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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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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 .
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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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 .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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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 . '
but the actors make this worth a peek .
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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 . '
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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the film is flat .
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
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the film is flat .
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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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 .
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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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 .
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 .
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it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
may puzzle his most ardent fans .
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
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hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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where 's the movie here ?
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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where 's the movie here ?
it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
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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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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make like the title and dodge this one .
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 .
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make like the title and dodge this one .
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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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 .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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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 .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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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 events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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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 .
it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
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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 .
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
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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 .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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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 .
the film is flat .
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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 bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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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 .
incoherence reigns .
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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 .
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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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ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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 .
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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
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a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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 .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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you 'll know a star when you see one .
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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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 rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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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
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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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 .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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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 .
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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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 .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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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 .
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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 .
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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 .
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
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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 .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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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 .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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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 .
the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
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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like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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 .
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like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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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 .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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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 .
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 ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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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 .
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originality is sorely lacking .
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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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 .
a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
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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 .
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 ?
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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 .
... hypnotically dull .
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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 .
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 .
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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 .
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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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 .
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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 .
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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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disgusting .
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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disgusting .
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 .
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a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
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 .
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