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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . | nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | 1 |
the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 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 . | a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | 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 . | if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | 0 |
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | 1 |
there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | a marvel of production design . | 0 |
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | incoherence reigns . | 1 |
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . | 0 |
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . | 1 |
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | you 'll probably love it . | 0 |
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . | 1 |
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | 0 |
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 1 |
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 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 |
the film is flat . | little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | 1 |
the film is flat . | angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 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 . | 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 |
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 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 |
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . | but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 1 |
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . | there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | 0 |
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . | 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 |
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . | happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | 0 |
where 's the movie here ? | 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 |
where 's the movie here ? | stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | 0 |
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | 1 |
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 0 |
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . | 1 |
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . | 0 |
make like the title and dodge this one . | 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 . | 1 |
make like the title and dodge this one . | although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . | 0 |
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . | 1 |
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? | 0 |
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . | 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 |
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . | imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | 0 |
sly , sophisticated and surprising . | the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . | 1 |
sly , sophisticated and surprising . | a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | 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 . | i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . | 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 . | ... a solid , well-formed satire . | 0 |
everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . | 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 |
everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . | undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . | 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 . | even better than the first one ! | 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 . | 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 . | 0 |
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . | 1 |
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 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 . | it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush . | 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 . | a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 0 |
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 1 |
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with . | the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | 0 |
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | where 's the movie here ? | 1 |
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . | 0 |
you 'll know a star when you see one . | a surprisingly funny movie . | 1 |
you 'll know a star when you see one . | enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | 0 |
adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | black-and-white and unrealistic . | 1 |
adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | 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 . | 0 |
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | 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 . | 1 |
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 0 |
woody allen has really found his groove these days . | a surprisingly funny movie . | 1 |
woody allen has really found his groove these days . | the film is flat . | 0 |
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | but there 's plenty to offend everyone ... | 1 |
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | 0 |
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | 1 |
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | 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 . | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 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 . | as a film director , labute continues to improve . | 0 |
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . | 1 |
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 0 |
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . | it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 1 |
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . | eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good . | 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 . | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | 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 . | even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | 0 |
a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | 1 |
a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | 0 |
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . | the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | 1 |
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . | a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 0 |
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . | comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . | 1 |
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . | the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain . | 0 |
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | and that is where ararat went astray . | 1 |
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | 0 |
originality is sorely lacking . | a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . | 1 |
originality is sorely lacking . | 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 . | 0 |
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . | 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 . | 1 |
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . | ... a solid , well-formed satire . | 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 . | spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | 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 . | your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 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 . | it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | 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 . | first-time director joão pedro rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on . | 0 |
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | 1 |
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | 0 |
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . | 1 |
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . | 0 |
disgusting . | ... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . | 1 |
disgusting . | a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | 0 |
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | delightfully rendered | 1 |
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 0 |
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