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. . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age fairytales full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .
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. . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age story full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .
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. . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .
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. . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin history that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .
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. . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .
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. . . a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .
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. . . a well-observed and disturbing little movie
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. . . about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .
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. . . accustomed and predictable , and 45ths of it probable as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes' word processor . "
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. . . although this idea is " new " the results are jaded .
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. . . although this idea is " new " the results are tired .
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. . . although this idea is " newest " the results are tired .
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. . . always remains movingly genuine .
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. . . ambition is in short providing in the filmmaking , and egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters' crises with seriousness and compassion .
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. . . ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters' crises with seriousness and compassion .
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. . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs .
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. . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit .
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. . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so sorely of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should exchanged screenwriting credit .
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. . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that sucks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should exchanged screenwriting credit .
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. . . an enjoyably frothy 'date movie' . . .
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. . . an hour-and-a-half of harmless , unmemorable filler .
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. . . an hour-and-a-half of innocuous , unmemorable filler .
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. . . an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .
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. . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too accustomed .
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. . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .
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. . . an interesting slice of history .
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. . . an inviting piece of film .
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. . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resume .
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. . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resumed .
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. . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't injure talented young gaghan's resume .
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. . . an shockingly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .
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. . . an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work .
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. . . an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of working .
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. . . an unimaginative , unpleasant , glibly cynical piece of work .
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. . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch .
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. . . as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement .
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. . . begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .
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. . . begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .
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. . . begins with promising , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .
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. . . best seen as speculative historic , as very an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .
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. . . best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .
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. . . best seen as speculative tale , as much an crawling of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .
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. . . better described as a ghost story gone badly awry .
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. . . bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .
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. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the original .
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. . . blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves .
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. . . blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing pistols , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other goal than to call beware to themselves .
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. . . blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing rifles , cheatfully filmed martial arts , crumbling bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other targeting than to call attention to themselves .
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' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few chuckles while the tiny ones get a fuzzy treat . '
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' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '
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' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sits back , relax and have a few laughter while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '
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. . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters .
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. . . brian de palma is quite mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful madness .
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. . . brian de palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful lunacy .
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. . . brian de palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful madness .
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. . . bright , intelligent , and humanly amusing film .
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. . . bright , intelligent , and humanly funny cinematographic .
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. . . bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .
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. . . broadened the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a calico hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
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. . . built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids .
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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 .
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. . . by the time it's done with us , mira nair's new movie has its audience giddy with the jubilation of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign civilisations only to find that humans characters is pretty much the same all over .
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. . . by the time it's effected with us , mira nair's newest 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 quite very the same all over .
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. . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps .
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. . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite several talky , slow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , possibly .
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. . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite various talky , slow scenes . but something seems to be disappeared . a sense of real magic , perhaps .
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. . . comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .
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. . . contains very few laughs and even less surprises .
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. . . could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .
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. . . creates a visceral sense of its characters' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above . . . what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology .
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. . . creates a visceral sense of its characters' lives and contentious emotions that carrying it far above . . . what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology .
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. . . del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .
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. . . delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story .
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' . . . despite backward near the finish line , the films runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '
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' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '
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' . . . despite lagging near the finishing line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for lange stretches . '
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. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .
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. . . does such a fine job of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought .
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. . . does such a fine job of engulfing you in its worldwide and allying you with its characters' choices , buena and ill , that its shortcomings are recalling only as an afterthought .
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. . . does such a fine jobs of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters' choices , good and infirm , that its shortcoming are remembered only as an afterthought .
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. . . either you're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you're not .
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. . . enlarged the horizons of boredom to the point of collapsed , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
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. . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps deliver great marching banding half the fun of college football games .
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. . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .
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. . . even if you've never audition of chaplin , you'll still be glued to the screen .
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. . . even if you've never heard of chaplin , you'll however be glued to the screen .
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. . . even if you've never heard of chaplin , you'll still be glued to the screen .
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. . . expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
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. . . familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes' word processor .
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. . . familiar and predictable , and 45ths of it possible as well have arrive from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes' word processor . "
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. . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .
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. . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash nearly your cou so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .
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. . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash nearly your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wish you to feel something .
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. . . fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense .
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. . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .
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. . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often gorgeous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of potency sight gags .
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. . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often super , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a grands supply of effective sight gags .
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. . . for all its sociable and political potential , state property doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful .
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. . . for all its social and policy potential , state property doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful .
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. . . for all its social and political potential , state property doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful .
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