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this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
you 'll probably love it .
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this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
... 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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it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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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it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .
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undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .
for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .
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a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .
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 .
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the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .
make like the title and dodge this one .
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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- .
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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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- .
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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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 .
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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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 .
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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exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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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for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .
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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comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
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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comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .
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lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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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whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .
... 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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whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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execrable .
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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execrable .
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .
it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
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if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon .
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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you 'll end up moved .
it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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you 'll end up moved .
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .
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... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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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the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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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 .
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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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 .
in fact , even better .
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you 'll probably love it .
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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you 'll probably love it .
talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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, `` they 're out there ! ''
even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .
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, `` they 're out there ! ''
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
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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-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
a modestly surprising movie .
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it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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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these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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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cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
i like it .
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it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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except it 's much , much better .
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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except it 's much , much better .
... 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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if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
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if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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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mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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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a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .
shrewd but pointless .
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a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
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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a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
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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 .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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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 .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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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 .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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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 .
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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even better than the first one !
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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even better than the first one !
the film is flat .
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one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off
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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the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
you 'll probably love it .
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the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
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 film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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utter mush ... conceited pap .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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utter mush ... conceited pap .
lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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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i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .
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there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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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there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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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this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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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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 .
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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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 .
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
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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 .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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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 .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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