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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 . | undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . | 1 |
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 . | black-and-white and unrealistic . | 0 |
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 1 |
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 0 |
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | 1 |
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | even better than the first one ! | 0 |
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . ' | you 'll know a star when you see one . | 1 |
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . ' | 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 . | 0 |
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | you 'll know a star when you see one . | 1 |
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 0 |
the chocolate factory without charlie . | the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . | 1 |
the chocolate factory without charlie . | 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 . | 0 |
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . | it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't . | 1 |
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 0 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 1 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | 0 |
full of surprises . | sly , sophisticated and surprising . | 1 |
full of surprises . | a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | 0 |
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 . | cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 1 |
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 . | woody allen has really found his groove these days . | 0 |
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . | there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . | 1 |
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . | in fact , even better . | 0 |
and that is where ararat went astray . | nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | 1 |
and that is where ararat went astray . | sly , sophisticated and surprising . | 0 |
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . | i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 1 |
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . | it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | 0 |
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . | although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . | 1 |
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . | cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 0 |
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | 1 |
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . | 0 |
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . | the movie is ingenious fun . | 1 |
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . | first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | 0 |
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain . | 1 |
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? | 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 . | 0 |
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 ? | talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . | 1 |
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 ? | boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . | 0 |
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . | flat , misguided comedy . | 1 |
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . | blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | 0 |
we just do n't really care too much about this love story . | does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | 1 |
we just do n't really care too much about this love story . | dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 0 |
in fact , even better . | with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | 1 |
in fact , even better . | -lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie . | 0 |
black-and-white and unrealistic . | if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 1 |
black-and-white and unrealistic . | 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 . | 0 |
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | 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 . | 1 |
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . | adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . | 0 |
if only it were , well , funnier . | adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . | 1 |
if only it were , well , funnier . | 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 . | 0 |
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 1 |
although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . | if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 0 |
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | where 's the movie here ? | 1 |
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . | the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . | 0 |
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | a surprisingly funny movie . | 1 |
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | and that is where ararat went astray . | 0 |
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 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 . | 1 |
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 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 . | 0 |
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 . | imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor . | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
a surprisingly funny movie . | 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 . | 1 |
a surprisingly funny movie . | if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . | 0 |
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 . | 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 . | 1 |
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 . | ... a solid , well-formed satire . | 0 |
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 1 |
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | 0 |
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . | and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 1 |
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . | the chocolate factory without charlie . | 0 |
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 . | an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | 1 |
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 . | a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | 0 |
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . | it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | 1 |
dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 0 |
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half | this u-boat does n't have a captain . | 1 |
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half | a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 0 |
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular . | 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 . | 1 |
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular . | if only it were , well , funnier . | 0 |
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . | maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better . | 1 |
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . | the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . | 0 |
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | there 's nothing to gain from watching they . | 1 |
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . | 0 |
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . | 1 |
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . | 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 . | 0 |
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . | what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best . | 1 |
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . | the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | 0 |
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 . | 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 . ' | 1 |
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 . | 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 . | 0 |
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare . | with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | 1 |
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare . | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 0 |
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency . | 1 |
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . | in fact , even better . | 0 |
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 . | the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it . | 1 |
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 . | the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . | 0 |
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | 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 . | 1 |
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre | cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 0 |
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 1 |
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . | 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 . | 0 |
even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | 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 . | 1 |
even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | 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 . | 0 |
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 1 |
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | where 's the movie here ? | 0 |
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 . | a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | 1 |
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 . | i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | 0 |
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