1 |
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | 0 |
disgusting . | there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | 1 |
disgusting . | lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | 0 |
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | 1 |
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 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 . | 0 |
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 1 |
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . | 0 |
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