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like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .
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it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow .
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ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .
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so could young romantics out on a date .
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a moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child .
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spiderman rocks
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other than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else is top shelf .
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try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson , this movie will worm its way there .
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... begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .
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a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more .
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the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible .
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for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son .
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if you 've the patience , there are great rewards here .
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by turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy , never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .
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it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .
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often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .
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no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half .
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a prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell .
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poignant and funny .
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the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne
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with a `` spy kids '' sequel opening next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?
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without shakespeare 's eloquent language , the update is dreary and sluggish .
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with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .
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amazing !
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feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake .
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banal and predictable .
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adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . '
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` yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . '
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it 's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .
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manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .
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puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .
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you could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .
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steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .
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though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .
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offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through .
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exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .
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the film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ... drag the movie down .
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payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .
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nothing but an episode of smackdown !
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while scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .
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another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .
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bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers .
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what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride .
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as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile .
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like a precious and finely cut diamond , magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .
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a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .
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there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes , plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme .
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everyone 's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .
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if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun .
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the movie is well crafted , and well executed .
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now here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud .
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it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .
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strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .
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abysmally pathetic
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it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate .
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juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile .
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it 's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !
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has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .
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a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .
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scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar .
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the material and the production itself are little more than routine .
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it made me feel unclean , and i 'm the guy who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies .
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much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .
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it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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we do n't even like their characters .
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although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .
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execrable .
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in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .
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turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters
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one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin .
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compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get .
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it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .
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i think it was plato who said , ' i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . '
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the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .
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even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century .
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imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .
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a nearly 21\/2 hours , the film is way too indulgent .
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all the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost .
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in other words , it 's badder than bad .
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this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .
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in the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes , director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .
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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 .
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it thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that -lrb- jaglom -rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\/venice .
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a grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .
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he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .
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this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .
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a charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface .
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a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .
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a fun ride .
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... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .
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a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro 's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .
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a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .
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eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .
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it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .
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devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable .
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a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .
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ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay .
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contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .
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