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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
incoherence reigns .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades
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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 .
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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too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
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flat , misguided comedy .
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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flat , misguided comedy .
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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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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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 .
even better than the first one !
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
, `` they 're out there ! ''
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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
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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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
full of surprises .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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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but the actors make this worth a peek .
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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but the actors make this worth a peek .
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
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 .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
full of surprises .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
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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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
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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 . '
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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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 . '
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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 .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
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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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
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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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
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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 .
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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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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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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 .
in fact , even better .
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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 .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
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 characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
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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 .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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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 .
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
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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 .
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
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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 .
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 lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
even better than the first one !
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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 .
and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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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 .
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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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
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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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
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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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and that makes all the difference .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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and that makes all the difference .
the film is flat .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
where 's the movie here ?
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
flat , misguided comedy .
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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 .
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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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 .
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
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
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 .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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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 !
a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .
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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 !
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
where 's the movie here ?
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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 .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
... hypnotically dull .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
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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 .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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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 .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
as a film director , labute continues to improve .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
even better than the first one !
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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 . '
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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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 . '
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
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