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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .
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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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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 ...
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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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 ...
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
the whole film has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
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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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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incoherence reigns .
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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incoherence reigns .
it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
where 's the movie here ?
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
where 's the movie here ?
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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... 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 .
brave and sweetly rendered love story .
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... 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 .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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a marvel of production design .
and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
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a marvel of production design .
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
the movie is ingenious fun .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
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nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .
the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
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delightfully rendered
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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delightfully rendered
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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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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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 .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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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 .
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
... a solid , well-formed satire .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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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 .
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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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 .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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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 .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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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 .
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
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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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
a modestly surprising movie .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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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-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 .
you 'll probably love it .
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-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 .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
... 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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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
except it 's much , much better .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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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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 .
... 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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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 .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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