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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 .
woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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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 .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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 . '
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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 vin diesel is the man .
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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and vin diesel is the man .
where 's the movie here ?
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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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 .
... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .
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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 .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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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 .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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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 .
the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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 .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
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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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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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i like it .
except it 's much , much better .
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i like it .
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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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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 .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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... hypnotically dull .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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... hypnotically dull .
and that makes all the difference .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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 .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
-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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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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a modestly surprising movie .
i like it .
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a modestly surprising movie .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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 .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
if only it were , well , funnier .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
full of surprises .
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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
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 .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
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 .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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 .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
you 'll end up moved .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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 .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
but the actors make this worth a peek .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one -lrb- and no one -rrb- .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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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 .
but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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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 .
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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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
a marvel of production design .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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the movie is ingenious 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 .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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 .
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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 .
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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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 .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
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 .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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 .
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shrewd but pointless .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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shrewd but pointless .
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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