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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
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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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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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 .
where 's the movie here ?
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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 .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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flat , misguided comedy .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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flat , misguided comedy .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
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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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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 .
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but the actors make this worth a peek .
-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 .
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but the actors make this worth a peek .
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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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
but the actors make this worth a peek .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
a marvel of production design .
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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 . '
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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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 lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
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 .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
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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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
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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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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 .
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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 .
` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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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 .
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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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 .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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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 .
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
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offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .
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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
adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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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
delightfully rendered
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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and that makes all the difference .
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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and that makes all the difference .
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
the movie is ingenious fun .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
you 'll probably love it .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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 .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
even better than the first one !
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
... 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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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 .
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
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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 .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
except it 's much , much better .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
the film is flat .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
and that is where ararat went astray .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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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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 baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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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 .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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 .
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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 . '
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
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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 . '
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
except it 's much , much better .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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