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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . | it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 1 |
and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . | comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . | 0 |
there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 1 |
there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead . | 0 |
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . | 1 |
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 0 |
brave and sweetly rendered love story . | , `` they 're out there ! '' | 1 |
brave and sweetly rendered love story . | we just do n't really care too much about this love story . | 0 |
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 . | 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 |
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 . | it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | 0 |
flat , misguided comedy . | ... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . | 1 |
flat , misguided comedy . | it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out . | 0 |
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | 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 |
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | 0 |
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | 1 |
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . | 0 |
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 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 |
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . | 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 . ' | 0 |
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | , `` they 're out there ! '' | 1 |
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | flat , misguided comedy . | 0 |
but the actors make this worth a peek . | it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . | 1 |
but the actors make this worth a peek . | a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | 0 |
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | 1 |
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory . | 0 |
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world . | 1 |
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | 0 |
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . | 1 |
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | 0 |
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . ' | what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | 1 |
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . ' | a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | 0 |
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . | where 's the movie here ? | 1 |
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . | a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 0 |
plodding , peevish and gimmicky . | there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | 1 |
plodding , peevish and gimmicky . | dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 0 |
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | 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 |
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 0 |
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | 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 . | 1 |
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | 0 |
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . | 1 |
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? | 0 |
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 1 |
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | 0 |
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 1 |
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music . | but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . | 0 |
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 . | with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | 1 |
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 . | a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . | 0 |
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | and vin diesel is the man . | 1 |
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | 0 |
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | you 'll end up moved . | 1 |
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . | 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 . | 0 |
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | 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 |
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 |
while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world . | the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 1 |
while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world . | contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | 0 |
no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | 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 . | 1 |
no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . | with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | 0 |
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | 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 . | 1 |
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | ` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . ' | 0 |
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . | it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | 1 |
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . | the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | 0 |
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 | ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 1 |
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 | and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | 0 |
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | 1 |
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 0 |
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . | 1 |
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . | 0 |
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . | 0 |
and that makes all the difference . | waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | 1 |
and that makes all the difference . | as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | 0 |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | 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 . | 1 |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. | 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 . | 0 |
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . | 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 |
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . | this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | 0 |
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished . | 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 . | 1 |
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished . | if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . | 0 |
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 . | 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 . | 1 |
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 . | 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 |
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . | 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 . | 1 |
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . | imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . | 0 |
but seriously , folks , it does n't work . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
but seriously , folks , it does n't work . | visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | 0 |
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . | you 'll probably love it . | 1 |
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . | depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being . | 0 |
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | you 'll probably love it . | 1 |
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! | i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | 0 |
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . | 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 . | 1 |
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . | 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 . | 0 |
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . | i like it . | 0 |
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 . | a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | 1 |
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 . | 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 |
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | 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 . | 1 |
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | 0 |
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale . | 1 |
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | 0 |
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 . ' | a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . | 1 |
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 . ' | enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . | 0 |
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | the movie is ingenious fun . | 1 |
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 0 |
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