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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
delightfully rendered
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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
it 's never dull and always looks good .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
the film is flat .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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 .
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and vin diesel is the man .
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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and vin diesel is the man .
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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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
a 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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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
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it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
dreary tale of middle-class angst
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may puzzle his most ardent fans .
` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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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a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .
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stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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this u-boat does n't have a captain .
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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i like it .
a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .
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i like it .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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 .
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... hypnotically dull .
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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... hypnotically dull .
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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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
execrable .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
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a modestly surprising movie .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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a modestly surprising movie .
but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
where 's the movie here ?
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
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 . '
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dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
you 'll probably love it .
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one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
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 .
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spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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as a film director , labute continues to improve .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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 .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
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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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
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when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
make like the title and dodge this one .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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 .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
, `` they 're out there ! ''
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
... hypnotically dull .
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
execrable .
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shrewd but pointless .
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
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shrewd but pointless .
a modestly surprising movie .
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