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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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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 ...
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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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 ...
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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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 .
the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
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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 .
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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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 .
shrewd but pointless .
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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 .
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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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
flat , misguided comedy .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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incoherence reigns .
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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incoherence reigns .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
originality is sorely lacking .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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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... a solid , well-formed satire .
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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... a solid , well-formed satire .
to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .
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... 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 .
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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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 .
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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a marvel of production design .
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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a marvel of production design .
utter mush ... conceited pap .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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 we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one -lrb- and no one -rrb- .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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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 .
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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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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 .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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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 .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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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 .
adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
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delightfully rendered
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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delightfully rendered
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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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
make like the title and dodge this one .
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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 .
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .
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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 .
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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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it 's never dull and always looks good .
a surprisingly funny movie .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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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
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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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 rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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 .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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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 .
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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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 .
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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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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 .
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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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 .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
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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 .
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
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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 .
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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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
full of surprises .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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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-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 .
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
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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 .
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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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .
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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 .
but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
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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 .
the film is flat .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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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 .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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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 .
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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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 .
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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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 .
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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